sweetandcool wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 1:28 am

That's funny, I've always found strawberry-rhubarb to be sickly sweet. I think grocery stores and home cooks tend to go overboard with the sugar and strawberries, in an attempt to tame the tartness of the rhubarb.

...gotta avoid that strawberry pie goo they sell at the stores.

Truth be told I don't mind rhubarb. The trouble is that rhubarb plants make far more rhubarb than you could possibly want. Crumble is far inferior to pie, and rhubarb pie is far inferior to apple and blackberry pie (which is the king of desert pies). But a stick of rhubarb dunked in sugar is pleasa...

Bay leaf kind of reminds me of nutmeg. Your version of vanilla sounds yummy (: Also, I forgot to acknowledge that berries are a fine addition that I forgot about. Yeah, I'd encourage you to try infusing your milk/cream with flavour, since you can do just about anything. Earl Grey is another choice ...

:sick: I would never besmirch the purity of a good custard with anything other than possibly rice. :lol: Berries, of course. Wife and I raise chickens so plenty of fresh eggs and custard is one of my favorite "easy to make" desserts. I have not yet attempted the creme brulee sugar top yet, though, ...

It's the only vegetable I eat with custard. You don't put custard on your broccoli? Man you Americans are weird. :sick: I would never besmirch the purity of a good custard with anything other than possibly rice. :lol: Berries, of course. Wife and I raise chickens so plenty of fresh eggs and custard...

sweetandcool wrote: ↑

Mon May 29, 2023 3:17 pm

My FIL has a gluten allergy, so my MIL has spent years developing her GF recipes. Her rhubarb pie is to die for, and even superior to any normal pie I have ever had.

Does anyone here taint their rhubarb pies with strawberries?

Yes, we've had it as strawberry/rhubarb too.

In the UK we tend to have rhubarb crumble, which has a buttery crumb topping instead of a pie lid, but the filling is pretty much the same. It goes well with custard or ice cream. My wife makes rhubarb crumbles, too. :) And we eat both the pie and crumble with vanilla ice cream as well, although no...

Is it a thing where you live? If so, what do you think of it? (Especially those of you on the other side of the big pond - I've watched a lot of GBBO and tastes seem different when it comes to fruit pies such that I'm really curious). We have a small patch of Rhubarb in our yard and my wife made a s...

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