Aunt Caroline's Dixieland Recipes/Meats/Old Fashioned Mince Meat

by Emma McKinney

OLD FASHIONED MINCE MEAT

4 cupfuls of chopped meat,
12 cupfuls of chopped apples,
2 cupfuls of chopped suet,
1 cupful of vinegar,
3 cupfuls seeded raisins,
1 cupful seeded currants,
5 cupfuls of brown sugar,
1½ cupfuls of molasses,
6 teaspoonsful of cinnamon,
3 teaspoonsful of cloves,
1 teaspoonful of nutmeg,
½ pound of citron,
Rind and juice of one lemon,
Butter the size of an egg,
Salt.

Moisten with cold coffee or strong tea. Cook slowly two hours.