International Pasty Festival
international pasty festival spanish festival internacional del paste annual festival celebrating pasty held real del monte hidalgo mexico since pasty known locally paste introduced region cornish miner th century still made descendant traditional recipe may followed often ingredient today reflect local preference annual festival attracts thousand visitor may also visit cornish pasty museum attend cultural event municipality pachuca long history gold silver mining mexican war independence – much infrastructure destroyed many mine became flooded group named real del monte company formed arranged bring mining equipment experienced miner cornwall landing mocambo beach south veracruz miner took month struggle mile km swamp rain forest real del monte cornish brought cultural tradition included football wrestling baking pasty although cornish community shrank revolution cornish name survive building house european architecture including francis rule methodist church cornish mexican cultural society helped arrange real del monte redruth cornwall twinned today many establishment pachuca bake pasty growth shop selling pasty coincided decline mining resident looked way make living paste may classic meat potato turnip filling perhaps additional herb jalapeño may also filled red green mole pineapple shredded pork chicken chilli even fish day international pasty festival launched real del monte october maría oralia vega ortíz hidalgo tourism secretary opened festival richard williams president sociedad cornish mexicana among present thirteen paste company participated commercial stall sold savoury snack main street town filling included tongue brain sausage bean yellow cheese teething trouble custom official confiscated swede imported essential ingredient authentic pasty october festival attracted visitor november real del monte opened first cornish pasty museum world organised town cornish culture council museum opened group regulatory council cornish heritage real del monte visited cornwall weeklong fact finding mission met cornish pasty association fourth annual international paste festival held – october supported government state hidalgo visitor invited view precolumbian archaeological site mine english cemetery eight company engaged making paste participated festival may juan renato olivares hidalgo tourism minister visited cornwall try encourage people cornwall visit mexico said mexican immensely proud extraordinary link cornwall many descendant original miner live mexico – people wonderful name enrique pengelly raoul pascoe september victor aladro president cornish mexican pasty association delegation toured heartland pool cornwall given cornish mining world heritage site sign sign unveiled ceremony celebrating mining forthcoming international pasty festival prince charles duchess cornwall visited real del monte visited pasty museum couple made pasty th festival internacional del paste held – october real del monte festival developed one largest state providing opportunity marketing product service tourism food industry included artistic cultural event opportunity savour local pasty paste official website