YE OLDE-TYME MINCEMEAT
Purchase one pound of shin beef and one-half pound of good soup bones, preferably bones from the chine or rib. Wipe the meat, place it and the bones in a saucepan and add three cups of boiling water. Cook slowly without seasoning until the meat is tender. Cool and then pick the meat from the bones and put all the meat through the food chopper into a large bowl and add
One pound of suet, shredded fine,
Five pounds of apples, chopped fine,
Grated rind of three lemons,
Juice of three lemons,
One-half pound of candied orange peel, shredded fine,
One-half pound of lemon peel, shredded fine,
One-half pound of citron peel, shredded fine,
One pound of dried or evaporated peaches, shredded fine,