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Judiths, that sounds right. If the shepherd is making the pie, then obviously his lamb is the most likely meat to be used. I hadn't heard the term Cottage Pie, but I think of the Bible. Whenever a stranger sojourns with the tribe or family, what gets roasted for a welcoming feast?It's always the nearest member of the flock or herd. Likewise with seacoast folks. It's always something from that day's catch.

judiths

Fabulous recipes, Shepherds pie is traditionally made from lamb, Cottage pie is made from beef, anything else is whatever you want to call it, thanks.

I loved that movie and its non-PC jokes and how Kostos tells everyone the Greeks invented everything.

Organ meats like Rocky Mountain Oysters are kind of the stepchild of butchers. Cafes serve them as a touristy thing, but I have not found the best place to get them. Probably I need to cultivate a friendship with a rancher who raises cattle. They may be available when it is time to turn little bulls into steers. Surprisingly Colorado lamb cannot always be found in a grocery store, even though you can find lamb from foreign countries. Colorado lamb is really delicious grilled.

Reminiscing is so much fun! Maybe tomorrow I will prepare the lamb that I have had in my freezer for a while.

patsquire

Ha! You remind me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). The bride-to-be is introducing her anglo fiancé to her large Greek family. To her aunt she says he's a vegetarian. The aunt says what's that. She says he doesn't eat meat.
Aunt Voula: What do you mean he don't eat no meat?
[the entire room stops, in shock]
Aunt Voula: Oh, that's okay. I make lamb.

I want to try them. I have watched Andrew Zimmern prepare them. I haven't found the right place yet. Last week I asked my organic butcher why I can't get lambs' kidneys or chicken hearts and livers anymore. He didn't know why but said they are almost impossible to find as organic, and here I am in the heart of lamb country!

patsquire

I sympathize. I live now in Tennessee, which I love, but you can only eat so much southern barbecue. Restaurant food around here is generally poor-to-middlin.' Have you tried "Rocky Mountain oysters?"

Those are wonderful memories. We used to take drives through the beautiful Pennsylvania-Dutch country near Lancaster. We'd stop at little stores where the Amish wives set up their own section to sell their goods. We'd come home with shoo-fly pie, home-made bread, and cup cheese. Now that my memories been jogged, I don't think I've seen cup cheese since then Maybe it is called by another name now.

I love that story of the entrepreneur fisherman becoming so successful. We used to go to Galveston almost every weekend. We watched the shrimp boats unload and then go to a restaurant on the pier and have shrimp and soft-shell crabs. Living in the Rocky Mountain area, I miss all of that. I recently started receiving wonderful seafood online. I'm trying to develop a good soft-shell recipe, but it's still not as good as that pier restaurant served.

patsquire

This puzzle has developed into a tasty treat Cheryl! Thanks.

patsquire

That's for sure. When I was growing up we called cornbread Johnny Cake in western New York state. Then we moved to the Pennsylvania Dutch country and I started eating shoofly pie. "0y that eats good!"

As for fish fries, we later lived in Wisconsin where the American Legions and VFWs had Friday evening fish fries that we loved. But that was Lake Michigan whitefish breaded and deep fried, and it had little or no fishy flavor. Later still in New Hampshire we found a big place on an inlet miles up from the ocean. The husband had a full size Atlantic fishing boat and went to sea every day. He'd come home before dark and tie up at his own pier and start unloading the catch. His wife set up some picnic tables and started cooking the freshest fish and crab in the world! By the time we lived there the restaurant had grown and grown. New cement slabs had been added, new sections of roof, etc. and there were dozens and dozens of picnic tables. We'd go there for a crab feast every few weeks. Man you've stirred up some fond memories Coco! You can just call me Pat.

Gee, patsquire, I wish you liked fish and garlic. I grew up on the Chesapeake Bay where everyone fished and crabbed and boated and swam and so forth. In my youth, organizations held big Fish Frys and Crab Feasts to raise money. Then we lived in LA where we could pick up great seafood on Fisherman's Wharf. Then we went on to the Gulf of Mexico where we continued our fishy habits. When my daughter was 12 she was featured on the front page when a reporter saw her crabbing near Galveston.

Well, I think it is great that you want to try the Semi-shepherd's pie. I think my love of cornbread comes from my folks growing up in the Alleganies where cornbread was a good, cheap dish much served during the depression.

It's wonderful that North America has so many geographical regions with distinctive recipes from each.

patsquire

Whoa there! That one you can keep! Don't like fish very much and really don't like garlic! I am going to make a little expedition to the store in a while so I can make your recipe tonight. ☺ ☺ ☺

You're welcome. I like that title. I hope you enjoy this. Right now I'm working on a garlic yellowfin tuna lunch.

patsquire

Coco, thanks for the great sounding recipe. I'll give it a try (with high expectations). I copied it and made a recipe page which I titled "Semi-shepherd's pie" since there are no mashed potatoes!

You're welcome. I love to cook and experiment. I use only organic ingredients.

Thank You, Coco, for the recipe :-)

Thank you Coco for the recipe!

Shepherd's Pie is traditionally a meat stew-like base topped with mashed potatoes and then browned in the oven.

I had my own variation which was delicious, filling, and economical. It could be stretched out to feed more by enlarging the cornbread recipe.

Recipe:

Cook your meat (I used hamburger or left-over roast beef) in a large black cast-iron skillet. This makes the very best meal, but if you don't have such a skillet, improvise and pour the results into a large cake pan.

Add available pieces of vegetables like peas, beans, okra, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, etc.

Season with salt, pepper, parsley, basil or whatever you prefer.

Add or make gravy. If I couldn't make gravy, I would a can of tomatoes and juice.

Bring stew to a simmer. It has to be hot before pouring on the batter.

Pour cornbread batter over the hot stew and bake in a 350-degree oven until the cornbread is done.

This is a very flexible recipe. Could you make it with sweet potatoes or yams? Probably, but I would give it a different name like Yam Ham Pie. The meat would be ham (which goes best with sweet potatoes. (By the way, yams are not sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are actually sweeter than yams, but you would be very lucky to find them in any store.) The gravy would be Red-Eye. The vegetables would be peas, green beans, carrots (I don't like carrots, but everyone else seems to like them. Salt and a little cinnamon or nutmeg might taste good. Then you would top it with the mashed yams and brown in the oven. I'm not sure if I would like this. I already know I like the cornbread version.

McClock

Shepherd's Pie was never made with sweet potato! Lentils maybe, but sweet potato out on the farms, no chance. Recipe might be great but it's not Shepherd's Pie. Sorry.

Ontheroad

Vegebuddler, I googled this and found < oneingredientchef.com > It looks delicious!

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