Who knew there were so many rhubarb lovers out there? Since I have gotten a number of thank yous for the recipes, I thought I would go ahead and post the rest of them. The first one is a dish that I can remember Gram making, the others are newspaper clippings that she had saved. Thanks to my cousin for sending them along!!

Scalloped Rhubarb
2 cups tender rhubarb cut up
1 cup sugar
3 cups fresh bread cubes, without crust
1/2 cup melted butter

Mix rhubarb and sugar in one bowl
Mix bread cubes and melted butter in another bowl. In a baking dish arrange a layer of rhubarb, a layer of bread cubes and repeat
Bake at 350 for 40 to 45 min.
Serve warm, topped with whipped cream or ice cream.
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Rhubarb Punch (newspaper clipping Gram saved)
24 thick stalks of rhubarb
juice of 6 large lemons
3 cups of sugar
2 cups of water
1 cup pineapple juice
Ginger ale or 7-Up (no amount mentioned)

Cut rhubarb in 1 inch pieces. Add enough water to cover.
Cook until soft. Put in food mill. It should measure 3 quarts of juice.

Dissolve sugar in 2 cups of water. Cook 10 min to make a syrup. Add
juice of lemons. Lemon juice should measure 2/3 cup. If you use small lemons it will take 10. Add all juices together, pineapple, lemon, rhubarb and sugar syrup.
To serve, put about 1/2 glass of syrup over ice and add either ginger ale, Sprite or 7-Up
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Rhubarb Upside Down Cake (newspaper clipping)
2 Tablespoons butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2/3 cup milk

Melt butter in a 9 x 1 1/2 round baking pan. Stir in brown sugar.
Arrange sliced rhubarb in pan. Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
In small mixer bowl beat shortening about 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar; beat until well combined. Add egg and vanilla; beat 1 minute. Add dry ingredients and milk alternately to beaten mixture, beating after each addition. Spread batter evenly over rhubarb. Bake in 350′ oven for 50 to 55 min. Cool in pan for 5 min; invert onto a serving plate. Serve warm. Makes 8 servings

shall we chat about Colonial House? Here are some of my observations:

1. I think they should have found Carolyn Heinz guilty of witchcraft and possibly stoned her to death. What a grating twit she is. ‘Now that he’s governor, I feel more myself’ – ick.

2. that part where they were sucking on the goat’s teat was more disturbing than the lamb butchering.

3. Don Wood is a hottie.

4. So is Danny Tisdale.

5. Do you know that they live in NYC , which isn’t all that far away?

6. Governor Heinz just about made me retch with his last line ‘We have run the race. We have kept our faith’. wonder how long he was rehearsing that one.

7. I really liked the Wyers family, even though their fundamentalist beliefs would make me crazy if I actually knew any of them.

8. I also really liked the Vorjees family.

9. did I mention my distaste for both flavors of Heinz?

10. I never knew that about the first Thanksgiving!!

shall we chat about Colonial House? Here are some of my observations:

1. I think they should have found Carolyn Heinz guilty of witchcraft and possibly stoned her to death. What a grating twit she is. ‘Now that he’s governor, I feel more myself’ – ick.

2. that part where they were sucking on the goat’s teat was more disturbing than the lamb butchering.

3. Don Wood is a hottie.

4. So is Danny Tisdale.

5. Do you know that they live in NYC , which isn’t all that far away?

6. Governor Heinz just about made me retch with his last line ‘We have run the race. We have kept our faith’. wonder how long he was rehearsing that one.

7. I really liked the Wyers family, even though their fundamentalist beliefs would make me crazy if I actually knew any of them.

8. I also really liked the Vorjees family.

9. did I mention my distaste for both flavors of Heinz?

10. I never knew that about the first Thanksgiving!!

I took Daughter #2 and her Girlfriend into the city on Sunday. She has been wanting to go there for sometime (she heard the shopping was great) and I thought that Sunday was as good a time as any. Our weekends get filled so quickly that I wasn’t sure when the next opportunity would be available. So back I went – and gladly!! Daughter #1 had no interest in coming along. She was content to stay home – but I think she will come with us next time. That is how it happens that I was in the city again, but this time with two 15-year-old-girls.

We took the subway to Canal Street and started walking. It was wall to wall people – so many shops, vendors and fly-by-night set ups. We were all agog! My companions were popping into every shop and stall. After about four blocks of this, they realized there was no way to see everything and we went off in search of lunch.

Joe Shanghai’s on Pell Street. They are famous for their dumplings, so that is what we ordered. Yum!!

Thus fortified, we went off walking again. We did so much walking, through Little Italy – stopping for some sorbetto – and then into SoHo. The girls were popping into all the stores along the way.

We made a celebrity sighting in SoHo. Will Smith was walking along the sidewalk after just finishing with some filming! He was very friendly – talking to people etc. and he looks exactly the way he appears on screen.

After a full day it was back on the subway to Penn and then home! We are in discussions about our next city adventure!

Being a plucky knitter, I brought my knitting for the train ride! I made a fair amount of headway on the first sleeve!