Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 25, 2002
Transcript:
"What's with the blobby potpie?" "It's pasty." "Cornish miners brought them to Michigan's upper peninsula in the 1800s." "They were the perfect miner's lunch- easy to carry, and you cooked them on a shovel over a fire." "That way they didn't have to wait in line for the microwave!" "Something like that."
And it’s pronounced PASS-tee with the short “a” — the distinction is important!