Mr. Pastie
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Mr. Pastie ("PASS-tee") is a brand name pasty, a meat-and-potato turnover product. It is marketed by entrepreneur Garnet T. Sleep, Jr., owner of Real English Foods, Inc., based in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania."A TASTE OF PA.'S 'SLATE BELT' IS SPREADING FAR AND WIDE" Philadelphia Inquirer February 7, 1985, B16 Local Mr. Pastie is based on a traditional Cornish recipe and has been called "the original fast food." It has been sold in US military commissaries, High's Dairy Stores, Weis Markets"Pass It On: The Original Fast Food comes to Lancaster Freezer Cases" Lancaster Newspapers, April 5, 1995. Wal-Mart, and 7-Eleven convenience stores."Like Mom Used to Make" The Washington Post, Tom Sietsema, March 9, 1988.
Description
The Mr. Pastie is an oven-baked pie. It consists of a handmade dough shell, folded into a half-circle around a filling traditionally consisting of "ground beef, diced potatoes, and minced onion."{{Cite web |date=March 6, 1985 |title=Ocala Star-Banner |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tisaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pg4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5586,3637466&dq=mr-pastie |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=news.google.com}} Fillings may incorporate additional vegetables, such as carrots and peas, and Real English Foods has made pasties containing chicken, pork, ham, and sausage.
With its doughy crust, the pasty can be eaten without utensils. This feature and the turnover's long history in the British Isles have earned it the title "the original fast food."
History
The name Mr. Pastie derives from pasty a Cornish word for a type of pie commonly taken by miners to work in the mines of Cornwall."Hearty pasty from Pennsylvania is a tasty treat for fall," Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution, September 11, 1985 Some of these miners emigrated to the United States and settled in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, where slate was also mined (the "Slate Belt"), bringing their traditional recipes with them. Many such recipes exist, perhaps at least one for each village in Cornwall.
Garnet Sleep, raised in the town of Pen Argyl in Pennsylvania's Slate Belt, founded the ironically named Real English Foods, Inc. in 1981 with the goal of bringing this traditional product to a wider marketplace as a pre-packaged meal. Sleep had earlier run an advertising agency in Washington, D.C.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UlQPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SIYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5204,74425&dq=mr-pastie] "Pasties called latest entry in food trends" Jan Corwin, Daily News, Easton Express, May 2, 1985 Sleep's grandfather had immigrated into the region in the 1880s from Cornwall bringing a "special family recipe" for pasties that had been passed down through generations,[http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070722/NEWS02/707220301/-1/NEWS Pocono Record] "The power of pasties; Gar Sleep, owner of Mr. Pastie, has found that a good product can open doors" Sara Jerome, Pocono Record, July 22, 2007. and Sleep states that selling pasties is the fulfillment of a boyhood dream.
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.mrpastie.com}}
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