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> "Cheri" wrote in message news > "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "Gary" wrote in message ...
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>> Ophelia wrote:
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>>> It's a long time since I have made Shepherd's pie. I tend to make
>>> Cottage
>>> pie. He likes that better.
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>> I like cottage pies quite a bit. About time I made one too. I did
>> buy 5lbs of gold potatoes today at my *new* grocery store (now
>> that my favorite store closed yesterday). ;-(
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>> I don't have ground beef but have thought about mincing up some
>> good strip steaks instead. Anyone here ever tried that? Without
>> a meat grinder, just cut up some beef and pulse it a few times in
>> a food processor?
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>> Will that not make it into a paste?
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> No, not if you pulse it, and not for long.
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> Cheri
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> OK thanks. Not something I have ever tried)

You have to pulse it for a very short time so it's chunky otherwise it's
nasty. )

Cheri