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us up for one of those CSA boxes. They bring you a box of fruit and veggies and you feel better about the earth.
A few weeks ago we got rhubarb.
Let me tell you about rhubarb.
In 3rd grade my friend, Stephanie, brought rhubarb pie to lunch. She brought it to lunch almost every day for, what felt like, a month. This pie looked amazing. It looked like watermelon pie to my third-grade-eyes. And I LOVE watermelon. Naturally I was very interested in trying this watermelon pie. So one day I get invited to Stephanie’s house and get served up some rhubarb pie. Jackpot! Ha. Joke was on me. It did not taste like watermelon. And I’ve never had rhubarb since.
Until about a week ago.
We got rhubarb in our CSA. And what the heck am I suppose to do with rhubarb? (fyi, I keep misstyping rhubarb as rhubaBR and it’s driving me nuts).
So the rhubabr sat in the fridge for about 5 days (maybe more…not gonna lie). I thought it might die of neglect. Alas, it’s a robust little vegetable. It wasn’t going anywhere.
So I did what any 21st century kid would do. Typed “rhubarb” into google.
After a bit of perusing, I landed on an eating well recipe. Here’s how I adapted it:
2 cups diced rhubarb (leave the “skin” on it)
1/4 cup sugar
1/8-1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla (I have a heavy hand when it comes to vanilla)
Pour the rhubarb, cinnamon, and sugar into a pot on medium-ish heat. Stir. And stir. And stir. No, you don’t need to add water. Just give it time. All of a sudden it’ll start to turn into an apple-sauce-like consistency! Keep stirring until the major lumps are out. It won’t be smooth, but it’ll look like hippie apple sauce (the kind with a few little chunks still swimming around, but nothing a baby couldn’t gum). Remove from heat and add the vanilla. Stir. Let cool. Or eat it warm. You probably won’t care. Because it’s AMAZING! Nick ate at least half of it straight out of the container.
The rest we reserved for ice cream.
So what does rhubabr (<- see, still doing it) compote taste like? It’s kinda like tart apple sauce. It’s suppose to go well with strawberries. Either way the tart/sweet combo was delicious. And I’d totally fill a pie shell with this. It’s seriously delicious. I may even buy rhubarb all on it’s own at the store. Try and stop me! Do you have any other tasty rhubarb recipes?