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Where did the mince pie disappear to?

If you follow HSoSC on Facebook, you may have seen my lament for mince pie at Thanksgiving.

I used to be able to find the Nonesuch filling in jars at Publix, but alas, the past few years, nothing.

A 1905 recipe. No, “modern” mincemeat doesn’t have meat or suet in it.

So when I came across a treasury of turn-of-the-last century (that’s 1898-1899 to us history-minded folks) Thanksgiving menus, I was pleased to see mince pie on nearly every one. I was beginning to think that such a pie was a figment of my imagination.

This menu was from the 1899 version of a fast-food place: the restaurant in the train station. So it’s much less elaborate than the hotel menus but it has prices to marvel at. Please note that the prices are in cents! not dollars as they would be now.

I hope your holiday feast was to your liking!

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