Who made the first Cornish pasty?
Who made the first Cornish pasty? Nobody knows exactly when pasties originated, but there's a letter in existence from a baker to Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour (1510-1537) saying '... hope this pasty reaches you in better condition than the last one...' Where was the first pasty made? BBC NEWS | UK | England | Cornwall | Devon invented the Cornish pasty. Cornish pasties may have actually originated in Devon, an historic document indicates. Archivists have found the mention of a pasty in city records dating back to 1509 and 1510. Do Cornish pasties come from Cornwall? They have...