Well, we've been to Cornwall to try the pasties. Following Greg's advice, we stopped at the first layby in Cornwall on the A30 and found the Oggie Man (actually, it was an Oggie Woman). Unfortunately, her oven was not working so she had no pasties. When we expressed our dissapointment at having travelled 6000 miles to try her pasties, she confessed that she buys them from Barnicutt's Bakery in Bodmin, a name we recognized instantly thanks to Gourmand's post.

We could not get to Bodmin that day (even though it's only a few miles from the layby) but we tried our first pasties in an obscure shop in Newquay and we were not impressed.

The next day we were in Padstow for the May Day Festival and what did we see but a Barnicutt's Bakery. We were about to try a pasty there when we noticed that it was a Kieth Barnicutt's Bakery, not a Malcom Barnicutt's Bakery as in Bodmin. So, we passed.

During our three weeks in Cornwall and Devon we had many a pasty, some good, some not so good. Eventually, we made it to Malcom Barnicutt's Bakery in Bodmin and had their specialty, cheese and onion, and it was excellent.

Is it true that the Cornish National Anthem translates as God Save the Pasty?

Bev and Jerry