limey > wrote:

> "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.

See <http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpies.html#shepherdspie>.

Victor