2006-12-12 11:38:30 · 14 answers · asked by andrew_uk_2006 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
There used to be meat in them in the past. Questionable meat was masked by spices, sugar and fruit and baked in pies, the meat content was gradually phased out, but mincemeat still contains suet; beef (or vegetable) fat.
2006-12-12 11:41:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mince pies used to have minced meats in them.
"Centuries ago, pies, tarts, and tartlets were all characterized by having a filling in a pastry crust or “coffin.” A small pie was known as a tartlet and a tart was a large, shallow open pie (this is still the definition in England). Mince pies have changed in shape and content over the years. Three centuries ago, a mince pie was a huge dish called “Christmas pye” and described as “a most learned mixture of Neats-tongues (ox tongue), chicken, eggs, sugar, raisins, lemon and orange peel, various kinds of spicery, etc.” Over the years, the pies grew smaller, and the meat content was gradually reduced until the pies were simply filled with a mixture of suet, spices and dried fruit, previously steeped in brandy. This filling was put into little pastry cases that were covered with pastry lids and then baked in an oven. Essentially, this is today’s English mince pie."
Source: http://www.chaddsfordhistory.org/history/hist6.htm
2006-12-12 11:43:36 · answer #2 · answered by Karin C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because mince pie is short for mincemeat pie. An old fashioned pie that used to have minced meat as a main ingredient.
2006-12-12 11:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by Darnack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original mince pies did have meat in them .
The ingredients have changed but the name has stayed the same
2006-12-12 11:43:10 · answer #4 · answered by Robin C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because originally they were made using minced meat and no-one thought to give these sorts of pies a different name.
2006-12-13 13:01:12 · answer #5 · answered by fanackapan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the original mince pies were made with actual mince not fruit but somewhere through time it got changed to fruit i thinnk i would have preffered the original
2006-12-12 20:45:10 · answer #6 · answered by clairercluck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mince pies do have mince in them if there made properly.
2006-12-12 11:42:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah but the stuff inside is all minced up that is why.
2006-12-12 11:42:35 · answer #8 · answered by itgirl23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original mincemeat had meat in it as well as the fruit and spice found in modern mincemeat. The suet in mincemeat is the last remnant. Originally mincemeat pies were a savory dish.
2006-12-15 02:51:21 · answer #9 · answered by Cheryl M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like mincing and eating lots of pies. mmmm mincing and pies!
2006-12-12 11:42:42 · answer #10 · answered by EWE ANCHOR 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