Two Seasons...29º

Yesterday was definitely a two season day...It started with birds chirping and sun breaking through the clouds....The next time I looked out the window it was snowing so hard we couldn't see acrossed our street...This continued all day long...Spring/winter, spring/winter!..I ventured outside once for a quick trip around the flowerbeds to see what seasoned perenial dared stick its head above ground.

Early yesterday morning I mentioned the possibility of making a rhubarb pie/crisp for dinner...Herb didn't waste any time pulling and trimming the lovely red stalks...They awaited me in the kitchen sink, where I rinsed, then cut them into chunks.

Chunked and waiting

This is only one of our favorite pies...If dessert is in the offering at our house it will usually be pie...This blog can go several different ways, such as; Rhubarb pie recipe, cook book that the recipe is found in, the cook book was a wedding gift, apple pie and cheese or any kind of pie and cheese, this very rhubarb root that we planted some 40 years ago when we moved to Barton Heights, how prolific this rhubarb is or how I keep changing to different pie crust recipes.

I posted a photo on Facebook yesterday and will post here for my friends not on Facebook...I call it rustic because the crust instead of fluted around the edges is merely folded over the filling and small pieces of leftover crust is scattered on top of the pie to make an easy double crust.

Rustic Rhubarb Cream Pie

This cook book has been well used.

It was tempting to have dessert first as the pie cooled in the back room but we waited until after our dinner of spaghetti and asparagus before diving into the sweet/tart pie with Tillamook extra sharp white cheddar cheese on the side...Hugs to All...OWAV:)

Dinner

Dessert