[Sca-cooks] period mincemeat...

[Johnna Holloway]

There's a good section on these in Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery.
Hess goes into a number of the recipes and explains them.

Johnnae

Elaine Koogler wrote:

> I seem to recall searching for a period mincemeat recipe some years 
> back with a notable lack of success. snipped
> There are three "minced pye" recipes in Kenelm Digby (1669), "My Lady 
> of Portland's Minced Pyes", "snipped
> Kiri
>