I grew up on them, my grandparents are from the UP. I've never had gravy always ketsup. I had a argument about the chicken and other versions lately. Superior pasties in Livonia mich is awesome! Edit, cheese? Never! Chicken lolwot?
I’ve made my pasties with beef chicken venison. I have had them with both ketchup and gravy, but I’m not gonna lie I like ketchup better and this is coming from a guy who lives in Westland Michigan. But he and the wife enjoy making them.
A rude began is like a potato and is very hard and kind N of bitter before it's boiled. Chopped up it has a distinctive flavor in foods. I would never eat it all by itself, but it is good filler in pastys or soups. My family has had a rutabaga patch on their homestead for a hundred years.