elaine wrote:
>>>>> Yes I know that traditional shepherd's pie is cooked with lamb,
>>>>> but I'd never made it with lamb before.
>>> E.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Then you made cottage pie.
>>>
>>> Pardon?
>>> E.
>
>> It's a bitch finding recipes or discussing them, if you don't have
>> the proper name for things. If I thought german chocolate cake was
>> called almond bark...I'd never find a good recipe for either and
>> nobody would understand what I was talking about.
>
>
> Oh, ok. I should have been less confusing in my wording and should
> have written "I made shepherd's pie".
>
> I know that shepherd's pie is made from lamb, but when I googled,
> many of the recipes that came up for 'shepherd's pie' called for
> beef. And I bet it's a common misconception.
> E.

Certainly was a major misconception when I was interviewed by the Wall
Street Journal (Weekend Edition) last year about Thanksgiving leftovers. I
told her I was making Turkey Cottage Pie and she asked if she could call it
Shepherds Pie. I told her Shepherds Pie is made with lamb; she was
completely amazed. And she's writing about food? <G>

Jill