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A mince pie is a sweet pie of British origin, filled with a mixture of dried fruits and spices called "mincemeat", that is traditionally served during the Christmas season in the English-speaking world, excluding the USA. [1]

48 relations: Antiquarian, BBC, Beef tongue, British cuisine, Brown sugar, Christmas and holiday season, Christmas pudding, Cinnamon, Clove, Crusades, Elizabethan era, English Civil War, English-speaking world, Gervase Markham, Goose, Greggs, Holy Land, Jacobean era, John Brand (antiquarian), John Selden, John Timbs, Jurist, Lamb and mutton, List of fruit dishes, List of pies, tarts and flans, Marchamont Nedham, Mincemeat, New England, Nutmeg, Pie, Puritans, Quakers, Raisin, Samuel Johnson, Saturnalia, Stir-up Sunday, Suet, T. F. Thiselton-Dyer, Thanksgiving (United States), The Gentleman's Magazine, The Independent, The J.M. Smucker Company, Tudor period, United States, Urban legend, Vatican City, Veal, Victorian era.

Antiquarian

An antiquarian or antiquary (from the Latin: antiquarius, meaning pertaining to ancient times) is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Beef tongue

Beef tongue (also known as neat's tongue or ox tongue) is a dish made of the tongue of a cow.

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British cuisine

British cuisine is the set of cooking traditions and practices associated with the United Kingdom.

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Brown sugar

Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses.

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Christmas and holiday season

The Christmas season, also called the festive season, or the holiday season (mainly in the U.S. and Canada; often simply called the holidays),, is an annually recurring period recognized in many Western and Western-influenced countries that is generally considered to run from late November to early January.

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Christmas pudding

Christmas pudding is a type of pudding traditionally served as part of the Christmas dinner in the UK, Ireland and in other countries where it has been brought by British emigrants.

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Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum.

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Clove

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum.

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Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period.

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Elizabethan era

The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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English-speaking world

Approximately 330 to 360 million people speak English as their first language.

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Gervase Markham

Gervase (or Jervis) Markham (ca. 1568 – 3 February 1637) was an English poet and writer.

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Goose

Geese are waterfowl of the family Anatidae.

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Greggs

Greggs plc is the largest bakery chain in the United Kingdom.

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Holy Land

The Holy Land (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הַקּוֹדֶשׁ, Terra Sancta; Arabic: الأرض المقدسة) is an area roughly located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea that also includes the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River.

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Jacobean era

The Jacobean era refers to the period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of James VI of Scotland (1567–1625), who also inherited the crown of England in 1603 as James I. The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabethan era and precedes the Caroline era, and is often used for the distinctive styles of Jacobean architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature which characterized that period.

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John Brand (antiquarian)

John Brand (19 August 1744 – 11 September 1806) was an English antiquarian and Church of England clergyman.

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John Selden

John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law.

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John Timbs

John Timbs (17 August 1801 – 6 March 1875) was an English author and antiquary.

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Jurist

A jurist (from medieval Latin) is someone who researches and studies jurisprudence (theory of law).

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Lamb and mutton

Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep (species Ovis aries) at different ages.

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List of fruit dishes

This is a list of fruit dishes.

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List of pies, tarts and flans

This is a list of pies, tarts and flans.

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Marchamont Nedham

Marchamont Nedham, also Marchmont and Needham (1620 – November 1678) was a journalist, publisher and pamphleteer during the English Civil War, who wrote official news and propaganda for both sides of the conflict.

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Mincemeat

Mincemeat is a mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and spices, and sometimes beef suet, beef, or venison.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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Nutmeg

Nutmeg is the seed or ground spice of several species of the genus Myristica.

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Pie

A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Quakers

Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church.

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Raisin

A raisin is a dried grape.

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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson LL.D. (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr.

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Saturnalia

Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December.

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Stir-up Sunday

Stir-up Sunday is an informal term in Anglican churches for the last Sunday before the season of Advent.

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Suet

Suet is the raw, hard fat of beef or mutton found around the loins and kidneys.

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T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

The Reverend Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer, MA, Oxon (25 July 1848 – 14 July 1923) was a son of William George Thiselton-Dyer, physician and of Catherine Jane, née Firminger.

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Thanksgiving (United States)

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a public holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.

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The Gentleman's Magazine

The Gentleman's Magazine was founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The J.M. Smucker Company

The J. M. Smucker Company, also known as Smucker and Smucker's, is an American manufacturer of fruit spreads, ice cream toppings, beverages, shortening, peanut butter, oils, and other products in North America.

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Tudor period

The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period during the reign of Elizabeth I until 1603.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Urban legend

An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend is a form of modern folklore.

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Vatican City

Vatican City (Città del Vaticano; Civitas Vaticana), officially the Vatican City State or the State of Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano; Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is an independent state located within the city of Rome.

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Veal

Veal is the meat of calves, in contrast to the beef from older cattle.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mince_pie

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