Simple recipe for Shepards Pie?
J. Clarke wrote:
> 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".
>
LOL!
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Jean B.
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