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Eclectic - and I expect it's going to taste marvellous. ????
Your personalised creation is probably far closer to a traditional mix than any modern recipe, I have always thought things like mincemeat would have come from women making the best of whatever they had to hand.-
Good point, I'm sure you're right that "whatever's in the cupboard" played a big part in traditional "recipes". It does taste pretty good at the moment, though still rather heavy on the cloves. While looking up uses for carrots, yesterday (I have loads), I was reminded that they've often been used to pad out sweet dishes. I might grate one of those and mix it in to dilute the mix a bit, and add a little more sugar and the other spices. Also, I completely forgot to include any fat - Delia uses suet - so I may grate in a bit of the tallow I've got in the fridge (it didn't all go in the paint).
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Jayne:
Dec 14, 2020 at 11:18 AM
Eclectic - and I expect it's going to taste marvellous. ????
Your personalised creation is probably far closer to a traditional mix than any modern recipe, I have always thought things like mincemeat would have come from women making the best of whatever they had to hand.
rseabrook:
Dec 15, 2020 at 02:45 PM
Good point, I'm sure you're right that "whatever's in the cupboard" played a big part in traditional "recipes". It does taste pretty good at the moment, though still rather heavy on the cloves. While looking up uses for carrots, yesterday (I have loads), I was reminded that they've often been used to pad out sweet dishes. I might grate one of those and mix it in to dilute the mix a bit, and add a little more sugar and the other spices. Also, I completely forgot to include any fat - Delia uses suet - so I may grate in a bit of the tallow I've got in the fridge (it didn't all go in the paint).