Is the pasty really Cornish?

Question 1

Pewter dish

Answer 1

A traditional cooking plate made of a silver-coloured metal called pewter.

What exactly is pasty?
Somewhere between a pie & a sandwich. A piece of pastry which is turned over & crimped along the side to make two corners & filled with different ingredients. ( beef, potato, turnip)

These early pasties were made in pewter dishes & they were eaten by agricultural labourers.

Question 2

Agricultural labourers

Answer 2

Workers doing physical farm work during harvest time.

The early pasties were made in pewter dishes & were eaten by agricultural labourers.

Question 3

Harvest time

Answer 3

The weeks in autumn when crops like wheat are cut & collected from the firelds.

Agricultural labourers: workers doing physical farm work during harvest time.

Question 4

Mining industry

Answer 4

Digging up materials such as coal or metal like gold, or in Cornwall tin frrom the ground.

Pewter dishes were eaten by hungry wrokers involved in mining industry. Miners emigrated, moving abroad to start better life.

Question 5

Replicated

Answer 5

Done exactly the same way.

Miners emigrated. Their pasty recipes were replicated in many places around the world.

Question 6

Reminiscent of sth

Answer 6

It reminds you of sth similar.

In many places around the world you can find food which is reminiscent of pasties.
Almost every corner of the world has food reminiscent of the original Cornish pasty.