"limey" > wrote in message

>I thought of you when I read this London recipe this morning:
>
(snip shepherd's pie recipe)

Just to make the plot thicker, I just looked up my mother's English
"Elizabeth Craig's Household Library - Cookery", published in 1948. And
what does Elizabeth say?

"Shepherd's Pie -
(first item) 1 lb. cooked meat

Absolutely no mention of which meat.
At the end, she says, "1. This dish is sometimes called Cottage Pie.
2. Uncooked minced meat can be substituted for the cooked meat if liked,
but it should be fried lightly in the fat with the onions before using."

All that is the way I remember it.

Dora