That's fascinating. I would expect Americans to call a beef version of a shepherd's pie a cowboy pie. Like, what do they think the word shepherd means in this context?
When I think of cowboy food, I think of stews and other things that can be easily made in one pot over the fire, honestly. Or fire-cooked meats.
Like, what do they think the word shepherd means in this context?
Nothing. I've always thought it was just a weird name for it, honestly. Shepherd nearly always brings up images of a man with his sheep - or maybe goats, if I'm stretching it. More often, I think folks don't give it a second thought nor consider its origin.
Why do you think a shepherd is protecting sheep in the first place? Just out of compassion for them? A shepherd protects them in order to be able to farm their wool and their lambs.
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That's fascinating. I would expect Americans to call a beef version of a shepherd's pie a cowboy pie. Like, what do they think the word shepherd means in this context?
Yeah, as a British person I never thought I'd have to be indignant about my national cuisine being so misunderstood.
Cowboy pie sounds too much like cow pie for my liking. That probably has something to do with it never becoming a term.
Ha ha. Cow pie. Straight out of Desperate Dan. Should it have horns and a tail coming out of it? :-)
What would be wrong with cow pie? I would have thought beef pie would be very popular in the US?
a "cow pie" is cow droppings - manure.
When I think of cowboy food, I think of stews and other things that can be easily made in one pot over the fire, honestly. Or fire-cooked meats.
Like, what do they think the word shepherd means in this context?
Nothing. I've always thought it was just a weird name for it, honestly. Shepherd nearly always brings up images of a man with his sheep - or maybe goats, if I'm stretching it. More often, I think folks don't give it a second thought nor consider its origin.
Well, a shepherd protects sheep from danger, not hunts them. Makes sense to me that he'd eat beef -- he doesn't care about cows, after all.
Why do you think a shepherd is protecting sheep in the first place? Just out of compassion for them? A shepherd protects them in order to be able to farm their wool and their lambs.
Interesting theological implications for the 23rd Psalm in that. Perhaps that explains the obesity epidemic -- Jehovah is going to eat us!