Archive for the ‘Pasty Facts’ Category

The First Pasty One of the oldest historical references to the pasty dates back to the reign of (more…)

The Modern Cornish Pasty Crantock Bakery, one of the leading producers of Cornish pasties, made just under 20 (more…)

A Cornish Pasty Lexicon buccas or bocklyes – mine spirits or imps, also known as knockers. calzone – (more…)

St Carantoc – The Patron Saint Of The Cornish Pasty? Saint Carantoc was a confessor and abbot of (more…)

Cornish Pasties and Mining Tens of thousands of people were employed in Cornwall’s tin and copper mines in (more…)

Place the ingredients in the middle of the pastry circle. Dampen the exposed edge with water. Lift half (more…)

“Wherever in the world there’s a hole in the ground at the bottom of it you’ll find a (more…)

Cornish Pasties and Rugby The Cornish are passionate about rugby, with the county team renowned for their devoted (more…)

The Literary Pasty In Geoffrey Chaucer’s 14th century work The Canterbury Tales there are references to pasties in (more…)

The 1929 book produced by the Women’s Institute, Cornish Recipes – Ancient and Modern, has this definitive statement (more…)