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Cottage Pie - This is something British that I REALLY took a liking too, but I still modified it a bit to my liking.

Cottage Pie - This is something British that I REALLY took a liking too, but I still modified it a bit to my liking.

I can't believe Americans haven't co-opted this one!  I mean... mashed potatoes baked on top of a meaty stew?  How can this not be an American staple by now?

I can't believe Americans haven't co-opted this one!  I mean... mashed potatoes baked on top of a meaty stew?  How can this not be an American staple by now?

It is, well at least where I came from. I grew up with cottage pie being served for school lunches.  They called it shepards pie, but it was not lamb.

It is, well at least where I came from. I grew up with cottage pie being served for school lunches.  They called it shepards pie, but it was not lamb.

Really?  I only had it in the US once, and that's when I had dinner at a friend's house... her husband was British and they had lived in the UK for some years at the start of their marriage.  I lived in California for 12 years, Texas for 5 years, and Arkansas for most of the remainder... plus 3 years in Ohio for grad school.  In all that time, I encountered it once.  I loved it, obviously.

Really?  I only had it in the US once, and that's when I had dinner at a friend's house... her husband was British and they had lived in the UK for some years at the start of their marriage.  I lived in California for 12 years, Texas for 5 years, and Arkansas for most of the remainder... plus 3 years in Ohio for grad school.  In all that time, I encountered it once.  I loved it, obviously.

Yeap, at least once a month, it was on the school lunch menu in my Massachusetts town. 
 Their version was usually ground beef, onions, sweetcorn, and gravy ,with mashed potatoes on top.  Apparently though, as Jimbocz says, I come from another planet when it comes to food. 

Yeap, at least once a month, it was on the school lunch menu in my Massachusetts town. 
 Their version was usually ground beef, onions, sweetcorn, and gravy ,with mashed potatoes on top.  Apparently though, as Jimbocz says, I come from another planet when it comes to food.

Replace sweetcorn with peas and carrot and that's what we had in Florida.  Though sometimes was a biscuit top instead of potatoes!

Yeap, at least once a month, it was on the school lunch menu in my Massachusetts town. 
 Their version was usually ground beef, onions, sweetcorn, and gravy ,with mashed potatoes on top.  Apparently though, as Jimbocz says, I come from another planet when it comes to food.

This is exactly what we had in NY! I make it with cauliflower mash sometimes too. This recipe is especially tasty: https://www.thepaleomom.com/recipe-tourtiere-inspired-shepherds-pie/


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My mom made a version too and called it Shepherd's Pie (but again it was ground beef not lamb). It wasn't quite the same as cottage pie though. I had it on my first trip to the UK and found out how to make it. My brother loved it so much he asked for it all the time and asked for it as the "last meal" I made before I left for University here. I never heard of it with biscuit though! Maybe a beef stew but not with ground beef. I would so try it though

I've been operating under the assumption that shepherd's pie is lamb, and cottage pie is beef.

I threw a pork shoulder into the slow cooker as I ran out the door this morning, so it's pulled pork for us tonight. 

I've been operating under the assumption that shepherd's pie is lamb, and cottage pie is beef.

I threw a pork shoulder into the slow cooker as I ran out the door this morning, so it's pulled pork for us tonight.

The shepherd's pie=lamb / cottage pie=beef was my understanding, too.

I love putting ingredients into the slow cooker and walking away, only to come back hours later to tasty noms that I almost forgot about.  It's like giving myself a Christmas present. 

Edited to add: My short term memory is somewhat comical with its scarcity.  I think it's an attention span issue, really, but it comes across as a memory issue.  But, still, you'd think I'd remember putting a big hunk of meat into a slow cooker and adding seasoning and liquid to it.  I mean, really!  That takes some effort.

I've been operating under the assumption that shepherd's pie is lamb, and cottage pie is beef.

I threw a pork shoulder into the slow cooker as I ran out the door this morning, so it's pulled pork for us tonight.

Due to cost, shepherds pie in the US is usually mince beef in brown gravy.

And I love pulled pork. How do you usually season yours?



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Due to cost, shepherds pie in the US is usually mince beef in brown gravy.

But shepherds look after sheep, not cattle! 

And I love pulled pork. How do you usually season yours?

Very lazily!  Depends what flavour I'm going for, but it's usually either a bottle of barbecue sauce, or a jar of green salsa.

But shepherds look after sheep, not cattle! 

Lol! Lamb in the US is > $7/lb. So most use beef, I'd only ever had it with beef until I started exploring more blogs.

Very lazily!  Depends what flavour I'm going for, but it's usually either a bottle of barbecue sauce, or a jar of green salsa.

Those are both quite effective for tasty pulled pork I sometimes do a rub that sits on it overnight too.


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Attempting corndogs for the first time tonight!  Wish me luck, I think I need it.

That's pretty advanced.  Are you going to deep fry them?