handmade Cornish pasties

[YouMeAndThree]

Originally Posted by mylesdw

http://www.cornishpasties.co.nz/

That's who my post referred to (and SamB's), didn't know they'd set up a website, thanks for the link - looks like they are making a very good go of their venture. Well done for them

[Sam B]

The Cambridge pasties are fab - very authentic. Saturday mornings - 8am-12pm, town green, farmers' market.

[Georgebulldog]

OK had a 'Cornish pastie' from the Tawa butchers ($4.20), they buy them in so all he could tell me was they had peas & carrots in. Had it last night & although it was nice it was....yes you guessed it mince just a pie shaped like a pastie. Now I' want a real one, can't remember what was in them anyone help? potatoe carrots but can't for the life of me think what the main ingrediant was.
I still have their own scotch egg to try, this they make there & is huge, will give that a go later, I think I need to give up on the English picnic & go the kiwi way of burgers & BBQ stuff, sounds good to me

[victoria24]

steak, potato, swede, onion

[JandM]

My Gran would use turnips with or instead of swede, and sometimes included carrot (diced). (That's adding to the post above, not intended to be the whole recipe!)

[YouMeAndThree]

I was told that you had to use a skirt of beef, whatever that cut is???? (But they were made by rellies in Devon).

[Sam B]

Yuck - they defo shouldn't have any peas or carrots in them.

[Georgebulldog]

Originally Posted by Sam B

Yuck - they defo shouldn't have any peas or carrots in them.

Just goes to show how my memories is fading then What I'd give for a holiday in Cornwall now, just love that place & all the cream teas, cornish pasties & cream ice creams

[Arwen]

Ahhhh me too Georgebulldog!! Spent many happy holidays in beautiful Cornwall. I really miss it. We would have moved there, but there were no banking HQ's for hubby to work in.

I have many fond memories of the beautiful Marazion, Helston, Lands End and Tintagel.l

Mr V, are you the culinary Cornishman in question by chance?????

[JandM]

Gran was from deepest North Devon (never lost her accent despite leaving there upon her marriage at age 20). A lot of her family recipes have come down. Let me tell you, there's no 'yuck' in them.