On Mon 23 Feb 2009 06:02:01a, jmcquown told us...

> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 5.250...
>> On Mon 23 Feb 2009 05:38:27a, jmcquown told us...
>>
>>> This is typical of Grandma McQuown's recipes. She just assumed you
>>> knew what to do with the ingredients
>>>
>>> Rhubarb Pie
>>>
>>> 4 cups rhubarb
>>> 4 Tbs. flour
>>> 1-1/2 c. sugar
>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>>> 1 Tbs. melted butter
>>>
>>> Makes a 9 inch pie
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Your grandmother, like any competent baker, *would* know what to do
>> with the ingredients. Lots of times I just jot down the ingredients of
>> a recipe that someone mentions. Putting it togther is logic and
>> experience unless it's an extremely complicated recipe. :-)
>>
>> I love rhubarb pie!
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
>>
>
> True enough! I'm definitely not a baker, although I've made homemade
> bread using her recipe (not for years!). Notice she assumed you've
> already prepared and rolled out a pie crust
>
> Jill
>

That would be the same assumption that both my grandmothers and my mother
would have made. I think their logic was, if it's a pie it has a crust, so
make one. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.