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[@DanegerAndStacey]

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[@andrewcullen8635]

OK the Cornish Pasty was made by the Tin Miners Girlfriends/ Mothers or Wives. As you said they contained Potato, Swede, Onion and Beef (Skirt). Salt and Pepper with a little flour sprinkle on and knobs of Butter on top of it all. The crimp was probably 3 times as big as on the one you tried but the Pasty was probably at least twice the size of the one you tried. Being a Tin Mine the Ore contained Arsenic. Which was why they held onto the crimp and ate only the middle to stop them getting Arsenic Poisoning. They discarded the crimp. At one time it was rumoured that they discarded the crimp to feed the Knockers (Tin Mine Fairies). As the Tin Mines closed the Miners looked overseas for jobs. On the way over the crimp was reduced and stayed smaller as the found themselves working in Coal Mines removing the need for the huge crimps. These days there are strict EU legislations including what goes into them and how they are assembled. And like Champaign they must be made in Cornwall. To be able to be called a Cornish Pasty.

[@TedCornish]

What an insult to a pasty you had, I'm disgusted you were served such a shoddy one. Please try another one from a local shop not one if those overpriced things 😣

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Pleased you said this, we were sort of let down. There was zero meat in the thing!

[@TedCornish]

@@DanegerAndStacey the best ones to get are from a butcher's. 9 times outta 10 they are lovely. Once again I apologise for the grim experience.

[@fredbates3165]

@@DanegerAndStacey yeah definitely buy it from a local small bakery don't buy it from one of the chains 🙂

[@Vixterlk]

@@DanegerAndStacey The best place in Cornwall to go for Pasties is Padstow. It has many pasty shops in the town, my personal favourite is The Padstow Pasty Co, theirs are really good. The Chough Bakery's pasties are pretty good too but because it's award winning and the first one you get to it's always really crowded. The pasty that you were served was indeed very shoddy as this person pointed out. Not only were they stingy on the meat but on filling as a whole, a proper pasty is packed full. I hope you're not put off and someday you'll get to try a better one.

[@likliklik9515]

@@DanegerAndStacey And Philp’s is always a fairly solid choice if you’re on the southwestern end

[@mansoureh]

Cornwall indeed is one the most beautiful places in England and it is great place for surfing

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Wish we had longer to check out more of the surfing spots!

[@effie-Toronto]

Excellent tour guys I have written Rabbies down for our future travels to UK love your videos

[@DanegerAndStacey]

As you can probably tell, we're loving the Rabbies experience! You will as well.

[@vickytaylor9155]

The pasty shape is because of the tin miners. They have that edge because tin miners had poison on their hands and dirt so they would hold the crust and eat the rest and through away the edge. Some say beef for the pasty and apparently some say lamb. The Bedfordshire clanger is similar but savoury one end and sweet at the other.

[@tehminagoskar2043]

It makes a great story but that is a myth. Pasties were and are eaten from one end to the other (otherwise it would all fall out). There are some wonderful photographs of miners and other workers eating pasties, none show them eating from the middle down to the crimp. PS. Some may not appreciate calling Cornish pasties English food...

[@MegaBoilermaker]

Tin / silver can occur in combination with Arsenic and this was what you did not want on your fingers when eating your pastie.

[@georgemac5138]

Whoa! This video brings back soo many memories. I was born in England and remember always having a Cornish pasties nd I remember I went back to visit 5 years ago and going to that exact place. Keep these videos coming. I cannot believe how far you guys have come! It's more than incredible and I'm soo happy that I found you guys on day 1 :)

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Thats pretty crazy mate! Stoked you got to visit the same places then, thats a cool area! Thanks for being down since day 1

[@ericeverson5956]

Livin' the dream, you crazy kids. Great job.

[@emmapatricio5595]

You must go to the North Wales coast, anywhere round Snowdonia. As cute as Cornwall with half the people!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Oh really? Now that sounds amazing! We'd love to visit Wales, maybe next time :)

[@Nemesis-222]

@@DanegerAndStacey - Yeah, if you walk up to Mount Snowdon, take the Crib Goch route, it's a nice challenge.

[@TheMarrification]

You managed to hold onto your native language as well. We had to revive ours.

[@nicolebird1630]

Pasties can be very hit and miss,but the one place we have found to have the best isn't in a shop.If you visit a place called Coverack on The Lizard,there is a lady called Elizabeth who sells pasties and cakes from her thatched cottage.I think she only opens during the week,but these really are fantastic pasties,made in the traditional way.

