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danburbridgeon Mexico’s take on the Cornish pasty

And scones. And sea food. And coastline. And historic buildings.

I love Cornwall, just a shame it's so slow to get to.

danburbridgeon Mexico’s take on the Cornish pasty

One of the less horrible aspects of British colonialism I guess.

Being born a Cornishman I remember my father recounting a somewhat apocryphal tale of a grockle* visiting a pub and asking for chips (fries) with his pasty. The landlord looked at him somewhat aghast and asked him if he was sure? The tourist replies that he was hungry and always has chips with his pasty back home. A little while later the landlord returns with the customers lunch. A small crowd of locals had now appeared as the customer is presented with a a standard 12 inch long pasty occupying the whole plate and a basket of chips. Very sheepishly the customer eats the pasty and eventually the chips, pays and then proceeds to very slowly walk out moaning and groaning.

* Cornish (derogatory) term for a tourist

For those wanting to know the proper Cornish recipe it is simply pastry (rough puff style typically) and declining quantities of potato (shredded), swede (also shredded) and onion (shredded again). Topped with beef (preferably skirt) and seasoned with a little salt and pepper. The pastry is then folded up over the filling and crimped. In the oven for about an hour (for a proper sized pasty)

I have never sat down and worked it out but those bog old handmade pasties must be 2000 calories minimum, certainly it's a struggle to eat anything else... Perfect if you have to spend hours down a mine though.

The crimp was originally not eaten as the miners would want to avoid eating the toxic metals, but those knurls of pastry are one of my favourite things.

Such a shame most pasties sold now are tiny, over seasoned and full of rubbish meat.

danburbridgeon Evidence that drinking baking soda can promote an anti-inflammatory environment

Yes, it can have pretty explosive side effects...

But it's not on the WADA banned list so you are free to try it.

Caffeine is also an ergogenic and is not banned by WADA, either in or out of competition.

danburbridgeon How the super-rich are digging down in London

I am sure I remember reading reports a few years ago where there excavation has caused serious issues/subsidence and even collapse.

danburbridgeon Garry Winogrand’s Photographs Contain Entire Novels

An interesting take that doesn't (unless I missed it) refer to Winograd's own belief: " I think that there isn’t a photograph in the world that has any narrative ability... They do not tell stories—they show you what something looks like. To a camera. "

danburbridgeon Warning signs for TSB's IT meltdown were clear a year ago, according to insider

That sounds familiar. I was there too around 2003-2005, very little of what has been said surprised me and rang a lot of bells from my time there. Hugely siloed and with very strict hierarchies.

danburbridgeon W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry for a Beautiful Short Film About Running

Thanks for this, a lovely piece of film making. Reminds me of Jorgen Leth's "A Sunday in Hell"

danburbridgeon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2017)

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