What We make

The Cornish Pasty, (Oggie) a traditional Cornish pasty is known as a “Full baked Meal in it’s Self” Known and enjoyed through out the world where Cornish Tin miners worked and settled, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Michigan (USA), Mexico, Russia to name a few. The miners wives bringing with them their own recipes for their pasty's.

An authentic Cornish Pasty contains onions, potatoes, rutabaga ( swede ), Beef , seasoning , and all wrapped raw in a pastry crust and baked. Served hot or cold they are equally delicious.

History tells us that an 11th century romance set in Cornwall refers to pasty's, ( pasties) . Later in some of the Robin Hood fables of the 1300’s pasties again appear. Shakespeare himself referred to the Pasty's in two of his plays(1558) .In the 1500’s England’s Henry the eighth's third wife Jane Seymour received a letter mentioning pasty's. No one really knows for sure how long pasty's have been around and enjoyed for.  

In Cornwall , UK the Tin Miners , often know as “Cousin Jack” of the 18th & 19th century wives “ Cousin Jenny” would make pasty's for their men folk with the own initials on the crust. Often it's said they would have a filling of meat on one side and another filling of sweet fruits on the other. The initials place on the sweet side to avoid any confusion later down the mine by the miner starting at the wrong end.  

The solid crust crimping around the pasty is designed to prevent the miners dirty hands from touching the pasty filling as it was eaten down the mine. The crust was then discarded to the "Knockers” ( spirits ) in the mine to ensure the miners safety in the mine.

The type of Pastry used for making pasties has long been debated. Many saying it should be firm enough to “Survive intact falling down a Mine shaft !!!”  

One traditional Cornish Folk story tells how the Devil refused to cross the Tamar river from Devon into Cornwall for fear of the Cornish Wives. They were reputed to put just about anything into a pasty.