Word of the Week: Mincemeat
Noun: Mincemeat is a mixture of currants, raisins, sugar, apples, spices, candied citrus peel, suet, and sometimes meat, usually used as pie filling.
Used in a sentence:
While English recipes from as early as the 15th century for mincemeat always included meat, sometimes mincemeat doesn’t contain any meat at all.
Have you ever tried mincemeat? What did you think? Tell us in the comments!
The image “Mincemeat” by Stuart Cale is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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