Legend has it that the potato bomba (balls of mashed potato stuffed with meat, rolled in breadcrumbs and served with spicy sauces) was invented here.

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He said to the lady behind the counter I'll have meat and potato pie, chips, peas and gravy three times....now what shall I get for my mother?

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But some people dispute whether the dish of meat, potato, onion and turnip in a pastry casing originates from Cornwall or neighbouring Devon.

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Winding through the hills, the surrounding forest enclosed the road in a verdant canopy, with roadside kiosks sprouting out of it to sell empanadas (meat and potato-filled fried pastries), mofongo (mashed plantains filled with meat and vegetables, served in savoury sauce) and beach towels bearing graphics of bikini-clad women.

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