Relaxing

I celebrated the holiday with visiting family. With the cooperation of the weather (sunny and about 78 degrees) we had a picnic. The food was great, the conversation lively and all was well.

Strawberries Again!

We moved to Wisconsin about two months ago from Virginia and because of the timing of our move, we have been experiencing a second spring. One of the major advantages of that is two strawberry seasons!!! They are locally grown too. This time I mostly ate them as strawberry shortcake with cream and a little whipped topping. Mmmmmm, Mmmmmmm, Mmmmmmm!

Rhubarb Custard Pie Update

Just wanted to let you know, the Rhubarb Custard Pie, which I hadn't tried when I posted the recipe, was GREAT!!!!!!

Rhubarb Custard Pie

Well, we are now officially living back in the midwest. One of my first midwestern things to do was make a rhubarb custard pie with my mom. Haven't tried it yet, but we made one last year from the same recipe and it was delish! Here it is:

Rhubarb Custard Pie

Double Pie Crust from your favorite recipe

3 eggs

3 Tbsp milk

2 cups sugar

1/4 cup flour

3/4 tsp. nutmeg

4 cups rhubarb, cut up

1 Tbsp butter

Beat eggs slightly and add the milk. Mix sugar, flour, nutmeg and stir into the egg mixture. Mix in the rhubarb. Pour into an unbaked pastry lined pan. Dot with butter. Top with second pie crust. Brush milk and dust sugar on top of crust. Bake at 400 for 50 to 60 minutes.

From St Joe's Parrish Cookbook

Menomonie, Wisconsin

There was a wind a few days ago and while on a walk we found these sweet little bird's nests on the ground. On the same walk we went down a path

and found wisteria in full bloom everywhere. There were lots of bees too, you could hear them from quite a ways away.

Really Fresh Asparagus

Two days ago it was finally ready!

We have had wild asparagus come up in the field behind our house before and we have been scanning it for a few weeks hoping to find a spear or two poking out of the grass. We found some old dried stalks from last year (the ones we didn't find) and at the base of one it looked purplish green, so I carefully broke off the top in sections. Inside was the beginning of a new spear only about two inches long. We have been watching it grow an inch or two a day and finally it was ready to eat. We decided to just eat it raw. My husband and I took turns taking bites off the top and after about four total bites, it was gone. Mmmmmmmmmm, it was tasty.

Cookbooks

I really like to cook and having a nice selection of cookbooks is a real treat. We are moving soon and I plan on marking the cookbook boxes with a big red mark so I can open them first and get to it! That might not be on the first night though!