Waging war on the Jamaican patty: Canada’s bizarre beef with the delicious snack

In 1985 Toronto, Jamaican-Canadian bakers fought the federal government over whether their beloved pastry could legally be called a beef patty.

A delightfully absurd true story of bureaucracy versus a beloved Caribbean snack.

Patty vs. Patty tells the story of Toronto’s bizarre 1985 “patty wars,” when Jamaican-Canadian bakers went head-to-head with the federal government over the name of their beloved beef patty. #CBCShortDocs #PattyvsPatty

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