Old-time kitchen gadgets
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346283)
Rockingham, Australia
February 14, 2025 6:40pm CST
The photo shows a pastie cutter which was in the Collie Museum.
The photograph doesn’t really show that the metal is concave. There are two identical pieces back to back. I gather you rolled it along big sheet of pastry and you’d end up with identical-size circles. You’d add the filling, fold them over, crimp the edges and they’d be ready for the oven.
When my mother made pasties, instead of crimping them, she’d use a fork or tip of a spoon to mark the edge.
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@JudyEv (346283)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Feb
Do you have pies there? Pies are round and made of pastry with a filling of some sort, often meat, but you can have fruit pies such as apple or apricot. A pastie starts off with a circle of pastry but then you fold it over the filling so it's a half-circle. Edit: Sorry I didn't get this posted yesterday.
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@RebeccasFarm (92038)
• Arvada, Colorado
16 Feb
Cool never seen one Judy..I love pasties too.
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@RebeccasFarm (92038)
• Arvada, Colorado
18 Feb
@JudyEv I am remembering the Cornish Pasties in Cornwall, England when I spent the summer there in my youth. Oh my yes they were filled with mince ..so delicious.
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@JudyEv (346283)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb
@RebeccasFarm I think pasties might have originated in Cornwall.
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@DaddyEvil (141581)
• United States
15 Feb
I used a fork to crimp pie edges. It worked fine.
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@DaddyEvil (141581)
• United States
16 Feb
@JudyEv We use a fork when making peanut butter cookies, too.
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@2ndchances24 (9877)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
15 Feb
I don't do any kind of baking like cakes & stuff but I do remember when
other people I know that did, just never took up cooking or baking stuff.
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@JudyEv (346283)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb
@2ndchances24 If it works for you, it's all good.
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@2ndchances24 (9877)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
17 Feb
@JudyEv Husband likes to do all the cooking but being I don't eat the same time he does
OR the same thing he does I cook for myself when I'm ready to eat.
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@ptrikha_2 (47366)
• India
16 Feb
Looks like an interesting gadget.
May be there are some videos on using it.
Great that a Museum also preserves such heritage stuff as well.
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@allknowing (140786)
• India
15 Feb
That is yet another that is not in use I am sure
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@RasmaSandra (82500)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Feb
Never knew there was such a thing.
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@lilacskies (3766)
• United States
15 Feb
I wonder if these are valuable in antiques shops.
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@GardenGerty (162191)
• United States
15 Feb
We occasionally make pasties, but this would be good for a large operation.
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@FourWalls (71430)
• United States
15 Feb
Too fancy for my blood. I’d use a fork.
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