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Originally posted by Loulabelle
LMAO @ Lixy!I have no idea why there is the law about mincepies (presumably something to do with the symbolism of them) but I can probably explain mincemeat better than Fussy can:
It's a mixture of dried fruit (sultanas, raisins, currents, peel etc) usually mixed with finely chopped nuts (almonds, walnuts etc) and with suet (not sure if that's a typically english thing - it's a kind of fat we use for things like dumplings etc). It's seasoned with spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg etc and soaked in brandy until it absorbs all the alcohol. It's best to make it way in advance of eating it, to allow the flavours to develop and it's traditionally served in just slightly bigger than bite size pastry cases (i.e. mincepies)
Oh and Fussy probably hates it! LMAO

I thought I knew what it was Lou (and TY for verifying) as my mother had this thing for them around Christmas (I just didn't know if it was the same ingredients here in the US as it is in England). Us kids (all 5) never, ever liked them. But then, she also liked fruit cake (arrgggg! I think we had the same fruit cake for 25 years in our family). Now, my mother NEVER drank (or so we thought) a drop of alcohol. Well, she once had two pina' colada's and was dancing on the coffee table...but that's another story. Now I know why she loved mincemeat pies and fruit cake so much....they are both soaked in alcohol and she was a closet drunk! ROFLMFAO! Oh geezzzzz.......mom wasn't really the saint I thought her to be! Another bubble burst! LOL!