Pasty
A pasty ( or , Cornish: Pasti) is a baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall and Devon, United Kingdom. It is made by placing an uncooked filling, typically meat and vegetables, on one half of a flat shortcrust pastry circle, folding the pastry in half to wrap the filling in a semicircle and crimping the curved edge to form a seal before baking.
The traditional Cornish pasty, which since 2011 has Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status in Europe, is filled with beef, sliced or diced potato, swede (also known as yellow turnip or rutabaga – referred to in Cornwall as turnip) and onion, seasoned with salt and pepper, and is baked. Today, the pasty is the food most associated with Cornwall. It is regarded as the national dish and accounts for 6% of the Cornish food economy. Pasties with many different fillings are made and some shops specialise in selling all sorts of pasties.
The origins of the pasty are unclear, though there are many references to them throughout historical documents and fiction. The pasty is now popular worldwide due to the spread of Cornish miners and sailors from across Devon and Cornwall, and variations can be found in Argentina, Australia, Mexico, the United States, Ulster and elsewhere.
Colour (noun)
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Colour (adjective)
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Colour (verb)
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Pasty (adjective)
Like paste, sticky.
“These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.”
Pasty (adjective)
pale, lacking colour, having a pallor
“He is pasty-faced.”
“lb|en|figuratively He was feeling pasty.”
“Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty.”
Pasty (adjective)
white-skinned
Pasty (noun)
A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman’s breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers.
Pasty (noun)
A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
Colour (noun)
the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light
“the lights flickered and changed colour”
Colour (noun)
one, or any mixture, of the constituents into which light can be separated in a spectrum or rainbow, sometimes including (loosely) black and white
“a rich brown colour”
“a range of bright colours”
Colour (noun)
the use of all colours, not only black and white, in photography or television
“colour television”
“he has shot the whole film in colour”
Colour (noun)
rosiness or redness of the face as an indication of health or of embarrassment, anger, etc.
“there was some colour back in his face”
“colour flooded her skin as she realized what he meant”
Colour (noun)
a substance used to give something a particular colour
“lip colour”
“as with any chemical treatment, colour can cause hair to become dry”
Colour (noun)
any of the major conventional colours used in coats of arms (gules, vert, sable, azure, purpure), especially as opposed to the metals, furs, and stains.
Colour (noun)
any of the balls other than the white cue ball and the reds
“Hendry potted the last four colours to win 5–4”
Colour (noun)
pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone’s race
“discrimination on the basis of colour”
Colour (noun)
a group of people considered as being distinguished by skin pigmentation
“all colours and nationalities”
Colour (noun)
vivid appearance resulting from the juxtaposition of many bright things
“for colour, plant groups of winter-flowering pansies”
Colour (noun)
features that lend a particularly interesting quality to something
“a town full of colour and character”
Colour (noun)
variety of musical tone or expression
“orchestral colour”
Colour (noun)
an item or items of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish an individual or a member of a group, in particular a jockey or a member of a sports team
“it was Devon Loch’s first victory in the colours of his royal owner”
“it will be strange running on to the pitch in another team’s colours”
Colour (noun)
a badge, cap, or other item in the distinctive colours of a particular school, awarded to a pupil selected to represent the school in a sport.
Colour (noun)
the flag of a country, or of a regiment or ship
“all over the world countries which had long been administered by others were hoisting their own colours”
“the Cheshire Regiment celebrated its tercentenary with a tattoo and the presentation of the new colours”
Colour (noun)
a shade of meaning
“many events in her past had taken on a different colour”
Colour (noun)
a quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red) for each flavour.
Colour (verb)
change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it
“he coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades”
Colour (verb)
take on a different colour
“the foliage will not colour well if the soil is too rich”
Colour (verb)
fill (a shape or outline) with colour
“he hated finger-painting and colouring in pictures”
Colour (verb)
make vivid or picturesque
“he has coloured the dance with gestures from cabaret and vaudeville”
Colour (verb)
(of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush
“she coloured slightly”
Colour (verb)
cause (a person’s skin) to change in colour
“rage coloured his pale complexion”
Colour (verb)
(of an emotion) imbue (a person’s voice) with a particular tone
“surprise coloured her voice”
Colour (verb)
influence, especially in a negative way; distort
“the experiences had coloured her whole existence”
Colour (verb)
misrepresent by distortion or exaggeration
“witnesses might colour evidence to make a story saleable”
Pasty (noun)
a folded pastry case with a savoury filling, typically of seasoned meat and vegetables.
Pasty (adjective)
(of a person’s face) unhealthily pale
“a pasty complexion”
Pasty (adjective)
of or like paste
“a pasty mixture”