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aliasojo
aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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......Mince & Tatties? :confused:

I said I'd make Shepards Pie for dinner tonight :rolleyes: but I must be missing something????

So far I've cooked the mince and I'm boiling the tatties just now, but it's just mince and tatties set out with one on top of the other instead of side by side.

Very >:confused:
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  • Strepsy
    Strepsy Posts: 5,651 Forumite
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    I guess it's just the finished, nicely browned, end product. Of course you could make it cumberland pie by adding cheese on top or make it with beef and it would be cottage pie! :)
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  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    Lol.....I've just very finely grated some cheese in the hope it would make it look and taste wildly different and I could pretend I'd done something other than mince and tatties. :rotfl:
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  • nuttyrockeress
    nuttyrockeress Posts: 1,260 Forumite
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    I like to add a tin of tomatoes, peas, mushrooms and onions to my mince and some gravy.

    Top with mash and grated strong cheese..... Making my mouth water already!
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  • Lucie_2
    Lucie_2 Posts: 1,482 Forumite
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    It depends how posh the people you're feeding are!

    It reminds me of a friends Dad (when I was a kid) who refused to eat quiche, but was quite happy to wolf down a portion of egg & bacon tart!

    My understanding is that shepherds pie is just mince & tatties done together in the same dish, rather than just served on the plate separately!
  • fannyadams
    fannyadams Posts: 1,751 Forumite
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    Shepherds pie is LAMB mince (DS#1 says with "real shepherds"!)
    anything else is Cumberland / Cottage Pie.
    theres a recipe on the OS board somewhere I expect.
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  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    In that case it aint Shepards pie I'm making. :D

    I've used pork mince. Does that make it new and inventive? :rotfl:

    I think I've got it sussed........I've used individual dishes so they'll be conned into thinking they're getting something different. ;) They are in the oven right now, browning nicely. :D

    Thanks everyone.
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  • Lucie_2
    Lucie_2 Posts: 1,482 Forumite
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    aliasojo wrote:
    I've used pork mince. Does that make it new and inventive? :rotfl:

    Ooooo
    Pig-herd pie?
    Pig farmer pie?
    Porky pie?
    or you could go the whole hog (groan) & call it Jimmy's farm pie. Then they'll think they're in for a rare old treat! :D
  • patchwork_cat
    patchwork_cat Posts: 5,874 Forumite
    We used to make Poultry farmers pie - yes Turkey mince.

    I was just thinking the other day that I really don't like Cottage pie, but I love mince and tatties ( mince with stock cube carrot,onion maybe mushrooms). They are virtually identical, but they just don't taste the same! :rolleyes:
  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,896 Forumite
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    Shepherds pie is indeed made with lamb mince.

    Unless you live in my house. Then shephards pie is made with beef mince. And that was the way my mother made it. Mainly because my dad does not like lamb thinks it full of grease.

    I had no idea about the differnce until it I started to shop for myself.
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  • elona
    elona Posts: 11,806 Forumite
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    If we called the dish made with pork mince "swineherd's pie"

    what should I call my version made with turkey mince? lol?:rotfl:
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