I'm not at all sure that Cornwall can exercise sole rights to the pasty. 'By the Sword Divided', John Adair's compilation of first-hand English Civil War writings is riddled with comments by looters (on both sides) of having swiped mutton, beef and other pasties from their opponents in places as far distant from Cornwall as Oxfordshire ... might I suggest that the term 'pastie' , and maybe also the Jamaican term 'pattie' was once a catch-all term for food encased in pastry and has only recent Cornwall-only provenance.
And yes, I agree that anything containing mashed mush (no names but we all know who I mean...) should not be dignified with the name 'pastie'.
Regards
|Bill Krouwle
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