[Magdalen] Welsh Pie

[sally.davies at gmail.com]

Hi David

Can you describe "Welsh pie" a bit more ? Welsh cakes I know well, and
other such alleged delicacies as Lava Bread, but I'm not familiar with
Welsh Pie

Sally D

On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 at 6:04 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> Nestled into this county in NE Pennsylvania USA is the largest
> enclave of Americans of Welsh descent.  It's not large compared
> to the 80% Slavic contingent, but as the Welsh in the USA, it's
> sizable.
>
> Such as Welsh cakes are commonly available, but the last
> restaurant serving Welsh pie in this region has closed and
> the building razed.
>
> The restaurant business always strikes me as transitory, but
> there have been closings of four family restaurants in this
> neighborhood, with a relocation of the two fancier restaurants.
>
> Two of them include the razing of the buildings as well
> as the closure.
>
> All of them had a unique niche, and I am sorry to see them go.
> I guess people can't make such small operations economically viable
> anymore.
>
> For perhaps related reasons, five classical Midwestern steak houses
> in the city I called home for twenty years, Eau Claire, WI, have
> disappeared since I left there 32 years ago.  Boring chain restaurants
> are all that remain.
>
>
>
>
> David S.
>