RHUBARB FEST

My Aunt kindly brought me a bunch of Rhubarb, and i entertained myself all week by baking a variety of Rhubarb treats:

RHUBARB & APPLE CRUMBLE
This was an old Sunday Life recipe i'd clipped that calls for oats and flaked almonds to top. When i first made this crumble years ago, there were no plain rolled oats to be found, so i used HJTilson's muesli mix. It went down such a treat that it's been etched into the new recipe.





RHUBARB & APPLE GYOZA
I've had a bit of a love affair with gyoza's lately, after discovering how cheap and easy they are. More on that later. But i had leftover gyoza skins and decided that an Apple Rhubarb dessert dumpling was well worth a shot. I just stewed the Apple and Rhubarb a little with sugar, before pinching the gyoza's up, frying in oil and serving with icecream. Noice. P.S. I almost can't handle how cute this bambino Le Creuset pot is!





RHUBARB MUFFINS
A recipe from Stephanie Alexander's ever-helpful Cooks Companion. Simple as they may be, this was my favourite of the rhubarb incarnations. You can't go past a good fresh muffin in my book.





On a sidenote... when i went to cook muffins the other night, i reached into the pantry... and pulled out this VERY un-PC apron:



Yes, it does indeed read "New Orleans - Hurricane Season - A Category 5 Good Time!"

Whoa dude... i had completely forgotten about this apron, since it bore little significance when i bought it, back in July '05, just a month before Hurricane Katrina. Crikey... it seems what was once a tacky souvenir, is now historic memorabilia of utmost bad taste! I'll be interested to see what kind of souvenirs are on offer, and if these sorts are still around when i return to New Orleans in a few months time.