GC34EEC October 26th ~ National Mincemeat Day
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 09/18/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 44.345 W104° 12.671 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
 

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National Mincemeat Day celebrates a sweet and tasty meat treat. For those of us that have had it before, we can revel in the great taste. For those of us who have never heard of Mincemeat, don't you think today would be a good time to get introduced to it!?

Mincemeat dates back to medieval times. It was a way to preserve food. It was also a treat, mixed with sweet fruits. Somewhere in the last half of the 1900's, it lost it's popularity. A whole generation has grown up, not knowing what it is, or having ever tasted it. Today, it is most often served as Minced Meat Pie. Over the years, the amount of meat in the recipes was reduced. In older recipes, you will find meat and/or suet among the ingredients. More modern recipes, it contains little or no meat, and is largely a fruity pie. It remains a traditional pie at Thanksgiving for many families.

So, just what is mincemeat? It is a mixture of minced (or chopped up) meats, suet, and fruits. The meat is usually beef, either ground up or sirloin. Fruits include raisins, apples pear, and others. Sometimes liquor is added, most commonly brandy or rum.

06/12/2019 By chipleader
well… my #miniroadtrip2019 brought me today from Denver, Colorado over kanorado, Kansas, back to Colorado, all the way down to lamar…
i took as much as boxes as possible... was a nice geoaching-roadtrip-day…

for this one:

no trade
logtime: 10.46 am
#5923

thanks a lot to all the owners!

chipleader
from switzerland

ps. please excuse my copy-paste-log... ;-)

05/24/2019 By lasouthpaw
This one will be a lot harder to find in no time at all. The area is covered with thistles! I was pretty careful as I picked my way in and out. Everything is in good shape with the cache. Thanks for the smiley! Find #3534.

I decided to start the Memorial Day weekend with a little caching run. Headed out this way to cross some degrees off the list for the Colorado 360 challenge. I'm down to about 100 now and I'm itching to whittle that down even further. Beautiful day to be outside, started in the low 70's and ended in the mid 60's. Little bit of muggle traffic here and there, but nothing too bad. Thanks to all the COs for putting these out for us to enjoy.

05/04/2019 By WalkingDuo
Cached around Strasburg and Bennett today.Repaired containers and logs as needed. My check engine light came on so didn't venture too far from civilization. Enjoyed the Search - Thanks

03/26/2019 By team.STEWART817
I am impressed these are all still here after these past storms. TFTC!

09/08/2018 By IowaGerd
Gracias!

05/27/2018 By gordon1018
On a geocaching adventure in eastern Colorado today. Tftc!

04/27/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

10/12/2017 By L O S T - S O U L
TFTC

Enjoying the day traversing the countryside, acquiring many miles and boosting cache numbers along the power trails and others in between.!
Nothing better than caching along the back country roads of America! Thanks for placing these out here. Replaced wet logs and broken containers as needed. Initialed logs

05/08/2017 By feelthebern
Found it

02/11/2017 By Back Country Horsemen
Quick