Greggs considers launching “the pasty formerly known as Cornish!”
Greggs considers launching “the pastyGreggs is considering renaming its Cornish Pasty “the pasty formerly known as Cornish!” following the announcement that Cornish Pasties are to be safeguarded by EU Protected Geographical Indication status.
Joining the ranks of geographically specific delicacies such as Champagne, Roquefort and Melton Mowbray, pasties must be made west of the River Tamar in order to be called Cornish in future.
Due to the significant number of Cornish Pasties sold by Greggs, the high street baker has applied to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for a transition period to allow the business to comply with the PGI requirements.
A spokesman for Greggs commented: “The Greggs Cornish Pasty is an established favourite with our customers, with more than 10 million being sold in our shops each year. We recognise and respect the PGI status and have applied for time to adjust to its requirements”.
He added “We were thinking we might rename it ‘the pasty formerly known as Cornish!’ We are going to ask our fans on our Greggs Facebook site what names they would like to see!”
As well as geographical limits, Cornish Pasties will also have to adhere to the Cornish Pasty Association’s definition of a traditional recipe, leading to the association being accused of “pasty fascism” because it allows the use of mince – generally frowned upon – but forbids the so-called ‘armadillo’ crimp on top.
Ann Muller, who makes pasties in her family shop on the Lizard, accused the Cornish Pasty Association of “acting like a Medieval Guild”.
“I cannot believe they have managed to get this through, it is pasty fascism,” she said.
“I have built up a reputation over 25 years; this is how my family has always made them. And they shouldn’t be allowed to use mince, they should be made using finely-cut beef skirt or chuck steak.”
And Simon Bryon-Edmond of Chunk of Devon, winner of best Cornish Pasty at the 2009 British Pie Awards, accused the CPA of “protectionism”, saying: “They could end up with a pastiche of a pasty. It is just about big companies trying to protect their products.”
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Comments
They could call them Cornishish Pasties
There's a Cornish Pasty Association???
Brilliant, 11.52. Get it copyrighted. Or at least pitch it to them.
this is all part of a much bigger dispute between the CPA and the RealCPA. The CPA are seen as having sold out their 'brothers in pastry' down the river by getting into bed with the PieRA. They promised to never sit down round a formica table and chew the fat with them.
However in doing this and also in engaging Ginsters this can only lead to trouble.
Rumours of a Jamaican contingent the PLP- Pastry Loving People- responsible for the mass immigration of the patty, entering the fray and joining up with the PieRA mean it could get very messy.
I fear the worst I really do.
Greggs Cut n' Pasty?
CPA = Spliiters
Pasty facism...I love it!
"Cornish" pasties.
As A Cornishman I am delighted that somebody is trying to uphold standards. I am all in favour of proper beef and proper crimping plus plenty of seasoning. I started my career making pasties all night at Watergate Bay in the building now occupied by Jamies Oliver's 15
This article was so funny, I had to look up all foods that are actually named after places.
Alaskan salad roll (sushi) -
Baked Alaska
Balogna
Bayonne ham -
Bearnaise sauce -
Beijing duck - Rita Moreno
Belgian waffles
Berliner
Bismarck
Bombay duck - Nick
Boston baked beans
Boston cream pie
Braunschweiger sausage -
Brazil nuts
Brie - Nick
Brussels sprouts -
Buffalo wings
California roll
Canadian bacon
Caprese salad -
Carrizo sausage -
Catalina dressing -
Cheddar cheese
Chicago deep dish
Chicken Kiev
Chinese dumplings -
Coney Island dogs
Darjeeling (tea ... I guess you could eat it)
Denver omelet
Derbyshire cheese -
Dijon mustard
Dodger dogs
Dome dogs
Dutch baby
Eggs Florentine
Fenway Frank
Frankfurter
French dressing
French fries
French onion soup
French roast -
French toast
French Vanilla -
Fresno chilies
Genovese salami -
Georgia peaches -
German chocolate -
Hamburger
Hollandaise sauce
Irish stew -
Italian ice -
Jalapeño
Java - Nick
Jerusalem artichoke
Jordan almonds -
Key lime pie
Lima beans
Limburger cheese -
Lincolnshire cheese -
Linzer torte -
London broil
Manhattan clam chowder
Mars bar
Maryland blue crabs -
Mayonnaise
Milky Way
Mississippi mud pie -
Moon pie -
Monte Cristo
Nanaimo bars -
New England clam chowder
New York cheesecake
New York pizza -
Nicoise salad -
Nile perch -
Parma ham
Parmesan
Pasta Florentine
Philadelphia cream cheese
Philly cheese steak
Peking Duck
Polish sausage
Quiche Lorraine
Roma tomato
Roquefort
Russian dressing -
Sacher torte -
Salisbury steak
Serrano ham -
Szegedi goulash -
Spanish peanuts
Spanish omelette-
Spanish rice
Stilton
Swedish meatballs -
Swedish pancakes
Sweet Vidalia onions -
Swiss cheese -
Texas toast
Thousand island dressing
Turkey
Turkish delight -
Valencia oranges -
Vienna sausage -
Virginia ham -
Waldorf salad
Welsh Rarebit
Wiener schnitzel
Worcestershire sauce
Yorkshire pudding
And the list goes on!!
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