Another chapter in my ongoing love story with rhubarb! Every spring, as faithful as Old Faithful, rhubarb arises from its slumber and starts pushing up stalks topped with elephant ear size leaves. Please don’t eat the leaves, though! Only the stalks are edible! Rhubarb has been used for centuries as a sort of health tonic….
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Grandma Soffia’s Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam
Get ready for a jam session! I promised I’d give you the recipe for homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam. I like to use this in the cheese ring I just shared instead of plain strawberry preserves. It has an indescribable tang to it that makes it perfect. This jam is great on toast, too, epecially thick grainy…
Delightfully Sweet and Tangy Rhubarb Crumble
Rhubarb! You irresistible scamp! How I love your saucey tartness! Rhubarb has been used for centuries as a sort of health tonic. The benefits touted include everything from aiding digestion to preventing Altzheimers! (I’ll take two please!) We have a couple of venerable old plants that yield an abundance of the crisp, tart stalks. The…