| Re: Proper Cornish? Posted by bradshaw at 08:13, 11th February 2026 |     |
I used to take a day trips from Maiden Newton to Penzance just for a pasty and a pint(s), back via Castle Cary and the Brook House Inn north of the station, if there was time between trains.
| Proper Cornish? Posted by grahame at 07:30, 11th February 2026 | |
From Cornish News
Couple Furious After Touring Cornwall’s Top Destinations Only to Find No Ginsters Pasty Shops
Charles and Miranda Fairfax-Hughes, a couple from up-country, have said their Cornish holiday was “fundamentally disappointing” after travelling to every major tourist hotspot in the Duchy and failing to find a single Ginsters pasty shop.
The couple said their dream was to visit Cornwall, walk into a Ginsters “just like Greggs”, and sit on the beach enjoying what they described as “a proper, real Cornish pasty”.
Instead, they claim they were confronted by dozens of “small, unfamiliar pasty brands” selling freshly baked food made on site.
“We appreciate these little independent places trying their best to imitate Ginsters,” said Charles, “but they’re so small they can’t even afford a machine to press the pasty into shape. It honestly looked like they’d folded it with their hands.”
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Charles and Miranda Fairfax-Hughes, a couple from up-country, have said their Cornish holiday was “fundamentally disappointing” after travelling to every major tourist hotspot in the Duchy and failing to find a single Ginsters pasty shop.
The couple said their dream was to visit Cornwall, walk into a Ginsters “just like Greggs”, and sit on the beach enjoying what they described as “a proper, real Cornish pasty”.
Instead, they claim they were confronted by dozens of “small, unfamiliar pasty brands” selling freshly baked food made on site.
“We appreciate these little independent places trying their best to imitate Ginsters,” said Charles, “but they’re so small they can’t even afford a machine to press the pasty into shape. It honestly looked like they’d folded it with their hands.”
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Fond memories of a trip to Penzance and a real pasty - thank you GBM.
