Mince Meat

Ingredients

• three large cupfuls of finely chopped beef
• six cupfuls of chopped apples
• one cupful of molasses
• one tablespoonful of cinnamon
• one of allspice
• half a tablespoonful of cloves
• one nutmeg, grated
• two tablespoonfuls of salt
• chopped peel of two lemons
• two cupfuls of sugar
• one quart of hard cider
• juice and pulp of an orange
• juice and pulp of a lemon
• half a pound of currants
• half a pound of raisins
• a quarter of a pound of sliced citron
• a cupful of brandy

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients and boil for half an hour.

2. 2

   Store in a stone crock covered with a cloth and a tin cover.

3. 3

   Keeps for months.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Books and My Food: With Literary Quotations and Original Recipes for Every .. (1904) by Elisabeth Luther Cary, page 56. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ince- meat has been used in one family for nearly fifty years, and three generations have sung its praises. The materials required are three large cup- fuls of finely chopped beef, boiled very tender; six cupfuls of chopped apples; one cupful of molasses; one tablespoon- ful of cinnamon, one of allspice, and half a tablespoonful of cloves; one nut- meg, grated ; two tablespoonfuls of salt, chopped peel of two lemons, two cupfuls of sugar, one quart of hard cider, juice and pulp of an orange and a lemon, half a pound of currants, half a pound of raisins, a quarter of a pound of sliced citron, a cupful of brandy

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