"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
...
> Loosely based on the George Bernard Shaw approach, I
> made a cottage pie as follows:
>
> Bottom layer: carrots, onion, black beans, wild rice, one
> habanero, guajillo, sage, Mexican oregano, salt, black pepper,
> vegan stock.
>
> Top layer: potatoes, one sweet potato, sauteed green garlic,
> salt, and a small amount of buttermilk, mashed.
>
> This we consumed with a condiment called "Ploughman's Pickle",
> roughly similar to Branston's.
>
> (Of the various combinations of cottage pie ingreidents I've tried
> so far, this one worked out the best -- possibly due to the
> wild rice giving it more structural integrity.)
>
> Steve


Boy, that George Bernard Shaw was sure ahead of his time! Did he really
make cottage pie like you described? I didn't see anything remotely
resembling the cottage pie I've ever made, other than a mention of mashed
potatoes. Wild rice? Why?! I don't see any mention of beef. Cottage pie
isn't vegetarian or vegan. It's beef with a nice meaty seasoned gravy,
maybe some vegetables but not anything resembling 'California cuisine',
topped with mashed potatoes. If you enjoyed that recipe, fantastic. But
you should probably call it something else. That was not traditional
'cottage pie'.

Jill