When is a pasty not a pasty?

My goodness, the Bake Off is stirring up emotions! Pastry week set a challenge with pasties – the pastry, the filling and even the correct number of crimps. It came as no surprise that the contestants all did it their way and the one sent home had, honestly, made samosas. But following the programme the level of criticism and the arguments that raged across social media were vicious……just scroll by people! Remember these programmes were made several months ago and your anger is not going to make one iota of difference to the outcome of the contest. I must say though, that I feel GBBO has lost its’ way and has clearly struggled to find recipes to contest – some of them are so far removed from normality that they aren’t dishes anyone would want to try at home. A Cornish pasty should have offered a way of testing everyone’s ability to make good shortcrust pastry which then has a tasty filling of potato, carrot, swede, beef and onion. It’s all in the seasoning too. Did any of them do that? No.