Victorian Mincemeat With Actual Meat

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[TastingHistory]

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[camillet]

My grandmother died more than 20 years before my grandfather. Many years after her death, they found a jar of mincemeat she had made. My aunt made it into a pie for her dad, my grandfather. I always wondered how bittersweet it was for him, one last gift from his beloved wife.

[carons]

I love old laws that never get repealed. There is a story of a student back in the 1970s at some old English university (Oxford I think) who in the middle of his exam stopped writing and demanded a mug of ale and some bread and cheese. When asked why he thought he could demand such a thing, he produced a copy of some ancient by-law saying that all students could demand this during an exam. The examiners conferred and someone was sent to get it for him. Later he got a letter from the examiners board saying that he had failed the exam because, quoting another ancient by-law, "he had forgotten to wear his sword".

[threestrandsministry]

This is how my grandmother made mincemeat pretty much exactly. I never touched it but my grandpa was all about that life every year for Christmas. I think it is oddly neat that my grandma's way of making it matches this, it kind of shows how things get passed down. She was born in 1929, so likely some elder in her life taught her how, and they would been from the victorian era. Neat!

[hannakinn]

My Southern grandmother always made some mincemeat pies for the holidays, along with all of her other fabulous baked goods. I haven't had any mincemeat pie in at least 50 years. My grandmother was what many might describe as a simple farm wife, matriarch of a large family of seven. If she'd been born in a different decade I feel certain she'd have been a famous baker or a famous fashion designer. People in her community hired her to make their holiday baked goods because they were so perfectly delicious, often made with goods grown on her farm, cream from their dairy eggs from their chickens, flour milled from their wheat, home churned butter, etc.. I used to love to watch my grandmother make biscuits which she did at least once a day every day of the week except for Sunday. She'd made biscuits so many times that watching her make them was almost like watching someone dancing. There was a Grace and real beauty in watching her do that simple task. There wasn't one wasted movement and it was so effortless the way she flicked the circles of dough up into her palm after she'd used the biscuit cutter and how her well worn hand laid them in perfectly spaced sequence on the baking trays. Just beautiful.
My grandmother could sew anything she could envision or that anyone showed her a picture of. Her daughter's had fabulous outfits all through the 30s and 40s, clothing that they still talked about well into their 80s. Clothing that was handmade. Sewn on a beautiful treadle sewing machine or sewn by hand with teeny tiny little stitches. My grandmother loved fabrics of different textures colors and weights.. when she passed away she had an entire closet full of unused fabric. It's interesting to think how her life might have been different if she'd have been born in a different decade however she had a full and happy life, was well loved and respected which is actually much more important than ever having been famous. RIP Granny J, love you still.

[veiledmaid]

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[elizabethwadsworth]

Years ago, my father and brothers cleaned out a house that had belonged to a recently deceased great-uncle. Along with the usual antiques, etc, one of the things they brought back was a jar of c. 100 year old mincemeat. Everyone was terrified of eating it except my father, who was renowned for eating absolutely anything, and he proceeded to bake it into a pie and devour the whole thing while the rest of the family sat around anxiously waiting for signs of incipient demise. Supposedly it was the best mincemeat ever, and the copious amounts of alcohol it contained rendered it harmless even after a century or more.

[ItKnowsYou]

The best mincemeat I ever had was an old neighbour of mine who kept her mincemeat for years and every year added another cup of brandy. It was magnificent.

[Lauren.E.O]

The tudors always look vaguely disappointed in their portraits
I appreciate their honesty

[ablindgy]

Something I've noticed is that, not only is max killing it with the historical aspects of these videos. But his delivery is just outstanding! Not only are these videos interesting. They're just fun to watch as well.

[hoosierjonny]

My grandfather and I used to make mincemeat every year together for the holidays. In truth the only flaw this has if you asked my grandfather would be that there is a recipe. The recipe varied each year by what was cheapest in the store and what sounded good to try. He would make it all the way back in the 30s and 40s with his mother and I had the special privilege to make it with him. Honestly it's been two years since his passing and we haven't made it for three years but I just kind of want to do it again for the simple joy and thrill of the memories.

[TrailRat]

My nan use to make her mincemeat about a week into the new year. She'd bottle it up, seal it with wax and leave it in the airing cupboard near the water heater. Then she'd ignore it for about two years. That's how she'd rotate it and any mincemeat left over would go in to the next batch. Best mincemeat I ever had, I wish I had that recipe but she never wrote anything down.

[micaylabirondo]

Oh yay!! Last December I requested a mincemeat episode and you wrote back, saying it would have to wait till next Christmas season. You didn't forget. Here it is! 😊 I love your channel. I'd subscribe thrice more to get you to a million. 💗

[jecejka]

Max takes the expression “Dinner and a show” to a new stratospheric level! Thank you for showing us the connections between what’s on our plates and world history!

[TinaNewtonArt]

My mom always made it with spices, meat, apples and raisins. When I started eating it premade I was surprised to find the lack of actual meat.

[philipjacobs]

This recipe was almost exactly what my grandmother prepared every fall right after the beef and hog butchering were completed on their farm. She canned the results, and made pies for the next year from the results.

[Nikkimommyof]

He always makes history seem so much more interesting than what we learned in the classroom. If only actual classes could be this interesting. More kids would be engaged in the topic.

[SimonJ]

"Featuring a mother giving her child a sip of wine" to the modern day Uncle giving you a sip of beer or your dad with a sip of Whiskey, some things never change...

[IanSlothieRolfe]

I live in a care home, and one of the cooks here is clearly of some middle eastern ancestry, and he made mince pies a few weeks ago for us, and they had a high meat content. It tasted quite odd and first, but I persevered and really enjoyed a second one... the flavour sort of resembled a not very sour sweet and sour meatball. While I enjoy the traditional English version that is meat-free (well, apart from the suet) this new version was a pleasant change. Were I ever to go back to cooking for myself I will try making some for myself!
I was told by my mother years ago that if you can't get suet, then a 50-50 mix of lard and butter frozen and grated works as a substitute. Although in the US you can get "Atora" brand suet from stores that supply the British ex-pat community and Amazon!

[chrisd]

Even back in the early 1980's my mum still made mincemeat with beef suet (ie beef fat) in it. I miss both her and her mince pies so much.