On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:12:10 -0400, Kate Connally >
wrote:

>Well, it used to be a farm. My best friend lives
>on what was once the family farm. It's smaller now,
>but there's a neat old farm house and a cherry tree
>out back and and grape vines and a rhubarb patch that's
>about 30 years old.
>
>I went to visit on Sat. We picked cherries. Due to
>circumstances to involved to go into out of the equivalent
>of at least 6 quarts only end up with about 4 cups of
>pitted cherries.

Would one of those circumstances involve stuffing so many into your
mouth that you lost consciousness for a moment?

>Gonna have to make a very small pie.
>
>Picked a ton of rhubarb and spend all morning Sunday
>cleaning it and dicing it up. Got 4 bags of about 5-6
>cups each. Next weekend it's Rhubarb Custard Cake for
>sure! All this fruit is in the freezer. Didn't have
>the time or energy to make anything on Sunday.
>
>My friend also gave me a large bunch of fresh oregano.
>She has more than she knows what to do with.
>
>It was a very productive weekend. Can't wait for my
>first rhubarb custard cake of the year. Yum!
>
>Kate

Ain't summer grand? I'm already planning on what to do with my figs.


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