Mince Pies

I'm not a big fan of them myself- bit sad really because all my family can't get enough of them. It is all about the new Terry's Chocolate orange flavoured Mcflurry at McDonalds that is coming out, looks delicious    

Why are they called mince pies , as there is not a single piece of mince in them

Originally Posted by Andy-C27

“Why are they called mince pies , as there is not a single piece of mince in them ”

Unfortunately the mince pie is something else the Brits have managed to mess up, originally it did have meat inside, but it never quite tasted right with a great big dollop of cream on top.... So as Brits prefer the more 'rotund' figure the meat was removed and replaced with fruit... The same applies to the Xmas pud the original pudding has no resemblance to what people scoff now.... I'm not sure but I believe the 'pudding' was originally the festive dinner.... nothing to do with modern day turkeys either.... they came from America... 

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I remember when I was put off for life as a child ,my Mom said to me would you like a mince pie ,thinking yummy mince and to my disgust to tasted like ,er poop lol ...Have never eaten 1 since 

 Revolting things!!!! My husband loves them but really they make me want to vomit. All my worst things in one pie. 

Now it's December, it's green light go for mince pies, November was too early 

My granny bless her made the best, but Tescos will do, need to be hot with custard 

To be fair, I think kids make the best mince pies.... there's always something absolutely foul about them, either had the living daylights baked out of them, or there's nothing inside the slab of pastry your about to digest.... but you just haven't got it in your heart to tell them the pies are disgusting whilst politely asking if you can try another one.... ah Christmas.....