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Food History: 19th Century American Holiday Recipe for Mince-meat (from 1866)

Labels: American cooking, American food, Food anthropology, History of food, Savory recipes, Social history, Victorian household, Victorian recipes, Vintage recipes

A 19th century American holiday recipe for mince-meat from an 1866 issue of Peterson's Magazine. Seems to be a favourite dish among many housewives at that time, with a good mixture of meat such as boiled ox-tongue, lots of sweet fruit and plenty of alcohol! You can download the free, high-res 8” x 6” @ 300 ppi recipe card here. Can be used as a gift tag, dinner invitation, place card or in junk journal and scrapbooking projects.

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