Comments on: Cornish Pasties

By: Piethagoras

Piethagoras — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:47:44 +0000

@pasty lover: carrot vs swede: I know which one wins for me! Mind you, the EU has given PDO status to Cornish pasties, and I’m very happy for Cornwall. But my Madrid pasties (with carrot and no swede) are pretty @$^*ing good.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:03:41 +0000

Thanks PastyLover. I will be sure to keep an eye out for errant carrots. Its freezing here today in Madrid – what I would give for a nice hot pasty right now!

By: Pasty Lover

Pasty Lover — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:28:16 +0000

The West Cornwall Pasty Company pasties are made in Cornwall by Rowe’s bakery, who turn them out in their millions. There are Rowe’s bakery shops throughout Cornwall, and they’re much closer to the real thing than the Ginsters pasties which most people out of the county are familiar with. Anyone in Cornwall however would throw a Ginsters pasty in the bin rather than eat one, and they are an insult to Cornishmen everywhere.

For a real Cornish pasty, you can either make them yourself – yours looks like a half decent effort so well done! – or there are a couple of individual bakeries in Cornwall that do make good traditional pasties such as Chokes Bakery in Falmouth. You’ve got to be quick though as they tend to sell out quite quickly which is a good measure of how traditional a pasty really is – if the locals are buying them then they’re OK. Also, if you ever see a pasty with carrot in, it’s not a traditional Cornish pasty either.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:11:24 +0000

Thanks liz, thats not a bad idea. I will have to give that a try!

By: Liz C

Liz C — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:29:41 +0000

Perhaps you could make them up in advance and freeze them, unbaked? The cooking time would have to be adjusted, but it might work.