8. The Pasty Test
Pick up Cornish with Danni Diston as Esther Johns shares her cooking and language skills and they discuss who invented the pasty.
Danni Diston, Esther Johns and language guide Sarah Buck learn how everyday food keeps the Cornish language alive — plus the exact words you need to talk about it yourself.
Danni also explores cookery and some big questions with expert Esther: Did Devon try to claim the pasty? Is it bad luck to take one out to sea? Could clotted cream be the unexpected twist?
Pasty - Pasti
What is that? → Pyth yw henna?
What is this? → Pyth yw hemma?
That is… - (… ) yw henna.
This is - (… ) yw hemma.
Pastry - Past
Potato - Aval dor
Beef - Kig bewin
Swede / Turnip - Ervinen
Onion - Onyon
Salt and pepper - Holan ha puber
New to Learn Cornish? Start at Episode One and build your vocab as you go.
