Two days into this and I'm already behind! I do have to say though - my patio, looks freaking awesome! And my hands are still shaking from 3 hours with the power washer!
Where was I, oh yeah, Rhubarb!
I don't know how I came to like Rhubarb - let alone to even try it. It doesn't look appealing. In the raw form, it tastes TERRIBLE! I don't remember not liking it - I only remember LOVING it!
I suspect it all happened at my Uncle Art and Annie Mae's house. Uncle Art was my dad's brother. We took what seemed like a lot of day trips to their house after my dad retired. Uncle Art and Annie Mae always had a ginormous garden out back and they were always picking, canning, or cooking up something. Aside from that - my Annie Mae's rhubarb crisp was brought to many a family reunion (a few times at my request) and hers, hers is the best!
Sadly, both my Uncle Art and Annie Mae have passed on but, my cousin Stan, their son brought me some rhubarb crisp to the reunion last year - Stan got it just right!
If you haven't figured it out, my favorite is Rhubarb Crisp. I don't care much for pie, mostly because everyone wants to add strawberries to rhubarb pie and I prefer straight up, untainted, shouldn't share the spotlight, rhubarb! If I do happen across rhubarb pie, I can't leave without a slice. There is a little restaurant by us where we go for breakfast once in a while and sometimes they list rhubarb pie on their board...I take a slice home. I have tried few other variations with rhubarb - I recently made crunch and my sister has made bread or muffins with rhubarb but, I still prefer the bubbly goodness under an oatmeal and brown sugar topping. I'll stick with my recipe. Thanks though.
I even have an all rhubarb cookbook! :)
You can find the recipe I use for my crisp here. I also use the same recipe for apple crisp in the fall.
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