cockle_thing wrote:
>
> I am with you on this one! Cottage pie as far as I know, is made with
> minced beef. Shepherds pie is made with lamb mince. I find the latter
> tastless and it doesn't even smell appitising either. I quite like
> Cottage pie with a little gravy added to the mince before topping with
> mashed potato. If using lamb, I don't find that gravy goes with the
> mince, instead it just tastes like you went out of your way to make the
> mince taste better!
> Don't get me wrong- there is a place for lamb, but in my opinion
> shepherds pie is way down the list.

LOL! The shepherd's pie is really meant to be a way to use lamb left
over from the Sunday roast. Try making it that way and you might like it
better.
But much of the lamb I've eaten in the US has been quite tasteless
anyway. The NZ lamb is better but we don't always get it locally.