Pleased to meat you: The Duchess chats to the 7ft pastie |
Cornish produce in the shape of a 7ft crimped example of the traditional regional fare was a highlight of Pasty Fest, held yesterday. The Duchess and Prince of Wales politely shook hands and stopped for a brief chat. Flakey Face whose face could be seen through a hole in the front of the outfit, said: "She was surprised to see us and stepped back a bit." Flakey, who was inside a giant pasty added: "Camilla asked me if it was hot inside and how long I had been wearing the costume. I said "since eight this morning, its bloomin steaming but I suffer gladly for my art." I was chuffed too when Charles chuckled at the please to "meat" his wife quip." The Prince and the Duchess also went inside a VW camper with a surfboard on top which was reminiscent of Coronation Street Derek's Rover Metro with the giant paper clip attached whilst he was a salesman for an office equipment firm. Both took a sip from a pint of Doom Bar from Sharp's Brewery in Rock, Cornwall. They also tasted Cornish Yarg - a cheese from the Lynher Dairies near Ponsanooth, Truro, which has a nettle-covered rind - and Camilla ate a strawberry as they chatted to a trainee chef from Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Cornwall Restaurant. When asked if they do pasties the trainee sheepishly shifted from side to side, looked at the ground and whispered that they did not. | 
