Bren -- here is the Rhubard recipe and it is my favourite of all the rhubarb things I have made--

Rhubarb Custard Bars

2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup cold butter or margarine


Combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press into a greased 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 F for 10 minutes.

FILLING

2 cups sugar
7 tablespoons flour
1 cup whipping cream
3 beaten eggs
5 cups finely chopped rhubarb

Combine sugar and flour. Whisk in cream and eggs. Add rhubarb. Pour over the baked crust. Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes or until custard is set.

TOPPING

2 packages (3 ounce) cream cheese softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup whipping cream, whipped

Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Fold in whipped cream. Spread over top of cooled bars. Store in the refrigerator. Enjoy.

I only hope that when I'm considered 'old', I'am also cnsidered 'sweet' and my neighbours bring me yummy stuff. What a nice neighbourly gesture I also love the Blue Willow.

Now, off the computer and going to make some spool/reel tops and blocks, as I have finally chosen my background. Apparently this is 'Quilting Weekend', so I'm going to comply!

Reetzbobeetz wrote: I love how the teapot stand tones in with the teapot & willow pattern

Good luck with the recipe, I tend to be very chuck it & duck with it and so far it has always worked.

I think that I will have to go and soak some fruit myself, after all this talk

Millboroquilter wrote: another Idea - could you do a write up with the pattern and put them in the projects section?

I am so pleased it worked Bren, I was a little worried. Your afternoon tea set up looks very inviting - blue willow pattern and all. Hope the ladies like the brack.

Rosemary, I am going to try your recipe tomorrow to see if it is the same as mine.

AWESOME Tea Brack, Earl Grey was good! Cran Raisins were great! Will share 2nd loaf with 2 neighbor ladies one is blind the other is just old and sweet!
So I really enjoyed this recipe and The clean up was great....
Thanks Rita!

sugarmuffin57 wrote:
atually I made the pattern from an old pair that my hubby wore as a child. but I can try to scan my hand drawn pattern and email it but it will be a few days I need to get out and catch up on tagging and pairing the calves. remind me ok!

Good morning all. Happy Friday. Someone asked if I use fresh zucchini and yes. If you use frozen let it thaw drain in a strainer. Sometimes I take paper towel and squeeze more water through the strainer to get more of the water out.
The boots are adorable. Enjoy the day.
Sharon - its supposed together to 80 today

I thought that I had posted my variation of 'Barm brack', but that post seems to have disappeared into the ether - but then it was late at night. So to recap, my recipe comes from the Hamlyn All Colour Cook Book and doesn't contain yeast despite the name.

12 fl oz cold tea
7 oz soft brown sugar
12 oz mixed dried fruit
10 oz self-raising flour
1 egg

Prepared the same way as Rita's un less you want to try my short cut (because I usually forget to set the fruit to soak ) where by I simmer the fruit in the tea and sugar for about 1/2 hour then add the flour & egg - just be careful that the mixture is not too hot when you add the egg in case it cooks it at the wrong time. In one loaf tin the cooking time is approx 1 hr 45 min, in 2 tins, about 1 hour.

I also chuck in extra fruit, because when this book first came out, you could grab a handful of sultanas and only one or two of them would squish between the fingers, these days in a handful of sultanas they all squish, therefore you are obviously not getting so many fruit to the pound because they are not as dried as they used to be

I love the booties. I want to make some. Where did you find the pattern?

Reetzbobeetz wrote:

I am laughing so hard this morning Rita! No, No the gravel is in the carpet in the truck and the car, after I washed them I vaccumed out the gravel, no oil roads or hwys out here on the ranch so every time you get in and out of an outfit you track sand and gravel into the auto. So "THAT" was the gravel I vaccumed... your too funny! I just wish it was sand and gravel in the tractors that clean up each spring it's a little moer fragrant if you know what I mean! LOL! I love spring cleaning, I get the bug and can't stop till everything is spick and span, then I can get down to work. Planting time! my oven is on so I will let ya know how it turns out.

Bren - my goodness aren't those cute cowboy boots!! Congratulations and I know you'll be making more things for that cutie! I love this exchange and the posts. The recipes look great. I've got to work today, but if I feel up to it, I want to try that tea brack. It looks SOOOO good!
Everyone have a happy day!! Nancy

Also congrats to everyone for all the packages arriving so we can put Rosemary and Lorna to work, and play, and sort, and baste and museum hop!

Bren, congratulations on your third grandchild! The boots look adorable--never seen anything like that before, just adorable! Renata

Bren, I will be interested to see how the Earl Grey tea works out. I think the flavour is very strong but maybe it will be okay. And yes, any dried fruit will work. I just use raisins if I have nothing else in the store cupboard. Let us know how you get on. Sounds like you are a very tidy person - vacuuming the gravel? Would you not be better to do that inside the house

Congratulations on the new grandchild. Love those boots they are just adorable