Show P pie be best I 1 meal beahn in single sin 9 bedish dish A shepherds di pie Is a one piece dish it originated in the B Balkans a ans the balkan shepherds probably learned of the dish from a still older land jand because it Is known that thai shepherds have lived among their flocks since the dim ages they ate their meals tar far from their homes or villages cooking them on the spot there was only a crude fire and generally but one j i di dish in which to cook the entire meal although it Is primitive pie a shepherds pie is a wholesome and delicious meal anone in one dish in his bis kettle the shepherd boils his rice and saves what he does doe s not eat immediately for a later meal he first takes takei bits of lamb and with slices of onion pl places a ces thi this upon a skewer and browns the meat and onion over a bed of coals then he greases the inside of his dish and covers the bottom with a 0 half inch layer of leftover left over rice over the rice he slices a tomato if he has a green popper pepper thin slices of pepper are arc added some of the meat and onion are added for another layer then salt and pepper more rice and the rest of the meat a and nd tomatoes and peppers and nally finally a top layer of rice last of all he pours over t the he mixture enough broth or hot batir if there Is no broth to about reach the top of the pie bake for three quarters of an hour in a medium oven when the top Is browned the pie is ready to e eat a t the modern housewife housein ife can follow the same recipe only she can can cook the meat and the onion in a trying pan and use canned tomatoes if she prefers the pie will bake even better in a good cven oven at about degrees the family casserole is is a handy dish in which to make the pie with a pound of leftover left over lamb as the base here Is I 1 a good meal tor for four |