Anyway.... the answer is ..........
because tin is extremely poisonous (in its ore form) miners needed something they could eat without ingesting the tin ore (no washing facilities in those days)....
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Anyway.... the answer is ..........
because tin is extremely poisonous (in its ore form) miners needed something they could eat without ingesting the tin ore (no washing facilities in those days)....
....... and your sig doesn't help. I'm on patches after 15 yrs. 9 days so far and counting.:)
Ok, so nobody cares why pasties are that shape
<sob>
(cries theatrically into coffee)
See if I care <sulks>
It's cos I'm 41 and you're all kids - I know.
OK..... Pop quiz. Anybody (uk residents excepted) know why they're that shape?
The clue is they originate in Cornwall, which is famous for tin-mining.
Never had a pasty with rutebega in it AFAIK (what is it anyway)