Help me, please! My husband's mother is French Canadian. She moved to MASS when she was very young. Her Mum made a dish similar to Shepherd's Pie (ground meat, peas, corn, mashed taters and cheese...) but called it, according to my Mother-in-law, "pot de chima".

Here's the problem. My Mum-in-law does not remember how to speak French. She also does not remember EXACTLY how her parents pronounced the name of this dish.

I asked if it could be "pot de chinois" and she said maybe. Can anyone give me a clue about this? No one in her family cares, but it is driving me bonkers since I speak French.