Roy's Pasties and Bakery

Yesterday morning we drove back down to Houghton to do shopping and when we crossed the bridge into town, we stopped at Roy's Pasties and Bakery Shop.  Pronounced past-tee, it is a Cornish/Finnish traditional meal that the miners carried in their buckets down into the mines, to be eaten at their meal break.  Made fresh in the morning, mostly filled with meat, potatoes and vegetables, it kept warm for many hours.  And when they got ready to eat it, if it was cold, they could heat the pastie on the end of a shovel over a candle flame.  Okay, glad I don't have to do that.

The top one is 12 oz and the bottom is 16.  Ugh.

7 years ago we had our first pastie while in Munising, Michigan.  Was a very unique food, and while we were here we had been looking for somewhere that sold them.  Found Roy's this morning when I looked up bakeries in the Houghton area, just looking to get a coffee and a donut before shopping.  Instead - we found heaven!

To show how large these pasties are.

And we ordered and dug in.  Wow.  Dave and I were in heaven.  Huge, delicious.  A woman came over and struck up a conversation, she (Tricia) with her husband Roy own the shop.  Told us the history, what sells, how they make them - then she brought over a baked good (fruit filled) for us to try. Said the dough was different, called laminated dough. Never had put laminated with baking before.  Melted in your mouth.

Of course we had to get some bakery to go, we knew that if we were closer we would have visited Roy's more than this one time.  If you ever are in Houghton - you must go to Roy's Pasties and Bakery.  Wonderful!    www.RoysPasties.com

On the way back 'up' the peninsula to the campground, we stopped at a roadside information area.  We had heard the peninsula gets a lot of snow, and the signs proved it.  The teachers we talked to during the fireworks display said that they come up in the winter to do snowshoeing, that the snow is so high and plowed to the side of the road, that it is like driving in a tunnel, the side drifts are at least 15 feet high.

Over 22 feet this past winter