Yes, this is real. And I do it with a shepherd's pie too!
I use no packet mixes... not even a granule of Bisto or anything! Make my own stock, mash my own potatoes, chop my own vegetables. It takes me effing HOURS.
But, the one thing I do like is just a couple of spoons of HP in the mix. Is that so criminal???
Had the afternoon off work, which means plenty of me time, such as: scrubbing bathroom; changing beds; cleaning kitchen etc. You know. Also thought I might make a cottage pie.
DH shuffles in after logging off, tastes it, pulls face, announces he can taste "nothing but brown sauce" and fucks off upstairs to sulk. Says people don't do it.
He's acting like I pooed in the pot.
I'm not changing my ways. I will live and die by a bit of HP in my cottage pie.
But... AIBU?