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Mincemeat

List of Ingredients

The Yankee Cook Book
recipe is from a Mrs Patt in Providence R.I.
Poster Note "Very Old Cookbook"

Mincemeat
3 pounds lean beef, chopped fine
1/4 c orange juice
2 pounds suet, chopped fine
4 cups sugar
3 qts. apples finely chopped
2 Tbsp salt
3 pounds raisins, chopped
1 cup coffee
2 pounds currants
2 cups cider
1 pound citron, cut in small pieces
1 tesp. cloves
1/2 cup candied orange peel, chopped
1 tesp. Allspice
2 tesp cinnamon
1/2 cup candied lemon peel, chopped
3 cups brandy
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 cup sherry
1 cup currant jelly


mix all ingredients except brandy and sherry
and cook 2 hours: when cool add liquor: let stand in a crock a week before
using. This makes about 12 quarts and will keep indefinitely in a cool
place.
This recipe came from Maine and is very old.
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I might add that in a modern cookbook I have it suggested that a similar recipe to this one -- be
sealed in jars and processed in a boiling water bath for 20 min.
Suit is the hard fat from beef and you can ask a butcher for it.



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