Sinister: LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT

[P. Miller / A. Ubieta]

J.E.Higgott wrote:

>           A Pastie is associated with Cornish miners.  It
> is very
> much a working class snack.

Au contraire! If my memory of "Go With Noakes" is correct,
the Cornish Pastie was originally not a mere snack, but
rather a full and nourishing meal for the tin miners to eat
while they were down the shaft, undoubtedly sharing it with
the faithful pit ponies that never saw the light of day
except when they retired. At one end of the pastie was a
delicious savoury filling, while the other end harboured an
irresistable dollop of strawberry jam. So that the miners
didn't make the mistake of eating their pud first, their
wives put a pastry letter on each end for identification
purposes. Seeing as it was a letter made of pastry, the
miners could tell which end to bite into first even if their
miners' lamp had gone out due to a sudden gust of
subterranean wind.

I think the song lyric is just a bit of messing about.

Peter

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