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"vr.tr.mincemeat", "name": "mincemeat", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise mincemeat as a prepared food mixture, assess its composition and condition, and judge its suitability for an intended culinary use.", "definition": "Mincemeat is a sweet, chopped mixture of dried fruit, spices, and usually fat, often with apple, citrus peel, and spirits, used as a pastry filling and historically also containing meat.", "scope_statement": "This model provisionally owns mincemeat as a sweet, chopped fruit filling, including formulations with or without animal ingredients, and the composition, preparation state, texture and storage history of a particular batch; the registry's intended distinction from minced meat remains unresolved.", "in_scope": [ "Identification of the intended culinary sense of mincemeat", "Fruit, sweetener, fat, spice, liquid and optional meat components", "Particle size, ingredient distribution and filling consistency", "Mixing, cooking, maturation and preservation 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"why_it_matters": "Prevents appearance or sweetness from being treated as evidence of completed preparation." }, { "name": "Storage and opening history", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "linked time, temperature, container-opening and handling records", "why_it_matters": "Connects the current batch to the conditions under which its stated usable period applies." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve whether a labelled item belongs to the fruit-filling sense of mincemeat.", "Compare a batch's ingredients with a recipe and declared dietary restrictions.", "Assess whether particle size and consistency suit the intended pastry or dessert.", "Identify a documented mixing, preparation or portioning step appropriate to the batch.", "Check storage history against formulation-specific instructions and flag missing evidence.", "Trace a filling portion back to its batch, formulation and ingredient records." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe mincemeat, its history and modern versions with 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beef suet, alcohol and nuts unknown to the diner.", "High sugar content." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (CXS 1-1985), Codex Alimentarius Commission." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "This mixture is encountered in home kitchens, bakeries and packaged food production as a sweet filling for pies, tarts and other pastries.", "Its fruit, fat, alcohol and occasional meat ingredients determine its suitability for particular recipes and dietary requirements." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1553789: mincemeat", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1553789", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Mincemeat", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincemeat", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "culinary-identity", "name": "Culinary identity", "description": "Establishes what mincemeat denotes in the record and where the filling begins and ends.", "rationale": "The name can be confused with minced meat, and the registry supplies no definition to settle its intended sense.", "layers": [ { "id": "name-and-sense", "name": "Name and sense", "description": "Connects the term to evidence of a particular food preparation.", "findings": [ { "id": "intended-mincemeat-sense", "name": "Intended mincemeat sense", "description": "Record the culinary sense supported by the label, recipe or originating registry evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record mean a sweet fruit filling, minced meat, or an unresolved use of the term?", "kind": "definition", "id": "intended-mincemeat-sense-q01" }, { "text": "Which original label, recipe or registry source supports that interpretation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "intended-mincemeat-sense-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "filling-boundary", "name": "Filling boundary", "description": "Separates the mixture from its ingredients and the dishes that contain it.", "findings": [ { "id": "mixture-versus-finished-dish", "name": "Mixture versus finished dish", "description": "Identify the mincemeat portion without absorbing pastry, toppings or independently supplied components into its identity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the recorded material the prepared filling itself or a finished dish containing it?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "mixture-versus-finished-dish-q01" }, { "text": "Which components have been incorporated into the filling and which belong to its carrier or serving accompaniment?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "mixture-versus-finished-dish-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "formulation-and-ingredients", "name": "Formulation and ingredients", "description": "Describes the ingredient combination that makes this particular mincemeat.", "rationale": "Fruit, fat, meat and alcohol choices materially 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"id": "restricted-ingredient-evidence", "name": "Restricted ingredient evidence", "description": "Record animal-derived ingredients and alcoholic additions separately from unsupported dietary claims.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the formulation contain meat, suet, another animal-derived ingredient or a specified plant-based substitute?", "kind": "definition", "id": "restricted-ingredient-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence establishes alcoholic additions, residual alcohol if relevant, and suitability for the user's ingredient restrictions?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "restricted-ingredient-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "texture-and-filling-performance", "name": "Texture and filling performance", "description": "Characterises how the chopped mixture portions, holds together and behaves in its intended dish.", "rationale": "A recognisable mincemeat formulation can still be unsuitable for a particular pastry because of particle size, separated liquid or heating 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"description": "Records what happened to the mixture before its current assessment.", "findings": [ { "id": "processing-and-maturation-record", "name": "Processing and maturation record", "description": "Distinguish mixing, cooking, resting and any claimed preservation treatment through batch-specific evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which mixing, heating, cooling and resting steps were performed, and on what dates?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "processing-and-maturation-record-q01" }, { "text": "If maturation or preservation is claimed, what documented procedure and formulation support that claim?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "processing-and-maturation-record-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "current-condition-and-use", "name": "Current condition and use", "description": "Assesses the batch against applicable handling instructions and records uncertainty.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-use-decision", "name": "Supported use decision", "description": "Base use decisions on the 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"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "No sense is recorded; this description adopts the sweet pastry-filling sense, which should be checked against the registry's originating record.", "Mincemeat is a variable food preparation, not a single chemical substance with a fixed composition or universal substance identifier.", "Composition, shelf life, storage requirements, and suitability for vegetarian diets depend on the recipe and processing method." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of mincemeat this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Suet-based mincemeat", "Vegetarian mincemeat", "Meat-containing mincemeat", "Alcohol-free mincemeat" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of mincemeat this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Filling for mince pies", "Filling for larger sweet pies and tarts", "Ingredient in cakes, puddings, and baked pastries" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of mincemeat this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Mould growth or fermentation when formulation, processing, or storage does not adequately control spoilage", "Rancidity of incorporated fats", "Possible allergens from ingredients such as nuts or from cross-contact", "Possible sulphites in preserved dried fruit", "Residual alcohol in formulations containing spirits" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of mincemeat this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "In Britain and Ireland, mincemeat commonly means the sweet fruit filling associated with Christmas mince pies.", "In some English-language usage, mincemeat can mean finely minced meat; the registry sense therefore needs confirmation.", "Historical recipes and some continuing traditions include actual meat alongside fruit, while many contemporary sweet versions omit it." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of mincemeat this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Minced meat", "difference": "Meat reduced to small particles, rather than the sweet fruit-based pastry filling described here." }, { "name": "Mince pie", "difference": "The finished pastry containing mincemeat, rather than the filling itself." }, { "name": "Dried fruit mixture", "difference": "A mixture of dried fruits need not include the spices, fat, and other ingredients characteristic of prepared mincemeat." }, { "name": "Fruit preserves", "difference": "Generally 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