The term cottage pie is known to have been in use in 1791, when the potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor. 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 1877, and since then it has been used synonymously...
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