• brisk@aussie.zone
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        8 months ago

        Where I’m from “mince pie” is dried fruit and spices, while “mince” is equivalent to the US ground beef (or less commonly other meats), and a “meat pie” is made from beef mince.

        It made for frustrating Christmasses as a child because mini meat pies (“party pies”) are delicious and available at every other celebration.

      • TaldenNZ@lemmy.nz
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        8 months ago

        Thankfully that’s not the case here in NZ. Otherwise the rather popular mince-n-cheese pie would be weird.

        Today, ‘mincemeat’ as a term by itself, is unusual. It’s usually either just ‘mince’ (meat) or ‘fruit-mince’ (not meat).

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      8 months ago

      Then I take it back. I have never been as disappointed as the first time I was offered a “mince” pie

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Mincemeat it is made from dried fruit and booze.

        S’far as I can tell it’s the filing in mince pie.

        But like. Ew. No way there’s enough booze in there to make that sound attractive.

        • my_hat_stinks@programming.dev
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          8 months ago

          I guess, if you don’t like raisins and currants? It’s just a fruit pie, I don’t really see what’s so horrible about that. It’d be more understandable if we were talking about a fly cemetery, a similar pastry with a much more interesting name.