The Georgia Pasty Company in Valdosta and Lake Park GA. 31601



		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.
	The Georgia Pasty Company produces Hand made Freshly Baked Cornish Pasties, in Lake Park GA.

Free Union Jack Newspaper with Every Order

Are you going to be visiting Florida by way of I-75? If you are why not pop in at Exit 2 and pick up some Pasty's

Phone (229-561-4156) or email Graham 24 hours before and he will arrange to meet you at the Kitchen or

at the Georgia State Rest Area in Lake Park between Exit 2 and 5 on I-75 anytime.

Go on and treat yourself to some real Pasty's! All orders recieve a Free copy of the Union Jack newspaper.

History of the Cornish Pasty:

Cornish Pasty 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.

Fiercely protected by the Cornish the pasty has become part of every day life in Southern England In Devon a pasty is known by the locals as tiddyoggies.

UP Michigan , USA
Early Cornish tin miners brought the Pasty to the States in the 1800’s. In the UP its still very much a feature of daily life . 1968 the then Governor George Romney set the 24th of May as Michigan Pasty Day . In Calumet Michigan they host an annual Pastyfest in July .