If you’re not British, it’s understandable that you might mistake a mince pie for containing, well, mince.
An American website has been shamed on social media for a mince pie recipe on its website that calls for ‘255g of mincemeat, homemade or store-bought’ – and yes, they mean the beef kind.
To make matters worse, the recipe includes photos of the unappetising dish where it features the aforementioned minced beef, patted down into a pastry, with apples on top. Yum.
Safe to say, people are loving the culinary faux pas.
‘Utterly obsessed with this American site that has confused mince with mincemeat, and created this abomination,’ Luke Bailey tweeted, along with the pics.
The tweet has since gone viral with over 1,200 retweets so far and 4,200 likes.
utterly obsessed with this american site that has confused mince with mincemeat, and created this abomination pic.twitter.com/Y31NqYGYrV
— Luke Bailey (@imbadatlife) December 9, 2019
Many are questioning whether the whole thing is a spoof, but the website, called The Spruce Eats, does indeed exist.
However, if you were hoping to give it a go this Christmas, we’re sorry to say that the recipe has since been amended.
In the comments section, an administrator has left a note to say that the photos have been replaced and the details have been updated.
Once again, yes, they really were asking people to make mince pie with beef.
This is retaliation against the Great British Bake Off episode on American Pies.
— Spiced Doughnut (@shelbydavis) December 9, 2019
dying at how it's just a big slab of completely unseasoned meat
— jessica harvey (@oysterFAKE) December 9, 2019
While some are making jokes, with references to the fateful Friends episode when Rachel made a trifle with beef, others are rushing to defend the concept.
‘To be fair though, its not a new idea,’ wrote one person.
‘Meat and fruit as a combination in a pie us not something v they’ve “created” – it’s actually how ‘mince pies’ would originally have been cooked.
‘Over the centuries, the recipe has morphed to leave out the actual “mince” in favour of fruit only.’ [sic]
Someone else pointed out that mincemeat isn’t a phrase used much in American English, and was confused by why the site would reference the word to begin with.
‘This doesn’t make ANY sense because mincemeat is not a term used for ground beef in the U.S,’ the person tweeted.
‘And most Americans know what mince pie is – only we call it mincemeat pie. I know this as a Yank who married a Brit.’
‘This might be real, but it’s not American,’ agreed someone else.
‘We say “powdered sugar” not “caster sugar.” We don’t have “pudding” for “tea-time.” What does “ring the changes” even mean?’
Some people also confessed to having made the same mistake themselves, and others claimed to prefer the meaty, beef version of the British classic.
‘This probably tastes better than actual mince pie mince as mince pies are absolutely vile!,’ one tweet read.
Each to their own – but we’ll stick to fruit for now.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/09/american-website-includes-actual-beef-mince-pie-recipe-described-abomination-11584126/
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