Jamash said:
I don't think it's ridiculous at all.
If someone wants to misrepresent something and claim it's Cornish when it isn't, then that's a bad thing and I'm glad there's an actual law preventing this kind of dishonesty.
The thing about Cornish pasties is that it's very specific, so it's not going to be confusing or restrictive for people who want to make pasties, they just aren't allowed to claim they're Cornish when they're not (Cornish pasties can still be baked and sold in other places, they just have to be prepared in Cornwall, crimped in a particular way and use a minimum amount of good quality ingredients for them to be called Cornish).
Lots of local foods are being awarded the Protected Food status by the EU, and I think it's a good thing since it preserves traditions against big business and dishonest marketing and also guarantees a better quality of food for the consumer.
That is a very fair point, and I don't exclude, I just don't see how something that adheres to the methods that you mentioned can't be called the same thing, even if it's made ina different place..
Sure if it's mass produced in a factory in Germany, it'd be a stretch to call it an authentic Cornish Pasty.
But what if it was made by hand with the methods and ingredients a tradtional pasty-maker from Cornwall would use outside of Cornwall? Would it still just be a 'pasty'?
