Cornish Pasties

This is a nineteenth-century recipe from a farm near Talland, and makes the most excellent pasties. The pasty was the perfect meal for farmer or fisherman, and many Cornishmen have always been both. Many different raw materials, sweet and savoury, were made up as pasties according to what was available and whether meat could be afforded. On baking day, while the bread was proving, a pasty was made for each member of a family and marked with their initials on one corner. In this way, individ