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Family dispute settling....Shepherds pie, is it a pie? on 17:03 - Apr 20 by hoppy
Without her realisation she was actually doing a cottage pie?
Interestingly, this is what Wikipedia says, which suggest the distinction is more recent.
"Shepherd's pie, cottage pie, is a savoury dish of cooked minced meat topped with mashed potato and baked. The meat used may be either previously cooked or freshly minced. The usual meats are beef or lamb. The two English terms have been used interchangeably since they came into use in the late 18th and the 19th century, although some writers insist that a shepherd's pie should contain lamb or mutton, and a cottage pie, beef."
Supermarket ready meals may have also added to the distinction.
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Family dispute settling....Shepherds pie, is it a pie? on 17:07 - Apr 20 with 1037 views
Family dispute settling....Shepherds pie, is it a pie? on 17:02 - Apr 20 by DJR
When I was young, I wasn't aware of this distinction, or even the expression cottage pie.
What my mother cooked as shepherd's pie contained chunks of cooked beef left over from Sunday lunch with gravy added.
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Interestingly, my mother was Scottish, and this may explain the use of slices of meat.
"A recipe for shepherd's pie published in Edinburgh in 1849 in The Practice of Cookery and Pastry specifies cooked meat of any kind, sliced rather than minced, covered with mashed potato and baked."
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Family dispute settling....Shepherds pie, is it a pie? on 17:14 - Apr 20 with 1019 views
In the Middle Ages, the crust of a pie was very hard and not eaten. It was called a "coffin" and was more a sort of mini oven/stewpot in which to cook meat, rather than part of the dish itself.
Family dispute settling....Shepherds pie, is it a pie? on 19:44 - Apr 20 by Guthrum
In the Middle Ages, the crust of a pie was very hard and not eaten. It was called a "coffin" and was more a sort of mini oven/stewpot in which to cook meat, rather than part of the dish itself.
Which is still the purpose of batter on fish of course. Its whole point is to seal the fish so it steams within the batter.
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