Well, over the Christmas festivities and like I was Re acquainted with a food that I had often as a kid. I was at a little Christmas Eve get together before Christmas Eve Mass.

It was semi formal, with finger foods and light refreshments. I usually don't do this type of thing, but I was dressed up in my kilt, jacket and waistcoat so I figured what the hell.

Anyways, the food that I was reacquainted with was Benedictine. They had finger sandwiches with it. I haven't had any Benedictine for years.


Anyways, a week before Christmas a friend and I were talking about Christmas traditions and I mentioned Minced meat pie. As a kid, mom would make it and her awesome fruit cake. I couldn't believe it when my friend said that not only have she never had mincemeat pie, but never heard of it!

So, as I was going to her house for Christmas dinner, I made one. She loved it.

ARman

Decades went by where I had forgotten about tiramisu. Had some recently and oh how delicious.

Earlier this year, there was a thread about braunschweiger. To my recollection, I had not eaten braunschweiger since I was kid (oddly enough it was the English side of the family who liked it not the German side of the family). I've eaten braunschweiger a handful of times since then.

Homemade Perogis, stuffed cabbage and stuffed peppers. My great grandmother, my great aunt Francis and my mother made great ones. Francis also made a fantastic pepper steak.

One thing my mother used to make was a relish we had on pork chops. She used to home can it also. It was a sweet and spicy relish. I asked her if she remembered the recipe but that was after her stroke, she could remember it but not how she made it nor find the recipe.

Oh, wow. I forgot about Minced meat Pie!!

My Mom introduced me to it when I was a kid.
But being the ultimate Mom, Minced meat Pie sort of disappeared from our house after I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 24.
That was almost 35 years ago. And Mom's been gone for more than a few years now.
Thanks for reminding me of happy times!!

Trix. My grand daughter loves a bowl in the morning. I had forgotten all about them so I had a bowl with her and I liked it!

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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
Trix. My grand daughter loves a bowl in the morning. I had forgotten all about them so I had a bowl with her and I liked it!

But... Trix are for kids.

The interesting thing about mincemeat is that there’s no meat.

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/260314/mincemeat/

Hard to find a restaurant down here that serves Shrimp Creole.

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Originally posted by craglawnmanor:
Oh, wow. I forgot about Minced meat Pie!!

My Mom introduced me to it when I was a kid.
But being the ultimate Mom, Minced meat Pie sort of disappeared from our house after I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 24.
That was almost 35 years ago. And Mom's been gone for more than a few years now.
Thanks for reminding me of happy times!!

Wow! I have not even thought about Minced meat pie, what memories that brings back. I really miss it, however I only seem to think about it at Christmas time, odd.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
The interesting thing about mincemeat is that there’s no meat.

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/260314/mincemeat/

Mincemeat is a mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and spices, and sometimes beef suet, beef, or venison. Originally, mincemeat always contained meat. Many modern recipes contain beef suet, though vegetable shortening is sometimes used in its place.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki
Mincemeat - Wikipedia

My grand mother, German, used to make mincemeat similar to what Wiki is noting back in the 40's and early 50's. Like many things in life tastes change over time.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
The interesting thing about mincemeat is that there’s no meat.

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/260314/mincemeat/

My mom baked mincemeat pies when I was a child (my dad liked them), but I don't think she ever put any meat into them. I did not care for them. (My favorite is chocolate meringue, a pie she also made very well.)

flashguy

there's some great versions of 'minced meat' made with green tomatoes....a little labor intensive but we can up a few jars now & then.

Well worth the effort.

My mother has made Waldorf Salad all my life; apples, celery, walnuts, mayo...couldn't STAND it! Then one holiday about 10 years ago, I was at her house and of course, "IT" was there. I decided to eat some out of sheer courtesy and OMG...it was DELICIOUS!!! I don't know what in the world was different about it, but I couldn't get enough!

The only thing I can pin-point is that growing up, mother would make it the night before and then serve it the next day...maybe the ingredients got "soggy" overnight. So it might be the day it was awesome was due to the fact it was recently made and tasted crisp and fresh. Who knows...now I can't get enough of it when mother makes it. Weird...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastitsio

Grandmother came from Greece in the 1940's and made this dish. She passed in 2007 and the recipe with her.
A few relatives have tried and it's been ok but nothing topped hers.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

The interesting thing about mincemeat is that there’s no meat.

Is there any mince?

Lazy Woman’s Bread

Deep-fried two inch globs of bread dough. My mother used to make it. Delicious – the deep-frying process made it much different than any other bread. Hadn’t thought of it for years and years until this thread jostled my memory.

www.cooks.com/recipe/in8ox5fl/lazy-womans-bread.html

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

The interesting thing about mincemeat is that there’s no meat.

Is there any mince?

I figure it’s a verb.

www.dictionary.com/browse/mince

My father likes mincemeat pie, his mother made it. I buy the canned filling but it is almost too sweet for me. His birthday is Saturday so I will make a pie for him. Many thanks for the post. Another rarity is Henny Penny casserole; chicken, mayo, celery, slivered almonds, cheese, potato chips...

I grew up eating mince meat pie at the holidays. There WAS meat in the mined meat pies that my grandmother(German), and my mother made. Just a few days ago I was in Basha's Grocery Store(Az stores), and there on the shelf were jars of mince meat filling and the label stated that it contained meat.

I have not had any in many years now, as I don't bake, but I do really like it!!