Hi, I think that there are 2 recipes, mixed up together...The hogs head was scraped and goodies were cooked with spices and it jelled and was called souse , headcheese and jelladina...Now, mincemeat was made with suet and beef and lemons and oranges and currants... Just wanted to put in my 2¢ worth... Dixie Lea in the Land of OZ...(*)