• bitwaba@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    “most people” is likely geographically influenced. I’m guessing you’re in the US.

    In the UK and Ireland, where the dish originated, “most people” would tell you it’s a Shepherd’s pie because shepherds herd she(e)p, not cows.

    Source: American that moved to the UK

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      8 months ago

      Weird, I keep reading your comment and yet the fact that 330,000,000 > 67,000,000 doesn’t seem to be changing.

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        8 months ago

        You might want to account for the number of people in respective countries that have a concept of what shepherds pie actually is.

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        8 months ago

        There’s 1+ billion Mandarin speakers that will tell you they live in Zhōngguó, compared to those 330 million that say they live in China. Which is right?

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      8 months ago

      I’m an American, and I too know the difference between cottage and Shepherd’s pie. Some people never leave their small towns and assume their experience and limited knowledge is universal.

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      8 months ago

      I’m in Ireland and 90% of the time I’ve had shepherd’s pie it has been beef