“the mince(meat) pie may have lost its meat, and its other ingredients may now be freely available all year round, but it has not lost its association with Christmas. Seventeenth-century Puritans tried hard to ban it (calling it 'idolatrie in crust') but they did not succeed: the Christmas mince pie lives.” FoodChristmasPieBakingFood WritingFood AnthropologyFood HistoryFruit PieMince Pie Book:Pie: A Global History Source: Pie: A Global History