Old granite Cornish road signs (Page 2): Hello again Ian. I drove a coach doing local tours for years and stopped and pointed out that milestone! I took a couple of other similar...

Digory Loc: West Cornwall, UK

Hello again Ian.
I drove a coach doing local tours for years and stopped and pointed out that milestone!

I took a couple of other similar photos up in that area, but I'm almost afraid to show you them now!

Tom

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granbob Loc: SW Wisc; E Iowa; W Illinois

My youth was spent in SW Wisconsin which has a considerable Cornish population due to the days of lead mining. My parents were not Cornish but we did enjoy Cornish pasties and I've since learned that where ever there was mining, there were Cornish and pasties. Some of the pasties found today are good, and some not so good, but none compare favorably with what Mother made of course.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

granbob wrote:

My youth was spent in SW Wisconsin which has a considerable Cornish population due to the days of lead mining. My parents were not Cornish but we did enjoy Cornish pasties and I've since learned that where ever there was mining, there were Cornish and pasties. Some of the pasties found today are good, and some not so good, but none compare favorably with what Mother made of course.

Pasties? Really?

That's a connection to Cornish I've never heard. But if they were good enough for your mom......

Digory Loc: West Cornwall, UK

There is an old saying, that at the bottom of every hard rock mine you'll find a Cornish miner.

And I must admit that even here Cornwall, you'll find from mediocre to excellent pasties - although you won't find many Cornish hard rock miners any more.

Digory Loc: West Cornwall, UK

Cornish pasties are legendary, even the EU has officially recognised them and given them the same protection as Champagne, etc.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Digory wrote:

Cornish pasties are legendary, even the EU has officially recognised them and given them the same protection as Champagne, etc.

Oops!

My bad. You do mean pasties.
Here in the US, pasties generally has an entirely different meaning.

Digory Loc: West Cornwall, UK

In Europe, a Cornish pasty starts off as a round bit of raw pastry about 12inches across, into which we add some veg and some beef in the centre, then bring the edges of the pastry together to seal it, then crimp those edges together and put the whole lot in the oven for an hour or so.

The final result should look something like this.

They're very tasty.

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burgold2 Loc: Cheshire. U.K.

Hi Digory, sorry wasn't implying that all the signs were ancient lookalikes; just the ones with WD markings !!
Would love to see others
best wishes
ian

Digory Loc: West Cornwall, UK

Hello again Ian.

Don't worry I wasn't bothered like that - I've been married too long to get upset about anything any more!

I'll post some more when I get a few minutes.

I've just changed laptops and all my photos are on the old one.
Tom

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Digory wrote:

In Europe, a Cornish pasty starts off as a round bit of raw pastry about 12inches across, into which we add some veg and some beef in the centre, then bring the edges of the pastry together to seal it, then crimp those edges together and put the whole lot in the oven for an hour or so.

The final result should look something like this.

They're very tasty.

That sounds and looks good.

Digory Loc: West Cornwall, UK

You can't beat a good pasty, they really are very tasty and best of all you can pick them up and eat them in your hand.