Mmmmmmm cottage pies! 'Yares agoo' (Norfolk accent) I used to make really good cottage pies, steak-and-kidney pies and things like quiches, Cornish pasties and so on. I have to say, my home-made pastry is very good. But my husband used to open a tin of Madras curry and shake it all over my creations, as he said 'they had no flavour', the cheeky bugger. After foaming at the mouth many times, I suggested he learn to cook his own traditional food, which bless him he did. He now makes the most amazing stuff with ingredients I've never heard of or tasted. And I stick to my own British cooking. A bit like Jack Sprat and his wife! It works very well.