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Mincemeat, Without Beef

Weigh a pound of good beef suet after chopping it as finely as possible, also a pound of stoned raisins; cut them across, but do not chop. Well wash and dry half a pound of currants, and pare, core, and chop the same weight of russet apples--these are best for this purpose, as they are less watery. Add two pounds of powdered sugar, a quarter of a pound of mixed candied peel--lemon, citron, and orange (minced)--a little powdered clove, two ounces of orange-marmalade, and mix the whole well together, so that the ingredients may be well blended; then pour over it a quarter of a pint of brandy, and the same of sherry, but more brandy and less sherry will do. This mincemeat should be made a month before it is used. Tie it down with bladder, to exclude the air. Probable cost, 2s. 10d.