Original Receipt in 'English Housewifry' by Elizabeth Moxon, 1764 (Moxon 1764)108. To make EGG PIES.
Take and boil half a dozen eggs, half a dozen apples, a pound and a half of beef-suet, a pound of currans, and shred them, so season it with mace, nutmeg and sugar to your taste, a spoonful or two of brandy, and sweet meats, if you please.