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If we tried to make shepherds pie with lamb, instead of beef, we'd never be able to have it at all! Lamb is not available for us. Please forgive!

But what you're making is cottage pie, which is made with beef, so the title is misleading. Not a big deal but it's not shepherd's pie

I don’t know where you're from, but my father was a shepherd for his uncle on a huge sheep ranch in the northwestern US and he called it "shepherds pie". I have never heard of "cottage pie" and when I first saw the part of your note that shows on my notifications I thought you were talking about cottage cheese! Haha! Well, this old world abounds is items with more than one name and multiple items that share the same name. Thanks!

Yep, appreciate people might call things slightly differently around the world but shepherds pie's is 'traditionally' lamb A quick search provides a number of articles on this e.g. https://www.southernliving.com/shepherds-pie-vs-cottage-pie-8422521 Not a massive problem but I think it's a little misleading, that's all :-)