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[eruthros]

Tonight we have to go pick up the CSA and see Girlyman at the World Cafe. In a perfect world, these two things would fit together perfectly; from where I'm sitting, though, it looks like they're going to be two separate trips.

On the other hand, the CSA will have rhubarb this week, and we have organic concentrated orange juice, which means I can make the rhubarb pie I love. Basically no added sugar, just the juice, and it comes out thick and pink and so tart you practically have to eat it with ice cream, unless you're having it for breakfast. Mmmmmm.

We still haven't eaten all the greens from last week, either. We have a whole bag of bitter greens left, despite best efforts AND the baking of a quiche. (As we get more interesting food, my lj gets foodier.)

Also, we have here my contribution to the Glorious 25th of May iconage. I can read the text on m_shell's laptop, but it may not be as readable on macs -- let me know so I can fiddle. (If you want it, you can take it, but please credit.)

The icon is currently reminding me that by the first weekend of June I'll be reading Thud. Wheeeeee!

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[eruthros]

Basically, pie crust plus:

c. 8 cups rhubarb
1 to 1 1/2 cups concentrated orange juice
0 to 1/2 cups sugar (depends on how sweet you like it)
1/4 cup flour (if the rhubarb looks exceptionally watery, you can add more for more thickness)
1 Tb melted butter dabbed on top of rhubarb before putting top crust on
And that's basically it!

[slyviolet.livejournal.com]

I totally just memory'ed this into my 'yum' category. I will try it as soon as I find some good fresh rhubarb around here! In Colorado, I just went into the meadow and hacked it from our crazy-huge rhubarb patch... here I might even have to buy it, oh horrors!! ;)