A committee of ladies collected the receipts; the editor of the Manual of Domestic Economy arranged them — British cookery and household management, c.1864.

Lemon Mince Pies

2 pages in this part of The British Cookery Book.

Lemon Mince Pies (Weight of sugar or rather more)

weight of sugar, or rather more if not quite ripe, laying the sugar and fruit in alternate layers, and pouring in water, as for currants…

Lemon Mince Pies (Squeeze the juice of six)

807. Squeeze the juice of six lemons, boil the rinds, pulp, and kernels together, in three or four waters, till the bitterness is gone, and…

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