The Christmas-pie is, in its own nature, a kind of consecrated cake, and a badge of distinction; and yet it is often forbidden, the Druid of the family. Strange that a sirloin of beef, whether boiled or roasted, when entire is exposed to the utmost depredeations and invasions; but if minced into small pieces, and tossed up with plumbs and sugar, it changes its property, and forsooth is meat for his master. [11] Home-made mincemeat John, J (2005), A Christmas Compendium, Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 0-8264-8749-1

Grubstreet Journal, Dec. 27. No. 209. On Christmas Pye", The Gentleman's Magazine, hosted at bodley.ox.ac.uk, pp. 652–653, December 1733 , retrieved 24 November 2010 The original Wild’s Bakery was established circa 1899 in the Victorian seaside resort of Morecambe, Lancashire. Annie Wild ran the bakery shop and boarding house (today’s bed and breakfast) whilst being a full-time mother to three boys. a b Peggy M. Baker (November–December 2002). "Thanksgiving and the New England Pie" (PDF). Pilgrim Hall Museum. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-12-22 . Retrieved 3 December 2015. We are able to deliver to schools, please ensure you select an appropriate delivery time slot that accommodates the schools opening times. We currently are unable to deliver to hospitals. Markham, Gervase; Best, Michael R. (1994), Michael R. Best (ed.), The English Housewife, McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP, ISBN 0-7735-1103-2

Condiments

MINCE PIES: Sweet Pastry {Plain Flour [ WHEAT Flour ( WHEAT Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine), WHEAT GLUTEN], Butter ( MILK), Granulated Sugar, Whole Liquid EGG [100% British Lion Free Range EGG-Pasteurised], EGG Yolk [ EGG yolk, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservative (Potassium sorbate)]}, Mince fill {Golden Raisins (Raisins, Sunflower Oil, SULPHUR DIOXIDE), Vegetarian Suet (Palm oil, Sunflower Oil, Rice flour), Diced Green Apple, Soft Dark Brown Sugar (Sugar, Cane Molasses), Currants (Currants, Sunflower Oil), Diced ALMONDS, Lemon Juice (Lemon 100%), Orange Juice (Orange 100%), Double Cut, Mixed Candied Peels (Orange peel, lemon peel, glucose-fructose syrup, citric acid), Mixed Spice (Coriander, Cassia, Ginger, Fennel, Nutmeg, Cloves), Ground Cinnamon, Nutmeg Powder, Orange Zest (Orange 100%), Lemon Zest (Lemon 100%)}, Light Brown Sugar. SCONE S:Plain Flour [ WHEAT Flour ( WHEAT Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine), WHEAT GLUTEN], Butter ( MILK), Whole Liquid EGG [Free Range EGG-Pasteurised], Whole MILK (Pasteurised Cow's MILK) Granulated Sugar, Baking Powder ( WHEAT Starch, Raising Agents: Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Vanilla Extract Mix-Vanilla Paste [Water, Granulated Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Glycerine, Vanilla Pods: Sustainably grown vanilla pods (100%)], Salt.

Ayto, John (1990), The Glutton's Glossary: a Dictionary of Food and Drink Terms, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-02647-4 The ingredients for the modern mince pie can be traced to the return of European crusaders from the Holy Land. Middle Eastern methods of cooking, which sometimes combined meats, fruits and spices, were popular at the time. Pies were created from such mixtures of sweet and savoury foods; in Tudor England, shrid pies (as they were known then) were formed from shredded meat, suet and dried fruit. The addition of spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg was, according to the English antiquary John Timbs, "in token of the offerings of the Eastern Magi." [2] [3] Several authors, including Timbs, viewed the pie as being derived from an old Roman custom practised during Saturnalia, where Roman fathers in the Vatican were presented with sweetmeats. [2] Early pies were much larger than those consumed today, [3] and oblong shaped; the jurist John Selden presumed that "the coffin of our Christmas-Pies, in shape long, is in Imitation of the Cratch [Jesus's crib]", [4] although writer T. F. Thistleton-Dyer thought Selden's explanation unlikely, as "in old English cookery books the crust of a pie is generally called 'the coffin'." [5] Christmas Pie, by William Henry Hunt Baker, Margaret (1992), Discovering Christmas Customs and Folklore (third ed.), Osprey Publishing, ISBN 0-7478-0175-4 STRAWBERRY JAM:Sugar, Strawberries (44.2%), Gelling Agent (Fruit Pectin) and Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid).Clare, Sean (6 April 2012), "Illegal Mince Pies and Other UK Legal Legends", bbc.co.uk, BBC , retrieved 14 November 2012