[@chrisdickinson3168]

The miners used to also have there wives make larger round pasties that were one half savoury and one half sweet. For taste I would much rather have a pie than a Cornish pasty but that is a whole new line of story telling that you need to visit Lancashire and Yorkshire for. Simulate to Devon and Cornwall for there history of disagreements. You would love the amount of story's behind the war of the roses

[@DanegerAndStacey]

You're always a wealth of knowledge in the comments section! Have to agree, a pie is probably more our scene as well - next time we'll have to dig into Lancashire and Yorkshire to get our fix then

[@andrewlaw]

It was both main course and dessert in one. Because conditions were so dirty down the pit the only way to keep the food untainted was to cover it in a thick pastry. The miner could then break it in half and hold the pastry with his filthy coal dust covered hands and eat the filling out of the shell.

[@lrcb40]

@@andrewlaw Hahahaha! Coal? Are you serious? Not in Cornwall mate...

[@andrewlaw]

@@lrcb40 My bad, should have been tin

[@JesusChrist-ej1gg]

Love St Ives, My parents have been taking me and my brother down there for the past 7 years in a Caravan at a nice little Caravan park right beside it. The memories of us walking down and staying there for a while, I tried my first Cornish Pasty in that Cafe, I was pleased with the outcome, which was satisfaction in my mouth, lovely little thing.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Great place to visit! Glad you've experienced it as well - though our pasty was a bit average we hope yours have been better. Keep well and thanks for the positivity 👍🏼

[@valeriechintya4716]

Hello from Indonesia.. we have Panada here and it’s stuffed with tuna, onions, and chili.. Also Pastel which contains savory shredded chicken and potatoes but sometimes just mixed veggies and have it with a lot of chili sauce..lol

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Wow, pastel sounds insanely good!! WIll have to hunt that out :)

[@gregs909]

Looks like a great destination. Have to get over there some day. Cheers from Minnesota.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

You should Very beautiful spot. Cheers from New Zealand

[@darrenclements1248]

Crab fish at the seaside. WOW

[@piersmettrick]

You should have tried philps pasties truly amazing lots of steak in them and pepper

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Is Philips a bakery or something? Like a place thats serves them?

[@piersmettrick]

@@DanegerAndStacey its a bakery that you can go in a buy your pasties they are amazing

[@judyhayward431]

Love you guys love travelling with you.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

❤️ thanks so much Judy! We love sharing it with you.

[@rsupergemini196]

You need to go porthcurno cornwall in the summer, the water is so beautiful and blue

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Next video we got to see Porthcurno and WOOOOOW! Blown away... literally as well though, the weather was terrible haha.

[@ZacAttackk]

6:13 on the right (beach restaurant) has the BEST chips and also amazing pea fritters :) can't wait to go back in summer, family and I have been here every year for the past 20 years

[@shaniagilbert5767]

It’s so interesting to see Cornwall from someone else’s point of view. As I live here, I take all the views and culture as for granted. For example, I live very close to St Ives and all these places on your vlogs I go regularly. Loving the vlogs, this is my first time watching you guys. Thank you!! 😀

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Glad you tuned in and left a comment, thanks! Love that we can share something familiar with you and show our view on your world :)

[@TigersTimelessTreasures]

Good morning on this beautiful Mondayyyyyyy!!!!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

And a good morning to you!

[@RexWaldron]

You have captured St Ives, especially the harbour area beautifully here. St Ives is a bit of a centre for artists who are attracted by the scenery, and the light in that part of the world. The Tate gallery actually has a branch there. The famous potter Bernard Leach was also based in St Ives for many years so it is a bit of a focal point for creative people - that's why you guys felt at home there because you are creative too! :)

[@andrewb4556]

Hi you guys Good old Cornish pasty! ❤ it. LOVE YOUR WORK AND VLOGS.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Thanks Andrew!

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

@@DanegerAndStacey australia or new zealand?

[@DanegerAndStacey]

@michael adams were from NZ🤙🏼

[@sandmanNI]

If you think that's beautiful - check out the cliffs of moher in Ireland!

[@bjeffrie22]

Agree. Stunning.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

We've heard so much about them! Hope we get there to film one day

[@Filome333]

Are you guys filming all your videos with the Panasonic camera or the Canon one and Panasonic is only for photos. Thanks!!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

100% On the GH5 - it's a beast! The autofocus still struggles though: geni.us/ourcamera

[@Filome333]

@@DanegerAndStacey thanks so much! ❤

[@TimEatsandTravels]

I tried getting into St Ives when I was in the UK but it was so insanely busy that I couldn't even get my car anywhere close to town. Gave up and returned to Plymouth. haha

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Thats a shame! You missed out, although that whole region is stunning anyway. That was the great thing about the Rabbies tour, no driving or parking for us and drop off/pick up was right in town :)

[@TimEatsandTravels]

@@DanegerAndStacey As much as I hated having to find parking, often kms away from where I want to be, I loved have the freedom of self-paced roadtrips.

