Cornish Pasties

[Tribesmen]

What is it with the English and pies

[Rowls]

Savoury pastry covered foods are ALL overrated.

Doesn't matter which one it is.

Pork pie
Steak slice
Cornish pasty
Sausage roll
Steak & kidney
Etc
Etc

They're all awful.

Pies should be sweet, filled with fruit based items and covered in custard.

[dougcollins]

Are you American?

[Woodleyclaret]

Got a great pasty from a mobile van at Holme Park.

[sjb]

Savoury pastry covered foods are ALL overrated.

Doesn't matter which one it is.

Pork pie
Steak slice
Cornish pasty
Sausage roll
Steak & kidney
Etc
Etc

They're all awful.

Pies should be sweet, filled with fruit based items and covered in custard.

Absolute rubbish. A good steak & kidney or cheese & onion is the food of the gods. Get yourself to Haffners & sample a proper pie.

[pureclaret]

Had a Cornish pasty in Cornwall a few years back and think they are the most overated food thing ever. The filling is boring and the pastry and oversized crust even boreinger.
Mind you, I like spicy food so no surprise I find them bland, each to their own.

the thick crust is supposed to be so you can hold and eat the pastie with dirty contaminated hands , most of the original pasties had onion and turnip in with pepper and spice, meat and strong cheese I use to get them at a place in Wadebridge at a bakery at 6am on the way to Newquay from Croyde bay to surf one to eat whilst driving to Newquay one to eat after surfing then another on the drive back always good hot or cold

[bfcmik]

Best I have eaten in years was from a little van just outside Plymouth's ground last season. Absolutely delicious. Made in Devon but called itself a Cornish Pasty so had to have been made to the correct recipe, as has been stated earlier.

[andysisson]

Again will always recommend Sarah’s in Looe, really good, had some delivered up here a few week back but went to Cornwall in April and went to Gear Farm for a pasty, honestly amazing.
Its in St Martins in Helston, bit of a ballache to get to but well worth it

[pureclaret]

Savoury pastry covered foods are ALL overrated.

Doesn't matter which one it is.

Pork pie
Steak slice
Cornish pasty
Sausage roll
Steak & kidney
Etc
Etc

They're all awful.

Pies should be sweet, filled with fruit based items and covered in custard.

recently ive found myself agreeing with you on lots of posts , but not on this Haffners pies are really good.
Although my Gran used to make a suit mince roll with gravey and for pudding a suit jam role in a white custard sauce all done in the oven burnt your lips and throat and the jam stuck to the roof of your mouth, dont get healthy food like that any more

[Bosscat]

Polperro Bakery & Pasty Shop is a belter if you are in Polperro

[Rowls]

I'm aware that my truthbombs about pastry food may be unpalatable for some people, but that's pies for you.

Pie fillings can be fantastic but for Bob Lord's sake, serve them on a plate with potatoes.

[pureclaret]

Rowls I think you may be of a certain age that remembers the suit rolls done in a cotton / linen some called it rag pudding for either meat or jam edition Not sure when pies became so wide spread but the suet pudding mix was so healthy !!!

[Rowls]

Rowls I think you may be of a certain age that remembers the suit rolls done in a cotton / linen some called it rag pudding for either meat or jam edition Not sure when pies became so wide spread but the suet pudding mix was so healthy !!!

I'm probably old enough, yes, but sadly not from round these parts. No rag pudding where I grew up. As if pies weren't bad enough in themselves (and they are) I came of age in the Pukka Pie country of the west midlands. Yuk.

Suet pasty is far more acceptable and I can just about stomach a proper suet pudding.

[Nonayforever]

As far as I am aware, meat pies ( probably offal) were available in King Henry 8th reign.

[boatshed bill]

The Helford village store sells a good one, no idea who bakes them.

[Goalkeeper]

Warren's in Falmouth. TC, close the thread.

[bfcmik]

Warren's in Falmouth. TC, close the thread.

I worked in Falmouth in the 1980s. Can't remember if it was called Warrens then but the pasty shop halfway down the main street was fantastic, if expensive, back then.

[redwasp]

I heard there was going to be a Devon & Cornwall music festival but they couldn't agree who come on first either The Jam or Cream.

