The special day of the patron saint of Wales is to be marked at 5 pm on Thursday.
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St David was a Welsh monk who founded a monastery in west Wales at a time when the Irish Sea and its coasts of west Wales and Ireland were the central area of Celtic, pre-Roman Christianity.
St David is thought to have died in 601 and his bones are now interred in the cathedral which bears his name. Pilgrims who sometimes view him as symbol of Welshness file past the casket.
In Wales, on this day – St David’s Day – girls wear daffodils and boys wear leeks pinned to their lapels – naughty boys eat the leeks at the end of the day.
The town of St David’s is smaller than Glen Innes but has a cathedral (which qualifies it technically as a city), and so is sometimes called the smallest city in Britain.
St David’s day and two other Celtic saints’ days in March has prompted the Visitor Information Centre to challenge cooks to bake the best pasty.
Pasties probably came to Australia from Cornwall via tin miners who were very keen on them – they could be completely savoury (with lamb, swede, potato and lots of pepper), or sweet at one end and savoury at the other. They were ideal to eat in dustyr conditions because the pastry encased the better food.
The council said that the “crew at the Centre wanted to taste the best Cornish Pasties in Glen Innes on the day. Simply show up with your pastie around lunchtime.”
The judge will be Mary Hollingworth, Chief Steward at the Glen Innes Show’s culinary events.
