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Originally Posted by senior citizen
You are welcome. They are easy to make. You can also make your own pastry dough. I'm sure every family makes them differently.
My Irish stepfather used to talk about his mom making them for her large brood of kids.
No, tell us about the turnips??? Never heard about the controversy.
Unless someone fell off the turnip truck???
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There is, or maybe was, a big discussion as to whether or not to include turnips in the pasty filling. It was traditional to add them at one time, and some old recipes show them as on of the ingredients. My dad, raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, believed they were essential, but turnips fell out of favor as did most root vegetables such as beets, parsnips and rutabagas. Any Uppies out there to comment? I noticed the new wave of chefs are using these heritage vegetables more these days. I will have to try them, as I haven't had them since I was a tot, and of course did not like them then.