Kit Sherrill runs the ingredients for mincemeat through an old-fashioned grinder. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Kit Sherrill works in his Southport kitchen. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Kit Sherrill prepares mincemeat ingredients, including chopped citron, apples, raisins, currants and suet. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
A grinder and a portrait of Kitty Boylin, from whom the mincemeat recipe comes. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Copies of Kitty Boylin's mincemeat recipe at Kit Sherrill's home in Southport. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
With finished product, mincemeat tarts, are Leigh and Kit Sherrill in their Southport kitchen. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
The finished product, mincemeat tarts, by Leigh and Kit Sherrill in Southport. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Kitty Boylin on the deck in front of her cottage on Southport Island in June, 1969. Photo courtesy of Ed Young
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