Jean B. wrote:
> Stu wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:52:25 -0000, "caroline" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "Dave Smith" wrote
>>>> Janet Baraclough wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's not shepherd's pie.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trad shepherds pie is Monday's meal made from Sunday's left
>>>>> over roast lamb.
>>>>> The cooked meat is minced. Finely chop an onion and brown it,
>>>>> finely slice some carrots,
>>>>> peel boil and mash some potatoes with butter, salt and pepper.
>>>>> (If I had mash or carrots with the roast lamb on Sunday, I'd
>>>>> have made enough to save some for the shepherds pie next day)
>>>>> Mix the minced lamb, carrots, onions, some mixed herbs, seasoning,
>>>>> and the left over gravy from Sunday;
>>>>> place in an oven dish about 2 " deep. Cover with the mashed
>>>>> potato, smooth it, and scratch the surface with a fork.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bake in a hot oven for 35 mins until the meat is hot, the veg
>>>>> are cooked, and the potato topping is golden.
>>>>
>>>> In my house, Shepherds pie was made with leftover roast beef. We
>>>> never had lamb because my father hated it. My mother made it
>>>> pretty much the way you described, except she ground up the
>>>> leftover beef.
>>> Then, seemingly unbeknownst to her, what she was actually making
>>> was Cottage Pie ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Who's to say what is what, if she made it she can call it whatever
>> she wishes.
>
> Sure. I can call "spaghetti" "lasagna" too.

By the "I made it so I can call it what I want to" one can call dung
"diamonds".