On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 10:15:55 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>I've used up leftover food to make a cottage pie but I'm not sure if it
>should be called that. Opinions are welcome.
>
>In a deep casserole dish with lid here are the layers:
>
>- Deboned oven fried chicken thighs, chopped
>- 15oz can of drained sweet peas
>- equal amount of local grown sweet corn, cut off the cob
>- then I made about a cup of chicken gravy and poured on top
>- next is a layer of mashed potatoes (and spotted with butter)
>- finally, as an after-thought, I added a layer of chicken stuffing
> (yeah, it was an old box of Stove Top)
>
>So this has been in the oven (covered) for some time. Once I see it
>bubbling, I'll take off the lid for 10-15 minutes to crisp up the top
>stuffing layer.
>
>It sounds and smells good to me. Would you all consider this a cottage
>pie or just a Thanksgiving dinner casserole? Just wondering.
>
>

I don't know what goes into a Thanksgiving Casserole but while it
isn't what I would call Cottage Pie, pretty much anything goes under
that name. You've invented it, you can name it Cottage Pie to me
is ground beef (usually from yesterdays roast beef) onion, mashed
spuds and that's it. It was the easy meal for Monday, which was wash
day which used to be a horrendously busy time for a housewife.