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34 THE RURAL VOICE
including Grandmother's delicious
Pucker Pie. If you don't have a
backyard patch of rhubarb, you can
pick up some in the produce
department of grocery stores when in
season or you can look for a mess at
the farmer's market.
Aleta's Pucker Pie
Prepare and roll out your favorite
pie crust pastry for a 10" double -
crusted
deep dish pie. (My grandmother
made her own snowy white lard and
her pie crusts were exceptionally
light and flaky.)
Fit bottom crust into pie plate.
For filling, mix together 6
tablespoons cornstarch and 1 cup of
sugar (more or less to suit taste).
Grandmother never had much sugar
to spare, so her pies were always
mouthwateringly tart and this is how
I still like mine today!
Blend inbeaten yolks of 2 or 3
eggs depending on size. We had our
own eggs on the farm so
Grandmother did not need to skimp
on these. Add 5 cups of rhubarb that
has been skinned (the membranous
sheaths peeled off and discarded) and
sliced into small pieces about the size
of soup: celery.
Pour filling into crust. Dust with
cinnamon and dot with butter. Cover
with top crust, flute and prick.
Bake at 425F for 15 minutes.
Reduce heat and bake 350F for about
30 minutes longer. My Grandmother
baked her pies in a wood stove oven
that was heated "just so" until they
were fragrant and golden.
Serve hot or cold drizzled with a
spoon of fresh sweet cream. Or with
whipped or ice cream. Also good
with a wedge of sharp cheddar.
Variations:
Strawberry Pucker Pie:
In earlier parts of summer when
strawberries are in season, replace I
cup of the rhubarb with 1 cup of
sliced strawberries.
Raspberry Pucker Pie:
When raspberries come into
season in later parts of the summer,
replace 1 cup of the rhubarb with I
cup of raspberries.
Rhubarb -quencher
When I was a kid, Grandmother
did not have easy access to lemons so
lemonade was unheard of. One of our
favorite summertime drinks was
rhubarb -quencher.
I tell you, nothing satisfies the