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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news |
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Just seen it on the news.
Greggs taking on the cornish pasty.
My opinion is each to their own.
It's not exactly a big deal at the end of the day.
I'm more of a sausage bean and cheese melt man myself haha |
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The Cornish pasty outlets at motorway services are extortionate but ginsters & Walls etc already compete in shops etc around Cornwall.
Greg's are the go to when taking a family into the services as vastly cheaper. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Look I'm sorry but you just cannot compare Gregg's to an authentic Cornish pasty.
A morning shopping at Trago Mills and a large Cornish pasty for lunch? You know, the kind of luxury pasty where you don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to find the bits of steak? Yeah, that's the shit for me  |
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This is a fun thread.
I think Greggs has 3 shops down here now.
I would think mainly used by people on holiday (which is all year round now) , bit like the British people that go aboard but only want to eat British food, "none of that foreign muck for me"
In the less tourist places they not have any shops, take my town, we have 6 different pasty shops, all the locales have their favourites, so they all survive amazingly.
Please remember a very large proportion of our population aren't Cornish, so as in all walks of life you will come across many nice people and many not so nice (take fab as an example).
I think most genuine Cornish people will make people coming down holiday welcome as they know they are needed to help our county survive.
Bit of information for you "grockels" is the Devon name for holiday makers I think, we call em Emmits down ere me ansome.
Love the comment above about going to Trago and getting pasty, now there is someone that has definitely come to our beautiful county.
Top tip, if you are planning coming down, leave until next when the upgrade of the A30 is finished, it's going to be a long car park down here this summer!!
Cornwall lesson over  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
Are Greggs unpopular in Cornwall then, Tom? Are they being Bude by the locals? |
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"Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
The Cornish don't call tourists grockles, you are getting confused with Devon tom |
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"Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
The Cornish don't call tourists grockles, you are getting confused with Devon tom"
We call them grockles in Dorset aswell, people have car stickers saying ‘I am not a grockle’.  |
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"Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
The Cornish don't call tourists grockles, you are getting confused with Devon tom
We call them grockles in Dorset aswell, people have car stickers saying ‘I am not a grockle’. "
Yes I did seem to remember it being a bit more widespread, but they definitely don't use it in Cornwall. |
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"The Cornish pasty outlets at motorway services are extortionate but ginsters & Walls etc already compete in shops etc around Cornwall.
Greg's are the go to when taking a family into the services as vastly cheaper. "
I have only twice ever tasted the Pasties from the Cornish Pasty shops at service. They are over priced … and both were gristly and the meat rubbery … never had one again - urrgh! Xx |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
The Cornish don't call tourists grockles, you are getting confused with Devon tom"
Devon Tom...?
Who is this imposter. Does he tell the news? |
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"The Cornish pasty outlets at motorway services are extortionate but ginsters & Walls etc already compete in shops etc around Cornwall.
Greg's are the go to when taking a family into the services as vastly cheaper.
I have only twice ever tasted the Pasties from the Cornish Pasty shops at service. They are over priced … and both were gristly and the meat rubbery … never had one again - urrgh! Xx"
Snap, absolutely horrible and nothing like a real Cornish Pasty. |
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Pasties are the greatest item of food ever invented. You also only get good pasties in Cornwall.
Oggy is a chain of pastie shops. Cornish people don't call pasties Oggies, they are referring to the shop. It's like saying we call food 'tescos'.
But articles are usually deliberately wrong to spark arguments and engagement... |
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"Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
The Cornish don't call tourists grockles, you are getting confused with Devon tom
Devon Tom...?
Who is this imposter. Does he tell the news?"
Oh he does, and he researches before he posts threads too |
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McGreggs?
With the hordes of tourists there, there's probably a market, even if their 1st outlet closed.
They're probably cheaper than a lot of places there and Cornish pasties won't have anything to fear. I'm uncertain they're even selling any pasties in Cornwall. But they wouldn't be Cornish pasties at Greggs |
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"Pasties are the greatest item of food ever invented. You also only get good pasties in Cornwall.
