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From: "Jan Davis" <>
Subject: Re: [CORNISH] CORNISH Digest, Vol 4, Issue 402
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:49:53 -0700
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I've been following the thread aboutthe pasties. Here in Southern
Califoirnia, most people have never even heard of them and there is nowhere
to buy them unless they are brought is frozen from someplace and even then I
wouldn't know where to get them.. So I make my own. It isn't that hard. I
have my Cornish descendent grandparents' recipe and I don't change a thing
except for using Crisco instead of lard. I make about 10-12 of them and
freeze them in ziplock bags. The house smells so good while they are baking.
Jan (Rickard) Davis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Thompson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CORNISH] CORNISH Digest, Vol 4, Issue 402


The best ones are baked by little old Cornish women who bake them at
home and sell to a local clientèle who are not about to let non-locals
know the secret. I know one such lady in Halsetown that makes some great
ones. I generally charm my way into the homes of all and sundry when I
smell a pasty being cooked, I can smell a pasty being cooked in Amalebra
from the top of Trink Hill. The pasty I am used to does not have a flaky
pastry which a lot of the shops seem to make these days, but a sturdy
crust that will do some damage if it fell on your head.

Jennie Towan wrote:
> Thanks Sally - sadly I don't remember having one decent pasty in
> Cornwall -
> thanks for the tip! Someone told me later on that one gets the best
> pasties
> in ... Butcher Shops!!! Never would dream of going to a butcher shop for
> a
> pasty but that's what I was told.
>
> Cheers, Jennie
>
>
>
>> Sally wrote...
>>
>> I've just returned from a 2 month trip to U.K. and of course Cornwall and
>> 'pasties' were on the 'menu'....I enjoyed a wonderful pasty at Anns Pasty
>> Shop out on the Lizard......not to be missed if your ever down that
>> way....
>>
>> Sally Cann
>> New Zealand
>> OPC Camborne
>>
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