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marrymejojo OP t1_j48t702 wrote

Reddit will be quick to point out that "shepherds pie" made with beef is in fact "cottage pie". And that Shepherds pie must be made with lamb.

Forget that fact that vast areas of the country make it with beef and call it shepherds pie. I decided to look through my collection of maine and new England cookbooks to confirm what I already new. That indeed, people call the same thing by different names sometimes depending on geographical location. Shocking I know.

I'm going to continue to call my shepherds pie made with beef by the name... shepherds pie. Because otherwise no one is going to know what the hell I am talking about.

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bugdude666 t1_j48w0ie wrote

I’m a born and bred mainah and it took Gordon Ramsay being bitchy on kitchen nightmares for me to realize the “shepherds pie” I grew up with was technically a cottage pie. Since then I’ve made the pie with both lamb and beef. It’s pretty much the same. I call it all shepherds pie. I am an idiot sandwich and proud.

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marrymejojo OP t1_j48wj7j wrote

Oh so it's Gordon Ramsey that started the ridiculousness. That makes sense.

On a side note... I used to work at the navy base cafeteria in brunswick and all the navy folks would call it beef corn pie when we had it. Even though we called it shepherds pie in the kitchen. Good times.

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ecco-domenica t1_j4j00hg wrote

Not really Gordon Ramsey that started it. It's an old British origin dish, and if we were in Britain, we'd be calling what we eat cottage pie, because in Britain, shepherd's pie is made with lamb. Since we're not in Britain, we can all just call it whatever we want and no one needs to tell Gordon anything about it.

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raynedanser t1_j495k50 wrote

I still call it shepherd's pie - or pate chinois. :) I will not cook with lamb, sorry. Not doing it. And no cheese. or tomato. But plenty of herbs and seasoning and it's just fine, thanks.

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DarkObserver t1_j49ylfn wrote

My memere and pepere always used mixed veggies instead of corn so for decades sheppherds pie or pate chinois always had that and ketchup on top.

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