Oaksey had learned to ride on an old pony called Mince Pie, which later gave rise to the title of his autobiography, " Mince Pie For Starters"
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Oaksey had learned to ride on an old pony called Mince Pie, which later gave rise to the title of his autobiography, " Mince Pie For Starters"
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A tradition in England, involved baking a mince pie in the shape of a manger to hold the Christ child until dinnertime when the pie was eaten.
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By the eighteenth century, as techniques for meat preserving improved, the savoury element of both the mince pie and the plum pottage diminished as the sweet content increased.
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Both meals consisted of a meat dish corned beef, sausages, or mince pie as well as mashed potato and cabbage, although there was occasionally a roast dinner.
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'Frumenty and mince pie,'the Gnat replied;'and it makes its nest in a Christmas box .'| Lewis Carroll | " Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There " }}
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So she rarely ventures out anymore, save for imperative errands to buy food for her two cats, visit the doctor or, on Christmas Eve, pick up a mince pie.
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So little wonder that on occasion of the dinner here pictured-when the prize dish was a splendid homemade mince pie-the Gales were ever looking after the need of the said pie.
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Mince pie and plum pudding, good King Wenceslas and his pages, a yule log lit from the last year's ember . . . all found a place and a symbolic meaning in the procession.
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It may also be known as a "'shell pie "'or "'mince pie "'( although the latter term football grounds, traditionally accompanied by a drink of Bovril, resulting in the occasional reference to "'football pies " '.
