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Pasties From Asda !
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I bought to Rowe's pasties from ASDA yesterday, and they were delicious.
A bit on the small side perhaps, but £1:50 for two is quite good value I suppose. I can recommend these for people like me, who can't get down to Cornwall at the moment.
A bit on the small side perhaps, but £1:50 for two is quite good value I suppose. I can recommend these for people like me, who can't get down to Cornwall at the moment.
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Islay....as I understand it, the Miners took their pasties underground with them, at the start of their shift.
its possible but unlikely that they would still be warm hours later, when they stopped for lunch.
The folding of the pastry on the pasty has nothing to do with keeping it warm.
It allowed the Miners to hold the pasty by the outside crust or crimp, eat the filling and then discard the crust, as it would have been covered in dirty fingerprints. No facilities for hand-washing in a tin mine !
And that is the Prime Reason why a so-called "Cornish" pasty can't be sold as such, if the bloody crimped bit goes over the top !
I wish someone would tell Tesco that.
And Greggs.
its possible but unlikely that they would still be warm hours later, when they stopped for lunch.
The folding of the pastry on the pasty has nothing to do with keeping it warm.
It allowed the Miners to hold the pasty by the outside crust or crimp, eat the filling and then discard the crust, as it would have been covered in dirty fingerprints. No facilities for hand-washing in a tin mine !
And that is the Prime Reason why a so-called "Cornish" pasty can't be sold as such, if the bloody crimped bit goes over the top !
I wish someone would tell Tesco that.
And Greggs.
trt....Cornish Pastys cannot have chicken, mushrooms and anything other then
chuck steak, potato, onion and swede.
If anybody were to attempt to sell a Cornish Pasty in Penzance with anything other than the above, they would be fire-bombed and driven out of Town.
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Eccles....Mince ! Mince !....ye Gods !
chuck steak, potato, onion and swede.
If anybody were to attempt to sell a Cornish Pasty in Penzance with anything other than the above, they would be fire-bombed and driven out of Town.
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Eccles....Mince ! Mince !....ye Gods !
Marvel....they are really nice, but warm them up, do make them even nicer !
Actually, there are lots of shops around the southern half of our Sceptred Isle
where real Cornish Pasties can be bought. Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Bristol have them.
These are made in Cornwall, to a "proper pasty" recipe, with the bloody crimp on the correct way around, and then baked in the shop location.
Temple Meads station in Bristol sell them and every good they are, albeit a bit pricey. The village shop in West Cornwall, where I have my caravan has huge pasties on sale, made by Warrens in St Just. Warrens are the oldest pasty maker still in existence. The fragrance emanating from the bakery, as you drive past, brings tears to my eyes !
Actually, there are lots of shops around the southern half of our Sceptred Isle
where real Cornish Pasties can be bought. Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Bristol have them.
These are made in Cornwall, to a "proper pasty" recipe, with the bloody crimp on the correct way around, and then baked in the shop location.
Temple Meads station in Bristol sell them and every good they are, albeit a bit pricey. The village shop in West Cornwall, where I have my caravan has huge pasties on sale, made by Warrens in St Just. Warrens are the oldest pasty maker still in existence. The fragrance emanating from the bakery, as you drive past, brings tears to my eyes !
## trt....Cornish Pastys cannot have chicken, mushrooms and anything other then chuck steak, potato, onion and swede. ##
I know the Cornish Pasty laws Mikey. I was just pointing out that there's a choice of similar, and I dont care if its called a Bombay Pasty, Bangkok Pasty, or a Packy Pasty, as long as my taste-buds like them. :-)
I know the Cornish Pasty laws Mikey. I was just pointing out that there's a choice of similar, and I dont care if its called a Bombay Pasty, Bangkok Pasty, or a Packy Pasty, as long as my taste-buds like them. :-)
I have a personal dislike for anything that masquerades as a Cornish Pasty, that isn't trt !
Until the protected status came about for Cornish Pasties, all sorts of strange and peculiar items were sold across the land, and still are, if my experience here in South Wales is anything to go by !
I complained to Tesco's Head Office about them selling abominations under the name "Cornish" and they didn't even bother to reply.
So I complained another 2 times and eventually got a response ! They said that they were slowly fading out their awful (my word) Pasties, as the Geographical Protected Status was being fazed in, which was technically correct I suppose.
So now they call then Welsh Pasties....but they still have fecking peas and carrots in them !
Until the protected status came about for Cornish Pasties, all sorts of strange and peculiar items were sold across the land, and still are, if my experience here in South Wales is anything to go by !
I complained to Tesco's Head Office about them selling abominations under the name "Cornish" and they didn't even bother to reply.
So I complained another 2 times and eventually got a response ! They said that they were slowly fading out their awful (my word) Pasties, as the Geographical Protected Status was being fazed in, which was technically correct I suppose.
So now they call then Welsh Pasties....but they still have fecking peas and carrots in them !
Mikey, seeing you seem to be a big Cornish Pasty fan, I suggest you try this place out on your next visit to the States?
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trt....thanks for the link !
It is highly unlikely that I will visit the States again. I just don't have the funds anymore !
Have you read Bill Bryson's first travel, "The Lost Continent" ?
In it, Bryson describes how he found some Cornish Pasties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan State. This was an area that Cornish Tin Miners had emigrated too, in the 19th century, to work in the local copper mines.
After weeks of eating American food, he was looking forward to having something wholesome to eat. But his taste buds had been ruined by this time, and he found the pasty to be too bland !
Pasties are surprisingly popular in areas of America, where the Cornish settled, as the following link will tell ::
http://
I found a place that sold them, in California actually but they were dreadful...sweet and totally wrong.
On the same trip, in 1992, we found an Indian restaurant, in Monterey. We too, wanted something different, after eating some pretty awful American food for nearly 3 weeks. But that was awful too...Indian food, cooked for Americans....far too sweet, and completely different to British Indian cooking.
One last Americana bit. I think it was Steinbeck that said that he had never had good dinner in America, but, there again, he had never had a bad breakfast ! And he was right....an all-day breakfast is always to be relied on,
preferably in a road side truck stop !
It is highly unlikely that I will visit the States again. I just don't have the funds anymore !
Have you read Bill Bryson's first travel, "The Lost Continent" ?
In it, Bryson describes how he found some Cornish Pasties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan State. This was an area that Cornish Tin Miners had emigrated too, in the 19th century, to work in the local copper mines.
After weeks of eating American food, he was looking forward to having something wholesome to eat. But his taste buds had been ruined by this time, and he found the pasty to be too bland !
Pasties are surprisingly popular in areas of America, where the Cornish settled, as the following link will tell ::
http://
I found a place that sold them, in California actually but they were dreadful...sweet and totally wrong.
On the same trip, in 1992, we found an Indian restaurant, in Monterey. We too, wanted something different, after eating some pretty awful American food for nearly 3 weeks. But that was awful too...Indian food, cooked for Americans....far too sweet, and completely different to British Indian cooking.
One last Americana bit. I think it was Steinbeck that said that he had never had good dinner in America, but, there again, he had never had a bad breakfast ! And he was right....an all-day breakfast is always to be relied on,
preferably in a road side truck stop !
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