Do you know what this is …..?

I know all these. I think a shepherds pie is topped with tomato slices and a cottage pie isn't but maybe one is mutton and the other beef. You'll have to enlighten me.

@traceyjayne haven’t seen Ovaltine in the shops for years but got it in the village store where stayed in Donegal last month.

I think that Ovaltine is what we call here Ovomaltine. I do not know what is Horlicks. Shepherd's pie uses ground lamb, while cottage pie uses ground beef.

yes to all except cool box and Alice band. I did a full year at Lancaster University. I always use examples of how even though we use the same language words can have different meanings--boot, bonnet, pissed, buzzard, chips, f@gs, etc.

Alice band is new to me. I really don't know the difference between a shepherds pie and cottage pie.

Ovaltine is a brand that used to be big here in the 70s and 80s but has pretty much been replaced by things like Nesquik and Hershey's. Chocolate eclairs are popular in the doughnut shops. The only trifle I know of is when someone is being petty. Pork pies are something I don't see much of, but we do have pot pies—mostly chicken and beef. Flasks are common for people sneaking booze into venues where drinks are more expensive. Here, if I am reading it right, a cool box is simply called a cooler. Don't know what Horlicks is. Kebabs are done on the grill a lot here. Crocs are a brand of ridiculous looking rubber shoes. Not sure what an Alice band is. As for shepherd's pie and cottage pie, we know that shepherd's pie is technically with lamb and cottage pie is technically with beef, but to us, we call anything with meat and mashed potatoes on top made into a casserole a shepherd's pie.

I know what most of those things are. Ovelteen you'll be hard pressed to find. It was very popular in the late 80's and through the 90's. It's old....