[Sca-cooks] Looking for "Celtic" foods, especially "finger foods"

[David Friedman]

At Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:36:15 -0800, Susan Fox wrote:
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>Celtic, eh?
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>Here are my full notes about CORNISH PASTIES, As seen on THE SECRET LIFE 
>OF... PIES
...


>Authentic options and lore:
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>Pronounce it PAST-TEE not PASTE-TEE or your English friends will all 
>laugh at you. A Pasty Pastie is not at all nice to eat. This is not food 
>from the future but from the past-ee!

>Pasties in literature:
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> From Chretien de Troyes' 12th Century “Tales of the Knights” 'Next 
>Guivret opened a chest and took out two pasties. "My friend," said he, 
>"Now try a little of these cold pasties ..."' Don't forget, King Arthur 
>was from this part of the world; his mother was Ygraine, Queen of Cornwall.

This could be interpreted as implying that you are describing a period dish. As you probably realize, Cornish pasties are not--as might be suggested by the potatoes in the recipe. The fact that there is a word in French in the 12th century that can be translated as "pasties" does not mean that the 18th century Cornish pasty is period, or even that there was a period food that was similar.

David/Cariadoc
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