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A mince pie (also mincemeat pie in North America, and fruit mince pie in Australia and New Zealand) is a sweet pie of English origin filled with mincemeat, being a mixture of fruit, spices and suet. [ a ] The pies are traditionally served during the Christmas season in much of the English-speaking world .
A famous English Christmas dinner scene appears in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843), where Scrooge sends Bob Cratchitt a large turkey. [44] The pudding course of a British Christmas dinner may often be Christmas pudding, [45] which dates from medieval England. [46] Trifle, mince pies, Christmas cake or a yule log are also popular. [47]
In 2007, Ecclefechan tarts gained national prominence in the UK when the supermarket Sainsbury's promoted it as an alternative to mince pies at Christmas, the tarts sold over 50,000 packs in November 2007. [2] In comparison to the fruity, spicy flavour of a mince pie, an Ecclefechan tart is characterised by a caramel flavour. [3]
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The Ecclefechan tart, which gained national prominence in late 2007 when the supermarket Sainsbury's promoted it as an alternative to mince pies at Christmas, and the tarts sold over 50,000 packs in November 2007. [10] The tart is a mixture of butter and dried fruits in a pastry shell. [11]
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The "mince" in mincemeat comes from the Middle English mincen, and the Old French mincier both traceable to the Vulgar Latin minutiare, meaning chop finely. The word mincemeat is an adaptation of an earlier term minced meat, meaning finely chopped meat. Meat was also a term for food in general, not only animal flesh. [2]