Thanksgiving Mincemeat for pies

From that old Ky. cookbook with the crumbling pages just in time for the Holiday:
Take six pounds of beef boiled until well done and then minced,three pounds of suet chopped fine,six pounds of white sugar,one peck of apples chopped,three pounds of seeded raisins,one pound of currants,half a pound of sliced citron,nine nutmegs grated,half a tea-cupful of ground cinnamon,three table-spoonfuls each of mace and cloves.and two gallons of sweet cider.Add one table-spoonful of salt to the beef-liquor,and pour over the mixture.This quantity will make five gallons.
Mrs. C.E. Tabb