tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7348724657408725256..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Confiture de rhubarbeKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42232498163940069122012-07-26T09:19:13.956+02:002012-07-26T09:19:13.956+02:00I buy rhubarb at the farmer's market here in B...I buy rhubarb at the farmer's market here in British Columbia. One of the best things I have made with it is a rhubarb-apple crisp. Yummy! Our neighbor Otto makes rhubarb wine. It has a different taste but is pretty good!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672462879258564321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-69059007747469051952012-07-26T01:41:57.395+02:002012-07-26T01:41:57.395+02:00Wonderful post, and that looks gorgeous to eat!Wonderful post, and that looks gorgeous to eat!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65244873113575911902012-07-26T00:53:21.427+02:002012-07-26T00:53:21.427+02:003.8 is pretty weak but it was only 2 miles away, i...3.8 is pretty weak but it was only 2 miles away, in the ocean, so it woke up the South Bay area. The thing is, you never know if it is going to stop or get stronger so you just brace yourself. After all these years, I still HATE them.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031276247743743680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-71372737312226313652012-07-25T23:00:02.404+02:002012-07-25T23:00:02.404+02:00Our neighbour who runs the local boulangerie has g...Our neighbour who runs the local boulangerie has given us a pot made fron rhubarb we gave her from our patch,<br /><br />Toast and rhubarb jam for breakfast tomorrow ...GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82593973018756171152012-07-25T21:51:51.674+02:002012-07-25T21:51:51.674+02:00rhubarb crumble is one of my favourite deserts [th...rhubarb crumble is one of my favourite deserts [though without the custard they drown it in in the UK]. Have never made it into confiture --looks yummy. AntoinetteNiall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-63955370069100219842012-07-25T21:00:34.018+02:002012-07-25T21:00:34.018+02:00Hello Starman, I cool the jars upside down because...Hello Starman, I cool the jars upside down because I read or saw on TV that that was a good thing to do. Probably a superstition. It works, though, and does no harm.<br /><br />Bob, Stan and Lorraine had a big rhubarb patch in Urbana. I had never come across rhubarb before I did house-sitting for them. Then, in the early '80s, I had friends in the country near Fontainebleau who had a rhubarb patch and made great jam. That's when I really understood...<br /><br />Nadège, 3.8? Isn't that a weekly occurrence? Rhubarb compote is good too, for sure.<br /><br />Autolycus, really. It is pretty acidic. But I like the taste. On toast, with plenty of butter.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76089836641849697002012-07-25T19:30:06.031+02:002012-07-25T19:30:06.031+02:00Why do you cool the jars upside down?Why do you cool the jars upside down?Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-61270887874785931702012-07-25T18:23:54.274+02:002012-07-25T18:23:54.274+02:00It's good to have a variety of crops for the v...It's good to have a variety of crops for the variety of summers I suppose. Your jam set up perfectly. I hope you get some plums this year. I'm having a hard time believing that your apple trees are not putting out. I never saw so many apples as you had last summer.<br /><br />Nadage, my son in San Diego is getting used to earthquakes, but I doubt if I ever would.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31934329943628489312012-07-25T15:40:13.113+02:002012-07-25T15:40:13.113+02:00It's the very tartness of rhubarb that makes i...It's the very tartness of rhubarb that makes it attractive, especially when paired with a sweet crumble topping and/or custard. And the reason why it's so tart also makes it an excellent way to bring up the shine inside your saucepans!Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75436151048197796632012-07-25T15:12:01.216+02:002012-07-25T15:12:01.216+02:00My mother made rhubarb pie when I was a child grow...My mother made rhubarb pie when I was a child growing up in Homer, Illinois. I remember chewing on the stalks, too, when no pie was available. Nowadays, Norma makes a rhubarb strawberry pie that is to die for. Your rhubarb jam looks great, Ken, even if it is labor intensive.Bob Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-27039607540696215202012-07-25T13:43:58.268+02:002012-07-25T13:43:58.268+02:00What a lot of work, especially
the milling. But th...What a lot of work, especially<br />the milling. But the results<br />look wonderful, gorgeous color.<br />Interesting way to awaken, Nadege.Sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9485624494256160772012-07-25T12:54:20.028+02:002012-07-25T12:54:20.028+02:00I never had rhubarb jam before but I make a compot...I never had rhubarb jam before but I make a compote every once in a while. It is delicious! (woke up early today; we had an earthquake).Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031276247743743680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65524671866986825302012-07-25T10:33:30.008+02:002012-07-25T10:33:30.008+02:00I don't know who the Mary Grace comments come ...I don't know who the Mary Grace comments come from. It must be a person, not a robot, because the WV supposedly screens out robots. Mystère...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8802904709728812622012-07-25T09:54:14.809+02:002012-07-25T09:54:14.809+02:00Confiture de rhubarbe is one of my favorites. Rhub...Confiture de rhubarbe is one of my favorites. Rhubarb is also good, as you said, mixed with other fruits.<br /><br />It seems that Mary Grace went through. Could it be considered as semi-spam? Or is it that WV is not full-proof?chmnoreply@blogger.com