[@TigersTimelessTreasures]

We have a Cornish Pasty restaurant here in AZ and it's pretty good. I can only imagine what the real deal must taste like!

[@TravellersRelish]

Haha, the clock stopped because of the smell of the fish? Europe has definitely brought out the storytellers in you.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Definitely being told some exaggerated yarns aren't we haha

[@TravellersRelish]

@@DanegerAndStacey haha maybe so.

[@nomnom588]

Try barnicuts in Plymouth. Proper chunks of steak in there

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Now thats what I'm talking about! Sounds much better

[@GeorgeC55831]

My favourite place in England! Used to go every year. The meatier the pasty the better!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

We understand why! Do you normally stay in that central sort of St Ives spot?

[@GeorgeC55831]

Nah normally in Hayle which is about a 15 min drive out - has a huge beach great for surfing (and my favourite pasties 😂). Uncle lives in actual St Ives so spent plenty of time there! Glad you enjoyed it though!

[@stuartfoster7050]

You missed the best areas of England. The North Yorkshire Moors and coastline, and the Lake District.for scenery, and York and Durham for their cathedrals.

[@23879988]

Quite often the pasty would be half savoury and half sweet.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Really? Thats interesting to know John!

[@lailaagrado]

The mystery with cornish pasties is thickening! :) Can't wait for the Grand Final! :)

[@Thursdaym2]

Best shop pasties are around N Cornwall..Barnecutts.

[@eddiejones9508]

Pasties have been around longer than the tin mine shepherds took them out with them before the tin miners

[@monlifes]

It really make me wanting to go there!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Worth it! Beautiful part of the country

[@octobass9072]

The welsh said it was to ward off evil spirits when down the mines

[@martincarolpiper9964]

My Favourite are Ann's Pasties which are from the Lizard area of Cornwall, They are absolutely delicious and are much better than most from the more touristy areas.

[@stevencassidy6982]

St Ives used to be a surfing spot. Mistral beach and all that.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Wish we could have explored around the bays more - bet its stunning the more you move away from the main fishing part?

[@lrcb40]

Mistral? Are you sure? Fistral Beach is Newquay!

[@bobguenther6658]

Excellent tour for you. Have Rabbies written down.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

We can genuinely recommend Rabbies - amazing experience!

[@Lisabrown-kt8zz]

should have lots more meat than that in a real pasty shops... in tourist areas they take the piss !!!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Pleased you mentioned this, we were sort of shocked there was no meat.. but the 'awards' on the sigs out front made us think it was going to be amazing.

[@rockyracoon3233]

@@DanegerAndStacey Its all those vegetarians u have there.:(

[@MsPinkwolf]

Surely there were different types? wasn't that the vegitarian option?

[@DanegerAndStacey]

@@MsPinkwolf We asked for the most traditional one, there was tiiiiny amounts of beef in there. Not really our preference, we wanted lots more meat.

[@ChuckFickens1972]

Agree with others... I'm from Essex and even I can get a better looking pasty than that from my local farm shop (there're not allowed to call it a "cornish" pasty but it's still 100x better than the one you got) Before I get comments... I've been to Cornwall loads of times and have had really good genuine Cornish pasties from the little independent places, other places can't call them Cornish pasties but they can make a better one than these poor people got :(

[@chelseybowen]

i see a pasty... i click (yassssssssss hometown!)

[@serbinator8529]

Fantastic video

[@LindaTCornwall]

Oggy is the Cornish word for pasty... So glad you had such an amazing time in our Eden on Earth (as us Cornish Call it). Kernow bys vyken! :D P.S presuming you were also told that the last bite of their pasty would be left as an offering for the knockers, the piskies that lived down the mines? Without our miners taking their myths and superstitions with them when they went to America to mine, we wouldn't have the film "The Tommy Knockers!" 😃😃 And have to say that is not the best place to get a pasty! They're more a fast food there lol.. You still haven't tried a real Cornish pasty, sorry. :(

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Agree with you sadly, as beautiful as the day was this oggy was disappointing! Guess we'll just have to go back

[@barrysergeant2438]

Best ones in St Ives are from the local butcher Howard’s,knock all the others in to a cocked hat!

