[Magdalen] Rhubarb cookies

[sally.davies at gmail.com]

We used to grow both rhubarb and asparagus in Zimbabwe. I don't recall the
asparagus doing much, it just looked like a fern. But the rhubarb was
plentiful. My silkworms ate the leaves tho we were warned not to as they
are poisonous.

Harare is in the tropics but the only really unpleasant heat is in October
before the rains start. Summer rainfall cools things down in the
afternoons, and Winters are cold overnight, often with heavy frost.

It's a really beautiful climate though I much prefer living near the sea. I
like rhubarb, my mom in law used to make it often, serving with custard or
sometimes ice cream.

Sally D
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 at 06:00 Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I roast it when it appears in our bounty share box. I eat it but I do not
> like it. As for white asparagus, ISTM that it would lose many nutrients
> :-(p
>
> On Saturday, March 14, 2015, Jim Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
>
> > Asparagus is part of the proof that God loves us.  I marinate briefly in
> > evoo and garlic with a little salt and pepper and grill it on high heat
> for
> > a few minutes.
> >
> > Jim Handsfield
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Mar 14, 2015, at 11:24 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 3/14/2015 9:51:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > jay.weigel at gmail.com <javascript:;> writes:
> > >
> > > Asparagus? You can have mine. All of it.  Please.>>>
> > >
> > > The French and the Germans are wild about it, especially in its
> > > white form.  They carefully pile up the soil around the  sprouting
> > > asparagus spears so there is no photosynthesis and no greening
> > > of the chlorophyll.  The white variety is felt to be more tender,  and
> > > commands a high price.
> > >
> > > For me, I like asparagus, but don't find that much difference
> > > between ordinary green asparagus and white asparagus.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David Strang.
> > >
> > >
> >
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