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Sterling work, a new year OBE for services to Mince Pie appreciation beckons.
Interestingly (or not) the first recorded 'Minst Pyes' recipe from the 1600 does use meat as the mince. Myself and Mrs Tonts once made it to the original recipe (Mutton mince, no veal, though) and it was quite delicious. Not syrupy or too sweet but very clean. Good reviews were given by friends and neighbours, only my mother in law refused to eat one.
PDF if anyone is interested: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/pdf/doc_15.pdf
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They don't eat them in the US, apparently, but I managed to advocate for them hard enough that there is now a small pocket of North Americans (including some spectators from Canada) who are now adamantly pro-mincer.
Took a bit of effort to talk them down from putting lamb mince in them, but I thinkhope they've finally accepted that a mince pie and a meat pie are two different things, and that they should focus on the correct one.