I hope everyone had a good weekend!
I was just sharing in the gardening thread that my Mother is bringing home part of the Rhubarb plant from my Grandparent's backyard for me to plant here. Boy that brings back memories for me!! When my cousin's and I were kids our Grandpa would cut us a stalk of rhubarb and Gram would give us a little dish with white sugar in it. We'd dip the rhubarb in the sugar and just bite it off. Yummy!
But the BEST was Gram's rhubarb pie! My Gram really had the touch when it came to pie making and she always let us kids help. I'm reading that it takes 3 years before you can harvest your own rhubarb; but I really want to be able to make a rhubarb pie with the plant that came from their yard. It could be a nice way to keep my Grandparent's with me.
What is your favorite kind of pie?
I always say that my favorite is raspberry! I'll order that if we are out and they have some. I haven't lived near my Grandparent's for over 20 years; but thanks to Facebook I have contact with some people I knew back then. A childhood friend's mother posted a picture this weekend from her birthday celebration. I recognized the place; it was the restaurant that got me started on raspberry pie! That place still looks the same after all these years!
So raspberry is my favorite; but if I'm cooking I almost always do apple pies. I love them! The only pie that topped Gram's rhubarb pie was her apple pie. Mine don't taste exactly like Gram's so that's probably why I can't say apple is my most favorite. At least not at the moment.
It's almost hard to pick because really any kind of fruit filled pie is good. The only one I don't like is store-bought apple pies. I'll eat them; but they are always full of syrupy filling with little fruit. Sometimes I will buy the mini-frozen pies as a treat for DH and I. I usually go with cherry there. I might have to do that tomorrow; since pies are clearly on my mind!
I was just sharing in the gardening thread that my Mother is bringing home part of the Rhubarb plant from my Grandparent's backyard for me to plant here. Boy that brings back memories for me!! When my cousin's and I were kids our Grandpa would cut us a stalk of rhubarb and Gram would give us a little dish with white sugar in it. We'd dip the rhubarb in the sugar and just bite it off. Yummy!
What is your favorite kind of pie?
I always say that my favorite is raspberry! I'll order that if we are out and they have some. I haven't lived near my Grandparent's for over 20 years; but thanks to Facebook I have contact with some people I knew back then. A childhood friend's mother posted a picture this weekend from her birthday celebration. I recognized the place; it was the restaurant that got me started on raspberry pie! That place still looks the same after all these years!
So raspberry is my favorite; but if I'm cooking I almost always do apple pies. I love them! The only pie that topped Gram's rhubarb pie was her apple pie. Mine don't taste exactly like Gram's so that's probably why I can't say apple is my most favorite. At least not at the moment.
It's almost hard to pick because really any kind of fruit filled pie is good. The only one I don't like is store-bought apple pies. I'll eat them; but they are always full of syrupy filling with little fruit. Sometimes I will buy the mini-frozen pies as a treat for DH and I. I usually go with cherry there. I might have to do that tomorrow; since pies are clearly on my mind!