Return from the wilderness

[SoCalGalcas]

Yes, no McDonalds where I’ve been. Cold, 34*, lots of rain, SNOW one day. Been messerable! Now, it is 45* and I am finally comfortable! Views are beautiful and spectacular even in the rain. Lyn

[OregonLuvr]

Sorry your weather hasnt been cooperating, should maybe have gone up there later in the year. Altho the weather is crazy everywhere. Glad to hear from you.

[BarbaraRose]

Lyn, glad you are surviving the upper midwest "spring". Hopefully, your birdwatching outing will be interesting and you will get to see a lot of birds while there.

Where are you at now? The drive from Duluth to Ely is spectacular! Enjoy!

[JudyJB]

Yes, parts of the UP are wilderness. DId you know Hemingway lived near Seney as a boy and visited there often? He wrote "Big Two-Hearted River" there as a young man. (Seney is pretty much in the middle of the UP.)

And I hope you enjoyed your drive over the infamous Big Mac bridge! On really windy days, they will drive you over if you are afraid to drive yourself.

And have a pasty, if you get a chance. Some people put gravy or ketchup on them, but I am a purist and like only butter. Yum. Guess I need to make some soon.

[BirdbyBird]

Thanks for checking in! Hope you continue to warm up and keep enjoying the views!

[snowball]

so glad you checked in although 45 doesn't sound at all comfortable to me. hopefully when you get home you will share pictures with us.
Judy have you posted recipe for the pasties? if not will you
sheila

[JudyJB]

Just posted. Making these is time consuming, mostly because it takes time to cut up the vegetables and make pie crust. The recipe contains only four main ingredients: hamburger, potato, onion, and rutabaga. Plus salt and pepper and one pie crust per pasty.

[snowball]

Just posted. Making these is time consuming, mostly because it takes time to cut up the vegetables and make pie crust. The recipe contains only four main ingredients: hamburger, potato, onion, and rutabaga. Plus salt and pepper and one pie crust per pasty.

how big are the pasty? for some reason I thought that they were a hand held on the go thing
of course never had them but have heard of them... what nation do they come from?
sheila

[JudyJB]

I suppose you could make them snack size, but the ones I make are intended to be an entire hearty meal. That is true for the ones I have had in Michigan's UP and the one I bought in St. Ives in Cornwall. Mine are about 6" wide and 4" tall, and maybe 2-3 inches thick. Here is an article from Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, that has a lot of photos of pasties, and you can see how big they are! There are also photos here of the inside of pasties, except many people do not believe carrots should be included in pasties!

https://www.saultstemarie.com/ketchup-g ... sty-story/

The ones in Cornwall are taller and longer than mine, and they had a stiffer crust, so if you kept them wrapped tightly in heavy paper, you could eat them out of your hands. They would fall apart if you took them out of the wrapper. I was driving a rental car, so I ate mine out of the paper wrapping. I got mine in St. Ives, which looks 100% like the fictional Portwenn from the Doc Martin series, and in fact the real town it is filmed in (Port Isaac) is just a few miles from St Ives down the coast.

In the U.S., they are put on a plate and you use a knife and fork to eat them. The ones in this article look a lot like mine, but this lady left out the rutabaga/swede because she does not like it. Terrible. Good photos, and you can see the size from the size of her hands as she is crimping them. http://eating-properly.blogspot.com/201 ... OTjd2fsapo

[snowball]

thanks Judy they are big but look really yummy
sheila