Saturday, 20 June 2009

Pasty Number 5



Well this post went adrift somewhere last night.
I'd swear that I saw it up here after I'd written it whilst tucked up in the camper.
But I was pissed, tired and hurting after a long day in the sun.
We went to Fowey (pronounced Phooey) , walked via Gribben Point to Polkerris, then back to Foy (pronounced Filbertegibbert).
Last time I was here (for Roy Walker's Wedding 25ish yrs ago) Fowey was cute but still a functioning town. Now it's cuter than a kitten in a basket surrounded by daisies and probably awful to live in. Then it had a bakery selling pasties now it has Kittow Bros. (elsewhere advertised as a "craft butchers and grazier" WTF?)
The filling
Far too much meat, they advertise "3 times the legal minimum". By that reasoning a lump of steak wrapped in pastry would be a pasty. It aint, it's Beef Wellington.
And not enough pepper.
And cubes (but I think I need to get over this)
3/5
The Pastry
The better of the components but not perfect. I want pastry made of crumbs and any flakiness will be punished.
2/3
The Presentation etc.
S says 0/2, I want to give them 0.5 so they don't cry.
No I can't think of any good stuff
0/2
Total 5/10
(that surprised me)





Friday, 19 June 2009

Pasty Number 4

We went to Liskeard today and I did some research so picked this recommended baker.
I wasn't disappointed.
Filling
Fine to very good. Minus for Veg in cubes and all though seasoning was good not quite strong enough
4/5
Casing
Splendid. Slight lamination but not flaky.
2.5/3
Presentation
Not bad baked on premises.
Only £2 for big pasty
Excellent gingham paper bag
1.5/2
Total 8/10
Rest of day spent deep in antiquity and geology.
The Trevathy Quoit vs Cheesewring
humans vs nature.
Nature wins
Unfeasibly large slabs of granite balanced in a threatening manner.
I was scared.