My husband is hungover and nostalgic for British comfort food.
Hello everyone,I’d like to ask where I can find Cornish pasty in Glasgow. My friend came back after trip from Cornwall and he just loved it,I want to find it for them,but can’t find them on google😓
Update: Thanks for your answers guys! I’ll definitely try those places,btw, do you know any places selling fresh baked meatless/halal Cornish pasties?(for my Muslim friends)
I don't think the humble pasty gets enough love, I'd like to see Sam's take on it.
Staying in Sheffield for work, are there any decent places to grab a cornish pasty? Cheers!
A food with a fairly nebulous beginning but has since become the national dish of Cornwall as well as a beloved dish in the northern midwest U.S. after Cornish miners brought the recipe with them to the copper mines of Michigan and the iron mines of Minnesota.
The second, and heretofore unmentioned, part to my suggestion is to get in touch with Brent from Ghost Town Living and try to organize a trip out to Cerro Gordo (once California's lockdowns are lifted) to cook the dish in an actual old mining town as a nod to its history in America. I added this part as a long shot but Ghost Town Living has a similar story to Tasting History in terms of starting the channels at the beginning of the pandemic and the explosion of subscribers in the subsequent year, though the logistics of traveling to Death Valley and cooking in a semi abandoned town are probably prohibitive.
This is a fairly lighthearted one
I was walking with my housemate/friend and my dog. My dog was off-leash and we turned into a part of the park where another dog was playing with a ball and my dog bounced over to play with the dog and the ball (this was my fault for not putting him back on leash quickly enough when I saw the other dog but not the point of my AITA).
Context; there was a farmers market going on elsewhere in the park.
As my dog bounded over to the other dog the owner of the dog bent down to look at them and out of the top of her bag fell a box of premium, farmers market Cornish Pasties. I was already running over when the dogs realised and pounced on the Cornish pasties. My dog ate half of one before we could wrestle them away.
I apologised profusely and offered to buy the woman more Cornish Pasties, but she declined, she seemed a quite angry though. My friend had picked up the remaining pasty and put it back in the box and went to hand it to her and she said “I don’t want it, it’s been on the grass” so she said “ok we’ll throw it away for you.” She walked away and we walked the other way. As my friend when to put it in the bin I said “come on!! That’s a perfectly good pasty. It barely touched the floor. We’ll heat it up and it will be fine.” So we kept the pasty.
Fast forward 20 minutes and we’re just leaving the park and we bump into the woman. She takes one look at my friend holding the box and her face is a picture of horror and she said “is that my pasty?” We sheepishly say yes, well we thought not to waste it. And she replied “that’s disgusting. That’s stealing!” and stormed off to her her husband, gesturing at us. We scuttled off pretty fast, pretty embarrassed.
So. AITA for stealing this woman’s pasty?
Somebody on Reddit mentioned that I might like to try Cornish Pasties, a meat-and-veggie pastry from England. I like to try new foods, and love cooking, so I found a recipe (https://www.daringgourmet.com/authentic-cornish-pasty-recipe/) and got to work last Sunday.
I spent nearly 4 hours getting everything ready. Cutting and frying the stake and onions. Cutting and boiling the carrots, rutabaga, potatoes, and carrots for about 30 minutes to soften them up. Mixing the pie crust (I had to use a dry mix because my bread skills are not so great), spreading it out, and filling it with everything.
Everyone in my house (spouse and kids) watched me preparing, working hard, getting excited for it. Finally, I filled them up with veggies and meat (https://photos.app.goo.gl/PFKmui6KTk3F2Yo29), topped it with butter, flour, and broth, and baked them for 50 minutes.
I was euphoric with how they came out (https://photos.app.goo.gl/4vPYsSDZfQPmhXsM9)! Everyone had gone to watch a movie, and I called them to come eat. Nobody came for over 30 minutes, leaving me to sadly nom my pasties in dejected solitude.
My spouse did eventually tell me that she liked it a lot, but I really felt deflated that nobody seemed to care about my culinary curiosity and achievement. So, I just wanted to let internet strangers know. And maybe to ask - what unusual dish would you suggest I try next? I'm aiming for one a month, preferably a dish with cultural significance or a comfort food that's relatively easy to make. I'd rather not spend 4 hours next time :p
And if you say greggs then you're a degenerate boglin
I know there are many other things to worry about in the world right now, but it really gets on my nerves (and I have a lot of time on my hands). Is there anywhere to report people who sell ‘Cornish Pasties’ that aren’t Cornish? Like a Pasty investigation department in trading standards!? Now we’re out of the EU I’m not even sure if they’re protected anymore. Thanks, as I said I am well aware that this is a bit crazy and there are other things I could be doing...
Edit:grammar
...why does my husband end up with a couple of tiny pastry flakes on his plate while I have to be dug out of a mountain of crumbs by two big lads and a JCB?
