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Definition of Mincemeat
1. Noun. Spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat.
Definition of Mincemeat
1. n. Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie.
Definition of Mincemeat
1. Noun. A mixture of fruit, spices and sugar used as a filling for mince pies. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) Minced meat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mincemeat
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mincemeat
Literary usage of Mincemeat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1858)
"SUPERLATIVE mincemeat. Take four large lemons, with their weight of golden pippins
pared and cored, of jar-raisins, currants, candied citron and orange-rind ..."
2. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"Fill them with mincemeat; roof them over, making a small hole in the centre with
a fork, and bake them for half an hour. MINCING KNIFE. ..."
3. Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book: Adapted for Families in by William Augustus Henderson, David Hughson (1828)
"What mincemeat you have to spare, put close down in a pot, and cover it up; ...
To make mincemeat. TAKE a pound of beef, a pound of apples, two pounds of ..."
4. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"... Double Crust—Lemon Pie, Under Crust—Lemon Meringue Pie—Chocolate Lemon Pie—
mincemeat—Orange Pie—Potato Pie—Pumpkin Pie—Philadelphia Pumpkin Pie— Raisin ..."
5. The Young Lady's Book: A Manual of Amusements, Exercises, Studies, and Pursuits by Matilda Anne Planche Mackarness (1888)
"A MOULD OF mincemeat—AN EXCELLENT DISH. Cut up about three-quarters of a pound
of any kind of cold meat without skin or brown fat Mince the meat, ..."
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