They brought with them this iconic snack, known in England as a “Cornish pasty.” Cornish pasties date from the 13th century, when they were the food of nobility and the upper crust.
They brought with them this iconic snack, known in England as a “Cornish pasty.” Cornish pasties date from the 13th century, when they were the food of nobility and the upper crust.
"The paste arrived in the year 1824, with the English miners from Cornwall who came to Real del Monte to start working in the mines," said Epifanio Garcés Torres, director of the town's Paste Museum.
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