Like many original dishes. The true Finland Pastie is pretty bland. Cheap meat, potatoes and lard
But after being “Americanized” the U.P. Pastie is very good.
But after being “Americanized” the U.P. Pastie is very good.
One of my fav foods from traveling in UK, Africa, etc are the savory meat pies and Cornish pasties. Are any of you ordering these online and shipping to yourselves in the USA? Which brands are the best? Have you found any in our restaurants that are good? I need to learn how to make them.

You beat me to it! That is an amazing place. He has top quality everything RSABrett’s Biltong in Llano, Texas has a selection of meat pies. He opened a second store in Rowlett, up near Dallas.
Ed Z
Looks like the link is this https://brettsbiltong.com/Brett’s Biltong in Llano, Texas has a selection of meat pies. He opened a second store in Rowlett, up near Dallas.
Ed Z
Pasties followed the Cornish tin miners to American mining booms. We have the world's largest Finnish community outside of Finland and I've never seen pasties sold in the restaraunts here. The Upper Penninsula also is home to a large Finnish community that originally came for the mining and logging. Apparently many of our Finns emigrated from the UP during the labor strife at the end of the 19th century. The communist Finns were run out and came here (yes, Finland was a hotbed of communist radicals early on).Like many original dishes. The true Finland Pastie is pretty bland. Cheap meat, potatoes and lard![]()
But after being “Americanized” the U.P. Pastie is very good.
I vaguely remember eating pies at your place one evening…..all I really remember was they tasted great and I didn’t go thirsty.

My wife who is Vietnamese makes family sized " big" Kangaroo meat pies served with peas & mashed potato for family dinners when the kids come for dinner.One of my fav foods from traveling in UK, Africa, etc are the savory meat pies and Cornish pasties. Are any of you ordering these online and shipping to yourselves in the USA? Which brands are the best? Have you found any in our restaurants that are good? I need to learn how to make them.
Natchitoches, Louisiana. Famous for meat pies.
Never see sausage rolls here. They are the standard fare at the turn on gold courses in England. I fell I’ve with them there. So much so I begged my fiancé to learn how to make them. She does a pretty good version.Kolaches are common in TX. They are good but a sausage roll is also good and I don't see those.
Bar none the best meat pies on earth…The Fairlie Bakehouse is a bakery in Fairlie, New Zealand. The bakery is most famous for producing gourmet meat pies. Popular varieties include salmon and bacon, venison and cranberry, and steak. Their most popular variety is a pork belly and apple sauce pie, with a piece of crackling on the top.
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One of my fav foods from traveling in UK, Africa, etc are the savory meat pies and Cornish pasties. Are any of you ordering these online and shipping to yourselves in the USA? Which brands are the best? Have you found any in our restaurants that are good? I need to learn how to make them.