Old Recipe For Excellent Mincemeat - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lb. neck of beef
3 lb. beef suet
4 lb. seeded raisins
1 lb. citron or candied lemon and orange rind to taste
6 qt. peeled and quartered tart apples
1 oz. cinnamon
1/2 oz. cloves
1 oz. ginger
1 oz. nutmeg
juice and grated rind of 1 or 2 lemons
1 qt. sweet cider or sour grape juice or 1 pt. good vinegar
good sized lump of butter
sugar to taste (half white and half brown sugar)

Preparation

Take 5 pounds of neck of beef and put to boil in enough water to cover the meat.
Take off the scum that rises when the water reaches the boiling point; add hot water from time to time until it is tender.
Then remove the lid from the pot and salt; let it boil until almost dry, turning the meat occasionally in the liquid. Take from fire and let stand overnight until thoroughly cold. Remove all bones, gristle or stringy bits; chop very fine, mincing at the time 3 pounds of beef suet, fresh.