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Thursday 11th March 2010 Cornish Pasty seeks protection
The Cornish pasty is a favourite treat for anyone visiting England’s
most south-westerly county. The pasty, with its trademark side-crimp
and chunky filling, is famous the world over and now moves are being
taken to protect the term ‘Cornish pasty’. The bid hopes to move the
Cornish pasty into the same exclusive club of protected foods as
Cornish clotted cream and the Cornish sardine. It would give the
humble pasty the identical status as French Champagne, Jersey royal
potatoes, Newcastle brown ale and Roquefort cheese.
The move would protect the distinctive ‘D’ shape of the pasty and
ensure they were only crimped on the side, never on the top. The side
crimp is said to have allowed Cornish tin miners to eat the pie and
discard the crimp as it would have been soiled by their ore-covered
hands. Protected status would also mean that only pasties actually
made in Cornwall could carry the name ‘Cornish’. Cornwall
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