"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:37:11 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:41:39 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>>James Silverton wrote:
>>>> 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".
>>>>
>>>Ok. I am going to keep my mouth shut.
>>
>>
>
> So basically the British and Australians have stayed with the original
> meaning of shepherd's pie (mutton), whereas Americans and Canadians,
> who are less inclined to eat mutton, also apply the term to the same
> dish made with beef, chicken and armadillo.

Well the ants and termites could be added protein ..


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