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Default Dave: shepherd's pie



"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 Feb 2015 16:03:16 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:37:11 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>>On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:41:39 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
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>>>>>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.
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>>> 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.

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>>Well the ants and termites could be added protein ..

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> Yes, the secret ingredient


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