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A Michaelmas goose," says Dr. Kitchener, "is as famous in the mouths of the million as the minced-pie at Christmas; yet for those who eat with delicacy, it is, at that time, too full-grown.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

The goose at Michaelmas is as famous in the mouths of the million, as the minced-pie at Christmas; but for those who eat with delicacy, it is by that time too full-grown.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

But yet the minced-pie it is That sets my teeth on water; Good mistress, let me have a bit, For I do long thereafter.

From In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)