I like the way you think. What about leftover chili-mac pasties? Actually, leftover beef stew would work.
Never tried gravey, but it works in my mind. We actually made a mix of crème fraîche, with a touch of mayo and loads of fine chopped fresh dill to dip them in. I didn’t include it in the post as it a very Swedish twist.
Thanks for reading and especially taking time to comment.

Thanks for liking to my post! I’m thrilled and humbled and thankful.

Although not mentioned in the post, I actually got to tour a gulag outside of Krasnoyarsk. The stories they told were very grim. At that time, it wasn’t open to the public, but was in extremely good condition. No pictures were allowed and I’m not sure I would have taken any if I could have.
As for the pasties, you are very correct. The pasties came to the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan over a hundred years ago via immigrant Cornwall miners. They came to the UP to work the copper and iron mines. The only difference I can find between them is that the pasties are larger than a Cornish pie and the Cornwall version is often sealed with the seam on top.
Our Swedish Inbakad köttfärsrulle (baked meat pie with butter dough) can be a single elongated stuffed pastry or a small hand pie. Typically, Inbakad köttfärsrulle is baked and cut into single servings. It’s then served with a creme fraiche, garlic and lemon sauce. The meat stuffing is a bit more involved as well.
Well I might still scrub up well, but it takes a bigger bar of soap than it did 10 years ago.
Thanks for the comment and consider that Chloe belly rub delivered.

Bill, thanks for share with us your childhood memories of Yooper pasties. Sounds like a great place to be when those warm pies came out of the oven. Oh yes, we had one can for lard and one for bacon grease. The lard can was in the fridge. The little metal bacon grease container set on top the stove. We’re always glad when we help someone to get in the hungry spirit.

Thank you for a nice Siberian story as all the ones I know belong to the Siberian labour camps of Stalin’s era . . .where dozens from my family and,. oh so many friends, died. The reason I happen to write this from Australia . . . Some lovely photos, Ron, and you scrub up well also . . . . Your pasties remind me of Cornish ones: I must admit I love to make mine small and am certain Swedish cooks make them pretty much the same as the Baltic ones across the Gulf . . . . looking forwards to next week or so 🙂 !!! . . . [Chloe: tummyrub time!]