Alec exclaimed, sniffing the savoury odours that rushed in from the kitchen, of turkey and mince turnovers, whenever Aunt Eunice opened the oven door.
In every controversy they were absolutely certain that they were right and that the other side was wrong, and they did not mince their words when they expressed their opinions.
Churchman though I am, I protest that I think the Baptist lady was right: and I believe that the Puritans were wiser than they knew when they denounced Plum-Pudding and Mince Pies as inventions of the Evil One.
But it's a long while since I have had a piece of mince pie, and it can't be as bad a diet as raw pork and green apples.
Mince Nova Scotia smoked salmon and moisten with Mayonnaise or Boiled Salad Dressing.
The whole house had been rummaged to provide things to carry the little folks in: but the supply of trays, and mince pie dishes, and crocks, was exhausted at the three hundred and sixtieth baby.
It was noted, on the contrary, that the little folks in the mince pie dishes were gently handled, as if the good man had visions of Christmas coming and the good things on the table.
Huge dishes, piled high with mince pies, stood in rows along the whole length of the counter on each side of the cake.
She stretched herself across the counter to grasp his hands, upsetting the few remainingmince pies, and scattering crackers right and left.
Just as the distribution of cakes and mince pies had finished, when Digby was searching frantically for an opening sentence, the Major returned.
There were cigarettes in it, and chocolate, and a couple of mince pies, and a large slice of cake, and some biscuits.
He also reflected that his mother looked thin and pale, that sister Ellie needed shoes, and that plum pudding and mince pie used to be on Thanksgiving tables.
In time he departed, not only with the turkey, but with us boys in procession after him, bearing a mince and a pumpkin pie for Hepsey's children.
And tell her if she is making mince pies to sell this year, I'll take three.
Not merely the old traditional mince pie, but a thousand strictly American seedlings from that main stock, evinced the power of American housewives to adapt old institutions to new uses.
It looked like mince pie to me when she set it on the table, and I says to her why don't she make some rhubarb pie or apple pie or something, for this is a hell of a time of year to be having mince pie.
And mince pie ain't no good anyhow unless you put a shot of brandy or hard cider into it.
The plum-pudding, came to the table in the form of soup, and the mince pies were nauseous.
Pare, core, and mince six pounds of apples; shred three pounds of fresh suet, and stone three pounds of raisins minced.
The above quantity of mince meat may of course be reduced, in equal proportions, for small families.
Boil the head very white and tender, lay it in the middle of the dish, and the mince meat round it.
Then lay the parsley on a hair sieve, mince it very fine, and mix it with the liver.
Mince some veal that is not quite done, with a little parsley, lemon peel, a dust of salt and nutmeg.
Mince some beef small, with onion, pepper and salt, and add a little gravy.
Mince them fine, and put them with their liquor to some cold minced veal.
When a sirloin of beef is about three parts roasted, take out the meat from the under side, and mince it nicely.
Have ready the liver and lights three parts boiled and cut small: stew them in a little of the water in which they were boiled, season and thicken with flour and butter, and serve the minceround the head.
Therefore I shall not mince the fact that the next change in Denry's career was due to an enormous and complicated coincidence.
It would be wrong to mince the unpleasant fact that the sham poisoning which he had arranged to the end that he and his mother should pass the night in the house had finished in a manner much too realistic for Denry's pleasure.
Becoming alarmed, he consulted a physician, who, after a patient hearing of the case, gravely advised him to eat half of a mince pie, assuring him that he would then see his grandfather.
A healthy farmer, who was in the habit of eating one fourth of a mince pie immediately before going to bed, became annoyed with unpleasant dreams, and, among the varied images of his fancy, he saw that of his deceased father.
Master Simon covered himself with glory by the stateliness with which, as Ancient Christmas, he walked a minuet with the peerless though giggling Dame Mince Pie.
Before the little fellow touched a morsel himself, he heaped a plate with great slices of gingerbread and mince pie, and carried them to Jube.
Get the covered basket, put in it the ham that was left at dinner, a pair of chickens I cooked this morning, a couple of mince pies, and a loaf of bread.
Ulick, despite his fondness for mince pie and Philadelphia scrapple, could not endure the national cuisine.
Rather severe, no doubt, but when I am deeply moved I seldom mince matters; in fact, as a Briton, I prefer to hit out straight from the shoulder.
