Reply to post: Re: "delicious, meat-filled pasties"

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CrazyOldCatMan Silver badge

Re: "delicious, meat-filled pasties"

they were just root veg, onions etc. Potatoes and then meat came later.

Well - considering that potatoes didn't come to Britain until Francis Drake bought some back that's probably quite true.

Also, the peasantry wouldn't have had much access to meat. But lots of turnips, carrots and beets.

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