For several years I have been sorely disappointed at not being able to find my pie ingredient that I love. I consider this mostly a Thanksgiving pie. But, I love mincemeat pie made with the box version of Borden None Such Mincemeat.
I always bought the little box with the dried chunk of pie ingredients. The instructions say to put water and egg yolk and to pour it into the crust and bake. Since I never followed the recipe, the quart jar was just ignored. I refused to buy it.
However, every year I call and complain about the absence of Borden None Such Mincemeat in the little box. Even with coupons, the company could never convince me to try the jarred product. I turned down the offer of coupons to be mailed to me.
While I was in Walmart, I think, I found it again in the little box, but now it is distributed by Smuckers. Now, I just have to check and see if this comes from China.
There is a very good recipe on the box for mincemeat cookies that I have tried several times.
I think mincemeat would make great fried pies or hand pies. What do you think about this idea?
Your turn
Do you ever eat mincemeat pie? Some people hate it. Do you? If you eat None Such in your pies, have you missed it? Or, did you switch to the jarred product?
You certainly bring back memories for me. My mother always used the boxed None Such mincemeat and added apple juice as part of the liquid, so I made it that way too. I tried the jarred mincemeat and didn't like it. Once I substituted my homemade green tomato chutney with added spices, not bad but not mincemeat. We always ate mincemeat pie, and apple pie, with a slice of cheddar cheese - never ice cream as my aunt's family did.
ReplyDeleteI checked Amazon and they sell 2 boxes for $15.99. Shipping is free if you're a Prime member (or know someone who is and would order it for you).
Bellen,
DeleteI use about a half cup, maybe more, water to dissolve the chunk. Then, I use about two cups of applesauce. Then, I have two pies that are still very spicy. We were ice cream with pie people, but we rarely had pie and ice cream at the same time. The boxes are a bit under $5 at WM or wherever I saw it. Thanks.
Mincemeat pies are strictly for Christmas here (like in the UK) and if you don't make homemade then you buy the jarred variety and it is very expensive. I would expect to pay around $7 a jar for a decent quality and that would fill one of your pie shells.
ReplyDeleteWe don't actually eat it as a "pie" - it is always mincemeat tarts and I would always make my own pastry if I didn't buy them already made. Those are usually imported from the UK and the company I buy from is "Walkers" - I would pay anywhere from $7 to $13 per half dozen tarts depending upon the variety and size. I've never seen a boxed variety of mincemeat sold here.
Margie,
DeleteIt is a Christmas or Thanksgiving pie to me, maybe different for others. $7 for a jar and then one pie is exorbitant. I don't like it that much...lol. A pie is about 8 or 9 inches across; a tart is tiny. Those are expensive, too. None Such is the brand in box or jar.
My experience is the same as Margie. We only eat it at Christmas (we have UK traditions in South Africa too). We could normally buy the ready to eat pies.
ReplyDeleteMargie - here in the US, tarts are called pies. It sounded weird to me at first, but I've gotten used to it over the years :) A meat pie, is called pot pie.
Ms Goose,
DeleteYou are in South Africa? Why did I not know that? The names are starting to confuse me!
Nope, I'm in the US. I was born and raised in South Africa and moved here over a decade ago. My DH is American.
DeleteNope, I'm in the US. I was born and raised in South Africa and moved here over a decade ago. My DH is American.
DeleteMs. Goose,
DeleteThanks for clearing that up for me. I may not remember it for long...lol. I am just exhausted!
Hi Ms Goose - I knew about "Pot Pies" - although it is usually used when referring to Chicken Pot Pie here - it's funny isn't it how word usage gets changed just that little bit from country to country.
ReplyDeleteI think "Hand Pies" would be like a pasty but I don't know what "Fried Pie" is - I've never heard of that.
Margie,
DeleteIn the South of the US, a fried pie is a circle of dough with the filling on one side and the other side folded over and sealed, then put in a skillet on the top of the stove and fried. Now, lots of people bake them.
Some people make a pie dough for the circle and roll it out with a rolling pin or pat it into a circle. Others take biscuit dough in the can from the dairy dept in the store and roll it thin and use those, circumventing the need to make dough.
I think some regions refer to our "fried pies" as "hand pies." Both are eaten by using hands to pick them up. They are not eaten with a fork. Now you know.
I am strongly in the hate it group.
ReplyDeleteAnne,
DeleteAll I can say is that when I make mincemeat pie, the lion's share is left to me.
My dad loved mincemeat pie and my mom would always make him one for Thanksgiving. I don't even know what she used. I don't think I ever watched her make one of those.
ReplyDeleteone,
DeleteI wonder, too. I doubt she made it from scratch. Maybe. Do you have any of her recipes?