Title: Venison Mince Pie Filling
Categories: Canning Game Pie Venison
Yield: 1 Batch

2	lb	Venison - finely chopped or ground
4	lb	Apples; finely chopped
4	lb	White sugar or
2	lb	White sugar and 2 lb. brown
1	lb	Raisins
1	pk	Currants
1/2	lb	Suet; put through a grinder
4		Crushed soda crackers
1	qt	Less 1/2 c sweet apple cider
1/2	c	Vinegar
4	ts	Each nutmeg and cloves
6	ts	Each cinnamon and allspice
1	ts	Ginger
3	ts	Pepper
4	ts	Each salt and mace

Combine all ingredients and cook until apples look done. The mincemeat can be frozen in pie shells or it can be processed in commercial canning jars using the time and pressure recommended for your altitude.

Yield: About 12 pints.

From staff writer Mary Alice Holt's "Fare Game" article in "The (Elizabethtown, KY) News-Enterprise," n.d. Electronic format by Cathy Harned.

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