Bon Soir fellow messy chefs...

Had a disappointing meal tonight. Decided to try shepherds pie with ground lamb. First mistake. Though I know true shepards pie is really made with lamb, I am not that fond of it. Purely a cultural upbringing thing.

Then I wanted to cut the recipe in half, which was fine for the lamb, onions and carrots I added. But unfortunately I did not cut the gravy portion in half. Bad mistake. It oozed out from under the mashed potatoes on top and overflowed so badly, I believe my baking sheet ( that I had the good sense to put under the casserole) is ruined. I don't think a jackhammer will get the black goo off. Sigh.

Then to top it all off, it took almost 30 minutes longer to get the potatoes to start browning on top than the recipe called for. Plus I added chives to the potatoes, which I liked very much, but goodness it was messy. Between the spill from the casserole, to chives all over my kitchen floor I felt I really outdid myself as Mrs Messy Chef. I still have cleaning to do. Though I think I am just going to buy a new baking pan. This one was nice. It was by Wilton. I am going to get another.

I have not been cooking too much lately. I need to fix this. Does anyone else get in the cooking doldrums? Kind of like where everything seems like too much work or nothing seems worth the effort? I was really excited about this recipe tonight and it pretty much sucked. A let down to be sure. I guess one just has to continue to plod on.

I am going to try something again tomorrow night. I hope it is not only messy, but tasty as well.

Ta-Ta
MMC