Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-29
AN ANTHOLOGY {
OF MINCE PIE
History of Thanksgiving Pastry
Spread Across the
Centuries
BY HENRY LONGCOPE

| w To sea in a beautiful pca-grcen boat,
IT viii I've remembered they took along with
them a plentiful supply of mice, which,
| during the course of the legend it is told
| they ate with runcble spoon. whatever
that may be. Long before that event. Lit
| tie Jack Ilorner. the hero of the nursery
! rhyme, was able to find plum in his
, christmas pastry without the aid of fork
or spoon, but long, long before either
/ event was first recorded the mnce pie
was IN high favor throughout thristcndom.
! ON no less authority than the renowned
Miss Mary Hooper, the last word In the
! oiden days on all culinary subjects, the
| mircc pic was eaten universally Here is
! AN extract from one Of her marked pro-
! nouuoomcnts: whether or no II Is requisite
! To- pour further lhatiou of brandy into
! the opened interior of the miuCc pie after
/ IL has been nut upon your plate, as Is the
| custom Of some gormands, aud whether or
! no this brandy should be lighted and set
! a0amr. and whether or no tho minCcmeat
! should all he eaten, these arc kuuttE points
! tlat may bc left to the consideration Of the
/ millions Of mincc pic eaters found all over
/ the world
There WILL no doubt. be millions Of
| miucc pies consumed during the holiday
/ seasOu tins year in American and ngltSh
| homes, for both are nations Of instructive
! miucc pl" eaters and aS instinct is llttle
| NOR" iudh inherited haplt u ""'ud u" "
| '"Id housewife Nh" WouId care TO "'iE
! custom and Danish from the festal board
| the principal member of the K EIstrouomic
! trumvjrJtc turkey. plum pudding and the
most ancient ana honorable miuuc pie When
''' "oEN al IN" lr"it open th'lr hoNe7 u
,c u c.i .',,, n, ,
uI tue ''hi'C'l'hS "h'n Is sure L" p'
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q moro serious prrpose than more gratin-
{ cath of ilo annette Iu. ,no "rocl,et-
book" roll an ancient cake made AS AN
nefnriufr tn tr,. goddess ,g ru,c .,d fla, hot,
ry,ys huns Gator. ,r Good r,,id..y tl,, r,i,,,
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and tho ,,ip,.. ,,,,de ~, F y,,ia ,,.,. ,,.,,,
/ boltcal,y regarded as tbo or.rir,. of tb,
| Mao g., go ,,t,ri, ,,tn, W. NV
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+, has t,,, t,. ,'. We '.l',Ir i,'' mas '"o'
m,iod Nv, ,r. a',,r. ~ ~, M,',SI ,"".gS ",,',n ,
/ strains of miugtrclsy. and cooks have ro-
I ''''ea great omoiumentS for their success
/ III adding something particularly pleasing
! I" '"' Paiat" OF IN" royal eater once 1t
,',,,, Il ,ls', ol ".iho"'NH TO eat
/ ,W.,.t, ~ pt',' '""' t"' - ,''r was
~ ','''' lE""H IL was regarded with holN
i s.
,'H "''' ms PIE WhI'H was IN hlGh favor
! 'e'"'' ''' Hd!S OF tralS"-iod-Ba -BarehonoS.
/ was aus" NhoWh rs christmas pie, which
/ ,''U was P'ru'uIarN OBNOXIOUS 70 Bare
/ "~'," an" MS S'raisniIaced brethren and
! offensive I" good Puritan ears and ahhor-
| rrnt To i'uritan tastes. clever rhymeSter
~ '''Se Gays MT II OF IN this manner:
Iy,. I!' 'nigi@si food thg' found most good in
! Plum broth was punish and mIura rI,--
Oh, that was rank idolatry'
At any rate. laws ,,.ra ,,,d. ,,,,,.,,,.,, ,i,,,.
| from the same social rn,,,.icr,, ,,.,,tE
! fired a man for kissing his ,,i,o ~ a.,
| Sabbath day making IL - r,tsdo,,,.,,.
prnishabIa In, fine ,n .,
| fact 70 celebrate ,,bri.,,r.,, ir VI u.
! rarserutirn ro,IId mot I'm 49,, ' n'', , ~ ,r
/ he sura for , ,i,,o :, ,,,,, -. ,.i.i..,.,,
| eaten hv thc ,,rgndI,.. Inn, a., ,,,.,,,, i..' ''
nurupl;tn MIC ,,.ay ,say ~. ~ 70
to This dav the two arc close ri,,aia i .i,o w.
! homes of \cv England - wv
| Poets Of no mean rcn,jtatiou have, ,.;o,1
| to honor the mince mic i'm in,r,or,uI ,cr.o
| Here is one written "A century ago,
! Far ,,,,.., tho .,,,.,, .,,,,i,,., ...,.,- ,,,
! 1ipbt rrff ,,,y,. - dpIN SN'Ii