Cornish Pasties & Cream Teas

[jimi]

I'm off for a fortnight to enjoy the sinful pleasures of the South Devon & Cornish coast. Should I eat the pasties before the cream tea or vice versa. In my native Scotland tea was an evening meal so I'm a bit confused as to the local etiquette (as ever). Can you please help me?

Jim

 

[ccscott49]

Pastie first, then cream tea, followed by Devon clotted cream ice cream, with a dollop of clotted cream on top, then call the paramedics for the heart attack, or call them before! Remeber the crust on a cornish pastie is on top and the devon pasty on the side, or something like that!! I'm sure I'm about to find out!!

 

[jimi]

Thank that's very helpful but I forgot about the scrumpy where does that fit into the gastronomic plan?

Jim

 

[Gerry]

Definitely pasties first - but in devon it should really be Devon Splits with clotted cream. These are a light sweet yeasty bun! And don't forget the Stargazy Pie when in Cornwall! Made of pilchards with their heads all popping through the pastry!
And don't be fobbed off with any of those new fangled vegetarian pasties only the real thing will do.....swede and steak!

Have a great time, I hear the weathers good at the moment.

 

[ParaHandy]

'ang on...George dubya (or one of his minions inspecting the axis of evil - in Cornwall?) has declared war on the humble pasty:

He had told readers of the New York Times, that (the Cornish Pasty) was like a "doorstop". Ann Muller, who runs the award-wining Lizard Pasty Shop, said she had set fire to an American flag because the article represented an attack on the Cornish people and their way of life.

This coming from a country where a number of very fat Americans are currently suing Burger King, MacDonalds and others for causing their obesity!

Have a super time......................

 

[ccscott49]

Scrumpy anytime, day or night, but a word of warning, scrumpy attacks you from the feet up, if your sitting doown, you never feel it until you try to stand up, then whammo, down you go again!

 

[maris]

Scrumpy sounds like good fun. What strength is it?

 

[Trevethan]

Scrumpy is very good and runs from abou 8% upwards. Teh fun part is that it is served in pint glasses.

I can confirm CCscotts warning of attacking from the feet up. I introduced a couple of girlies to it while living in Norway. I was raised on the stuff being a proper westcountry bey, but after two pints neither of them could walk a straight line.

As for the pasty and clotted cream, I makes me own... steak and swede in one end, apple and other fruit at t'other. Eat the savoury bit first then load the fruit side with clotted cream. Perfect picnic food.

Nick

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Trevethan on 26/07/2002 16:49 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[ccscott49]

Thats the old way of making proper pasties, as were made for the tin miners etc. Giving girlies scrumpy (especially Norwegian ones) is classed as rape! hey can't run away!! Bit like shooting bumble bees with a 12 bore!

 

[NigeCh]

Tattie oggies

In my youth we used to have Devonshire Cream*, but sadly it's no more. We also used to have tattie oggies** at havest time, but sadly that's no more.

Neither are mentioned in the Eden Project ... and that's even sadder.

*Scalded milk toppings

** Cold Oggies with hot gravy

 

[Trevethan]

the recipe was taught to me by my great great aunt.. good they are too... plenty of pepper.

As for the girlies.. I was a complete gentleman and carriied one home and put the other in a taxi.

*g*

 

[bob_tyler]

Who's home?

 

[ToMo]

You hear wrong!.... its not actually raining but.......!
TôMö

 

[cgull]

And there is good Fish N Chips. I usually tie up on Harbourmasters pontoon short term at Fowey and the Fish shop is straight opposite

 

[davidhand]

Re: Tattie oggies

Watcha mean Devonshire cream is no more, what happened to it?

 

[ccscott49]

Are you gay?

 

[hlb]

Go to Mr Newmans at Talvern Cottage, up the river Fal (It's in Falmouth!) Tie up to his old trip boat. You can have Cornish pasties and cream tea as well, and a beer. Sit outside and look at the massive ships up the little river and get the history of the D Day landings as well (Cos they set off from there).
Very interesting place. Then go up to Truro for the laugh. But you need wheels on the bottom for the last bit!!

No one can force me to come here-----------
----- I'm a Volunteer!!!

Haydn

 

[charles_reed]

My fayther, who trained at School of Mines reckoned a true Cornish pasty could survive a 150' drop down a mineshaft and had swede/meat/potato one end and jam the other.

Fitness for purpose = quality.

Whose confused?

 

[charles_reed]

p\'roper job nm

nm

 

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