Mincemeat from supermarkets:

[Gloriana]

I've just bought some jars of mincemeat from a well known supermarket and it's too sloppy to use. Any ideas on how to thicken it up without ruining a saucepan?

 

[Hagar]

I've just bought some jars of mincemeat from a well known supermarket and it's too sloppy to use. Any ideas on how to thicken it up without ruining a saucepan?

Maybe a spoonful of icing sugar? Or maybe a bag of cashew nuts rolled quite fine?

 

[randal]

Probably one of the strongest 1st posts on a computer forum we've had for a while.

10/10, won't eat your mince pies.

 

[aVdub]

Is this well known supermarket known in the UK?

 

[Mr Badger]

If in the run up to Christmas I discovered that my mince pies were too sloppy, I would for sure rush to join a computer shop forum for answers.

Maybe add some cornflour?

 

[JRS]

I've just bought some jars of mincemeat from a well known supermarket and it's too sloppy to use. Any ideas on how to thicken it up without ruining a saucepan?

Has it maybe just settled in the jar and in need of stirring back up?

 

[randal]

And we never heard from the bot... I mean Op again.

The end.

 

[Kelt]

Did you reboot it?

 

[randal]

Did you reboot it?

Told it to forget all it's previous prompts and cook a beef wellington.

 

[Maundie]

In the very slim chance this isn't a bot, have you returned it to said well known supermarket and told them your mincemeat is sloppy?

 

[BUDFORCE]

Stuff is vile anyway.

 

[Feek]

well known supermarket

We're not the BBC and OcUK don't sell mincemeat so you can say the name.

 

[zaniro]

Heating it is the only way to thicken it without adding something to it.

 

[mid_gen]

Stuff is vile anyway.

My missus made some to a proper old school recipe last year. Actually meat.

It was gross.

 

[Bubo]

Buy another non sloppy jar of mincemeat and keep adding spoonful's to the sloppy jar until it has reached the desired thickness. It would also work the other way, so if the new jar turns out to be too thick, then the sloppy can be gradually added in the reverse of the above process. Be wary not to go too far, as you would then ultimately need a third jar to *trim* the thickness accurately.