> > > > Yes I know that traditional shepherd's pie is cooked with lamb, but
> > > > I'd never made it with lamb before.
> > E.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Then you made cottage pie.
> >
> > Pardon?
> > E.

> It's a bitch finding recipes or discussing them, if you don't have the
> proper name for things. If I thought german chocolate cake was called
> almond bark...I'd never find a good recipe for either and nobody would
> understand what I was talking about.


Oh, ok. I should have been less confusing in my wording and should have
written "I made shepherd's pie".

I know that shepherd's pie is made from lamb, but when I googled, many of
the recipes that came up for 'shepherd's pie' called for beef. And I bet
it's a common misconception.
E.