You guys think that Venison suet would be too gamey for Mincemeat pie? I don't think that you will be able to taste it anymore than you taste the venison fat in ground meat. My ol' lady is insisting upon using beef suet.

Why would you be adding it at all????

The recipe I have calls for very lean, well cooked meat. Actually, they call for boiling it for like an hr.



FDXX75

Traditional Mincemeat pie uses suet and most people use beef suet. -see this recipe here for an example, it is from a cookbook from 1861: http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Traditional-Mincemeat-Pie

Mincemeat pie is a old world recipe, but I am pretty sure Americans traditionally did it with venison suet around the time of the first thanksgiving as most of the meat was game.

LoL...better go with the beef.

Use venison fat and anyone even imagines they taste something funny, and you're to blame.

Use beef fat, and you're in the clear.

Use beef fat, tell them you used venison, then while they're complaining that it tastes nasty, not like the regular way you SHOULD have cooked it, and you're chuckling to yourself all day long!