I actually wanted to write a review on a scotch egg, but there isn't a category for it. So instead I'm going to write a review of a cornish pasty. Those of you wanting to know my opinion of scotch eggs will have to contact me personally. Sorry about that - I don't make the rules.
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I actually wanted to write a review on a scotch egg, but there isn't a category for it. So instead I'm going to write a review of a cornish pasty. Those of you wanting to know my opinion of scotch eggs will have to contact me personally. Sorry about that - I don't make the rules.
So - a Ginster's Cornish Pasty. Usually purchased at a petrol station, these slabs of nutrition can be eaten hot or, if you like, cold. Many petrol stations ... ...pasty, but I never dare ask to use it. If you're made of sterner stuff, you might like to give this a go, and enjoy a piping hot meat product, or perhaps take it home and microwave it there, if you have a microwave. I generally buy Ginster's products when I'm drunk, and so ravenous that I don't have the time to do this, preferring instead to cram the entire pasty into my mouth when the cashier turns away to get my change, and then enjoy his expression ... more
I actually wanted to write a review on a scotch egg, but there isn't a category for it. So instead I'm going to write a review of a cornish pasty. Those of you wanting to know my opinion of scotch eggs will have to contact me personally. Sorry about that - I don't make the rules.
So - a Ginster's Cornish Pasty. Usually purchased at a petrol station, these slabs of nutrition can be eaten hot or, if you like, cold. Many petrol stations offer a microwave facility in order to heat up your pasty, but I never dare ask to use it. If you're made of sterner stuff, you might like to give this a go, and enjoy a piping hot meat product, or perhaps take it home and microwave it there, if you have a microwave. I generally buy Ginster's products when I'm drunk, and so ravenous that I don't have the time to do this, preferring instead to cram the entire pasty into my mouth when the cashier turns away to get my change, and then enjoy his expression of unmitigated disgust when he turns back and sees a drunk man choking on a cornish pasty and spitting flaky pastry on to the counter. It's just something I like to do.
But let's get back to basics for a moment here. What exactly IS a cornish pasty? Well, it's just beef and vegetables encased in pastry. It really is that simple. "But hang on a minute, sunshine," some of you will be saying now. "That sounds just like a pie." And I say to you: that's absolutely true. In many ways, a cornish pasty is just a pie. In fact, in every way a cornish pasty is just a pie. So from now on, in the interests of accuracy, I shall heretofore refer to this product as a Ginster's Cornish Pie. I hope this doesn't make any of you too furious.
So what about the quality of the ingredients? That's what matters, at the end of the day. Are we talking about premium ground beef here, or pureed offal? Well, I think that the answer is somewhere inbetween. Now I'm not a butcher, like Fred Elliot off of Coronation Street, so I couldn't even begin to hazard a guess about what part of the cow they use. But it tastes all right, so I don't think it can be any disgusting part. And the vegetables are quite nice too. Here are some of the vegetables you will find in a Ginster's Cornish Pie: potato, swede. I haven't got time to compile an exhaustive list, but it should give you a flavour of what to expect.
Now let's talk about the pastry. If there is a failing in the Ginster's Cornish Pie, it is in the pastry. It's just a bit thick and soggy, really. If you approach the pie from the end, chances are your first mouthful will be nothing but pastry. Nobody likes a mouthful of dry pastry, or at least nobody that I've ever met. It would be better if they made the pastry thinner and more crispy. Not too thin, so that all the filling breaks through and falls onto your trousers. And not too crispy either. Just a little less stodgy than it is at the moment. Is that too much to ask, Mr Ginster? It's all very well for you with your roaring log fire and nice dog, but spare a thought for the poor consumer once in a while, eh?
I really don't know what I'm talking about today. I think I'm still drunk from yesterday.
So I reckon I've pretty much covered everything there is to cover about the Ginster's Cornish Pie. Oh, the price, of course. Well, in my local petrol station they cost one pound forty nine pee, which is not bad value really. It's certainly cheaper than buying a pornographic magazine, which they also sell in my local petrol station. You will most likely want to buy a can of Coke too, to wash it down, and maybe a packet of Maltesers for pudding, but don't worry, you can probably afford it.
All in all, then, I give this product a seven out of ten. I would have given it more, but for the poor pastry quality that I mentioned earlier. Not, of course, that this will perturb Mr Ginster as he throws another log onto the hearth. The fat idiot.
