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Title: Plain Old Rhubarb Pie Categories: Orange/lemo, Rhubarb, Tapioca Yield: 1 Servings A recipe of double pie crust 3 c Diced rhubarb 1 1/2 Sugar 2 tb Flour 1 tb Quick-cooking tapioca Grated rind of half a lemon -or orange 1/8 ts Salt 1 tb Butter Line a 9-inch pie tin with half the pastry and sprinkle a little flour over it. Combine rhubarb, sugar, tapioca, lemon rind and salt and put in pastry shell. Dot with butter. Arrange a lattice of pastry strips on top. Bake in moderate 350 degrees F. oven for 1 hour. Tips on Rhubarb 1. Rhubarb has medicinal value. 2. It is astringent, cathartic and a fine tonic. 3. It is much used as a gentle laxative for infants. 4. Herb book from 1597 states: "Steeped with anise, rhubarb helps the jaundice and such like diseases.....It purifieth the blood and makes young wenches to look faire and cherry-like. 5. Many people freeze young pink rhubarb in the spring when it is at its best. Others can the strained rhubarb juice for a refreshing summer drink. Some make wine of it, and some make a tart sherbet or sweet conserve of it. Rhubarb has a hundred uses, and here are a few good ways to prepare it. 6. It is high in floride. NOTES : Notes: Simple, easy, and delicious. Posted to recipelu-digest by Nadia Canty |