The Cornish Pasty |
Historic Food has an important page about old venison and lamb pasties, showing the amazing photos below, which are reproduced here with kind permission .....
© Ivan Day 2006
Two venison pasties, made from 18th Century designs
Source: Wikipedia - Edward_Kidder .....
"Edward Kidder, (1665/6-1739) was a renowned 18th century pastrycook, or, as he called himself, "pastry-master," who carried on his business in Queen Street, Cheapside.
He is best remembered for his book of Receipts of Pastry and Cookery, for the use of his scholars, printed entirely in copper-plate, with a portrait of himself, in the full wig and costume of the day, as a frontispiece. He died in 1739, at the age of seventy-three."
© Ivan Day 2006
Edward Kidder - stag pasty
As can be seen from the photos, historic pasties were not always traditional Cornish-pasty-shaped. This puts a different complexion on Samuel Pepys' forty-six references to pasties (mostly venison pasties) in his diaries, 1660-1668; they were probably not of the Cornish pasty variety.
© Ivan Day 2006
Edward Kidder's lamb pasty, 1720
We will not presume to give the historical recipes to these amazing culinary creations but refer you to the Historic Food web site, especially to the page about old venison and lamb pasties,
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Paste for a pasty Part of Edward Kidder's own
receipt, i.e. recipe
The "f" is the "long s" used in Middle
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Acknowledgement: We are most grateful to Ivan Day for permission to use his photographs on The Cornish Pasty web site.
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