Cornish pasty

Tradition claims that the pasty was originally made as lunch for Cornish tin miners who were unable to return to the surface to eat. The story goes that, covered in dirt from head to foot (including some arsenic often found with tin), they could hold the pasty by the folded crust and eat the rest without touching it, discarding the dirty pastry. The pastry crust they threw away was supposed to appease the knockers, capricious spirits in the mines who might otherwise lead miners into danger.

This is pasty was made using traditional ingredients of beef, potatoes, swede and onion. I intend to try some different ingredients in the future.