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Pepperoni roll (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 7 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The pepperoni roll bears a resemblance to the pasty and sausage roll,

"Bears a resemblance" carrying a lot of weight there

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

To be fair the first thing I thought about when reading it was a pasty. I guess shared heritage is more accurate than resemblance.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Could have been some cross-cultural exchange from Cornish miners. They still make pasties in parts of California gold country where they settled down