Re:The Awful German Language (1880)
by OJFord on Sunday May 16, 2021 @07:05PM
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It continues to optionally (and traditionally it would certainly have/been very much more common to) contain suet.
If it ever contained anything one could in good faith call 'meat' (by modern definition, at least), it's news to me. [Edit below]
(The brandy however is borderline essential! Certainly a mince pie ought to be served wirh brandy butter.)
That said.. I don't think it's relevant how the quirks came to be, as in, it's no less interesting if it's easily explained away as 'oh well that used to make sense', because it's still funny/ambiguous/confusing when you take a step back and take everything at face value.
[Edit: you are absolutely right: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincemeat - it was essentially preservation by naturally sourced citric acid and sugars. News to me indeed! I stand by above though.]
If it ever contained anything one could in good faith call 'meat' (by modern definition, at least), it's news to me. [Edit below]
(The brandy however is borderline essential! Certainly a mince pie ought to be served wirh brandy butter.)
That said.. I don't think it's relevant how the quirks came to be, as in, it's no less interesting if it's easily explained away as 'oh well that used to make sense', because it's still funny/ambiguous/confusing when you take a step back and take everything at face value.
[Edit: you are absolutely right: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincemeat - it was essentially preservation by naturally sourced citric acid and sugars. News to me indeed! I stand by above though.]