If I were there, I would be on your side, froggie. But my sister actually likes it, which goes to show that such a point of view is indeed possible.

The Joy of Cooking has a recipe for mincemeat. It call for four pounds of chopped ox heart and 2 pounds of chopped beef suet. To this you add a lot of expensive ingredients like currents, candied lemon peel and nuts.

As Bridget Jones would say, 'Why do they do it, why?'