[@Dazzlar7]

My favourite place in the world, St Ives

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Magical place!

[@likliklik9515]

It’s a disgusting cramped hell-hole of a tourist town and it should be demolished. But bear in mind i’m from Penzance so there’s some rivalry there.

[@Dazzlar7]

@@likliklik9515 😂 don’t go there then

[@Dazzlar7]

@@likliklik9515 is there genuinely a big rivalry there?

[@husainalhammadi2090]

Great video. Thanks a lot

[@lindalee1234]

You should have got your pasty from Harvey's the butcher!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

We should have gone anywhere else I think, it was pretty average from memory haha

[@HeyAaHeyAa]

Those cornish pastries look like empanadas. :)

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Haha they do a bit

[@lokki245]

Lots of Cornish miners ended up mining in South America... :-)

[@lrcb40]

And why do you think that is?

[@syphrGB]

Cornwall is in England mate 1:35

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Yup

[@LanaTiare]

Those Cornish pastries though!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

🏆 Fiiirssst!!

[@pkeod]

3:42 skip to the pasties

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Da real MVP

[@BW-pr8qr]

I make Cornish pasties at home here in the U.S., and they look much better than what you had. I didn't see any beef in yours, and the onion should NOT be the prominent taste. The swede definitely gives the pasty its distinctive savory flavor, but should compliment the beef and potato. The onion, salt, and pepper should be more for accent and seasoning. It should taste like a delicious beef stew in a sturdy pastry crust. One of my favorite all time foods...

[@thomasinns6971]

On behalf of all cornish residents, I apologize for that horror of a pasty you were served. Try the oggie oggie pasty shops around the county next time. By avoid rowes, Warren's or ginsters. Those are awful.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Such a shame - we were so excited and it just fizzled out, pretty sad pasty. No worries though, was fun to taste them

[@TheMarrification]

Have you tried speaking Cornish?

[@iangreen5101]

That so called pasty was way too dry and looked crap, do not buy pasties from a tourist trap, im cornish and i wouldnt of ate that.

[@nehapriyasahay2471]

Look delicious and tasty I love England London 🇬🇧

[@joeroberts2156]

You gotta go Pengenna in Bude , Cornwall though. That's a real pasty.

[@depressiespaghetti9979]

Ugghhh you went to Warrens

[@andrewlaw]

That was a sorry looking pastie for sure, hardly any filling in it. I'm not a fan of the traditional pastie but you can get some great derivations of it, steak and ale is very nice and you don't have to put up with the swede.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

A few people mentioned that, they claimed to have won awards but what we tried wasnt deserving of any

[@futurez12]

To be fair, Cornish Pasties are exactly what they are, meat & potato wrapped in pastry, there's really nothing special going on, despite what the locals think. This is an area where some people think they're somehow different from the rest of England, having a "different" way of spreading cream and jam on a scone isn't a "thing" and it really doesn't make you different, lol. It's a bit odd.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Haha could be some hate comments coming your way, take cover!

[@lrcb40]

Bollocks you Emmitt

[@smallmoose4298]

It's Cornish food, not English food. Calling it English completely goes against the FNM and POM 2014.

[@FluffysMum]

You eat a pasty in your hand not off a fork! and that pasty was a disgrace, go to a real small bakery and get a decent one with real skirt beef. Proper pasty crust is short pastry not flaky. St Ives is such a pretty village but very touristy so can be expensive, enjoy the rest of your visit 💖

[@johnwalsh3635]

Main industries were fishing and smuggling.

[@MajorKlanga]

St Ives is famous for being an artists' colony and has now become a tourist trap.

[@eagleflies9515]

Tfw you live in St Ives

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Amazing place to live!

[@2eleven48]

The Cornish pasty has a long history as a workman's food, but it's wildly overrated nowadays. I wouldn't touch one with a bargepole.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Hahahaha we definitely wouldnt eat these ones again, through in a lot more meat and it would be a different story

[@lrcb40]

Non-sense

[@paularowe7651]

Don't ever refer to Cornwall as England... we are a separate identity as of Wales and Scotland.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Jeepers Paula 😳 bit aggressive there! We understand that now. We would never expect you to come to New Zealand and get everything 100% correct....

[@musicguyrml]

Those pasties didn't look that authentic to me....where was the meat? You need to go to a proper bakery.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Thats what we thought, expected it to be a meaty thing but was just like potato

[@neesargon3497]

Couldn't see much beef in that pasty!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Pretty much none in site!

