SC - meat in mincemeat

[Vicki Strassburg]

> Modern mincemeat does not usually contain meat and is made with things like
> green tomatoes. The lack of meat in mincemeat is definitely a modern concept.
> One of the worst inovations I can think of. Our family also used meat in the

Good gentles, this brings up a question I have had ever since the year I
bought 50 pounds of plums with which to make plum pudding. Then I looked
at the recipe. I located a total of 9 recipes, ranging from modern to
early 1900's. Not one of them contained plums. Did plum pudding *ever*
have plums in it?

Thanks for the help,
Maedb

p.s. this past weekend I won another tourney with a saffron/ginger/raisin
custard basely largely on the documentation, guidance and sources this
list has provided me. So I repeat - thanks for the help!

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