[Jel]

Again will always recommend Sarah’s in Looe, really good, had some delivered up here a few week back but went to Cornwall in April and went to Gear Farm for a pasty, honestly amazing.
Its in St Martins in Helston, bit of a ballache to get to but well worth it

I'm only about 6 miles from there, so will definitely be trying one

[Jel]

Helston, I mean

[Dressinggown]

Pound bakery

Agreed, although they have to be called a 'Traditional Pasty' and are more than a quid.

[No Ney Never]

Are any of these traditional pasties, with the pudding at one end?

[GetIntoEm]

Agreed, although they have to be called a 'Traditional Pasty' and are more than a quid.

Having said what I said "tongue in cheek" I actually had a traditional pasty from pound bakery recently. It actually wasn't bad for the £1.25, better than a Greggs pasty. Surprised myself

[Jel]

Are any of these traditional pasties, with the pudding at one end?

I haven't seen them like this, although I know it was the original idea. The reason was for the miners to be able to eat both foods, the pastry protected it from the dust, and the crust was there to hold the pasty with dirty hands, it was thrown away after eating the filling. I'm glad they aren't like this now as I only want savoury.

[KernowHouseClaret]

... the crust was there to hold the pasty with dirty hands, it was thrown away after eating the filling.

Believe it or not this is now very much thought of as a myth, there are plenty of old photos of miners down here in Cornwall eating pasties wrapped in paper or muslin to protect from their hands, the crust was most definitely eaten.

[GetIntoEm]

Crust is the best bit

[andysisson]

I'm only about 6 miles from there, so will definitely be trying one

They are open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 -14:00
and probs best off ringing to pre-order on the day of your choice, thats what i was advised because they seem to bake to order….01326 221150

[dougcollins]

I'm aware that my truthbombs about pastry food may be unpalatable for some people, but that's pies for you.

Pie fillings can be fantastic but for Bob Lord's sake, serve them on a plate with potatoes.

Sounds like you'd prefer those abominations served in a pot dish with a lump of puff pastry chucked on top (that some establishments claim to be pies) if its only about the filling.

Which it isn't.

[bart_claret]

But that isn't a Cornish Pasty - which is a globally recognised brand name for a specific set of ingredients, cooked in a certain way!

That's a traditional Cornish Pasty you are describing which has to be made in Cornwall. Other flavours of Cornish Pasties are available.

[bfcmik]

That's a traditional Cornish Pasty you are describing which has to be made in Cornwall. Other flavours of Cornish Pasties are available.

"The PGI status also means that Cornish pasties must be prepared in Cornwall. They do not have to be baked in Cornwall, nor do the ingredients have to come from the county."
So the one I had in Plymouth, for example, may have been prepared in Saltash, on the Cornish side of the river, but baked in Devon, as it was advertised as a 'Cornish Pasty'.

[pureclaret]

Rowls
Suet pasty is far more acceptable and I can just about stomach a proper suet pudding.
My Gran used to make really good ones with mince meat for main course followed by jam one for pudding, every know and then she would get whole Rabbit from the butchers skin it clean it and make a pie again with suet .
How the youth of today have missed out having to cope with MCds etc when such wonderful hoe cocked meals were available in the 60s

[Rowls]

Sounds like you'd prefer those abominations served in a pot dish with a lump of puff pastry chucked on top (that some establishments claim to be pies) if its only about the filling.

Which it isn't.

I'd happily eat one of those - on strict condition the pastry is not included.

[Boss Hogg]

Cornish Pasties are dreadful

[dougcollins]

I'd happily eat one of those - on strict condition the pastry is not included.

I was in a pub that was presenting some of these inferior comestibles as pies, and when some of the punters kicked off, they produced a laminated dictionary definition of a pie expanded to about 40 point font.

Said punters voted with their feet and left the premises.

[Jel]

20250624_150329.jpg (1.53 MiB) Viewed 206 times

The quest isn't over yet, but I've found this place in Falmouth today. Only one shop and they make all their own pasties. Mine was straight from the oven.
I have it in my top 3. The others are:- St Ives Bakery and Niles from last summer, which was in Fowey.