I think mint jelly is a holdover from the bad old days when times really were hard...and a lot of 2 year old rank mutton was peddled as lamb. Kind of like these elaborate cover-up recipes to disguise venison killed in the rut. Or, "I got a bad antelope", neglecting to mention an ass shot and chased 3 miles in the pickup.

Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.