[@paulhart8814]

Cornwall, Kernow, is not in England, Kernow is a Country

[@paulhart8814]

@Florentine 193 25th of April 2014 Cornwall was recognised on being a minority people, the same as Scotland Ireland and Wales, yes we are celtoc, we are also a Nation

[@classicalmusic1175]

That doesn't make Cornwall a country though.There are other counties in England that have distinct differences from one another, too. For example, Yorkshire, which has a very strong sense of regional pride. You won't find a person who is more proud of their history, culture, etc, than a Yorkshireman. Us Yorkshire folk often identify more with our county than the country as a whole, but that doesn't mean we're not English or British. Cornish have minority status, but they don't have their own country and our part of England.

[@paulhart8814]

@@classicalmusic1175 even Parliamant said we were a Country, funny no one else seems to believe it, most call us a county which we have never ever been, we are a Duchy, by agreement hundreds of years past

[@bjeffrie22]

I had to look it up so dropping this here. swede /swēd/ noun British term for rutabaga. h/t google

[@RonSeymour1]

There should be at least 12 1/2% meat in a Cornish pastie according to The Cornish Pastie Association. It doesn't sound much but I reckon you were robbed.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Think we just picked up the 1/2% at the end maybe haha

[@onagolator]

oh man, you did not have a proper pasty! You fell for the St Ives hype lol, come to mining country next time (Camborne/Redruth), we're not as pretty but we'll feed you well!

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Haha woops! We'll pop it on the list for next time :) Thanks for the tip

[@jasonbourne4426]

They mugged you off on the meat content there.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Most def

[@susanvelves8126]

Pasty did not look good at all. Not enough meat ya?

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Not much meat at all! A bit let down.

[@davidwebb4904]

How far from real world time are your videos? Kara and Nate are 5/6 months behind. Offering you local travel tips would be pointless if you were long gone already....

[@DanegerAndStacey]

We heard about how far behind they are, to us its impressive how much they've filmed more than anything haha. We're only a few weeks which is pretty much necessary... but that does mean we've left Cornwall. Thanks for considering giving us some tips though!

[@michalealderson1125]

‘8

[@paulacnote]

Tbh find Cornish pasties ( although actually just called pasties as not in Cornwall!) Very bland.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Interesting, we sort of found the same. Maybe the more flavoured, but less traditional, options would have been a bit nicer

[@paulacnote]

@@DanegerAndStacey problem with that is traditionally it's just beef,onion,Swede and potato and kinda bland. Is it not Cornish pasties that were also sweet on one half and savoury on the other? Or is that an incorrect knowledge bomb?

[@lokki245]

paulaclagueelliott there's an old traditional pastry which was common in East Anglia and some neighbouring counties. It has a few variations in different counties (in both fillings and pastry types) but the one I was first introduced to was called a Clanger, or Bedfordshire Clanger. It has very similar origins to a pasty, although, it was for farm workers rather than miners so didn't need the heavy, disposable, crimped pastry edging. It did, however, have a savoury end and a sweet end. I think the two descriptions get confused sometimes (even by some Cornish people). ...and I also find most Cornish Pasties are quite bland. :-)

[@lrcb40]

Voted World's Best? By whom? That was a nasty one. Please try another 1 or 2. (BTW "crab" isn't "fish"...)

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Yeah you're 100% right!

[@ericeverson5956]

To much "gym time' to eat pasties:)

[@DanegerAndStacey]

The only bicep curls we do these days are beer and food sadly haha

[@ericeverson5956]

@@DanegerAndStacey Touche!

[@fredbates3165]

Eating Cornish pasties with a knife and fork is bloody sacrilege eat it with your hands Like a Man!! 🙂

[@arzoshanga3089]

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[@grahambunton377]

"Voted the Worlds Best Pasty" ??? Yes, maybe by the bakers wife but certainly not anyone else. It looked like a vegetarian pasty with no meat at all. Cornish businesses in St Ives should give better value for money and not treat tourists like idiots.

[@DanegerAndStacey]

Hahaha have to agree with you here, this was a real let down

[@tiny333333]

Yeah that was a terrible pasty sorry x

[@Confusediam2]

Cornish pasty are junk food and i wouldn't call them amazing or nice. Not these days, real homemade i was brought up on, not shop crap made, there dreadful, tried one once, first bite, never again did i eat one that wasnt home made.

[@thomasgee1798]

I'm glad you mentioned the meat content, because that was not a typical Cornish Pasty, the tourists are ripped off by the bakers skimping on meat to make it cheaper.............Areal Cornish Pasty will have maybe 50% meat content.

[@Thursdaym2]

Best shop pasties are around N Cornwall..Barnecutts.