(June 3, 2013 at 5:36 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: If it has beef it's called "Cottage Pie"
Perhaps. We in the US have been known to misappropriate many an English phrase for our own purposes.
We're also somewhat hobbled by the relative lack of availability of lamb, at least in these parts. The stuff is hard to find, and expensive. I, for good or ill, am addicted to the stuff.