Oggy is a chain of pastie shops. Cornish people don't call pasties Oggies, they are referring to the shop. It's like saying we call food 'tescos'.
But articles are usually deliberately wrong to spark arguments and engagement..."
No cornish people do call a pasty an oggy hence a chain of shops opened with that name. |
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"Pasties are the greatest item of food ever invented. You also only get good pasties in Cornwall.
Oggy is a chain of pastie shops. Cornish people don't call pasties Oggies, they are referring to the shop. It's like saying we call food 'tescos'.
But articles are usually deliberately wrong to spark arguments and engagement...
No cornish people do call a pasty an oggy hence a chain of shops opened with that name. "
I have never called a pasty an Oggy or heard anyone call a pasty an Oggy. It's always 'Paahsty'. |
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"Pasties are the greatest item of food ever invented. You also only get good pasties in Cornwall.
Oggy is a chain of pastie shops. Cornish people don't call pasties Oggies, they are referring to the shop. It's like saying we call food 'tescos'.
But articles are usually deliberately wrong to spark arguments and engagement...
No cornish people do call a pasty an oggy hence a chain of shops opened with that name.
I have never called a pasty an Oggy or heard anyone call a pasty an Oggy. It's always 'Paahsty'. "
Take it your not cornish then
Google oggy and you will find out.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/oggy |
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"Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
The Cornish don't call tourists grockles, you are getting confused with Devon tom
We call them grockles in Dorset aswell, people have car stickers saying ‘I am not a grockle’. "
And in Hampshire |
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By *TG3Man
over a year ago
Dorchester |
"Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
really can't see the Cornish pasty makers being worried unless its about the coat difference taste wise Cornish is best  |
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If Greggs do move to Cornwall, and if they do sell pasties, it's a natural example of free-market capitalism, and the market working as intended.
I expect it would exert downward pressure on prices from independent pasty shops. However no one should have a monopoly on anything and a free market should be just that. |
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For a pasty to be called a Cornish Pastie it has to have been made in Cornwall.
Ginsters are probably the largest supplier of pasties and supply pretty well all of the major supermarkets.
I believe also that Morrisons have their own bakery in Cornwall. |
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"Pasties are the greatest item of food ever invented. You also only get good pasties in Cornwall.
Oggy is a chain of pastie shops. Cornish people don't call pasties Oggies, they are referring to the shop. It's like saying we call food 'tescos'.
But articles are usually deliberately wrong to spark arguments and engagement...
No cornish people do call a pasty an oggy hence a chain of shops opened with that name.
I have never called a pasty an Oggy or heard anyone call a pasty an Oggy. It's always 'Paahsty'.
Take it your not cornish then
Google oggy and you will find out.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/oggy"
You take wrong. I'm Cornish. |
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By *uksungCouple
over a year ago
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Had numerous cornish pasties and they rank very low in my opinion. Had Welsh one which were much better.if cornish pasties are good enough they'll weather the storm if not they go bust. That's capitalism I'm afraid. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
Let's not be too hard on the Cornish here. The Pastie was actually invented with a crust so that tin miners could hold it by the crust and not get coal dust on their food..
It was actually a good invention |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Let's not be too hard on the Cornish here. The Pastie was actually invented with a crust so that tin miners could hold it by the crust and not get coal dust on their food..
It was actually a good invention "
Not coal dust, tin miners ,you find arsenic with tin and copper, and a traditional pasty ,3/4 savoury 1/4 apple or jam |
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By *TG3Man
over a year ago
Dorchester |
"Greggs the Scottish chain made famous for their steak bake and sausage rolls are looking for new sites in Cornwall and reports that traditional Cornish pasty makers are concerned. For some reason the Cornish sometimes call a pasty an oggy which seems designed to confuse the tourists they despise who they call grockles.
