You have a weird family too … good to know I’m not the only one

I must have a weird family.

Nanny of Dom sounds a very good cook to me. I suppose if you think about neither cottage pie, shepherd’s pie, or fish pie for that matter are really pies as they have no pastry crust!

And in any case Gordon Ramsey can’t cook. He is just a shouty, swear monster of poo.

My mum used to call me ‘mush’.

I wouldn’t suggest using lamb for those reasons (except it does actually taste gooooood) but perhaps, possibly, maybe, just the once, ish, you could change the name to Cottage Pie…?

** ducks and covers **

Nanny of Dom makes Shepherd’s Pie, although she just whacks some plain old mince on a plate, with mash to the side of it. Honestly! I’ve told her that it’s called Mince’n'Mash now, because there’s no way Ramsey would settle for that, and call it Shepherd’s Pie.

Now listen ‘ere mush … I refuse to use lamb mince it is too fatty and tastes yak. When I told Mother Of Marge that certain elements were saying Shepherd’s Pie could not be made with beef mince and it was actually cottage pie, she laughed and said “that’s not how I always made it for you when you were little”.

So my recipe is staying as Shepherd’s Pie, so there with brass knobs on!