The Cornish Pasty Now A Protected Species
In sticking with the theme of striving to keep you up-to-date with all the latest information concerning matters of investment and business, we now bring you a story to tickle your taste buds in a new way. Brussels has declared the pasty is now no longer in any danger of being plagiarised.
A little while ago a relatively large landmark ruling in the way of names of really cool things happened.
The world watched as countless bottles of “champagne” suddenly became, sparkling wine, and only the real stuff that actually came from Champagne could be referred to as such.
This explains the minor details of what’s happened with the good old Cornish:
Only pasties prepared in Cornwall and following the traditional recipe can now be described as Cornish after the European Commission awarded the dish “protected geographical indication” (PGI) status.
Principally you can still make and sell pasties but you’re sure of a wrap over the knuckles if you call it Cornish.
Obviously not everyone is pleased with the ruling and this was signalled by the revered words of William Sitwell entering public discourse on the matter. Basically he bluntly stated:
Is a Cornish pasty really what we want history to record as our part of our Great British food legacy?
He does have a point and the Sitwell’s have been on the literary scene since the 1800s so they’re kind of a big deal, although branding experts might disagree.
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the hunk from chunk
26 Feb 2011
its a black day for the iconic pasty as the muti million pound Cornish Pasty companies have used there might to force through an EU ruling defining the Pasty as Cornish.. the facts are…
1- it originated in the middle east- that’s quite away from Cornwall, but they have other things to fight a bout at the moment
2- it arrived on our shores in PLYMOUTH DEVON in the mid 1500’s some 200 years before underground mining in cornwall!!!
3- This not a quality issue but purely Commercial- large multi million pound pasty companies have shoved this through as protectionism!
When champagne (which was invented in England) got its famous status they had a list of quality obsessed rules … the pasty rules are simply ‘make it here’ … you can therefore rock up with a bit of dosh set up a shed buy in cheap imported meat and veg’ a handful of flavour enhancers use a naff margarine pastry and hey ho a Cornish Pasty….. far removed from the iconic scoff that is the real thing! Here at chunk we call it a pastiche of a pasty…. oh! they are fussy where the crimp is .. BUT a number of really good small Cornish producers crimp on top so they don’t qualify!!!! Its quite mad!
At chunk our pasty regularly whips the Cornish in awards… here in the westcountry of England people know if you want the real mcoy , Great local free range beef skirt, Local fresh swede potato and onion, and wrapped up in sensational lard pastry! you simply have to take a chunk! Its tasty simple and natural….. the way it should be!
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