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Real Strawberry Preserves in a Clamshell World

Real Strawberry Preserves in a Clamshell World

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April McGreger
Jun 07, 2023
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A summer spread at my paternal great-grandparents’ place in Panola Co., Mississippi around 1960. How have our tastes changed since then?

Most people don’t seem to mind that strawberries are a but a shadow of their former selves. There is a dwindling minority of people who have ever encountered truly exceptional fruit, picked at peak ripeness. The rest …

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