"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> MaryL wrote:
>> I used to love rhubarb pie (made by my grandmother) and rhubarb as a
>> side dish (made by my mother). We had a little rhubarb "patch," so
>> it was always available. For those who don't know, it has a "tart"
>> quality--and that's even after *lots* of sugar has been added. So,
>> that means I no longer eat it. (
>
> When we were wee, we used to have a stick of rhubarb and a bag of sugar in
> which to dip it <munch, munch>
>
My grandma would give us sugar in a square of wax paper and we would sit
out by the garden in her big wooden lawn chairs munching away.. These days
I rarely make rhubarb recipes because of type two diabetes. .......Sharon