Dessert in the Desert - Mince Pie Traditional Geocache
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Dessert in the Desert - Mince Pie
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Dessert in the Desert is a series of 6 caches along Highway 371 celebrating English Desserts. All are located very close to parking pull-outs along the highway.
---Dessert #3 Mince Pie---
A mince pie is a British festive sweet pastry, traditionally consumed during the Christmas and New Year period. Mince pies are filled with mincemeat – a preserve typically containing apple, dried fruits such as raisins and sultanas, spices, and either suet or vegetable shortening.
The origins of the mince pie lie in the medieval chewet, which was a fried or baked pastry containing chopped liver and other meats mixed with boiled eggs and ginger. Dried fruit and other sweet ingredients would be added to the chewet's filling for variety.
By the 16th century mince or "shred" pie was considered a Christmas speciality. In the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell made the eating of mince pies on Christmas Day illegal. (This law was voted fourth "most ridiculous British law" in a 2007 poll.) In the mid-17th century the liver and chopped meat were replaced by suet, and by the 19th century meat was no longer generally used in the "mince" in either Britain or North America. Though traditional suet pies are still made, they are no longer the dominant form.
In case you are wondering - suet is raw beef or mutton fat, so mince pies made with suet are not suitable for vegetarians. Modern mince pies typically use vegetable shortening instead of suet.
Cache is a camo'd plastic container. BYOP.
FTF is a Geofish and Pig Earrings.
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Uvag: Ohfu arne fvtacbfg.