On Fri, 15 May 2020 12:43:26 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 2:19:16 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 8:00:30 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> >
>> > The odd thing is that it only seems to have become an issue recently. My
>> > father's parents were both born and raised in England and my mother
>> > comes from background that is mostly English, Irish Scottish with some
>> > French and German thrown in. Shepherds pie was a frequent supper in our
>> > family and it was always made with beef. I never even heard of Cottage
>> > pie until I read about it here a couple years ago.
>> >
>> >
>> > That being said, I sometimes pick up some ground lamb and use it to
>> > make Shepherds pie, instead of the more common beef.
>>
>> The names of food will typically change in different geographical locations. Most times, it changes once it reaches different lands. The stuff we call "chili" is not the same stuff served in Texas. The local chili here has a lot of sugar, beans, and mayo in it and it's served over rice. It's roots lie in Cincinnati rather than Texas. How this happened, I haven't a clue.
>
>I didn't see any cinnamon in the recipes for Hawaii-style chili that I found
>on the web, so it's difficult to see a connection with Cincinnati.

But the sugar gives it away.