1. The menu that night was cottage pie and chips, a combination which has remained engraved on my memory.

2. When the reality is that a cottage pie housing a six-year-old ingredient could probably qualify as a listed dwelling.

3. Shepherd's Pie, also known as cottage pie, is a traditional English dish comprising minced (ground) meat covered with mashed potato.

4. A short specials board offered herrings in dill or madeira sauce, much enjoyed, cottage pie and beef curry.

5. The organisation also wants the composition of ready meals changed to, for example, reduce the amount of red meat in a cottage pie or dairy in a cauliflower cheese.