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Mince Meat (Grandma Lucas ) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 lb seedless dark raisins
1 lb currants
1 lb mixed peel
3 lbs sugar
1 lb light raisins
1/2 peck apples (9 lbs) - peeled and cored
1 lb beef suet - melt in oven
pinch salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp ground allspice
Directions:
Directions:
Separate the connective tissue from the suet. Put connective tissue in a 250º oven and melt out rest of suet.

Grind the apples and suet alternately with a meat grinder using 1/4" round holes in grinding disk.

In a very large canning kettle or pot, add ground apples and suet and suet drippings to fruit and spices and mix well. Place in a crock or very large glass bowl, leaving room at top for fermentation. Drizzle 4 tbsp. of rum over top and store in a cool place till needed.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Marie makes it in October - stores it, but not in freezing temps, till Christmas holidays and packs the unused portions in jars leaving headroom and freezes it till needed the next year or 2.

 

 

 

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