New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
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Is, "A TALKS
PIES COMroTEs AND DRINKS MADE OF
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Network housee.lvoa being abe - provision
their homes from tho abundance offered In tho
great markets which are supplied from an quar-
tors Of the globe. can hardly understand inc
scarcity - variety which prevailed IN olden tines
when the table furnished chiefly with fruiis
and vegetables from the adjacent fields. The hrs'
rhubarh or spring fruit ns 30 vas then called,
was welcomed as eagerly ae ihe fret strawberries
are to-day Even when lemons and oranges could
loo obtained they were scarce and costly, compared
with their price to-day There Was nothing 10 he
found IN marke, unin the first Wild strawberries
riponcd 20 meet tho need felt FOR fruit acids
A, III, season except possibly In summer ~n'n
fruits ~ an kinds abundant. are acids so ne''s
sary 10 health they are row. Tn" dish oi greens
I'm rg dressing ~ vinegar meets this demand. 10
souo extent hu, nothing Us more satisfactory than
tho delicious acld Or good rhuharb
The introduction % rhuharb into culinary Use I'm
tho eighteenth century marked an epoch IN I'M
provement 200 the health % the common people.
This Introduction was due 10 tho attempts ~ Euro
moan. ,o discover tho plant from which me m'dio-
nal -hubsrb root ~ commerce was derived Though
n Wa used in Pho pra-fc" Of ply si'ans in 'h' Oh
~ Antony and cleopatra. th" exact plant from
which ~ is taken o. suu unknown. 50 'ar these
clever Tartar merchants Who haf" for 'eh'"rl'r
TINS ouivif,ei civilization keep their secret and
have defined nll efforts 20 steal IL from them
The rhtlarh OF o,i~ gardens Rheum rnaponn-
cum vas ON. ~ the varieties OF rhuharh which
they ralucd OF on traders for tho eenuiu" plant
from which the medicina root IL taken. while T.
po-sosses some ~ tho medicinal powers or me
hest Russian rhuharh - IS Inferior 10 that
variety The acid ~ us -taik. however. was soon
found TO be- valuable anti sccrhutic. and u began
20 pc freely used In the household our ancestors
used n Tor all kinds u dishes. making soups and
rnea, sauces from us ACID stalks.
The dishes that have survived as tho hitHst foi
the table Of 10 day are pies and conpo'es. \ good
ACID drink for invalids may also be MADE OF the
stalks
nron.rly made rhubars pi" delicious dessert
7, moods no eggs or ihi-kcnirg ~ fcur. hu' must
ne made ~ tho tondercst rcd rhuharh Stake ami
sugar and tho best pun paste Line win pastry
pie pla'c. cho-s. one with strolghi rim 80 Least
IN inch and q quarter high 'ut up m" rhro'rn
a. lengths ~ ha.f IN inch. DO not peel fhe stalks.
tIf ont the pieces over the IRE in porceian-lned
saucepan and STIR them for three minutes. WIN
.,,.,r e-oryh 70 v.eefen Tn. amount ~ rhuhArh
and sugar depends upon tho size of me pie fNt
The stalks I'm the pie plate. heapins ineW a d, TO-
I'm the centre 10 not add water or anything else
huf cover the nj. securely with thin layer Of pun
paste slashing the crust well 70 let of the steam
and prevent the pie from bursting rs crust At the
Eake sixty minutes in quick oven. Dredge
-, 3, hack Inn tho oven FOR three minutes. ~ let
the sugar melt As as It IS cold. or when II
\ compete Of rhuharb IS made % the unpeeecd
stalks cut into hal'-inch lengths. and stow In
their own juice with about one .ha.i th'lr weight
~ sugar 4 thick sioueware pipkin is good dish
10 cook them in The juice must slow draw out
and no water must be added. When t is as tender
as possible but not broken into pieces IT. Is done.
Many persons add more SUGAR Just betor" taking
r. up Some tastes would demand half AS much
again a. has been already used. some the same
quaniity. Let the rhubarb boil ton minutes after
adding the sugar The second lin; u should b" a
rich red sauce not pale aud coorcss. Tho skin IS
Inc best favor OF any part Of ihe stalk To make a
drink STRAIN on the juice ~ this compete before 70
bolts down MIX Aid ne yea@W peel "' I nn,,, .
II with two pnts 81 water and add sugar 10 taste.