A hoggan or hogen is a type of

flatbread A flatbread is a bread made with flour; water, milk, yogurt, or other liquid; and salt, and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Many flatbreads are unleavened, although some are leavened, such as pizza and pita bread. Flatbreads r ...

containing pieces of pork, and sometimes potato, historically eaten by Cornish

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s in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Any food eaten by miners had to be tough to withstand the harsh conditions of the mines, and hoggans were said by one mining captain to be 'hard as street tiles'. A true hoggan is slightly different from a

pasty A pasty () is a British baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, South West England, but has spread all over the British Isles. It is made by placing an uncooked filling, typically meat and vegetab ...

. The dough which was left over from pasty making is made into a lump of unleavened dough, in which is embedded a morsel of green

pork Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the domestic pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BCE. Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved ...

and sometimes a piece of potato. Historically, hoggans were often made from cheaper

barley Barley (''Hordeum vulgare''), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Globally 70% of barley p ...

bread and have been a good indicator of poverty, reappearing when wheat prices are high. A sweet version made of flour and

raisin A raisin is a dried grape. Raisins are produced in many regions of the world and may be eaten raw or used in cooking, baking, and brewing. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia, the word ''raisin'' is reserved for the ...

s is known as a ''fuggan'' or ''figgy hobbin''. ''Fig'' is a Cornish dialect word pertaining to raisins. The name is sometimes given to a pork pasty which is where the term ''oggie'' or ''tiddy oggie'' derives. A Hobban, or Hoggan-bag, was the name given to miners' dinner-bag.''Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall'' by Miss M. A. Courtney (1880)
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