Food
Cornwall is famous for its pasties (a type of pie often containing meat), but saffron buns, Cornish Heavy (Hevva) Cake, Cornish fairings (biscuit), Cornish fudge and Cornish ice cream are also common.
Cornish clotted cream is a popular topping on splits and on scones. Opinion varies as to whether or not the cream should be spread on before or after the jam. Clotted cream is often served as thunder and lightning (with syrup on bread.)
There are also many types of beers brewed in Cornwall including a stout and there is some small scale production of cider and wine. Swanky beer is a Cornish Australian beer most popular in South Australia (where 10% of the State is of Cornish descent), it would be homebrewed and taken to work at the mines with pasties. The term and recipes used were bought by immigrants from Cornwall.
Read more about this topic: Culture Of Cornwall
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