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A pasty (/ ˈ p æ s t i / [1]) or Cornish pasty is a British baked pastry, a variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, but has spread all over the British Isles, and elsewhere through the Cornish diaspora. [2] [3] It consists of a filling, typically meat and vegetables, baked in a folded and crimped shortcrust pastry circle.
Pasties are typically designed to be left on for hours rather than days. Removing them can be painful, particularly if they have been left on for too long. Adhesive removers are sometimes used to help remove them, though these are not usually designed for human skin. The adhesive used to attach pasties cause problems for people with sensitive ...
Again, an online Cornish-English dictionary gives the meaning of "hogan" as "hawthorn" and gives "pasti" for "pasty"; this is similar to the Welsh "pastai", meaning "pie or pasty". I just mean that if a statement cannot be properly and reliably referenced and sourced, then it probably is as Bretonbanquet says, an urban myth.
The Oxford English Dictionary (2004) entry for "Oggy" states: "Oggy, noun. West Country regional (orig. Cornwall) and Navy slang. A Cornish pasty. Probably an alteration of Cornish hoggan pastry, pie (18th century), perhaps cognate with Welsh chwiogen muffin, simnel cake (1562), of unknown origin." [7]
Puff pastry, also known as pâte feuilletée, is a light, flaky pastry, its base dough (détrempe) composed of wheat flour and water.Butter or other solid fat (beurrage) is then layered into the dough.
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A pasty is a British baked pastry. Pasty or Pastie may also refer to: Pastie, a large, round patéd pie eaten in Northern Ireland; Pasties, adhesive coverings applied to cover a person's nipples; Pasty (horse), a racehorse; Pasty Harris (born 1944), English cricketer (from Cornwall) a pale and unhealthy appearance; pallor; an implementation of ...