Meal made with soft pate; not a vegetarian dish (6,2,4)

I believe the answer is:

plates of meat

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'not a vegetarian dish' is the definition.
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'meal made with soft pate' is the wordplay.
'made with' indicates anagramming the letters.
'soft'+'pate'='softpate'
'meal' mixed up with 'softpate' can make 'PLATES OF MEAT'.

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(Another definition for plates of meat that I've seen is " Cockney feet".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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