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The full quotation reads "We have never been witnesses of animosities excited by the use of mince-pies and plumb-porridge; nor seen with what abhorrence those who could eat them at all other times of the year would shrink from them in December. An old Puritan, who was alive in my childhood, being,
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The Christmas-pie is, in its own nature, a kind of consecrated cake, and a badge of distinction; and yet it is often forbidden, the Druid of the family. Strange that a sirloin of beef, whether boiled or roasted, when entire is exposed to the utmost depredeations and invasions; but if minced into
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at one of the feasts of the church, invited by a neighbour to partake of his cheer, told him, that, if he would treat him at an alehouse with beer, brewed for all times and seasons, he should accept his kindness, but would have none of his superstitious meats and drinks."
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Although the modern recipe is no longer the same list of 13 ingredients once used (representative of Christ and his 12 Apostles according to author Margaret Baker), the mince pie remains a popular Christmas treat. Bakers
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It was fashionable at Christmastime to bake a mince pie in the form of a manger topped with an image of the Christ Child fashioned from dough, for the spices and sweetmeats were held as symbols of the Magi's
430:), the major brand of condensed American mincemeat, still contains beef. New England mincemeat pies are usually full-sized pies, as opposed to the individual-sized pies now common in Britain. 374:' objection to the treat, "who distinguish their Feasts by an heretical Sort of Pudding, known by their Names, and inveigh against Christmas Pye, as an Invention of the Scarlet Whore of 201:. Middle Eastern methods of cooking, which sometimes combined meats, fruits and spices, were popular at the time. Pies were created from such mixtures of sweet and savoury foods; in 2229: 364:
wrote of "an old Puritan, who was alive in my childhood ... would have none of his superstitious meats and drinks." Another essay, published in the December 1733 issue of
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reported sales of 7.5 million mince pies during Christmas 2011. The popular claim that the consumption of mince pies on Christmas Day is illegal is an
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pie", "shrid pie" and "Christmas pie". Typically, its ingredients were a mixture of minced meat, suet, a range of fruits, and spices, such as cinnamon,
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thought Selden's explanation unlikely, as "in old English cookery books the crust of a pie is generally called 'the coffin'."
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small pieces, and tossed up with plumbs and sugar, it changes its property, and forsooth is meat for his master.
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were presented with sweetmeats. Early pies were much larger than those consumed today, and oblong shaped; the
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was also used; a North American filling recipe published in 1854 includes chopped neat's tongue, beef suet,
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authorities. Nevertheless, the tradition of eating Christmas pie in December continued through to the
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by English settlers in the 17th century. While it was originally a Christmas pie, as in Britain, the
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brought with them Middle Eastern recipes containing meats, fruits, and spices; these contained the
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did not celebrate Christmas, causing the pie's associations in the region to shift toward the
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were opposed to the Christmas pie, on account of its connection with Catholicism. In his
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wrote "All Plums the Prophets Sons defy, And Spice-broths are too hot; Treason's in a
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The ingredients for the modern mince pie can be traced to the return of European
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England, shrid pies (as they were known then) were formed from shredded meat,
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A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery
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The modern mince pie's precursor was known by several names. The antiquary
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Traditionally beef suet, although many modern recipes use vegetable suet
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The Glutton's Glossary: a Dictionary of Food and Drink Terms
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might be used in place of mutton. In the north of England,
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pie, and starting in the following century, Christmas pie.
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The early mince pie was known by several names, including "
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Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain
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Something for Everybody (and a Garland for the Year)
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of representing the gifts delivered to Jesus by the
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Six mince pies on a plate, sprinkled with sugar and with one broken open
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Mincemeat

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