Fancy a Mince Pie?

[whychristmas]

Today there's a big mince pie eating competition happening in my part of the world: http://www.wookey.co.uk/bigeat/

Now I love mince pies, but I'm not sure I could eat that many in an hour!

[kelly ann]

Ew, I couldn't eat two without feeling sick!! What do you win??

[whychristmas]

You get £1000, so that's £20.83 for each pie if you eat 48!!!

[officepro4u]

What is in a mince pie?

[kelly ann]

Huh? You dont know what minced pies are??

[officepro4u]

Nope! Sure don't!!

[kelly ann]

well a fruit mince pie contains raisns/cinnamon, brandy/sultanas etc.....someone help me out?? We can buy the mince over here in a jar and make our own...are you sure they dont sell them in the States?

[officepro4u]

They might sell them here but I have never tried it. I thought it was made with meat. YUCK! I guess I shouldn't knock it till I try it.

[kelly ann]

No not meat!! lol! They're very nice, but not too many at once. Children normally leave one out for Santa over here. Have a look on the web for a recipe and try it, you'll probably like them. We always eat them at Christmas time.

[novelist]

:???:Mincemeat is so good, but very filling. I like it but can't eat much either. My Mom always made mincemeat bars every Thanksgiving. Now that she's passed away, my sister makes them. They're SO GOOD!

[whychristmas]

They were originally made with meat! http://whychristmas.com/customs/mincepies.shtml but now the filling is based around dried fruit, although it's still called 'mincemeat'!

Here are some recipes from my site:
http://www.whychristmas.com/fun/rec_mpies.html the pies
http://www.whychristmas.com/fun/rec_mmeat.html mincemeat if you can't get a jar!

This thread has also started today! http://www.mymerrychristmas.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7023

So you can get them in the states as well, give it a go officepro4u!

I think you miss out in the states not having mince pies! Another thing you really should try is clotted cream! http://www.britishdelights.net/cream.htm

A cream tea, yummmmmmm This is what I had for my birthday this year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpc101/517879713/ soooo good!

[mammaduke]

Here i'm the only one that will eat it, so when we get one I don't have to share with anyone. I really like them. Today I made my first sweet potatoe pie, I have some yams left over after I made my candid yams so I thought that I'd try the sweet potatoe pie.

[Miss Darcy]

I adore mince pies:elf:. I tried looking for some here in canada but when I asked in a supermarket they hadn't even heard of them. Luckliy I did end up finding some but it took a while. It is so weird as in England you can find them in supermarkets at the end of september. I have never really thought of mince pies being just an English Christmas food.

[mammaduke]

I still have mine, I'm saving it for when I wake up in the middle of the night. I'm the only one that like it too.

[Annette1990]

I have heard of mince pie but have never tried it.