Anyone who doubts an 18th century English cultural preference for beef,
and its linkages to issues of national identity, should check out Wiliam
Hogarth's painting The Roast Beef of Old England, which says more on the
subject than most volumes.
 
Dr Matthew H Johnson
Dept of Archaeology
University of Durham
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