I voted Cornish, but The Proper Pastie Company does a mean Beef & Stilton.
I worked in a shop owned by a Leicester based bakery for a while. We did a wonderful chilli bake. I ate far too many of them. Because I only worked Saturdays and we were closed Sundays, any cooked foods had to be binned at the end of the day. My older colleague winked at the fact that I might be taking things home. No, what am I saying - she positively encouraged it! Sorry Hampshires. A lot of calories meant for cutomers went into mah belly.
I had a proper - I mean PROPER - Cornish Pastie in the Scilly Isles at a pub called The Turk's Head (named after a knot, unlike the many Saracen's Head pubs which are possibly relics of the crusades!) On the menu they warn you that a pastie is a meal in itself (as it was for the miners) and not to order any sides. They were right. My bf finished mine and I still had to sleep it off!
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