On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 15:59:23 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-12-22 2:30 p.m., graham wrote:
>> On 2019-12-22 11:57 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>> It depends on the mince meat used. Some are much sweeter than
>>> others. My mother used to make mince meat pie for dessert on New
>>> Years day. My brothers and I all loved it. It was always served in
>>> very small portions.
>>>
>>>
>> Some years ago. I made 6 dozen mince pies one Sunday before xmas and
>> by the following Thursday, they'd all been eaten, mostly by my 2
>> teenage sons. The following year I made another 6 dozen batch and had
>> to dump most of them after xmas. I haven't made them since.
>
>I made 4 dozen mince meat tarts. I have been having one a day and took
>some to a party. I was starting to worry that they would not last until
>Christmas and I might have to make some more. Then I realized Christmas
>is just a few days away and if I make another batch of them I will
>probably get sick of them. Better to finish them off and save them as a
>treat for next year.

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