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Originally Posted by GuinnessStout

Umm what is a PODDLE of apples????
2 lbs raisins
3 lbs currants
1½ lbs lean beef
3 lbs beef suet
2 lbs moist sugar
2 oz citron
2 oz candied lemon peel
2 oz candied orange peel
1 small nutmeg
1 pottle of apples
the rind of two lemons, the juice of one
1/2 pint brandy
Stone and cut the raisins once or twice across, but do not chop them; wash, dry and pick the currants free from stalks and grit, and mince the beef and suet, taking care the latter is chopped very fine; slice the citron and candied peel, grate the nutmeg, and pare, core and mince the apples; mince the lemon peel, strain the juice and when all the ingredients are thus prepared, mix them well together, adding the brandy when the other things are well blended; press the whole into a jar, carefully exclude the air, and the mincemeat will be ready for use in a fortnight.

Ohmygoodness - get me a genuine hardy, ruddy-cheeked English cook with a plump figure like the one in Downton Abbey to mix all of that up into a huge mincemeat pie and I'll brew the coffee and pour the port! That does sound like a lucious recipe. I'm saving that recipe for next Christmas!!!