Posted on 11/01/2025 5:46:00 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
We are very fortunate to have a generational family run meat market nearby (slaughterhouse in the back). They process a lot of local animals, also 4H and FFA from the fairs.
Been shopping there for over 30 years.
Tried to follow your but nothing comes up. I did find a youtube channel. I am not Ukranian, half Serbian half Polish. family focus on more pastries than breads.
The last couple of years I have made tallow out of the beef suet. Great stuff.
My dad’s favorite pie was mincemeat. His mom made it with meat. I never had the opportunity to taste hers, but I made mincemeat with venison for dad’s birthday many years ago. Mom would buy the None Such brand of mincemeat to make dad a pie for his birthday - it’s gotten expensive & hard to find in local stores.
I will probably make mincemeat (no meat) over the holidays - the pudding recipe looks interesting so I might give it a try - thanks!
That sounds terrific! We should compare notes after winter and see how each of did. I hope all those blossoms become tomatoes. Nothing tastes better than stuff you grow yourself.
Sorry, mis-remembered!
There is or was a fair sized Ukrainian population in nearby Kansas City. KS (And Russians in Western KS).
Perhaps a better link to a better mincemeat recipe!
Spruce Eats Homemade Mincemeat
I think that the USDA has been trying to eliminate small local butchers which is a shame.
So far so good on our place. They have always been federally inspected too.
That quick pudding....Give it a try first small batch to see how it turns out, I have not tried it!
There are better Plum Pudding recipes out there but they involve things like water baths and soaking the pudding in brandy for a month in preparation for Christmas almost like a fruit cake! (I made a steamed version for a church Christmas Festival 7 or 8 years ago.)
At home it was fun to douse the pudding with warm brandy, turn out the lights, and set the thing on fire!
None Such must’ve been THE mincemeat brand back in the day. To my recollection, Mom only made MM pie a time or two during the holidays, and only when some of her siblings were visiting. I never cared for it, but that’s neither here nor there.
I am torn between my two favorite pies at Thanksgiving, pecan and apple. My daughter LOVES pumpkin pie, so we will see what happens this year.
We had a lovely FaceTime call with her and her hubby today. She looks so beautiful, but funny thing, she doesn’t think she is. Not that that matters, but it’s so funny how people view themselves, and how others look at the same person and have such a differing perspective. Her pregnancy is going on without too much drama any more, but Wednesday is her 2 week mark from her due date. All we pray for is a healthy a delivery for both her and the baby.
We talked at length about all the prep and all the differences between deliveries, back then and now. The medical version is so different now than when I had my children. I’m not sure what was wrong with the way things were when we had kids, but apparently, little of that is the way they do it now. Like I said, all I care about is healthy mama and baby (daddy too but he’s on the periphery).
Thanksgiving dinner was only slightly discussed. A turkey is on order, and that’s about it. We are very good at flying by the seat of our pants, so we will make do with whatever we have. We may have Thanksgiving Dinner that day, or two days later if need be. It will indeed be a blessed Thanksgiving!
Pray that the shutdown doesn’t affect our air travel out there (or back). That’s another thing beyond our control that I’m thinking about. Air travel isn’t fun anymore, and if there are cancellations, I’m thinking travelers will be stressed, and not on their best behavior.
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