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Fool

Posted August 2019 
by Stephen Schmidt 

A sweet dish or dessert. Historically, there were many different types of fools, including the trifle-like Norfolk fool, fools made by cooking fruit pulp with cream and sometimes eggs, and fools made by cooking fruit juice with eggs to the consistency of stirred custard. Today, the word commonly designates a dessert of pureed cooked gooseberries or other tart fruit and whipped cream.

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