AIBU to say that this meal is *not* a gravy meal

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Made shepherd’s pie this evening. Was serving it (with green beans in butter) and DH said “I’ll just make myself some gravy”

AIBU to think that made-from-scratch shepherd’s pie, with its built-in gravy, does not require added bistro? Is this my LTB moment or is that ketchup?

Depends on how dry the mince is when you made the pie.
Always make gravy just in case.
Some folk like it dry enough to stand up on itself, some folk like it moist and splattery.

Criminal!!! Need gravy with shepherds pie!!!

Needs gravy. And the gravy must be made with the excess juices and water from the mince cooking. Sorry. It's the law.

Gravy and Tommy K.

You can't have too much gravy. Baked beans = wrong. Ketchup = wrong (unless you're 7). Gravy just makes life better.

Shepherd's pie does not need gravy, especially not instant gravy. YANBU. It'd be like putting ketchup on a lasagne.

Am I a bad person as I don't just go for gravy I also go for brown sauce too.

Mary Berry recipe in her Aga cook book stipulates gravy (not bisto). We had it tonight.

Definitely no gravy on the pie. But gravy on the veg that goes with it 😊

I like it with gravy and Yorkshire puds! Fill them with pie and gravy yum.

My DP has baked beans with shepherds pie I know right

YABU gravy is a must

I’ll sometimes make a bit of gravy to go on the green veg I serve with mine, but that’s because I don’t make it overly saucy to start with, so that the mash doesn’t go soggy.

Definitely need more gravy.

I always add gravy on top!

I pour our mince straight from the pan and top with potato so the dish is so full of gravy it’s moist and so we get a nice crunchy top.
DM always used to strain the mince into a dish with a slotted spoon before putting mash on, so made gravy with with everything left in the pan to pour over after it was served.
So, I can understand the “it needs gravy” way of thinking if you have always had gravy poured over the top BUT I can also under stand the “it doesn’t need gravy” way of thinking because it’s all in there already.

Personal preference. If I made it one way & DH preferred the other I would accommodate & vice versa tbh.

Yabu. Gravy!

Ketchup also would not go amiss.

I’ll maybe make gravy to go over whatever veg I’m having with it as I also don’t like to make the cottage pie itself too saucy to prevent the mash from sinking (although letting the mince cool before topping with the mash helps with this problem).

I love HP with cottage pie.

No beans. Just no.

@hoxtonbabe yes, he mixes it in. It looks revolting

A shepherds pie without gravy can't even be called a meal. A dry combo of foods lacking in the brown liquid gold would be more accurate.

YABU to put butter on your green beans!

I am a gravy nut, always ask for extra in restaurants. OH makes a gorgeous shepherds pie which is so moist/sloppy I do not need gravy with it.

Gravy.
That is all.

I love gravy so I am not a person to judge someone's use of gravy. I have been known drink entirely homemade gravy as mug of soup.

I'm a Cottage Pie person. But same principal - gravy built in and served with lots black pepper and ketchup. I have made extra gravy if the built in gravy has dried up but that's only happened a couple of times in over 30 years of making it.