Ninehigh
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| posted on 24/6/09 at 02:31 PM |
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Originally posted by Vindi_andy
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Originally posted by Marcus
A pie+ would probably be an early pastie with savoury one side and sweet the other....mmmmmmm
As consumed by cornish tin miners hence the name. And the crimped crust gave them something to hold with their dirty hands while eating said creation
which was then discarded
I KNEW I wasn't making that up! The entire table looked at me like I'd shat in their soup last time I mentioned that little fact
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Vindi_andy
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| posted on 24/6/09 at 02:38 PM |
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Glad we could be of assistance ninehigh
It was to do with the arsenic present in the mine which would have been all over their hands and therefore they didnt want to handle what they were
eating with dirty hands and there wasnt really anywhere down there to wash them
Sorry for thread hijack
[Edited on 24/6/09 by Vindi_andy]
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