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A stay
in a Cornwall holiday cottage provided for you by JTJ will quickly
confirm that for all Cornwall’s beauty and magic, perhaps the best
thing in Cornwall is the Cornish Pasty.
Cornish Pasty
Basics
A Cornish
Pasty is a pie which is traditionally filled with raw diced meat,
onion and vegetables and oven-baked. It is semi-circular in shape
and traditionally had a large crust on one side. Some people claim
that originally the Cornish Pasty served as two courses of a meal
as it was filled with savoury ingredients at one end and sweet
ingredients, such as jam, at the other.
Cornish Pasty
Origins
The
origins of this wonderful culinary delight can be traced back to
the lunches of the Cornish tin miners. As a fairly hard-wearing and
wholesome meal the Cornish pasty was practical to eat in the dark
and dirt of the mine. Each Cornish Pasty was individually marked
with the miner’s initials as a means of identifying each pasty’s
ownership.
Cornish Pasty
Facts
In order
to arm you with some information with which to impress the locals
around your Cornwall holiday cottage with, we have compiled some of
the best Cornish Pasty facts.
- The
Cornish slang term for Cornish Pasty is Oggy because the Cornish
women used to call “Oggy Oggy Oggy” to their men to let them know
the pasties were ready.
- As the
miner’s hands were covered in dirt and sometimes arsenic from
mining, the big crust of pastry was used to hold the pie and then
thrown away at the end.
- Some
miners reportedly left their pasty crusts in the minds to appease
the ‘knockers’ who were thought to be mischievous spirits who lived
in the mine.
- Since
1908 the Cornish Rugby team have been hoisting the same giant
Cornish Pasty over the bar before an important match gets
underway.
If you
want to taste a real Cornish pasty then why not hire a Cornwall
holiday cottage from JTJ. We provide a superior level of
accommodation for a reasonable price. For further information
please contact us on 01872 863553.
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