That's funny, I've always found strawberry-rhubarb to be sickly sweet. I think grocery stores and home cooks tend to go overboard with the sugar and strawberries, in an attempt to tame the tartness of the rhubarb.DougJoe wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 1:19 amAh, ok. I do use lots of nutmeg usually.sweetandcool wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 10:25 pmBay leaf kind of reminds me of nutmeg.
Your version of vanilla sounds yummy (:
Also, I forgot to acknowledge that berries are a fine addition that I forgot about.
Yeah, I'd encourage you to try infusing your milk/cream with flavour, since you can do just about anything. Earl Grey is another choice I really like.
I did not like it when I was younger, way too tart. That was a few dozen orbits back, though.
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i highly supportDougJoe wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 2:19 pmIs it a thing where you live? If so, what do you think of it? (Especially those of you on the other side of the big pond - I've watched a lot of GBBO and tastes seem different when it comes to fruit pies such that I'm really curious). We have a small patch of Rhubarb in our yard and my wife made a spectacular pie yesterday and it got me wondering...
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In Italy rhubarb is mainly used to make a relatively light liqueur, the most well-known brand being Rabarbaro Zucca.
But ages ago my grandma always had rhubarb candies for me, bittersweet and so good. Or the even more bitter boldo/artichoke ones. I still remember that taste, although I still don't know what Boldo is :D
But ages ago my grandma always had rhubarb candies for me, bittersweet and so good. Or the even more bitter boldo/artichoke ones. I still remember that taste, although I still don't know what Boldo is :D
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We made rhubarb gin one year. Sadly it tasted of rhubarb.gimix wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 7:43 amIn Italy rhubarb is mainly used to make a relatively light liqueur, the most well-known brand being Rabarbaro Zucca.
But ages ago my grandma always had rhubarb candies for me, bittersweet and so good. Or the even more bitter boldo/artichoke ones. I still remember that taste, although I still don't know what Boldo is :D
Truth be told I don't mind rhubarb. The trouble is that rhubarb plants make far more rhubarb than you could possibly want. Crumble is far inferior to pie, and rhubarb pie is far inferior to apple and blackberry pie (which is the king of desert pies). But a stick of rhubarb dunked in sugar is pleasant enough, and rhubarb when cooked benefits massively from ginger.
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Straight apple pie is still my favorite, and I also prefer a pie to a crumble, although when I make apple I will sometimes do a pie crust with a crumble top because pastry hates me and I get flustered and impatient enough and just say "screw it" instead of doing a full or lattice top.Octavious wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 9:32 pmTruth be told I don't mind rhubarb. The trouble is that rhubarb plants make far more rhubarb than you could possibly want. Crumble is far inferior to pie, and rhubarb pie is far inferior to apple and blackberry pie (which is the king of desert pies). But a stick of rhubarb dunked in sugar is pleasant enough, and rhubarb when cooked benefits massively from ginger.
My wife has made simple syrup out of rhubarb to use in cocktails, it works pretty well. You're not wrong about growing more than can be used at the time when it is ripe, although a couple of years we've frozen some to use later.
Ginger, eh? Gotta try that.
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...gotta avoid that strawberry pie goo they sell at the stores.sweetandcool wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 1:28 am
That's funny, I've always found strawberry-rhubarb to be sickly sweet. I think grocery stores and home cooks tend to go overboard with the sugar and strawberries, in an attempt to tame the tartness of the rhubarb.
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Rhubarb Pie is awesome. My mother made it with and without strawberries. I have not had any in a long time. I often look for it but cannot find it in the area where I live now. I don't know if I'd like anyone else's rhubarb pie because I would compare it to my mother's. Much like I don't totally enjoy anyone else's Lasagna other than my mother-in-law's Lasagna. She made the best.
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