Friday, December 03, 2004

Monticello Report: Christmas at Monticello

Monticello Report: Christmas at Monticello
Click through to see how Thomas Jefferson celebrated Christmas.

He like most in the South had mincemeat pies. Interestingly, mincemeat pies then actually contained meat. WHich I confess sounds awful!

I have only tried Mincemeat pie once (and it was canned so no meat), and did not like it.

here is a recipe for mincemeat:





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