"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> On 2/3/2015 1:35 PM, sf wrote:
>>
>> FYI: A poster in one of my FB cooking groups just mentioned "corned
>> beef shepherd's pie". Not cottage pie, shepherds pie. Lives in
>> Yorkshire, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skelmanthorpe
>>
> My apologies to those who feel a need for universal precision in names but
> I have never used the term "cottage pie" and any one-pot meat and
> vegetable stew topped with a mashed potato crust browned in the oven is
> "Shepherd's Pie" to me. The meat can be chicken; corned beef is unusual
> but I'm sure I've had it made with British-style canned "bully beef".
>
>
Heresy!