Today on tiny things that I find unaccountably vexing: the American insistence on calling cottage pie "shepherd's pie." IT IS NOT A SHEPHERD'S PIE. IT CONTAINS NO SHEEP. Other things it is not: chicken pie, turkey pie, blackberry pie, spider pie. SEE IT'S NOT HARD.
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If you were considering the "ha ha it contains shepherds" joke, please be aware that eight people have gotten in before you, and it is no longer even half as funny as you think it is.
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Reasons this actually matters, and isn't just linguistic snobbery: * Some people don't/won't/can't eat beef. * Lamb and beef taste very different, and I like to eat what I think I'm eating. * Sometimes beef upsets my stomach, so I appreciate being able to make informed choices.
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Replying to @seananmcguire
you’re starting to make me think that shepherds aren’t keeping their sheep as fluffy companions here
5:29 PM - 4 Apr 2018
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