Similar concepts of style and filling !

Any other world food equivalents like that ?

Burrito

I think most cultures have had the need for portable food at some point in time.

Jamaican Patties, Quesadillas, Devonshire pasty (tip a Cornish pasty on it’s side…same thing)

Welsh oggie

Empanadas from South America are similar. And very nice!

Jamaican Patties, Quesadillas, Devonshire pasty (tip a Cornish pasty on it’s side…same thing)

I don’t know where you’re getting your quesadillas, but they shouldn’t be remotely like any of the other items you list. They aren’t made with pastry and contain no potato?

I think he means portable food – ie something self contained you can carry about and eat. Quesedillas only work for this if they are cold…

Chicken tikka baguette – that’s a bit like a samosa.

No wait, that’s a sandwich.

Gosh, this is a hard one.

In Spain: hornaza, empanadas, empanadillas. Generally a bit too much pastry / not enough filling IMO.

Someone tried to sell me the idea that calzone is an Italian pastie.

I wasn’t buying.

Similar yes, although eating more than one pastie is an achievement whilst many samosas is essential

Americans have these things called French fries they are a bit like chips only skinnier which is kind of ironic. They do have chips but you’d be disappointed if you ordered them with a piece of cod.

Snails

Is the samosa the equivalent of a Cornish pasty

Well isn’t Cornish pasty just baked pastry with filings like any others?

To be honest Cornish pasty are just fine to eat but not spectacular at all and sometimes expensive.

Most Cornish pasty I have eaten are full of peppers taste with some meat but the taste is blunt …

If Samosa is done properly it can taste much better than Cornish pasty.

If you ask me to choose I would choose Samosa any day … provided the spices used in the Samosa are balanced and not oily.

Meat and potato pie surely?

what’s in a cornish pasty? just the same as a bridie?

Samosa is deep fried, not so good for a pocket. Back at the family home in India samosa is mainly a street food snack taken in the early evening. Straight out of the oil into a leaf bowl, broken slightly and slathered with very hot sauce/chutney, always two. Mmmmmmm

tang – Member
Samosa is deep fried, not so good for a pocket. Back at the family home in India samosa is mainly a street food snack taken in the early evening. Straight out of the oil into a leaf bowl, broken slightly and slathered with very hot sauce/chutney, always two. Mmmmmmm

It does not have to be deep fried because in other South East Asia countries they have two versions:

1. Deep fried very oily ones because they are easy to make.
2. Baked ones because they have the equipment to bake them.

Both are very popular if you get the ingredients right.

Not much baking in India!

tang – Member
Not much baking in India!

Not much baking in the street of SE Asia too but they taste good … 😆
However, there are always few stalls (street food) selling bake ones and they usually sold out within two hours … arrghhh …

Samosas cost 15 to 25p around here, if anyone can get me Cornish pasties for the same price I’ll be there in 30 minutes.

LeeW – Member
Samosas cost 15 to 25p around here, if anyone can get me Cornish pasties for the same price I’ll be there in 30 minutes.

I have seen giant Samosas sold here in the Toon (Newcastle) central train station before (few years back) the size of Cornish pasties or larger priced at £3 to £3.80 … I did not buy them because I did not believe paying that much for a snack in those days, still don’t, … it is Not supposed to be a meal for me.

chewkw – Member
Well isn’t Cornish pasty just baked pastry with filings like any others?

To be honest Cornish pasty are just fine to eat but not spectacular at all and sometimes expensive.

Most Cornish pasty I have eaten are full of peppers taste with some meat but the taste is blunt …

Very likely not a true Cornish pasty then.

Outside of fresh baked ones in Cornwall most people get to taste is Ginsters and shit like that are bland, very dry and sometimes crammed with pepper to make it taste okay.

Living down there for a bit and getting fresh steak ones from a local shop was just a revelation. Juicy tender steak pieces, soft onion, not over filled with potato, soft pastry but not crumbly, and size as big as your head! Awesome.

But then fish & chips down there was something different. Fresh cod off the boats that were massive.

I must say Punjabi samosa are my favourite, washed down with hot chai.

No Cornish pasties are nothing like samosas. Samosas are tasty.

Fried Mars bar 🙂

what’s in a cornish pasty? just the same as a bridie?

The traditional recipe is onion, beef, swede and potato all diced, with plenty of pepper. However the modern shops sell all sorts from chicken tikka to stilton and whatnot to apple and other sweet things.

deadkenny – Member
Very likely not a true Cornish pasty then.

I suspected that …

… most people get to taste is Ginsters …

You are absolutely right and I also think people then try to copy that taste from Ginsters by calling them Cornish pasty. Most “Cornish” pasty I tried are great disappointment in the North East to be honest.

But I still prefer Fish & Chips if they are available and I mean the proper ones …

tang – Member
I must say Punjabi samosa are my favourite, washed down with hot chai.

That sauce looks a bit like my breakfast in the far east where I used to have Chapati or Roti with daal every morning with a “chai” (different version).

Drac – Moderator
No Cornish pasties are nothing like samosas. Samosas are tasty.

No proper Cornish pasties in the Toon I am afraid.

flowerpower – Member
Fried Mars bar

In the far east we have something like that and we eat them every year during the new year. It’s like sticky brown sugar deep fried with batter.

No proper Cornish pasties in the Toon I am afraid.

I wouldn’t know I’ve never bought one their.

Cottage pie – lasagna – mousakka

All pretty similar really.

Proper Cornish Pasty’s are gorgeous and not like Samosa’s at all. They’re not a fast food snack and a full on meal really. There’s a shop in Derby that sells real Cornish Pasty’s (or used to be, not sure if it is still there or not) – they’re made fresh every day in Cornwall, shipped up, can be bought un-cooked so you can cook them at home. They’re pretty darn good – as good as you can get outside of Cornwall.

I love Samosa’s too though.

I’d consider it animal cruelty if you fed a Ginsters to a dog.

Free samosas cw chilli sauce in the Castle Hotel Mombassa : 😕

I’ve recently discovered pupusas and gorditas. Latin American stuffed delights.

Keswick and Whitehaven Cornish Pasty shop (yes in Cumbria) possibly the reason I never felt hungry

(edit in a good way)

Pupusas are great post Pilseners.

Poppadums are equivalent to crisps?
Also try bateda, basically chips but fried in spices, delicious

Pasty not even Cornish really. Might even be (sit down, brace yourself…) French in origin.

Name derives from the old French for a Pie (Paste/Pasta, confusingly)

Also a-bit-like-a-pasty. Might make a mess of your back pocket though 😉