After sex and beer, Pasties are possibly the nicest things on earth. As a proud Janner, I would argue that Devon ones are the best, like my Gran used to make, but a Cornish one can be just as scrummy.
History,
Recipes
And
Photographs will follow.
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After sex and beer, Pasties are possibly the nicest things on earth. As a proud Janner, I would argue that Devon ones are the best, like my Gran used to make, but a Cornish one can be just as scrummy.
History,
Recipes
And
Photographs will follow.
Sex and a pasty and beer , what better in what order I would make a pig of myself, lets see beer pastyQuote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz
and sex or beer sex and a pasty, What combination I don't Know, one thing I do know all them crumbs
and beer stains etc, I wonder would Missy wash the sheets after.!;D
A Cornish Pasty
http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingforum/A Devon Pasty
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...-pasty-008.jpg
A Devon Pasty
http://www.cornishpasties.org.uk/oth...DevonPasty.jpg
You will notice a distinct difference. The Traditional Cornish is crimped along the side whereas the Devon is sporting a top crimp. This is supposed to be the way to identify where the pasty was born but is not a very reliable identification method. I have seen pasties in both counties crimped similarly, with much the same contents. They are both delish.
Here is a huge pasty, a whopper made by Ron Dewdney the infamous Plymouth Pasty Maker behind Ron Dewdneys and brother of equally infamous Ivor Dewdney Plymouth Pasty maker.
http://www.cornishpasties.org.uk/gia...th_Whopper.jpg
It should be made with shortcrust pastry using lard
The pastry should be circular and then folded over to make a semicircular D shape
It should contain Beef skirt,potatoe,turnip (swede) onion and be seasoned with salt and pepper.
The following ingredients should not be found in a pasty
Carrots
Chicken
Tandoori Chicken
lamb
The correct contents should be sliced or diced but never minced.
If you really must a cheese and onion is acceptable and a home made traditional split with apple in one end and savoury the other is fine
A pasty Joke
Plymouth Argyle have a new goalkeeper
Ivor Dewdney
You can't get past ee
A Pasty song ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oNN-0XaiKk
They eat em in Mexico
They have a crust so that Tin Miners could hold this in grubby poisonous hands and toss it away after munching the contents. The original would have savoury in one end and sweet in tuther. Yum.
There are at least 3 shops here, in Butte, that sell only pastys (no "-ies" to avoid confusion), and just about every restaurant serves them at least one night a week. On those nights you have to call your order in during the morning. In the old mining days they had a saying that, if there was a pasty in your lunch box, your wife still loved you. On top of the Continental Divide, over looking Butte, is the 90 foot "Our Lady of the Rockies" statue. It was built by money accumulated at countless pasty sales. My aunt estimates that she herself made nearly 10,000 of them over the years.
My friend grew up in Minneapolis, and a guy moved there from Butte and opened a pasty shop, leaving my friend with a life-long addiction he has trouble feeding in Southern California. When I lived in Phoenix a pasty shop opened in Tempe, but, alas, they were "gourmet" and really not very good at all.
Not sure if many have tried to buy a pasty t'up North in the UK?
I went to a bakery and was presented with these weird square flat things, labelled as a pasty, but not even close.
I have friends who ask us to bring Pasty's to them whenever we visit.
@Greenbeanz, do you know the story between the two Dewdney brothers? I've always wondered, never knew. I'm assuming it's a Noel and Liam style hatred.
For the record, Ginsters Pasty's are not even close to being like a real one!
I had a pasty once , and it had peas in with the meat, that's not a pasty is it.
My dad used to go on a pasty making frenzy every once in a while putting all sorts of shit in um, whatever was to hand I think most of the time.
He's dead now but I assure you it wasnt pasty related.
@0james0 You are right mate Ginsters are plain wrong. I don't Know the Dewdney story no, but It would be interesting to find out. Ivor seems the most successful but they have both done all right. I like Hills you know the Friary Mill ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by 0james0
No that is not mate. Peas in a pasty is enough to get you sent to Coventry in the Westcountry. Do it twice and you end up in Dartmoor.;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dia bando
Thats really interesting Grey. I am assuming that originally the recipe came over with the Cornish Miners in the 19th century. You are right about gourmet pastys too. The simplicity is what makes them, Good quality beef steak or skirt, Potatoes onions and swede and pastry and your good to go. Your aunt sounds like a great cook and that is a great saying about the pasty in your lunch box.Quote:
Originally Posted by greynotsoold
prefer pies but cheese and onion is nice.
Get behind me SatanQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
If you ever come across a book entitled "Copper Camp" (a collection of stories about Butte published in 1943), it is very worth reading if only for the chapter on the pasty, how it is made, what ingredients are proper, and the divine nature of a truly gifted pasty-maker.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenbeanzThats really interesting Grey. I am assuming that originally the recipe came over with the Cornish Miners in the 19th century. You are right about gourmet pastys too. The simplicity is what makes them, Good quality beef steak or skirt, Potatoes onions and swede and pastry and your good to go. Your aunt sounds like a great cook and that is a great saying about the pasty in your lunch box.Quote:
Originally Posted by greynotsoold
Prison.;DQuote:
Originally Posted by GreenbeanzNo that is not mate. Peas in a pasty is enough to get you sent to Coventry in the Westcountry. Do it twice and you end up in Dartmoor.;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dia bando
Easy now bud, it's a Cheese and onion Slice, aright my love.;DQuote:
Originally Posted by GreenbeanzGet behind me SatanQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
I like Friary Mill, but they are quite posh pastysQuote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz@0james0 You are right mate Ginsters are plain wrong. I don't Know the Dewdney story no, but It would be interesting to find out. Ivor seems the most successful but they have both done all right. I like Hills you know the Friary Mill ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by 0james0
I like Friary Mill, but they are quite posh pastys, I like mine more rough and ready. Ivor Dewdneys are my favourite, despite the fact they use the cheapest meat and grubby spuds!Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz@0james0 You are right mate Ginsters are plain wrong. I don't Know the Dewdney story no, but It would be interesting to find out. Ivor seems the most successful but they have both done all right. I like Hills you know the Friary Mill ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by 0james0
A good new pasty discovery I made recently was a little butchers, at the top of market road in Plympton. Massive pastys, loads of meat and cheap.