Geeze, I didn't know anyone remembered strawberry rhubarb. You'd think strawberry rhubarb would be common all over -- but I haven't had a good one in decades.
Then again, that may be where I live. I was raised in Florida when it was a southern state (left when Disney arrived) but my parents were transplants from New England. Unfortunately, I was too macho as a kid to learn how to cook. Learned living on my own, of course, but the family recipes weren't easily adapted to my eat-from-the-pot no patience personality and are now gone forever.
My wife is from coastal South Carolina and she *tried* early on to fix some of the meals I described from my youth. Made a mincemeat pie from some stuff in a can. I ate it because we were still newlyweds, but my mom would have died before serving it. I didn't try to explain hard sauce. (And don't get me started on sweet potato pie/pumpkin pie.)
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Date: 2006-04-06 10:01 am (UTC)You'd think strawberry rhubarb would be common all over -- but I haven't had a good one in decades.
Then again, that may be where I live. I was raised in Florida when it was a southern state (left when Disney arrived) but my parents were transplants from New England. Unfortunately, I was too macho as a kid to learn how to cook. Learned living on my own, of course, but the family recipes weren't easily adapted to my eat-from-the-pot no patience personality and are now gone forever.
My wife is from coastal South Carolina and she *tried* early on to fix some of the meals I described from my youth. Made a mincemeat pie from some stuff in a can. I ate it because we were still newlyweds, but my mom would have died before serving it. I didn't try to explain hard sauce. (And don't get me started on sweet potato pie/pumpkin pie.)