Thread: Cornish Meat Pasties

Originally Posted by frauschieze

Swede? As in people from Sweden? I didn't know you guys were cannibals over there.

...where did you think Swedish meatballs came from?

I know somebody who's from Cornwall. he knows how to make those pasties - the proper ones. not the mass-produced tiddly pasties with puff pastry and a mediocre filling that shops sell over here wrapped in plastic for food on the go.. no, the homemade pasties my Cornish friend made were seriously about a foot long. and the pastry was thinner than the commercial kind - not as thin as filo but almost as crisp. Muse is spot-on about the meat and potato filling.

We have a Welsh version of this too. Only difference- it includes live meat!

Originally Posted by frauschieze

You are correct, but they are pronounced differently. The nip covers are paste-ies and the food is past-ies.

Wait a sec. I'm confused. I thought both were food.

Originally Posted by turftoad

Wait a sec. I'm confused. I thought both were food.

Nope. What's under the former is food.

Originally Posted by frauschieze

Nope. What's under the former is food.

Well yeah, to hell with the paste-ies.

Originally Posted by muse

...where did you think Swedish meatballs came from?

Swedish meatballs are the ******* best. Love em.

Swiss steak is pretty good too.

My grandma (Finnish) used to make those all the time when I was little. Haven't had one since my family moved from Michigan. Need to dig out the recipe now.