Naw, Sven and Ole, being good Norsk, have no problems with people chopping 
up Swedes.  Norwegians have been doing it for centuries.

Doug Pauls



From:   Dennis Fritz <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:   05/10/2013 10:55 AM
Subject:        Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question
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I was following the arguments in the Pasty War saga pretty well, until I 
came to the recipe:

The ORIGINAL Devonshire Pasty - as first eaten in Plymouth circa 1520!!! 
 
Ingredients: 
1lb Shortcrust Pastry 
1lb lean, chopped beef - raw or 1lb of scraggy Cornish venison - raw. 
2 medium sized, finely chopped potatoes - raw 
1 medium chopped onion - raw 
1 medium chopped swede - raw 
1 beaten egg 
salt and pepper

We colonists all know that the potato is a New World product from our fine 
country of Peru.  This is confirmed in the source of all knowledge  - 
Wikipedia!!  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato. .  And I quote 
"Following the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, the Spanish introduced 
the potato to Europe in the second half of the 16th century. The staple 
was subsequently conveyed by European mariners to territories and ports 
throughout the world. The potato was slow to be adopted by distrustful 
European farmers, but soon enough it became an important food staple and 
field crop that played a major role in the European 19th century 
population boom". 

We colonials stand up mightily for our food crops, like potatoes, born in 
Peru and now matured in Idaho.  Of course, the French did develop the long 
sqaure variety of potato, known as the French Fry.  And, I must admit that 
the Brits did develp a potato variety sort of thin and circular - the 
crisp. 

Are you implying that the Devonians and Cornwallians included crisps in 
their pasties? 

I am not allowed to tell in public that I sent my newlywed wife to the 
hardware store in 1969 to buy adhesive backed picture hangers - that I 
told her to ask for pasties. 

Sven and Ollie from Minnesota are also very distrustful that your recipe 
includes a medium chopped swede. 

Denny Fritz



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From: James Head <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Fri, May 10, 2013 11:25 am
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question


A little background on the Pasty Wars fought between Devon and Cornwall:
http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/pasty_devon.htm
It reads like it was written by one of Doug's distant relatives - possibly 
some 
evonian blood in there somewhere?
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