Nancy2 wrote:

> Real mince (made with meat) went away (for common menus) about 50 years or
> more ago, as near as I can tell.

Some years ago I posted a couple recipes for mincemeat which contain meat:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...13b89aad887512

I highly recommend the Cherry-Mincemeat pie filling. Besides going into a
pie, I've used it in sweet tamales, which might be even better.

Bob