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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 17,413 Forumite
    10,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    Well done Stephen, its exactly how I've cooked mine for the past 50+ years .My late husband used to like a layer of baked beans between the meat and the mash though, and he always called it 'Alan's Dinner'
    P.S. left over meat from a shoulder of lamb makes the best Shepards pie in the world
  • paddy's_mum
    paddy's_mum Posts: 3,977 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    sooz - you're missing a trick, here! This is what you say :-

    Right, darling .. I obviously got it all wrong. Could you show me how you make it, please?

    He does, you watch, you all eat and enjoy. A week later, you say Right, darling .. I obviously got it all wrong. Could you show me how you make it, please?

    Repeat



    Repeat



    Repeat

    Keep on 'forgetting' his special little touches and you'll have one meal made a week by him until Christmas!

    PS You could send him to me for a week. By the time he got back to you, he'd never criticise anyone's cooking again since I'm a great believer in training hubbies, kids and dogs by the same method!
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,650 Forumite
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    Hi sooz,

    I've added your thread to the main cottage pie thread where you will be able to see all the variations that Old Stylers make.

    Pink
  • I can't believe no-one has mentioned adding brown sauce to the mince!!! :D
  • LameWolf
    LameWolf Posts: 11,238 Forumite
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    I've been chucking in a good dollop of green tomato chutney the last few times I've made it, and Mr LW says it makes it really nice.
    If your dog thinks you're the best, don't seek a second opinion.;)
  • HH62
    HH62 Posts: 434 Forumite
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    I want to make a cottage pie and after reading the posts here I decided to bulk the meat out with veggies. I want to put swede in the meat mixture (not in with the mash topping). Do I need to cook the swede first or can I just put it in with the meat and onions etc? I'm thinking it won't be very soft if I dont cook it properly?
  • dorry_2
    dorry_2 Posts: 1,427 Forumite
    dunno, if the raw swede would cook in time with other bits??

    i have never put swede in shepperds pie before???

    i am sure someone who knows will come along in a mo??

    pink winged, pen pen help!!!:D
    'If you judge people, you have no time to love them'
    Mother Teresa :D
  • HH62
    HH62 Posts: 434 Forumite
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    dorry wrote: »
    dunno, if the raw swede would cook in time with other bits??

    Yep, that's what I'm thinking...glad it's not just me who doesnt know!!:confused:
  • Sagz_2
    Sagz_2 Posts: 6,251 Forumite
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    It will be fine as long as you cut it into small cubes (about the size of a butter bean). Or maybe you could put the swede in the mash on top?
    Some days you're the dog..... most days you're the tree! :D
  • angelavdavis
    angelavdavis Posts: 4,714 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    An alternative is to grate it so it cooks through and disappears in the gravy.
    :D Thanks to MSE, I am mortgage free!:D
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