I'm having a proper Cornish pasty for tea tonight,
I bet you’re not, a proper Cornish Pasty had stewed sweet apple in one half of it, thus doing away with a separate desert. 😀 but then perhaps you are, I can’t see your pasty.
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"“The Bedfordshire Clanger is a dish from the English county of Bedfordshire, dating back to at least the 19th century. The clanger is an elongated suet crust dumpling similar to a pasty, with a savoury filling at one end and a sweet filling at the other, comprising a main course and dessert in one package. It is traditionally steamed but may be baked for robustness. The crust was not originally intended for consumption but to protect the fillings from the soiled hands of the workers.... The savoury end is traditionally meat with diced potatoes and vegetables (although a filling without meat is also possible), and the sweet end is usually jam, or sweetened apple or other fruit. Traditionally the top of the clanger is scored with a few lines to denote the sweet end.
Historically, the Bedfordshire Clanger was made by women for their husbands to take to their agricultural work as a midday meal. The dish is still available at various bakers and served at some hotels, restaurants and local places of interest.”
I'm having a proper Cornish pasty for tea tonight,
I bet you’re not, a proper Cornish Pasty had stewed sweet apple in one half of it, thus doing away with a separate desert. 😀 but then perhaps you are, I can’t see your pasty.
You are right it wasn't, but it was pretty darn good @Dovefromabove is that where the expression of dropping a clanger originates from? I'd be gutted to drop one of those!
Dunno @[email protected] ... according to my late Ma (who was from Bedfordshire and despite her usually abysmal cooking skills she made a good clanger) the name comes from the fact that a 'clanger pudding' resembled the clanger in a church bell ... so possibly dropping a clanger comes from the noisy one, not the tasty one?
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but then perhaps you are, I can’t see your pasty.
"“The Bedfordshire Clanger is a dish from the English county of Bedfordshire, dating back to at least the 19th century. The clanger is an elongated suet crust dumpling similar to a pasty, with a savoury filling at one end and a sweet filling at the other, comprising a main course and dessert in one package. It is traditionally steamed but may be baked for robustness. The crust was not originally intended for consumption but to protect the fillings from the soiled hands of the workers.... The savoury end is traditionally meat with diced potatoes and vegetables (although a filling without meat is also possible), and the sweet end is usually jam, or sweetened apple or other fruit. Traditionally the top of the clanger is scored with a few lines to denote the sweet end.
Historically, the Bedfordshire Clanger was made by women for their husbands to take to their agricultural work as a midday meal. The dish is still available at various bakers and served at some hotels, restaurants and local places of interest.”
http://www.myvirginkitchen.com/recipe/bedfordshire-clanger/