"Christmas Pie" by William Henry Hunt ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mince_pie My friends know all my weaknesses.... at one of the Christmas parties recently, a friend gave me twelve mince pies because she knows how much I love them. In Australia, mince more often refers to meat and I wondered why these sweet pies were called "mince". What did we do before Wikipedia? ...A mince pie is a small fruit-based mincemeat sweet pie traditionally served during the Christmas season . Its ingredients are traceable to the 13th century, when returning European crusaders brought with them Middle Eastern recipes containing meats, fruits and spices. The early mince pie was known by several names, including mutton 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, cloves and nutmeg . Se...
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