Shepherd's Pie, Cottage Pie, Potato Pie. Call it what you will. I call it a miracle that my kids actually requested me to cook this for them, so cook it I did, and learned a few valuable lessons along the way.
Lesson Number One: Do not go and hang out washing whilst the potatoes are boiling.
End Result: No need to drain the water from the potatoes. And yes, the saucepan has finally come up lovely and clean, thanks.
Lesson Number Two: If you don't want to eat what the kids are eating, THINK AHEAD! This means defrosting the chicken for the curry a little sooner than 2 hours before you hope to cook it.
End Result: Yes my grilled cheese on toast was very nice, thanks.
In the end, daughter number one loved it. She was full of compliments from start to finish, although there was one dark moment when a look of concern came over her and she said "are there carrots in this?"
"Yes" I said. "And there are supposed to be peas in it too, but I didn't put them in. Aren't you glad?"
She happily continued eating.
Number two was not so convinced. She merely ate the potato from the top and said "I'm full. Can I go and play computer now?"
Ah well, one success is all I ask for.
Lesson Number One: Do not go and hang out washing whilst the potatoes are boiling.
End Result: No need to drain the water from the potatoes. And yes, the saucepan has finally come up lovely and clean, thanks.
Lesson Number Two: If you don't want to eat what the kids are eating, THINK AHEAD! This means defrosting the chicken for the curry a little sooner than 2 hours before you hope to cook it.
End Result: Yes my grilled cheese on toast was very nice, thanks.
In the end, daughter number one loved it. She was full of compliments from start to finish, although there was one dark moment when a look of concern came over her and she said "are there carrots in this?"
"Yes" I said. "And there are supposed to be peas in it too, but I didn't put them in. Aren't you glad?"
She happily continued eating.
Number two was not so convinced. She merely ate the potato from the top and said "I'm full. Can I go and play computer now?"
Ah well, one success is all I ask for.
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