Cooking Goddess
Chef Extraordinaire
Mom loved braised lamb shanks. My Dad did, too. But Bunny, their corgi, did not like even the smell of lamb. The first time Mom made it, Bunny barked the entire time it cooked and during dinner. Happened the next two times, too. After that, I'd make shish kabobs for all of us - lamb for Mom and Dad, beef for Himself, my aunt, and me. Since the cooking was done at our place, Bunny was none the wiser.
Which is why when "people who know" make that dish, they call it cottage pie.Lamb is the only meat I use for shepherd's pie. Shepherds herd sheep, not cows or turkeys..