Pasties - One for all you Kernow Folk

[Fletching]

Pasty Linky (http://dailymash.shotdeadinthehead.com/product_view.aspx?pid=4547)

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[aman]

Love it. Might have to print myself one of those:D

[JEEP]

So, what are pasties..?

[aman]

They are meat, potato, onion and turnip (sweed to you) in a pastry case that you can eat on the go

They are an institution here in Cornwall

[JEEP]

Sounds tasty!

[rosseveritt]

So, what are pasties..?

Have a look here Jakob. :) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cornishpasty_89627

[JEEP]

Sounds very tasty. Like a Cornish calzone :)

[rosseveritt]

Sounds very tasty. Like a Cornish calzone :)

Almost, yes. Except the outer casing is pastry, but essentially food in a wrap. They used to have sweet filling in one end and savoury in the other and the crust was used as a handle and not eaten. When miners ate them they sometimes has arsenic on their hands and didn't eat the crust to stop themselves becoming poisoned. :)

[Martin]

Have a look here Jakob. :) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cornishpasty_89627

How can you call that a pasty, Ross? You living in Cornwall and everything!!

I want the whole world to know that's not a pasty. (By the way, I'm not Cornish ;) )

Pasties don't have parsley, they're not made with rib eye steak and the crimp definitely isn't along the top!!!

Martin

[Martin]

I've just noticed that they cook the vegetables before they put them in the 'pie'. What are they doing????

Martin

[rosseveritt]

OK Martin, I agree, it was just to give Jakob an idea. :)

[Martin]

OK Martin, I agree, it was just to give Jakob an idea. :)

Ha ha Ross, only teasing. Still, the Hairy Bikers aren't the best advert for the beloved pasty are they? ;)

Martin

[rosseveritt]

What did you think of the potted pasty history then? :p

[happybonzo]

Just be careful where you buy a Pasty. Some of "things" offered as Pastys (spelling?) are not worthy of the name.
Didn't Pasties get some form of protection from the ever lovely EU Commissioners recently?

[rosseveritt]

Just be careful where you buy a Pasty. Some of "things" offered as Pastys (spelling?) are not worthy of the name.
Didn't Pasties get some form of protection from the ever lovely EU Commissioners recently?

Yeah, I think they did, can only be called a Cornish Pasty if made in Cornwall. :)

[Raven]

Wow, u guys must really like pasties!

[happybonzo]

Yeah, I think they did, can only be called a Cornish Pasty if made in Cornwall. :)

Wasn't there some poor woman down on the Lizard,who had been making her version of a Pasty for years (and they're jolly good :) ) and she was told that her Pastys didn't conform to thr right shape?

[rosseveritt]

Wasn't there some poor woman down on the Lizard,who had been making her version of a Pasty for years (and they're jolly good :) ) and she was told that her Pastys didn't conform to thr right shape?

Yeah, I think so. :)

[rosseveritt]

Wow, u guys must really like pasties!

Of course, nom, nom, nom. :)

[Martin]

Wow, u guys must really like pasties!

What isn't there to like about a pasty?

Martin

[aman]

How can you call that a pasty, Ross? You living in Cornwall and everything!!

I want the whole world to know that's not a pasty. (By the way, I'm not Cornish ;) )

Pasties don't have parsley, they're not made with rib eye steak and the crimp definitely isn't along the top!!!

Martin
I have always put parsley in my pasties as did my Mum.

[Roadkillphil]

J, H and M Choakes pasties in Flamouth are my new favourite pasties... Had one the other day and it was Epic!!

[aman]

There is a tiny little company up on tregoniggie ind est that make the best pasties I have ever tasted.

They are called Tickle yer tastebuds. You cannot just walk in off the street and get one though, you have to pre order.

I have one every friday.

[Chubbs]

What is it with Pasties nowadays. Like Martin, I'm not Cornish but I have eaten many of them in the 22 years I have been in this wonderful county. Philps in Hayle used to be great, along with Rowe's and the many small shops that sell them in the area. Most of them have that mass produced taste, the pastry on them is fatty, insipid and tasteless, and where has the white pepper gone in most of them.

Even though the standards seem to have dropped with many suppliers, they are no way near as bad as the ones 'up north' which consist of mince in gravy (the thick brown stuff), tinned mixed veg, and their traditional crimp along the top.

[Kernowek Scouser]

Whenever I pass through Hayle, I pop in here

http://hampsonsofhayle.co.uk/famous-cornish-pasties/ (http://hampsonsofhayle.co.uk/famous-cornish-pasties/)

Best pasties round abouts, by a Cornish country mile :D

[ANGOF]

Berrymans of Redruth, best bar none. And you can put what you like in a pasty. i put sprouts in mine, whatever is in season at the alottment. And crimping on the top is called the "Porthleven crimp" and is all you will find out here on the Lizard.

[Metal mug]

The website should really be called Natural pasty bushcraft. :D