MINCE PIES OF EARLY YEARS

New Zealand Tablet, 21 December 1911, Page 2614

MINCE PIES OF EARLY YEARS

earlv^l n i C^r S ur ere A°, pular for Ch ™taas feasts as eaily as 1596, although they were then known as mutton pies Later instead of using mutton as the chief condi ' 0r , t]lls damfc y morsel neats’ tongues were sub stituted, the remaining ingredients being much the same as those to be found in modern recipes They were also known as shred and Christmas pie S : Early in Se sixteenth century writers of the time tell us mince nils weie baked in coffin shapes, with overhanging crests intended to represent the creche or manger ’where the Christ-child lay ; but there is reason to doubt this ex otr™’. ‘thfcXf 0001617 b °° ks «» «£