Cornwall's National Dish, the Pasty!

Pasty - pronounced like 'asti' with a soft 'a'.

A folded pastry case with a savory seasoned meat and vegetable filling.

A traditional food associated with the English county of Cornwall, in fact

their National Dish. Fortunately, now you can buy them just about anywhere

in the UK if you're unable to head southwest to Cornwall. 

Lovely delicious facts and history about the Cornish pasty HERE

This one was mine, ALL mine, and so delicious, perhaps almost as tasty 

as the ones my mum made when I was a child. In later years when she visited me 

here in the States, we'd always enjoy a pasty baking day - she made the best from
 scratch flaky pastry ever.

My favorite is the vegetarian version now and luckily pasty shops in England 

have a huge variety to choose from, including veggie ones.

We tried two different pasty shops in Torquay. Warrens was the first one and I

 enjoyed it the most. Bob and Jasmin seemed to like the second shop better  

 where we gobbled down our pasties on the premises at lunch.

Our pasties from Warrens we carried back to the cottage by the beach, warming them 

a bit in the oven and enjoying them for supper. Note this was where I picked up my first 

bottle of sparkling Elderflower and really fell for this lovely Summer drink.

If, like me, you have enjoyed watching the new adaptation of the fabulous 

Poldark TV series on PBS (series 1 finale was last Sunday - we'll anxiously 

await series 2 coming in 2016) the past several weeks, you will be familiar with 

the Cornish tin and copper mines which play a big part in the story. 

It was there the pasty was a daily nourishing meal which miners could carry 
with them into the dangerous mines.

Have you ever tried an authentic Cornish pasty?

Are you a fan of Poldark starring the very charming Irish actor Aidan Turner 

as Captain Ross Poldark?  

The Cornish scenery is stunning, and watching Aidan is extremely pleasant too!