Superlative Mincemeat

Instructions

1. Take four large lemons, with their weight of golden pippins pared and cored, of jar-raisins, currants, candied citron and orange-rind, and the finest suet, and a fourth part more of pounded sugar.
2. Boil the lemons tender, chop them small, but be careful first to extract all the pips.
3. Add them to the other ingredients, after all have been prepared with great nicety, and mix the whole well with from three to four glasses of good brandy.
4. Apportion salt and spice by the preceding receipt.
5. We think that the weight of one lemon, in meat, improves this mixture; or, in lieu of it, a small quantity of crushed macaroons added just before it is baked.