As title, ive found that many americans ive spoke to dont know what this is.

its a meat of some kind
dont know what
it is tho
its not like anything gross is it

Mince sounds like mice so it MUST BE :) Yuck... cant catch and kill all of them much less eat them

In older British usage (now fallen into general disuse), mince = minced meat = meat (of any type) which is shredded into very small pieces.

In more modern and widespread usage, mince = mincemeat = a mixture usually containing at least raisins, currants, apples, sugar, and a variety of spices.

My mouse theory was way more interesting, are you sure its not chopped up mice?

Originally posted by cbaker17
My mouse theory was way more interesting, are you sure its not chopped up mice?

It could be... as I said, meat of any type.

mince, has many meanings. Mince pies have a mince filling yet its nothing like mince meat, which is chopped up meat. Also "To walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness." So mince well its an amazing word ;) i prefer mince pies :)

Regards
Ben

Originally posted by BenDoherty
mince, has many meanings. Mince pies have a mince filling yet its nothing like mince meat, which is chopped up meat.

Correction: "mince" pies have a *mincemeat* filling (see the second definition I gave above). But *mincemeat* is not the same as *minced meat*.

lol i cant believe we are having this conversation :stickout
I still like mince pies:)

Regards
Ben

my heads minced... ever heard that one before???
got nothing to do with meat pies or mice.:D

Originally posted by BenDoherty
lol i cant believe we are having this conversation

Better than discussing, say, whether the pope is a Christian, or whether "free will" is an oxymoron. Each of which have consumed over an hour of my time recently. (Hey, I'm in Oxford, what do you expect?)

I just love mince and taties and have it at least once a week. I love it :) WIth puff pastries as well.

Erm...

I'll stick with whole pieces of meat, thank you! :D

Never touched minced meat unless it was minced in my own house - you never know all the fats and other rubbish that might go in with it :stickout

Charles,

If you pay for the travel expense, I'll come out to Kansas and catch those mice.... :)

From Merriam Webster dictionary:

Main Entry: 1mince
Pronunciation: 'min(t)s
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): minced; minc·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French mincer, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin minutiare, from Latin minutia smallness -- more at MINUTIA
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 a : to cut or chop into very small pieces b : to subdivide minutely; especially : to damage by cutting up
2 : to utter or pronounce with affectation
3 a archaic : MINIMIZE b : to restrain (words) within the bounds of decorum
intransitive senses : to walk with short steps in a prim affected manner
- minc·er noun


Main Entry: 2mince
Function: noun
Date: 1600
1 : small chopped bits (as of food); specifically : MINCEMEAT
2 British : HAMBURGER 1a

Originally posted by avium
Erm...

I'll stick with whole pieces of meat, thank you! :D

Never touched minced meat unless it was minced in my own house - you never know all the fats and other rubbish that might go in with it :stickout

I like having minced meat mixed with mashed potatoes then fried.. we call it risoles... any of you know risoles?

Originally posted by muppie


I like having minced meat mixed with mashed potatoes then fried.. we call it risoles... any of you know risoles?

We have risoles...
Though they're different to yours :D
It's a mince meat, with little bits of onion and stuff in it, then fried. They're nice :)

We also have beef pies, thats basically mince meat with thick sauce stuff (what they consider meat, basically d-grade offcuts).

I bet you guys think us aussies are crazy? Or do you have them there now too? :)

To translate for all you North Americans (including myself), my wife is from Australia, and when she says that she's going to the grocery store to buy some mince, she's referring to ground beef (hamburger meat). It probably means the same in Britain?

I'm still learning the Australian language. lol
I even like to watch Crocodile Hunter, even though my wife thinks he's a yobo wanker. lol

Mince sounds cooler than ground beef.

As for the croc hunter, well.. He is not like your typical Australian. Most Americans think we are like that, we aren't, promise.

I hate those shows, crocodile dundee and crocodile hunter etc.
Make us look like damn fools.

:stickout

that's what I meant... no potato sorry hehehe well can't blame me coz I never make them... I just eat them hehe