Advantages: A tasty and very filling snack meal. Disadvantages: High in fats
From little acorns big Oak trees grow! During the 1960's Ginster's was a small egg packing business, as time went on the company expanded and diversified and today employ over 700 people to manufacture their famous pies, pasties and sandwiches.
I don't know about you but I enjoy a Cornish pasty hot or cold and the Ginster's pasties are a mighty undertaking, far more than a mere morsel!
Sainsbury's have the large pasties on offer at the moment, ... ...dearer than that. If you were feeling so inclined then you could offer to share one between two but I'm afraid the inclination just isn't there.
Ginster's make their pasties to a traditional recipe and the tasty creation is neatly packed inside of a heat sealed wrapper that has a bold design. This may sound sexist but the packaging design has a masculine touch, a background of black and red and then a picture of the mighty pasty in all of it's glory. ...
Sarahjh1 05.05.2009
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Advantages: Great flavour, easy to cook Disadvantages: Hard to find the cooking instructions
I came across Ginsters Cornish Pasties about 2 years ago, after a holiday in Cornwall. I thought that maybe they would taste as good as the real thing, as they are made in Callington! Well read on and find out what I think.
Ginsters Cornish Pasties come in a black packet with a red label on the front saying ’Ginsters Cornish through and through’ in white. There is a picture of a cut pasty on the bottom right corner showing you the filling, and a ... ...as good as the real fresh ones straight from Cornwall – but then they are made in Cornwall after all. We love them.
If you go down to that part of the country keep your eyes open for the Ginsters ads on the billboards – they are brilliant. ...
numberthree 16.10.2003
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Advantages: Wholesome, flavoursome snack Disadvantages: Filling unattractive but still tasty
...1977 Samworth Brothers had acquired Ginsters and it remains within this group today.
This group is behind many of the cooked and chilled foods we are familiar with in supermarkets, high street retailers, convenience stores and garage forecourts.
Ginsters Original Cornish Pasty is claimed to be the nation's biggest selling product in the Chilled Savouries market and the Ginster brand offers food across sandwiches, wraps, quiches, hot pies, cold ... ...retail around £1 for a single pasty but cheaper multipacks are available.
So is it a pasty or is it a pastie??
The Cornish Pasty is thought to have started life as the working lunch for tin miners to take underground with them. The pasty was easy to carry, could be eaten with dirty fingers, was nourishing, and could even be savoury at one end and sweet at the other.
An underground miner would not return to the surface or be able to clean his hands ...
suehome 07.10.2008
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Advantages: Tastes great, quality product and packaging Disadvantages: Calories, price if not on offer
Ginsters have a bit of a rep at the moemtn (and for quite a few years now) for being sort of the cream of the crop when it comes to pastried foods. I really like the slices they do, sucha s the Ham & Cheese slice, and the Peppered Steak slice, alothough the price usually makes me restrict myself to whenever they have an offer on them somewhere. The same goes for their Cornish Pasty, and the other day I managed to pick it up on offer for £1, whereas ... ...the high calories, so that can't be too much of a negative, and prcie wise, Ginsters in general seem to have slashed their prices to suppliers, on the agreement this slash is relayed to the consumers. It's nice to see, espdecially when something is so filling and tastes great. Recommended. ...
pmcds 15.07.2009
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Advantages: available everywhere Disadvantages: mass produced, bit peppery
...mine as I disagree
Ginsters of Callington in Cormwall send their Pasties, Sandwiches, Wraps etc the length a breadth of the UK. They are available in most supermarkets and motorway service stations. At the latter there is a considerable markup on the 49p I just paid in Kwik Save (currently on Offer)
Before I go any further, if you are sqeamish be warned I am going to decapitate and discect a Pasty in the name of Research
First what's in it?
There ... ...stations
My criticism of Ginsters products is that there is too much pepper. This is a personal matter but applies here. Half an hour later I can still taste it. There is also grissle in my teeth, this aint lean chunks of steak as in farmhouse recipies
I discard some of the pastry as there is a lot of it
So, my opinion is that this is OK as food on the go but I would not rate it as a gourmet experience. I have had Pasties which I prefer from independent ...
mark-southside 29.04.2004 (30.04.2004)
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Advantages: Can be nice heated as part of a meal Disadvantages: Not the healthiest snack
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Advantages: Great lunch time alternative Disadvantages: It all adds up!
we reckon food should actually taste of something' and indeed it does. It is nice to eat something that has flavour - you some how feel more fore filled after eating if you can still taste the food you have eaten. Although the slice has flavour it is in no way too over powering which is good.
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