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Wednesday, November 18. 2009

Mincemeat Pie

Re-posted and revised, from 2007


It's time to review mincemeat pies. I just bought a bottle of decent French brandy for the purpose.


Regular readers know that the history and the making of mince pies is a favorite winter hobby down at Maggie's Farm. They were once banned in Boston. Made with lard, of course, and preferably venison (I am using local venison shank this year), well-aged with brandy.


Favorite mincemeat pie quote: "Dad, what's a mince?"


Here's a photo one of ours from last Christmastime. I used cranberries in it along with raisins and currants. Serve warm, with vanilla ice cream or hard sauce.


The Englishman recently posted his favorite recipe. It must be well-aged, weeks or a month, but it will work fine with a couple of weeks of aging.


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Very nice mincemeat pie. After looking at it for a few minutes I had some random thoughts.

*Atheism is a non-prophet organization
*What if there were no hypothetical questions?
*If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?
*If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
#1 Habu on 2007-01-23 09:07 (Reply)
Can you serve me a slice of that please Bird Dog?
#2 Anonymous on 2007-01-23 11:50 (Reply)
The mincemeat pie is a delight but how does it compare to a good SCOTTISH HAGGIS with a carmelized topping of Vienna Sausage?

Now that's mouthwatering ..or maybe rug staining , I get confused.
#3 Habu on 2007-01-23 12:08 (Reply)
Me too, Bird Dog - can you send it as a file attachment?

(I think that would be an .mmp file)...
#4 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-01-23 12:35 (Reply)
Skookumchuk... what no haggis?
#5 Habu on 2007-01-23 14:00 (Reply)
Only after 4 pints of stout. And another 4 after.

Actually, that sounds like a bad plan.
#6 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-01-23 14:16 (Reply)
Tried to download a slice through my CD thingie to send it to you as a .pie file, but it just gummed things up and wouldn't go through. Is there a better way?
#7 bird dog on 2007-01-23 14:58 (Reply)
Try putting it on your scanner, then gently close the lid...
#8 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-01-23 16:25 (Reply)
LOL--scan it, then just delete the scan file & FedEx skook the scanner--?
#9 buddy larsen on 2007-01-23 16:26 (Reply)
He's a genius!
#10 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-01-23 16:41 (Reply)
(blows on fingernails, buffs same on shirt)
#11 buddy larsen on 2007-01-23 16:48 (Reply)
Tried the scanner, but it just smooshed the slice of pie on the glass - it never went through the glass into the computer.

I give up. The dog can lick up the mess from your genius ideas.
#12 bird dog on 2007-01-24 12:03 (Reply)
You're saying it made mince-meat pie out of your mince-meat pie? Oh, well--back to the droing board!
#13 buddy larsen on 2007-01-24 12:29 (Reply)
Yes, but you didn't fedex me the scanner like Buddy suggested, now didja?
#14 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-01-24 12:31 (Reply)
That's right! Couldn't Edison count on his customers to like, remember to flip the switch?
#15 buddy larsen on 2007-01-24 12:49 (Reply)
Santa BD, I'd let y'all with that pie in the front door.
#16 Leag on 2007-12-20 13:29 (Reply)
I would certainly hope so!
#16.1 BD on 2007-12-20 17:51 (Reply)
Amid all this airy persiflage, I have a question. Bird Dog. Do you ever make your own mincemeat from sirloin steak, the way my grandmother did? Once a year she would do this and home-can the result. Can still remember jars of dark, mysterious looking stuff down in our basement storage room. Looked rather menacing, but tasted like heaven.

Marianne
#17 Marianne Matthews on 2009-11-18 16:04 (Reply)

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