Well, whadaya know?! The receipt for preserving whole mulberries that’s in The Frugal Housewife and American Cookery is also in Eliza Smith’s The Compleat Housewife (London, 1758). Eliza’s version is exactly the same as Frugal’s, “pretty thick” segment and all. Which makes me wonder even more about Simmons’ little, yet somewhat major, switch to “thin.” [...]
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