The Pasty Project
Pasty Maker Questionnaire
Name:
-Bill
Lohela (Viljo)
Age:(if you don’t mind
answering)
-82
(almost 83!)
Where
did you first learned to make pasties? and from whom?
-30 Years ago in the building on Main Street Hancock. Lived there and needed a job so started making Pasties.
How
long have you been making pasties?
-30
years
How
many pasties do you think you have made?
-
about ½ million!
-
50 day X 6 days a week X 52 weeks X 30 years = 468,000(min.)
What
is the greatest number of pasties you have made at one time?
-1000 a day for a 5000 pasty order for MTU!
How
many pasties has one person been able to eat at one sitting?
2, a BIG man ate two in one sitting, without leaving a crumb at the Keliva!
Comment
on the prices of the pasty(from past to present).
-30
years ago they were $.79 to $.80
-today $2.95(just raised last spring from $1.95)
Do
they ever get tired of making/eating the pasties?
-No,
I eat and make them everyday!
What
do people seem to like to put on their pasty?
-ketchup
What
is the weirdest thing you have ever seen put in/on a pasty?
-Gravy? That is weird!
What
would you like to see included in an online information center on the pasty?
-Just make it accessible to everyone!