[Magdalen] Rhubarb cookies

[Lynn Ronkainen]

My mom made homemade pies, mostly fresh fruit - Apple, peach, pear and rhubarb - all through my growing up years and I too became a pie maker. I've rarely had a fruit pie from bakery or grocery that was as good as homemade. TX is too hot for growing rhubarb and it was waaay too expensive fresh so I discovered that several of the big chain grocery stores sell it frozen and it makes a great pie! David maybe you can see if your housekeeper makes pies ; )
Lynn

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On Mar 11, 2015, at 10:29 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:




Re rhubarb (and it should be clear that this is NOT about rhubarb  COOKIES):

My mother used to make some wonderful rhubarb pies during the 
spring season, and she also put up a rhubarb sauce served like
a pudding, and to which she referred as "spring tonic".

I've had little rhubarb since my youth, though there was a company
headquartered in Michigan called  "Chef Pierre" that put out a  wonderful
rhubarb pie (among others) back in the 1980's, but I have been 
unsuccessful in finding them here recently.

To my surprise, Sam's (as in Wal Mart) occasionally carries rhubarb
pie.  Sadly, the pie is essentially inedible, tasteless and  chewy.



David Strang.