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Pie wank!
Shepherd's pie, that is. Or is it cottage pie?

I can't improve on the writeup of the friend who sent me the link:

Admittedly, the 'recipe' is a horrid approximation of the real thing, but the determination of the commenters to be gratuitously rude for very little reason has to be admired. And the descent to name calling and arguments about the US and UK and (inevitably) the War is tremendous. Football is in there too. There's also a brief display of homphobia and Bush hatred - intermingled - which can be ignored. (And then there are the sweet, plaintive posts from people who want to talk about cooking...)

Tony Blair starts things off:

That's a Cottage pie, shepherd's pie is made with lamb, the clue is in the name, shepherds don't herd cows do they?

Americans get so many things wrong, that doesn't mean you have to go along the wrongness, use the correct phrases and terminology and educate your people.

Stop perpetuating ignorance.

Which gets the reply:

Well then why not make it out of the shepherds themselves dumb***?

Other Tasty Samples:

Tony, I can see your point about subbing apples for bananas. Surely, replacing a pomaceous fruit from a tree with a herbaceous cluster-fruit would change the general structure and consistency. And I see how it correlates: replacing one red-meated, grass-fed ungulate's flesh with another will surely cause the entire flan to collapse, so to speak. You should find three other people that honestly care about whether or not their casseroles have cow or sheep in the mix and unite to form a super-team that roams the world looking for meat pie infractions. It'd be a better use of your time.

Now I assume you are American. You seem to be ignorant of many things.

Even your desserts are offensive.

What does WWII have to do with anything? Last I checked, Americans only got involved because they got attacked. You weren't saving anybody, you were defending your own country.

Heroically, I kept myself from jumping in to cry, "Don't mention the War!"

ETA:

alya1989262 has created a guide to the wank. In the form of a pie chart, of course.

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	napalmnacey 2008-01-16 12:54 pm UTC (link)
	You know, I was just watching season 9 Frasier. The result? Tony, I can see your point about subbing apples for bananas.... That whole comment, starting from that sentence? Was read out in my mind by David Hyde Pierce. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	singe 2008-01-16 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, he fits beautifully. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_mouse 2008-01-17 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	...now I am too. It is possibly the most fantastic thing ever. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	This is a song about pie... napalmnacey 2008-01-16 01:06 pm UTC (link)
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj5xgCq_xH0 I have to admit, my brother wrote it. He's the dude singing. But it's perfect - a song about pie! (Reply to this)

	snacky 2008-01-16 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	[Obligatory comment on whether I call it "shepherd" or "cottage" and my own recipe for it.] (Reply to this)(Thread)

	isntitironic 2008-01-16 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	Why aren't there more recipes in this post? I saw the wank and went "oh, boy, there'll be recipes!" And yet mine's the only one. The cows are crying - they want to be part of delicious mis-named pies! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - pastri_archy, 2008-01-16 04:41 pm UTC