Starbucks

STARBUCKS.....my fav coffee place. Me waiting for Simon to finish his meeting so we can have dinner. Meantime, I just makan-ed a (chicken) shepherd's pie and had my usual ice-blended Green Tea with whipped cream. Although having coffee at Starbucks can be quite expensive at times, but I like it nonetheless.

Did you know that sheperd's pie was formerly known as 'cottage pie'?

Cottage pie, also known as shepherd's pie, refers to an English meat pie with a crust made from mashed potato and beef.

The term cottage pie is known to have been in use in 1791, when potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor (cf. "cottage" meaning a modest dwelling for rural workers).

In early cookery books, the dish was a means of using leftover roasted meat of any kind, and the pie dish was lined with mashed potato as well as having a mashed potato crust on top.

The term "shepherd's pie" did not appear until the 1870s, and since then it has been used synonymously with "cottage pie", regardless of whether the principal ingredient was beef or mutton. There is now a popular tendency for "shepherd's pie" to be used when the meat is mutton or lamb, with the suggested origin being that shepherds are concerned with sheep and not cattle, however this may be an example of folk etymology.

Hmmm, still no sign of Simon. *sien*