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Best Homity pie in London
“An open vegetable pie with potatoes, onions, leeks, and cheese—born from British wartime or Devon soil, made famous by the 1960s vegetarian shift.”
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Homity pie is a traditional British open vegetable pie. The pastry case contains a filling of potatoes and an onion and leek mixture, which is then covered with cheese. There is little known on the exact history of the dish. It is sometimes called 'Devon Pie', deriving from the belief that it is an English country recipe originating from Devon. Its origins are also claimed to date back to the Women's Land Army of the Second World War and the restrictions imposed by wartime rationing. What is known however is that the dish's mainstream popularity came from Cranks Vegetarian Restaurant, which opened in London in 1961, when vegetarianism gained support from the hippie subculture.
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Homity pie is an open British vegetable pie where potatoes, onions, and leeks meet a blanket of melted cheese—simple, layered, honest. Its true origins are murky, though Devon lays claim to it, and whispers of the Women's Land Army suggest it might have been born from wartime ingenuity. What's certain is that this humble pie found its audience at Cranks in 1961, when London's vegetarian movement needed dishes that didn't apologize for lacking meat.
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- traditional British pedigree
- accessible wartime resourcefulness
- championed by 1960s vegetarian movement
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