"zuuum" > wrote in message
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> "The Reid" > wrote in message
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>>I recently Googled "Shepherds pie" and was dismayed to find the
>> first few recipes were made from beef. Now I know food words vary
>> across the Atlantic more than most other things, but a shepherds
>> pie with beef is absurd. Thats cottage pie. Cottage pie is
>> anything covered in mash, well, not fish obviously.
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>> Shepherd > sheep > shepherds' pie.
>> Cowherd > beef > cottage pie.
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>> No, no one knows why its "cottage", should have been
>> "cowherd/cowboy pie". Perhaps the mash looks like thatch?
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> Hopefully, not to be confused with "Cowpie" lol

Desparate Dan.. is that you?