What's going on here guys. It's all over the newsreally can't see the Cornish pasty makers being worried unless its about the coat difference taste wise Cornish is best "
cost difference lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I was always told as a kid by the locals on our annual holidays down in Cornwall that a true Cornish Pasty has one half meat and then a thin slice of pastry in the middle separating the other half which would have a fruit filling. Usually apple.
The reason being the Cornish miners would take them to work and eat them for their lunch with each side providing both main and desert course as it were.
So a solely meat filled pastry is just a pasty and not a "Cornish Pasty".
Hey, happy to be corrected if the locals were just teasing us kids but one lady we knew even went as far as baking us some, complete with a mark in the pastry so you knew which was the meat end. |
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By *TG3Man
over a year ago
Dorchester |
"I was always told as a kid by the locals on our annual holidays down in Cornwall that a true Cornish Pasty has one half meat and then a thin slice of pastry in the middle separating the other half which would have a fruit filling. Usually apple.
The reason being the Cornish miners would take them to work and eat them for their lunch with each side providing both main and desert course as it were.
So a solely meat filled pastry is just a pasty and not a "Cornish Pasty".
Hey, happy to be corrected if the locals were just teasing us kids but one lady we knew even went as far as baking us some, complete with a mark in the pastry so you knew which was the meat end. "
Thats a miners pasty and at one point recently you could still buy such a pasty lunch and desert in same lunch box |
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"I was always told as a kid by the locals on our annual holidays down in Cornwall that a true Cornish Pasty has one half meat and then a thin slice of pastry in the middle separating the other half which would have a fruit filling. Usually apple.
The reason being the Cornish miners would take them to work and eat them for their lunch with each side providing both main and desert course as it were.
So a solely meat filled pastry is just a pasty and not a "Cornish Pasty".
Hey, happy to be corrected if the locals were just teasing us kids but one lady we knew even went as far as baking us some, complete with a mark in the pastry so you knew which was the meat end. Thats a miners pasty and at one point recently you could still buy such a pasty lunch and desert in same lunch box "
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"Let's not be too hard on the Cornish here. The Pastie was actually invented with a crust so that tin miners could hold it by the crust and not get coal dust on their food..
It was actually a good invention
Not coal dust, tin miners ,you find arsenic with tin and copper, and a traditional pasty ,3/4 savoury 1/4 apple or jam "
They still sell the half and half ones down by me |
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By (user no longer on site)
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We don't use the word grockles, we call them emits.
Don't judge anything by service station mass produced crap, especially pasties.
Try Gear farm or Ann's, then you can judge.
Oggy was called before they were delivered down the mines, so yeah, they can be called that but it's not common tbh.
As for Gregg's, it's like an Irish bar in lanzarote eh? |
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"Let's not be too hard on the Cornish here. The Pastie was actually invented with a crust so that tin miners could hold it by the crust and not get coal dust on their food..
It was actually a good invention "
Why would there be coal dust down a tin mine? |
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"Let's not be too hard on the Cornish here. The Pastie was actually invented with a crust so that tin miners could hold it by the crust and not get coal dust on their food..
It was actually a good invention
Why would there be coal dust down a tin mine?"
I think it was actually to avoid Arsenic, which I believe you do get in tin mines. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
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"Let's not be too hard on the Cornish here. The Pastie was actually invented with a crust so that tin miners could hold it by the crust and not get coal dust on their food..
It was actually a good invention
Why would there be coal dust down a tin mine?"
To get to the Tim then you usually encounter coal..
It's a geological fact...
Tin mines were very dusty |
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"Let's not be too hard on the Cornish here. The Pastie was actually invented with a crust so that tin miners could hold it by the crust and not get coal dust on their food..
It was actually a good invention
Why would there be coal dust down a tin mine?
To get to the Tim then you usually encounter coal..
It's a geological fact...
Tin mines were very dusty "
Your made up facts are getting Pasty joke now Tom |
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