Comments on: Shepherd’s Pie http://www.cheapcooking.com/blog/2006/03/shepherds-pie.html Easy and cheap family recipes. Learn how to cook on a budget. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:41:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.cheapcooking.com/blog/2006/03/shepherds-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-509 Anonymous Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:41:00 +0000 http://cheapcooking2.wordpress.com/2006/03/28/shepherds-pie/#comment-509 In the UK, Shepherd's pie is made with lamb. If it is made with beef, it is called cottage pie. Other than the difference in meat, they are the same dish. <br/><br/>Typically, they are made with a variety of country vegetables of your preference, or depending on the season.<br/><br/>Alternatively, exists more moderly (1980s onwards), is a cheap and cheerful dinner for children - corned beef shepherd's pie, a slight minsnomer as it's made with beef mince and baked beans, with mashed potato on top. In the UK, Shepherd’s pie is made with lamb. If it is made with beef, it is called cottage pie. Other than the difference in meat, they are the same dish.

Typically, they are made with a variety of country vegetables of your preference, or depending on the season.

Alternatively, exists more moderly (1980s onwards), is a cheap and cheerful dinner for children – corned beef shepherd’s pie, a slight minsnomer as it’s made with beef mince and baked beans, with mashed potato on top.

]]> By: Dagny http://www.cheapcooking.com/blog/2006/03/shepherds-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-508 Dagny Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:57:00 +0000 http://cheapcooking2.wordpress.com/2006/03/28/shepherds-pie/#comment-508 I don't understand the aversion to lamb. I am a native of the Bay area born to Southern parents. Lamb is something that my parents like to have on a regular basis. I guess if you don't have it as a child, you never really get a taste for it. I don’t understand the aversion to lamb. I am a native of the Bay area born to Southern parents. Lamb is something that my parents like to have on a regular basis. I guess if you don’t have it as a child, you never really get a taste for it.

]]> By: kitrin http://www.cheapcooking.com/blog/2006/03/shepherds-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-507 kitrin Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:44:00 +0000 http://cheapcooking2.wordpress.com/2006/03/28/shepherds-pie/#comment-507 I am first generation Canadian off of Scottish parents. I have totell you that lamb is not the integral ingredient here, however having tomato sauce or ketchup in a shepards pie is totally foreign to us. We have come to the conclusion that it is an american addition since no one of my parents friends or relatives ever made it with such. <br/>We all make it with beef gravy (bisto brand)and a heavy dash of worstershire.<br/> My auntie made it with veg in it but the only one my mum ever put it in was baked beans. This was not an all the time thing.. just when she had to stretch the recipe.<br/><br/>None of us puts cheese on it either, but i think that is just the healthier more frugal option. I am first generation Canadian off of Scottish parents. I have totell you that lamb is not the integral ingredient here, however having tomato sauce or ketchup in a shepards pie is totally foreign to us. We have come to the conclusion that it is an american addition since no one of my parents friends or relatives ever made it with such.
We all make it with beef gravy (bisto brand)and a heavy dash of worstershire.
My auntie made it with veg in it but the only one my mum ever put it in was baked beans. This was not an all the time thing.. just when she had to stretch the recipe.

None of us puts cheese on it either, but i think that is just the healthier more frugal option.

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