Cornish Pasties by Post: A Traditional D-Shaped Food of Cornwall
There are foods you eat because they are convenient, and foods you eat because they carry a place inside them. The Cornish pasty belongs firmly in the second camp. Even before you break the pastry, it tells you where it comes from. The D shape, the side crimp, the familiar filling of beef, potato, onion, and swede or turnip, all of it points back to Cornwall. That matters more than many people realise, especially now that so many shoppers look for cornish pasties online
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There are foods you eat because they are convenient, and foods you eat because they carry a place inside them. The Cornish pasty belongs firmly in the second camp. Even before you break the pastry, it tells you where it comes from. The D shape, the side crimp, the familiar filling of beef, potato, onion, and swede or turnip, all of it points back to Cornwall. That matters more than many people realise, especially now that so many shoppers look for cornish pasties online
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