Comfort food from home: I want a mince pie

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The scene in a pretty German village where the rooftops and vineyards are white with frost and the sun is shining:

I have had the most strenuous week brain-wise since the children were born.
I have had 3 meetings that went to 10.30pm. Then couldn't sleep for hours as brain whirring from unaccustomed activity.
Am so tired that I feel like I have a hangover.
I can't go back to bed as I have an appt with the head of (hopefully) s2's secondary school next year in an hour.

I need to eat something or I will get the shakes and feel sick which will not impress the needs-to-be-wowed-by-me-and-give-my-son-a-place head.
Making fresh coffee just now I opened the fridge and cupboards 8 times trying to find something I could face eating.

And it hit me:
I want a mince pie.
Light crusty pastry, sweet chunky fruit, sugar dusting.

I'm not homesick or fed up or depressed. I just want a mince pie. That would buck me up no end.
Sigh.

Why don't you order here - I know you'd still have to wait a few days but better than nothing!

Never thought of it
Do they sell brains too?

No but if you find out where to get some let me know!

I have mince pies, Fink. Shall I send you one?

DH was in UK this week and brought me a packet

how did it go with the head of the secondary finks?

Will be making my own soon (will use a huge tub of filling though)

That's a point, glasgowstyle, we're taking the car and the ferry home for C'mas and I could bring some mincemeat back for next year.
V kind offer MmeL, but shall save my "Can you send me...?" for more desperate straits.
I was so worried I'd flake out, you know that 'so hungry that the thought of food makes you feel sick' feeling? Pastry and sweet was the only tempting thing, should have gone to the bakery for an Apfeltasche.

Am heading to the Schools thread for result of meeting. I had a banana in the end for those not bored to tears who wondered.

Oh fink, you are funny. Hope the meeting went OK in the end.

Do you not have anywhere like Galleria Kaufhof or Hertie with a food hall where you could get some?

I have made my own every year since I moved here, mincemeat and everything. Only stopped last year because I was too fat heavily pregnant to bother and this year because I have just been too busy, although I have a stash of mincemeat my mum brought out with her a little while ago so I shall be making some with that soon I think.

I keep getting cravings for malt loaf actually. Think I shall have to get some for my hamper this year!

We are in the middle of "Nirgendwo" - my mum makes her own mincemeat though, wonder if it would keep a year?
Never thought of making it myself here. Are we seeing a theme here? Definitely need a lateral thinking course.
Meeting was very good, am muchly relieved.

I think mincemeat is supposed to keep about 2yrs if not opened. Or in my case, years and years until it is found again at the back of the fridge and used because there's no point in wasting good mincemeant

Have a recipe if you want it (if thats not a stupid thing to say) but don't think it will be ready for this year.

What are you studying?