Would you like lies with that? Plymouth pasty maker hits out at McDonalds
A PASTY company boss has hit out an international food chain after it described a "pastie" as a "meat pie".
McDonald's is in the soup with West Country bakers after giving American tourists the wrong description.
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The fast-foot giant defines "pastie" as "meat pie" in a McDonald's visitor guide to "useful" English words.
Pasty makers in Devon and Cornwall say the definition takes the biscuit.
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A boss at Ivor Dewdney Pasties – based in Plymouth – said the description was comical.
"I'm sure people will find it very funny to hear a pasty described as a "meat pie"," said director Phil Abbott.
"A pasty isn't a meat pie. A meat pie is a meat pie. A pasty is wrapped in pastry.
"A pie has crust. And a pasty contains a lot more than meat.
"McDonald's should know better – and they should know how to spell 'pasty'.
"It's like calling a Big Mac a beef sandwich."
He added: "If American tourists want a meat pie when they're in England, they should simply ask for a meat pie."
Mark Muncey, chairman of the Cornish Pasty Association, said defining a pasty as a "meat pie" was "incredible".
"The two are distinctly different," he added.
"However, we are confident that many visitors to the Olympics will have enjoyed a real pasty during their visit and been able to make the distinction for themselves."
McDonald's, a sponsor of the Olympics, defines "pastie" in a list of "Useful Words for Visiting London" found on the cover of its commemorative London 2012 reporter's notebook.
The list also includes: "gobsmacked" – which means "amazed"; "Bobby" - which means "policeman"; "Cheerio" – which means "goodbye"; "grub" which means "food"; "biscuit" which means "cookie"; "sarnie" which means "sandwich"; and "Fancy a Big Mac?" – which means "Would You Like a Big Mac?"
A McDonald's spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment.
Comments
by bikerlad
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 6:27AM
“there cant be much news about if this is all you can talk about , you sad people .
but i think you all miss the point , this is all about publicity see !! McDonald's got a free advert out of the papers.
who gives a toss anyway , if you like pasties , eat um if you like the other **** eat them ,
and yes i do like pasties”
by LibertyHiller
Monday, September 10 2012, 11:06PM
“We've been spelling it "pastie" in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for 170 years; the McDonald's copy writer is obviously from Calumet or Houghton, or another UP town settled by the Cornish.
Think of it as a trade-off for dropping all of those U's from honour and labour and so forth. You're welcome.”
by roddy1664
Monday, September 10 2012, 10:53PM
“I hate mucky D's but at least I haven't been served one containing a lump of wood as I did in a Ivor "******* in your" Dewdney pasty purchased in Southway. Even after a complaint and subsequent enquiry, they still blame me of planting the wood in my own pasty. I hope they go bust but doubt it.
Warrens Devon pasties are much better. LOL”
by JeffMcAfferty
Monday, September 10 2012, 5:56PM
“"It's like calling a Big Mac a beef sandwich."
Um, yeah, that's actually a pretty good description.”
by marc1964
Monday, September 10 2012, 2:03PM
“umm what kind of demographic of people require a McDonalds food guide. must be right on top of that food chain. Chardaney and Britney maybe ??”
by trudie2010
Monday, September 10 2012, 1:16PM
“I can't think of any other way to describe a pasty to someone who doesn't know what it is. ( except Dewdneys, I can think of plenty of ways to describe them)”
by timplymouth
Monday, September 10 2012, 11:49AM
“For someone who doesn't understand what a pasty is, it's a reasonable description. The basic components are the same.”
by PL1Plym
Monday, September 10 2012, 11:44AM
“I'm Lovin It!”
by ChezGuevara
Monday, September 10 2012, 11:39AM
“Perhaps we should describe McDonald's burgers as "Fat filled rubber patties".”
by Hearald
Monday, September 10 2012, 10:32AM
“"A pie has crust. And a pasty contains a lot more than meat" calling what you get in most pasty's meat in misleading”