1660s, originally in the figurative sense of what someone plans to make of his enemy, an alteration of earlier minced meat (1570s); from mince (v.) + meat (n.). Mince-pie is attested from c. 1600; as [..]

a mixture of chopped-up fruit, nuts, raisins and other things, cooked in pastry, usually at Christmas time

A spicy, sweet combination of candied and fresh fruits, wine, spices, and beef fat. Primarily used filling for pies.

A sweet spicy mixture of candied and fresh fruits, wine, spices, and beef fat. Earlier recipes for this used beef or venison meat and beef fat. It is used primarily as a filling for pies served during [..]

A rich, spicy Jamaican preserve made of fruit (usually chopped cherries, Jamaican apples or Jamaican pears and Jamaican candied citrus peel), nuts, beef, various spices and brandy or Jamaican rum. Jamaican mincemeat can be used in many Jamaican dishes including Jamaican pies, tarts, puddings and Jamaican cookies. T

Mincemeat was developed as a way of preserving meat without salting or smoking some 500 years ago in England, where mince pies are still considered an essential dish for holiday dinners just like the [..]

A sweet spicy mixture of candied and fresh fruits, wine, spices, and beef fat. Earlier recipes for this used beef or venison meat and beef fat. It is used primarily as a filling for pies served during [..]

A dish made primarily of suet, chopped steak, raisins, candied citrus fruits, brandy, and spices--though the recipe has many variations including a meatless version.  *

(n) spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat

To make mincemeat of. Utterly to demolish; to shatter to pieces. Mincemeat is meat cut up very fine.

a preserve of chopped apples, suet, dried fruits, candied peel, sugar, spices and brandy or rum. It is matured for a month or more and used in holiday pies and in some recipes for fruitcake.

a preserve of chopped apples, suet, dried fruits, candied peel, sugar, spices and brandy or rum. It is matured for a month or more and used in holiday pies and in some recipes for fruitcake.

A sweet spicy mixture of candied and fresh fruits, wine, spices, and beef fat. Earlier recipes for this used beef or venison meat and beef fat. It is used primarily as a filling for pies served during [..]

Operational code name for British deception operation in April 1943 where false operational plans were planted on a corpse and left floating off the coast of Spain - The Germans intercepted and believ [..]

A mixture of fruit, spices and sugar used as a filling for mince pies. (rare) Minced meat.