What is the difference between Cottage Pie and Shepherds Pie?

Goaty

Cottage Pie uses Minced Beef, Shepherds Pie uses Minced Lamb Apr 19 02, 1:49 PM

Siskin

Goaty is spot on. Cottage Pie is always minced beef and Shepherd's Pie is always minced lamb. These dishes were made from the leftovers of a Sunday roast. The only source I have is that I am a brilliant cook!! Apr 19 02, 5:01 PM

Enquirer

This came up on Quizmail a year ago. In the end they had to accept both answers as many reference books say that the terms are interchangable. Apr 19 02, 7:29 PM

FOSSE4

In a private (snail)mail - Dave (Quizmail) admitted to using only one reference and the derivation of each name had not been fully researched and as there were a large number of objections/queries had accepted both answers. Shepherds (SHEEP)Pie is technically made only from Lamb Meat. Cottage Pie - Any other meat, or can contain no meat only vegetables. Spent hours researching this one a long time ago! Apr 19 02, 9:03 PM

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