- Title: A taste of Cornwall - the local food made with local produce for generations
- Date: 10th June 2021
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) FOUNDER OF ANN'S PASTIES, ANN MULLER, SAYING: "Well, I learnt to make a pasty at my mother's knee, and my grandparents on both sides made pasties - my aunts, even some uncles, actually, made pasties. It was just... oh, you know, the staple diet of the Cornish, I suppose. You know, you wouldn't go without a pasty for a week." PACKAGED PASTIES BEING PICKED UP (SOUNDBITE) (English) FOUNDER OF ANN'S PASTIES, ANN MULLER, SAYING: "Mother and I opened the first dedicated pasty shop at Porthleven in 1984. A lot of people locally thought that it wouldn't work because usually pasties were sold at bakeries where, you know, bread and other products are sold. But, well, we were just busy from day one. It worked really well." CUSTOMERS QUEUING FOR PASTIES STAFF MEMBER SERVING CUSTOMERS BAKED PASTIES ON SHELF (SOUNDBITE) (English) FOUNDER OF ANN'S PASTIES, ANN MULLER, SAYING: "You know, food is very important as a national identity and all the rest of it. So pasties have become an emblem in Cornwall." HELSTON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 10, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VEGETABLES, SALT AND PEPPER BEING MIXED VARIOUS OF STAFF MEMBER PUTTING VEGETABLE MIX INTO PASTIES VARIOUS OF ANN'S SON AND MANAGER OF ANN'S PASTIES, FERGUS MULLER, CRIMPING PASTIES (SOUNDBITE) ANN'S SON AND MANAGER OF ANN'S PASTIES, FERGUS MULLER, SAYING: "So all of our ingredients within the pasty, other than the pepper, is within 10 miles of us. The reasons for this is for the animal welfare. The animal shouldn't travel. You should know where your meat comes from - it's massively important. And, you know, if you're getting the rest of the ingredients for the pasty (locally), it's good for our economy. Every pasty should have Cornish ingredients. Like Champagne with grapes, it boosts the region. It boosts our area and we should always buy within the county." VARIOUS OF STAFF MEMBER PREPARING BREAKFAST PASTY (SOUNDBITE) ANN'S SON AND MANAGER OF ANN'S PASTIES, FERGUS MULLER, SAYING: "We will never expand past what this local area can grow or rear for us. You know, I feel like I might be buying from the same fields as my great-great gran was for her family's pasties in Porthleven, and I think that's another nice point to what we're doing." VARIOUS OF PASTIES BEING CRIMPED STAFF MEMBERS WASHING PREPARED PASTIES WITH EGG AND PUTTING THEM INTO THE OVEN STAFF MEMBER PUTTING PASTIES INTO OVEN DISPLAY ON OVEN READING (English): "COOKING"
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- Keywords: Cornish pasties Cornwall G7 Summit bakery food heritage retail shop tradition
- Location: HELSTON AND THE LIZARD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: HELSTON AND THE LIZARD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Europe,Human Interest/Brights/Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA003EGTKPQF
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- Story Text: For many in Britain, the Cornish pasty is synonymous with the southwest region of Cornwall, where the G7 Summit is taking place.
At family-run business Ann's Pasties, the traditional pasty recipe has been passed down for generations.
Circular pastry is filled with raw ingredients of turnip, onion, beef and potato, seasoned simply with salt and pepper.
Ann Muller founded the company in a small shop in The Lizard in 1984 - the most southerly-point in the UK.
Now relaunched as a pasty bar, Ann's Pasties treats locals and tourists with freshly made pasties every day.
While Muller herself is semi-retired, pasty-making is in her bones.
She learnt how to bake them from her mother and other family members whilst a child.
In fact, mother and daughter went into partnership to open the store 37 years ago.
Traditionally sold alongside bread and other goods in bakeries, Muller says The Lizard Pastry Shop was the first-ever dedicated to the Cornish staple.
Rebranded as Ann's Pasties, the operation is now run by Ann's son, Fergus.
Fergus employs a team of 35 to produce between 1,500 and 2,500 pasties a day at the company's main bakery in nearby Helston.
The family's first priority is to source their ingredients locally, both for animal welfare reasons and to support the local economy.
Fergus told Reuters he had no plans to expand the operation to source its produce from outside southwest Cornwall.
"You know, I feel like I might be buying from the same fields as my great-great gran was for her family's pasties in Porthleven, and I think that's another nice point to what we're doing."
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