Cornish Pasties

Marshall's Pasties
203 Mill Street
Grass Valley, CA
(530) 272-2844

Cousin Jack Pasties
100 S. Auburn Street
Grass Valley, CA
(530) 272-9230

Pat McConahay visits Grass Valley to try out a delicious treat: pasty - pronounced "pass-tee." This traditional pasty dish includes beef, potatoes, onion, rutabaga, and turnip, all baked inside a golden crust. Tune in and find out the history of this old-fashioned dish.

The original pasties were a hearty and hot, hand-held "no dish" meal for miners who had no time to come above ground for lunch. Some miners reheated their pasties underground; others kept them at least body warm in a chest pocket.