Rhubarb Custard Bars Recipe

🌱Rhubarb patch! Over the years this patch continues to proliferate and shine with vigor. This started out with young crowns 11 years ago with a diameter of 12 inches, now the two patches grow with a spread of 6.5 feet boasting with beautiful leaves and tinged red stalks! There are multiple plants in each mound, which I plan to divide this autumn. 🌱This variety is called, Victoria. Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) is a cold hardy perennial vegetable to USDA zones 2-10. It is grown for its tart and e

Good morning! Have you ever tried forcing rhubarb? You’ll not only get an earlier harvest but the stalks or petioles will be milder in flavor as stored sugars are concentrated in them instead of the leaves. Due to blocked sunlight, the leaves will be pale, but look at how gorgeous the reddish-pink petioles are! (Leaves are toxic!) We usually start to force rhubarb in the Pacific Northwest in January-February and are harvested in March-April. ✳️It’s best to wait for your plants to establish befor

My favourite pie is a classic strawberry rhubarb pie. I just love the balance of the sweet and tart. It also symbolizes the start of summer for me here in Eastern Canada. Last year this time I shared my Classic Strawberry Pie recipe and this year I had a similar craving but wanted something that was a bit easier to make. | Andy’s East Coast Kitchen

Rhubarb Pie