Shepherd's pie when the potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor (cf. "cottage", meaning a modest dwelling for rural workers). The term "shepherd's pie" did not appear until 1854, and was used synonymously with cottage pie, regardless of whether the meat was beef or mutton. In the United Kingdom, the term "shepherd's pie" is now commonly used when the meat is lamb. In early cookery books, the dish was a means of using leftover roasted meat of any kind, and the pie dish was lined on the sides and bottom with mashed potato, as well as having
Shepherd with a Flute Shepherd with a Flute Shepherd with a flute, or Boy with a Pipe, is a painting in oil on canvas of perhaps 1510-15, in recent decades usually attributed to Titian, though in the past often to Giorgione. It is now in the Royal Collection, and in 2018 was in the King's Closet at Windsor Castle. Since at least 1983 it has been called "Boy with a Pipe ('The Shepherd')" by the Royal Collection; previous titles the collection recognise include "Shepherd with a pipe", and "The Shepherd". X-ray radiography reveals that the figure "originally wore a more formal style of white