Three cheers for the inventors of strawberry shortcake!! A beloved staple of summertime menus in the USA... A picnic dessert at it's best... This traditional strawberry dessert will be 171 years young this June... One of the earliest mentions of this culinary masterpiece was "Strawberry Cakes" dated from 1845, in the Ohio Cultivator, Columbus Ohio. The recipe was later printed nationally in 1847, in The Ladies Receipt Book, of Philadelphia. Well done Ohio...way to go... and kudos to folks in…
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