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In Butte, Montana, which was once a mining hub, several restaurants boast of their dedication to pasty and pesties on their menus. According to Wikipedia, "a pasty (pass-tee) is a British baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is made by placing an uncooked filling on one half of a flat shortcrust pastry circle, folding the pastry in half to wrap the filling in a semicircle, and crimping the curved edge to form a seal before baking." "During the mining boom, which began in the late 1800s and lasted well into the 20th-century, Cornish immigrants flooded into the Montana area. These minors referred to their pasties as 'a letter from' "ome." Pasty or pasties like Pork and Cabbage Pasties are often filled with meat, potatoes, rutabagas, onions, and carrots and served hot but are also delicious cold. You can add a sauce like ketchup or gravy. However, some now fill them with a variety of sweet and savory fillings. For the purpose of ke