Pie question?

Question

My aunt made a mincemeat pie that she will bring to Thanksgiving dinner. I'll have to eat some to please her. What is in it? I know that there's no real meat.

Answer 1

Actually it does contain a small amount of meat. Usually so little, you really can't tell.

You'll find there are many different recipes for the pie, but generally all contain apples and raisins and maybe other fruit. Sometimes they use the candied fruit, like the currents you might find in fruit cake.
The spices used are usually cinammon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, like what you might find in pumpkin pies.

Here are 3 different versions: (the second site also gives a brief history.)

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/mincemeat-pie-filling/detail.aspx

http://www.azcentral.com/home/food/articles/1117thanksgiving1117mincemeat.html

http://teriskitchen.com/pies/mince.html

Keep an open mind, mincemeat pie for some reason has really gotten a bad rep., but you might really like it!
Happy Thanksgiving!

Answer 2

Mincemeat was originally a conglomeration of bits of meat, dried fruit and spices, created as an alternative to smoking or drying for preservation, a variant form of sausage. Mincemeat containing actual meat has become less common over the years. The customary form today typically consists of raisins, spices, grated apple, and animal suet, though many commercial varieties use hard vegetable fat instead, making it completely vegetarian. Mincemeat may also contain currants, candied fruits, and brandy, rum or other liquor.

It is very good.

Answer 3

raisins, spices, grated apple, and animal suet, though many commercial varieties use hard vegetable fat instead, making it completely vegetarian. Mincemeat may also contain currants, candied fruits, and brandy, rum or other liquor.

Answer 4

A finely chopped mixture (as of raisins, apples, and spices) sometimes with meat that is often used as pie filling for ex.