Stu wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:18:28 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> Default User wrote:
>>> caroline wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Dora" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Default User wrote:
>>>>>> You are entitled to that opinion. My mother made shepard's pie.
>>>>>> With ground beef. We'd never heard of "cottage pie".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>> Same here. Leftover beef, leftover lamb - made no difference. It
>>>>> was always shepherd's pie. Shoot me.
>>>> Call it what you like, but you can't change the facts ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Cottage is beef, Shepherd's is lamb
>>> If I ever mentioned "cottage pie" to anyone outside of this newsgroup,
>>> they would have no idea what I meant. Almost everybody knows what
>>> shepherd's[1] pie is. It's about on par with the Texans who insist that
>>> you not call it "chili" if you put beans in it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Managed to spell it right this time.
>>>
>>> Brian
>> Ah, but if someone was serving ME shepherd's pie, I would be
>> expecting lamb. So not everyone knows what "shepherd's pie" is.
>
> You'd think that would be the case if you lived in NZ or Aussieville,
> my Gram in Wales always made it with steak, my uncles in Scotland
> used lamb. It seems peoples preferences are always with what they were
> brought up eating.

And their nomenclature. But shepherd's pie is also a matter of logic.

--
Jean B.