Cottage pie and shepherd's pie

yddac, Jun 13, 7:10pm
are they the same thing or almost the same?

indigojo, Jun 13, 7:14pm
pretty much the same, shepherd's pie usually with lamb, cottage pie with other meat, but most people use the terms interchangeably...

muttly, Jun 13, 7:33pm
by memory shepards pie is minced up roast mutton or sheep typewith things like onion carrot sauces salt pepper egg stock cube butter flour water where as cottage pie is make a pot of mince and put in dish and put mash potato on top of both

yddac, Aug 4, 1:53am
Thanks indigojo. Actually I never thought about the connection regarding Lamb (sheep) and a Shepherd.