more rhubarb...

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i tried to include this photo with my post yesterday but it wouldn't upload- most of this is going into a pie tomorrow
-cary

ruminating about rhubarb...

i seem to have come out of the funk i've been in for over a month now- not feeling very creative besides what i do for the gallery (which appears creative to others but is really just me on autopilot)

anyway, i finally feel like sharing something, so here it is

one of my earliest food memories is biting into a stalk of rhubarb given to me by my great grandmother as i followed her around her garden in central indiana- it was quite a shock to the system but i learned to love the taste, to the point of daring other kids to see who could eat the most- i always won that bet

i fondly remember my greatgrandmother's "sloppy" pies, called such as she rarely bothered with a top crust- her sloppy apple pie topped with a slice of cheddar cheese will always be my favorite- as well as my grandmother's strawberry-rhubarb pie (complete with top crust) and served with my grandfather's home made ice cream

i recently tried my mother's recipe but found it too sweet, not enough of the sour/tart bite of the rhubarb that i love so

the following recipe came from the new york times magazine a couple of years ago- it will be the one i hand down

enjoy

5 cups sliced rhubarb

1 1/4 cups sugar

5 tablespoons flour

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1 1/2 tablespoons butter

use your favorite crust recipe (no need to post one here)

blend rhubarb, sugar, flour and cinnamon

pour into crust and dot with butter

add top crust (if you like, my great grandmother didn't always), trim, seal and cut vents

bake for 15 minutes at 425, reduce temp to 350 and bake 25-30 minutes more or until the pink rhubarb juice bubbles out the vent holes

serve with homeade ice cream (is there any other way?)

for those who need a little sweetness, you can substitute a cup (or two for the kids) of strawberries for the rhubarb

 

thanks, but no thanks...

so long dot mac...

with the loss of my dot mac account in 6 days i have been reviewing my old blog and dot mac photoalbums, all pre-flickr stuff- worth a look if you haven't seen it

a blogger i know printed off all his posts from his old blog before starting a new one- i thought about doing that, got as far as using the image capture device on my powerbook to save a few posts but doubt i'll do much more of it as it is quite time consuming

i have noticed how much more often i posted on the old blog- and i wrote a lot more and much better than i have been doing of late- i really need to put more effort into doing the same here

-cary

i've been thinking...

maybe too much, but that's what i do

watch this to learn more

-cary

welcome home...

spring on the mountain
Originally uploaded by carywd

after four long days in lovely eugene/springfield i return home to this!
it was forecast to happen but i just didn't want to believe it
despite the weather i got the dogs out for a much needed run in the park

recap...

here is the list of things i intended to post about this past week:

- st patrick's day meal
- b's new job
- dumpster diving for art
- the gallery
- tire blowout

- iphone

someday soon i hope to find the time to expand on any or all of these topics and to start taking this blogging thing seriously...

-cary

happy easter...

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five years on...

five years on...
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it seems positively surreal...

back to life...

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i'm feeling much better, yet not quite 100%
the recent nice weather has helped a lot- we spent last weekend cleaning up the back yard and getting the pond going again
spring has sprung on mt scott
-cary

flu bed

flu bed
Originally uploaded by carywd

this is where i've been for the better part of three days
the flu is an awful thing- the aches and pains, fever and chills, snot and phlegm- i wouldn't wish it on anyone (almost anyone)
i'm finally feeling well enough to get myself cleaned up and join the living, sort of...

back in a moment...

until i can sit down and catch up on everything i have wanted to post about, i want to get my oscar predictions out before the start of the show

here we go, more later

picture - no country for old men
actor - daniel day lewis
actress - marion cotillard
supporting actor - javier bardem
supporting actress - cate blanchett
director - coen bros. no country...
adapted screenplay - the diving bell and the butterfly
original screenplay - juno
cinematography - there will be blood
art direction - sweeney todd
costume design - sweeney todd
animated film - ratatouille
original song - falling slowly from once

it could have been very interesting...

super ads...

my picks for the best of the superbowl ads...

and this is getting old...

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yet another day of snow
six of the last seven days we've had snow up here
if i could stay home and watch it from the comfort of my newly rearranged front room (more about that soon) i wouldn't care so much but i have to get to the gallery and i'm a real "puss" when it comes to driving in inclement weather
what's it doing in los angeles? i'm thinking long and hard about a move there...