On Wed, 09 Sep 2015 20:44:20 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > On 9/6/2015 7:59 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > > jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > >
> > > > On 9/6/2015 11:50 AM, cshenk wrote:
> > > > > Grin, I made it and it had too much fat. Total overkill.
> > > > > Needed the meat drained. Probably the tomatoes as well.
> > > > >
> > > > > I plan to try again though as the idea appeals. Sometimes one
> > > > > has to try a few ideas more than once to get it right. Since
> > > > > Mom doesnt cook, I have no guides on some things that are very
> > > > > different from my normal.
> > > > >
> > > > > Self taught cooks tend to sometimes have a flop. This one was
> > > > > not a total flop, but not optimally made either. I think if i
> > > > > drain the tomatoes and the beef, it will work nicely.
> > > > >
> > >>> Carol
> > > > >
> > > > I've never heard of adding tomatoes to cottage pie. The beef
> > > > definitely needs to be drained.
> > > >
> > > > Jill
> > >
> > > Ok, now i know! So much for 'follow the recipe exactly the first
> > > time'. I sensed it was off but what the heck. Try it.
> > >
> > It depends on where you found the recipe. I don't trust a lot of
> > recipes I find online.
> >
> > > Now i have a sense of what it should shape up like and the bits we
> > > did get were not terrible, just too fatty. The grease solidified
> > > and we lifted it off.
> > >
> > Good save!
> >
> > > I am attempting to stretch my cooking zone out of Asian and basic
> > > southern. If I muck up a few (laugh), at least I am honest on it!
> > >
> > > Carol
> > >
> > Of course you were honest about it! I truly don't remember my first
> > attempt at making cottage pie. I do know I didn't add tomatoes and I
> > definitely drained the fat off the beef. Even with very lean ground
> > beef it should be drained.
> >
> > I should make a cottage pie again sometime soon. Or perhaps the
> > Cheeseburger Pie recipe off the back of a box of Bisquik. (My
> > mother made that for us when I was a teenager.)
> >
> > Jill
>
> Grin, yup! Tonight was a simpler one (for us). Curried lamb in sauce
> with rice and some steamed cabbage then cut cantalope at the side.
>
> Might make another attempt at a cottage pie this weekend, or might wait
> to next!
>
> Sometimes it can be challanging if you have never eaten the item (I've
> never had it) so trying to work it out can be a bit odd.
>
> Carol

Back in the bad old days, I remember hamburger and a can of undiluted
tomato soup under a covering of mashed potato (probably instant). It
was called shepherd's pie.

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