Country Mincemeat
I was first introduced to this recipe by my friend Jennie (also known as Bovey Belle) who has her own blogspot at Codlins&Cream2. I believe the recipe came from "Farmhouse Fare"ISBN 0- 600 33509 7 and the recipe submitted from a Miss Elsie G Cook of Oxfordshire. Its the best Mincemeat Recipe I have ever made. I had made Delia's before this, which wasn't too bad but this is moist and flavoursome and in my opinion far superior a proper moist mincemeat and it doesn't have suet. Has lots of other goodies but no suet. "For mincemeat I choose a large brown crock and into it I put sweet dessert apples, windfalls or faulty - chopped up with spices and usually Demerara sugar; but this year it has had to be honey. I add to it more apples, currants, sultanas or raisins or any nice things available including finely chopped orange and lemon peel and the kernels of stone fruits I have saved. A little later on a few quinces improve it, also a little home made ...