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Lemon Mince Meat Without Meat

Where brandy is disapproved of, use double quantity of strictly medicinal old port wine instead. The spirit evaporates in baking. 4 lemons. 2 pounds of white sugar. 2 pounds of currants. 1 pound of seedless raisins. 2 pounds of suet, 1 ounce of mixed ground spices. 1/2 pint of brandy and port-wine mixed.

Use lemons that are ripe thin-skinned, not harsh and bitter. Boil them in a quart of water till the water is half boiled away. Then squeeze the juice into the sugar, throw away the seeds, and mince the lemon rinds small. Cut or chop the raisins, mince the suet fine and mix all the ingredients together. Keep in a covered jar.

The water the lemons were boiled in should be added to the mince. This quantity makes about 20 pies, according to size.