Monday, July 03, 2006




After a lazy Sunday listening in to Prarie Home Companion and discovery of fresh rhubarb at the grocery store it was evident that the weekend needed to end on a rhubarb pie note. I had scarcely heard of rhubarb before I knew Ben. He, however, grew up on it. His aunt was sweet in sharing her recipe as a wedding gift (no, not her ONLY wedding gift), and so we put it to use. Rhubarb, by itself, is a very strange fruit?vegetable? to put into a pie, at least to me. It's in the celery family and its leaves are poisonous. That just asks for trouble. When you slice it, it seems to have the texture of water chestnuts but when combined with flour, sugar, and a few strawberries it's actually very yummy.

2 comments:

Rebecca (Sam's wife) said...

Yeah for Ben to introduce Brandy Lee to rhubarb! It is yummy!!! love you both!!

The Fanks said...

Silas ate a rock the other day. Have you tried cooking those with rhubarb and strawberries? The rock up yonder may be more tender than the rocks in our back yard. *a