Mince Meat

Ingredients

• 1 beef's tongue well boiled, skinned and chopped fine
• 2 pounds of beef suet
• 8 pounds of tart apples
• 1 pint of molasses
• 3 pounds of sugar
• 4 tablespoons of cinnamon
• 2 nutmegs
• 2 tablespoons cloves
• 1 quart of rich boiled cider
• 4 pounds of raisins
• 1/2 pound of citron
• 2 pounds of currants

Method

1. 1

   Chop tongue, suet, and apples fine.

2. 2

   Combine all ingredients and set over a kettle of boiling water until the suet melts.

3. 3

   Add raisins, citron, and currants.

4. 4

   Optionally add wine or brandy and more sugar to taste.

As published

This recipe was extracted from San Rafael cook book, 1906 (1906) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 83. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MINCE MEAT — Mrs. Carter P. Ppmeroy. (Prom an old English recipe handed down in the Morris family.) 1 beef's tongue well boiled, skinned and chopped fine; 2 pounds of beef suet and 8 pounds of tart apples, both chopped fine; 1 pint of molasses, 3 pounds of sugar, 4 tablespoons of cinnamon, 2 nutmegs, 2' tablespoons cloves, a little salt sprinkled on the tongue; 1 quart of rich boiled cider (which should be boiled down till it is as thick as syrup) — 1 quart after boiling. Put everything together and set over a: kettle of boiling water till the suet melts ; then add 4 pounds of raisins; stoned, % pound of citron cut very small, and 2 pounds of currants.. Wine or brandy if you like, and more sugar if you like it sweeter. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING MINCE MEAT. Mrs. W. F. Jones. Boil 1 fresh beef tongue and 1 beef heart until tender, in as little- water as possible, and salt well when half done. Lean beef can be- used, but it is not so nice, for it is apt to be fibrous. Prepare the heart and tongue, and chop very fine. Measure, and iise twice as many chopped apples as meat, and % as much chopped suet as meat. T quart of boiled cider, or 1 gallon of cider boiled down to a quart, 1 quart syrup from sweet pickles, that from clingstone peaches is best; 1 pint of best brandy; 1 pint sherry; the grated rind and juice of S lemons and 2 oranges, 2 nutmegs, 2 tablespoons cloves

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