Mince Meat

Ingredients

• Four pounds meat chopped fine
• six pounds raw will make four pounds cooked
• three pounds suet
• eight pounds apples
• four pounds raisins
• four pounds currants
• five pounds sugar
• one pound light brown
• one pound citron
• three pints cider
• one spoonful each kind of spice
• one dessert spoonful salt

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients together.

2. 2

   This recipe is for a large quantity of mince meat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 139. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mince Meat. Three pounds prime beef, six pounds apples, one and one- half pounds suet, the juice and grated peel of two oranges and two lemons, two pounds brown sugar, one pint molasses, three pints boiled cider, three grated nutmegs, one tablespoon of mace, one and one-half tablespoons of salt, two tablespoons each of ginger and allspice, one tablespoon cloves, six table- spoons cinnamon, one-half pound sliced citron, two pounds seeded raisins, two pounds currants, one jelly glass of grape jelh7. Cook the meat gently until tender; chop to the size of peas; chop apples size of beans; mix the dry ingredients thor- oughly; then add the cider, molasses, lemon and orange juice; cover and stand in a cool, dry place. This will keep any length of time. Mrs. Ellen Green. Excellent Mince Meat. Three bowls of meat, five bowls apples, one bowl molasses, one bowl vinegar, two bowls cider, one cup boiled cider, two pounds raisins, five pounds sugar, two tablespoons each of cin- namon, cloves and nutmeg, one tablespoon each of salt and black pepper, three lemons; grate in the yellow rind and squeeze in the juice; add all but the meat and spices; cook until the raisins are swelled full. This makes a large quantity, but is very nice and keeps well. Aunt Jennie. Mince Meat in a small quantity. One pound beef, one-half pound suet, one pound raisins, one-half pound Sultana raisins, one pound currants, three- eighths pound citron, one and one-half pounds brown sugar, one cup good molasses, one quart boiled cider, cloves and alls- spice, one pound apples. Mrs. C. A. Wilson. Mince Meat. Two pounds boiled beef chopped fine, twice as much tart apples chopped, one pound seeded raisins, one-half pound citron cut fine, one-eighth pound candied orange peel chopped, one pint canned cherries, one pint canned peaches, one-half pound brown sugar, one pint molasses, one quart sweet cider, one-half tablespoon salt, cne-half tablespoon pepper, one-half 268 New Century Cook Book. tablespoonful mace, cloves and allspice, two tablespoonfuls cinnamon, one grated nutmeg. Mix and cook thoroughly. This will make four quarts. Mrs. E. C. Chapman. Mince Meat. Four pounds meat chopped fine, six pounds raw will make four pounds cooked, three pounds suet, eight pounds apples, four pounds raisins, four pounds currants, five pounds sugar, one pound light brown, one pound citron, three pints cider, one spoonful each kind of spice, one dessert spoonful salt

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