I'm a chocolate and carmel type of girl. When it comes to pies, it's all about the Carmel Pecan Silk Supreme Pie from Village Inn. Yes, that is the exact title. Fruit pies, no thank you. UNLESS of course, it's my Aunt Alaine's apple pie.
As newlyweds, our neighbors gave us a bunch of Rhubarb one day, along with a recipe for a Rhubarb Pie. Not only were my kitchen skills quite ametuer at the time, but I simply am not a fan of fruit pies. Is Rhubarb even a fruit? I don't know. ...oh wait, just googled it. It's actaully a member of the buckwheat family. Though eaten as a fruit, it is in fact a vegetable. I think right there explains why the look of the rhubarb did not appeal to me.
Well, I couldn't let our neighbor's gracious gift go to waste, so I put my apron on, and went to work. After hours of trying to prepare and bake this pie from scratch, what came out of the oven did not even resemble a pie. It was quite terrible. Cliff (who is NOT a picky eater AT ALL) couldn't even fake it. He just couldn't swallow it. I don't know what I did wrong?!
My baking skills have improved significantly since then, but I'm permantly done with buckwheat. 
Here we are from our newlywed days.
5 comments:
Haha...I'm with you girly girl...to me, there's not enough sugar to make rubarb taste good. It's basically purple/red celery, no? All of Alaine's fruit pies are yummy!
P.S. Could you photo-shop Stone's cute, little face into that basket of rubarb? It would look so much better...hehe!
I just figured out how to leave comments;) I'm with Con, Stones picture would look like a Anne Gedes photo. That is the name of the famous baby photographer, right? Aunt Leann
(AKA to Jordan Aunt LeLaine)
UMM I THINK I THREW UP A LITTLE IN MY MOUTH:)
I hope you guys can come soon!! maybe for ty's reception??? love ya!!
I didn't know rhubarb was a veggie masquerading as a fruit. You learn something new everyday. Your blog is great. Stone IS growing up! He's a smart little guy. And I like your description of your date with Cliff and "The Pickle". Very fun.
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