Mincemeat Pies, are you a fan?

[LadyEmeraude]

I am not a fan but had a piece today with some light Carmel sauce and a dob of whipped cream.
I was pleasantly pleased...

 

[hearlady]

Reminds me of my New England roots. We had homemade Mincemeat pie every Thanksgiving.
Not a big fan then but I bet I'd like it now.

 

[Buckeye]

I've been looking for a jar of mincemeat pie filling for the last several weeks. So far I've struck out out Publix and Walmart. Going to try Winn Dixie tomorrow.

I haven't had a mincemeat pie for years, but this year I'm in the mood.

 

[Shalimar]

I love them. I have four pints of homemade mincemeat left. I will make tarts for Xmas.

 

[Lewkat]

No way. My father and sister loved them, so my mother would make them over the holidays for both.

 

[NorthernLight]

Oh yeah. The cafe where I used to live added cranberries to the mincemeat. Very nice, cut the sweetness a bit.

 

[jimintoronto]

Love it. Warmed in the oven, with a good quality vanilla ice cream on the side. For those that don't know, a mincemeat pie contains NO meat. JimB.

 

[Alligatorob]

Only had mincemeat pie a couple of times, I liked it as I recall. Try to stay away from pies in general these days.

 

[Happyflowerlady]

It seemed to be a lot more common in my younger years than it is now. My Grandma Bailey used to can her own mincemeat, and she used venison scraps from the deer that Grandpa Bailey got during hunting season. The mincemeat that you buy now usually doesn’t even have any kind of meat in it, just raisins and apples and spices.
We always had mincemeat pie for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, along with the pumpkin pie, and mincemeat has always been one of my most favorite kind of pie.

Even if people didn’t make their own pies, you could get it at any grocery store bakery department, and also the frozen pies that you just popped into the oven and baked.
Now, you can’t even find it at a grocery or at a restaurant, and even the packages of mincemeat mix are hard to come by and very expensive when you do find them.

My mother-in-law was English (from Lancashire) and she made the best mince tarts in the whole universe ! I don’t think that any of them ever even lasted long enough for the batch to cool down unless she baked them when no one else was at home. She used lard in her pastry crust, and it was the most flaky and delicious pie crust I have ever tasted. I wish that I had learned from her how to make it, I can’t make pies for anything.

 

[jujube]

I do not miss the mincemeat pies of my youth. Grandma made one every Christmas and I always was urged to "just try a bite". I did and I still didn't like it.

 

[RadishRose]

No.

 

[Jackie23]

I like mincemeat pies and I've had it years ago when my grandmother made it with meat in it. I'm trying to keep sweets to a minimum now though. I think you can order the mix online.

 

[Pepper]

This was my husband's favorite.

 

[Right Now]

I do not miss the mincemeat pies of my youth. Grandma made one every Christmas and I always was urged to "just try a bite". I did and I still didn't like it.

Also, my Mom really liked it, but I never acquired any taste for it at all. It's not my idea for a pie or dessert.

 

[Llynn]

I've never liked mincemeat.