Old Fashioned Mince Meat

Name: Old Fashioned Mince Meat
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: a lot
Ingredients: 1 gal chopped raw apples, do not peel; 1/2 gal boiled beef roast, pulled or cut up; 2 lb seedless raisins; 2 c dark brown sugar; 3 c white vinegar; 1 1/2 tsp ground cloves; 2 tsp allspice, ground; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 c citron (if you like the taste); 1 lb currants

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By Bonnie Lockhart
@rossbon

My husband's Grandma Skinner used to help make this with the ladies at the Methodist church, and they would sell it every fall. I don't know how old this recipe is, but we used to buy it in the 1960's, and they had been making it a lot of years before that. Makes a lot, so you may need to can the rest. Don't know how it would freeze. I vacuum seal things, and to make a pie and freeze it would probably be fine.

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Serves:

a lot

Prep:

1 Hr

Cook:

1 Hr

Ingredients

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1 gal

chopped raw apples, do not peel
1/2 gal

boiled beef roast, pulled or cut up
2 lb

seedless raisins
2 c

dark brown sugar
3 c

white vinegar
1 1/2 tsp

ground cloves
2 tsp

allspice, ground
1 tsp

cinnamon
1 c

citron (if you like the taste)
1 lb

currants

How to Make Old Fashioned Mince Meat

Step-by-Step

Mix together the apples, beef, currants, raisins, brown sugar and vinegar. Add the spices and mix. Ready for pie after it has seasoned overnight in a covered crock, or large covered bowl, in a cool place (I suggest the frig) and use or immediately can.
One quart jar makes a very generous pie. Needs top and bottom crusts.

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