My attempt to bridge DD with reality, baby steps

[J Noland]

So these are the Cornish pasties I've just cooked today. I have never been to Cornwall, never eaten a Cornish pasty, nor have I ever tried to cook any sort of pie. However, many of my dd's have English characters (I'm American) and I ran into several news articles debating exactly what constitutes a proper "Cornish" pasty. So being a self repecting Brit loving MD person with a day off...I attempted to make them using a recipe found on the internet. No carrots! I haven't tried them yet. I don't know what they're supposed to taste like. They look good. Anyways, the important thing is is that I did something in real life rather than just dd'ing about it. Maybe I'll make a brisket next!

[Katherine]

I googled "what do americans call swedes" and it came up with rutabaga - does that make sense?  To make sure we're thinking of the same thing, it's a largish vegetable that is hellish to cut up.

[roxanne]

Thanx for recipe - this is so much fun.  I checked it out and all sounds doable; but what is swede?  I would LOVE  to see recipes from Middle Ages - I'm already seeing myself in some English or Irish castle.  Hm, what do I have I can wear?  I'm thinking of having a little Sat. night dinner party (again in my mind, of course.)

[J Noland]

http://britishfood.about.com/od/cakesandbaking/r/cornishpasty.htm

I think I put the link in correctly. There's actually a video on how to make them but I just couldn't be bothered to watch it and I went directly to making them. Now Coq au Vin sounds yummy. Maybe my new weekend project will be to cook something. I found a website (I'll link it if anyone wants to see it) where there have recipes from history, like the middle ages. There's also a website with recipes "inspired" by Game of Thrones.

Katherine- I'm so glad to hear they a re recognizable cornish pasties! My crimping technique is a panic and smash style but I think I'll get better with practice. I think I can cook okay but I just end up making the same things over and over (kind of like I have a good imagination but replay the same dd scenes :/)  I once tried to substitute olive oil in a cake rather than vegetable oil....yuck! I think I've heard of scotch eggs but I have no idea what they actually are. I'll be looking them up to add to my new hobby. I am dding a cozy scene of myself baking while the weather is awful outside.

I can appreciate anything that get covered in butter and jam. Mmmm. I wish I had some with my coffee right now.

[Katherine]

They look splendid!  I would have known they were cornish pasties without you even saying :-)  One of my DD talents is cooking too, though in real life I'm usually fairly successful.  Except the other day when I made cakes but put 3 tablespoons of baking powder in rather than 3 teaspoons.  Oops.

Have you heard of Scotch eggs?  Sarah Jessica Parker was presented them by Jonathan Ross (British TV talk show host) the other might and she was intrigued.  She said you can't buy them in New York.

I can also recommend making scones .. they taste delicious straight from the oven smothered in butter and jam.

 

[roxanne]

Any chance of sending a link to the recipe?  I love that you took something from your DD & made it.  One of my DD talents is cooking.  I recently made (in my mind) a great Coq au Vin.

[J Noland]

The recipe was really easy, I followed it to the letter because I had no clue what pasties are supposed to turn out like. They're basically a meat and vegetable turnover. I'm going to make them again but with other meat and veggies. It was a fun little project though.



[roxanne]

As a fellow Brit lover (at least the male actors part of Britain), I am very impressed.  They look delicious.  Now I feel like something to eat, but nothing that interesting is available, I'm sorry to say.  Was the recipe hard?

[J Noland]

I must say, it's the best Cornish pasty I've ever had.