In the northeast United States, mincemeat pies are also a traditional part of the Thanksgiving holiday, sometimes served with a piece of Cheddar cheese.

Much of the menu is based on recipes from early New England; specialties include pounded cheese, mincemeat pie and Marlborough pudding.

While Chris was longing for dessert, pumpkin pie, or mincemeat pie, I began to clear away the table.

THE handwritten letter to Santa, that last gasp of childhood innocence, may have gone the way of plum pudding and mincemeat pie this season.

The Little Pie Company, which sells more than 200,000 pies a year, does not even list mincemeat pie, which the English call mince, on its menu.

Melding the traditions of my family and Bill's meant we had both bread and corn bread stuffing, pumpkin and mincemeat pies.

During the holidays they sell mincemeat pies made with Glenfiddich.

Despite its somewhat disconcerting contents, mincemeat pie is still a comforting link to the past.

After pumpkin pie, mincemeat pie, and fruitcake, everybody pushed away from the table.

The name is mincemeat pie.