Recipes from American Cookery by Amelia Simmons (1796)
PIES Minced Pies, Observations.
All meat pies require a hotter and brisker oven than fruit pies: in good cookeries, all raisins should be stoned. – As people differ in their tastes, they may alter to their wishes. And as it is difficult to ascertain with precision the small articles of spicery; every one may relish as they like and suit their taste.