Morrisons cornish pasties

[zzxxee]

How nice are the ones from their bakery dept?
Flippin gorgeous !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tiggerblue10]

The last time I ate a Cornish pasty was a Ginsters one and it had loads of bits of chewy grissole. It was gross. I did make one at school many moons ago and that was nice but I can't remember how I made it.

[zzxxee]

i read somewhere that pasties where originally made for cornish miners.
The reason for the crimped edge is so they ate the pasty and threw the crust away to avoid dirty hands touching the rest of the pasty.

[what..the?]

yeah zzxxee thats what I saw in a docu

[zzxxee]

i think originally they had a savory end and a sweet filled end so
lunch and pudding in one.

[mccfluff]

also that they had meat at one end and pud at the other - not sure if that bit was true :-)

[what..the?]

Gregs should bring the Meat 'n' Sweet (c) back!

[zzxxee]

sounds pretty revolting i think !!!

[mccfluff]

"Tradition has it that the original pasties contained meat and vegetables in one end and jam or fruit in the other end, in order to give the hard-working men 'two courses'. Cornish housewives also marked their husband's initials on the left-hand side of the pastry casing, in order to avoid confusion at lunchtime. This was particularly useful when a miner wished to save a 'corner' of his pasty until later, or if he wanted to leave a corner for one of the 'Knockers'. The Knockers were the mischievous 'little people' of the mines, who were believed by the miners to cause all manner of misfortune, unless they were placated with a small amount of food, after which they could prove to be a source of good luck. "

[zzxxee]

thanks for that fluff interesting :0)

[cazzz1975]

I only like the filling in a cornish pasty and even then the best part of the filling for me is the swede and pepper, the pastry gives me indigestion, cant cope with it.

[snags]

CD's Mum is down in Penzance at the moment... I think a text to her, asking to bring back a 'box of oggys' is in order...

[zzxxee]

is that what they are known as oggys ?
well didnt know that you learn somthing new everyday !.

[DTCwordfan]

there's still a row over the definition and quite rightly so. As it stands, they are allowing mince to be included on the ingredients in a Cornish pasty.....any Cornish person knows it should be flank steak or chuck that is used - not mince - that is the realm of a Dorset pasty (and they do exist).....or one of those dreadful Ginster impersonations/bastardisations.

There was also a debate about carrots - no bl--dy way! Just potato and turnip...

mcfluff is spot on with the history - they were wrapped up in rags or tarpaulin to keep them warm....

[zzxxee]

does anyone make proper traditional cornish pasties with any old recipies? if you do, post it i would be interested to have a go !!.

[mccfluff]

i'll ask mum for hers if you want?

[zzxxee]

yes please fluff if you could post it on here that would be brilliant cheers :0) x

[mccfluff]

i will do, she's a bit rubbish at reading emails but i'll text her as well :-)

[zzxxee]

:0) x
will look in later thanks
need to make somthing to eat and pop out now have a good day fluff x

[society]

Whatever toy do don't try Greg's Pasties! Well... according to Micmac. :-)

[craft1948]

You're all going to be stuffed for your Yorkshire Puddings then...............