This post has been sitting in my drafts for a few months. We just got back from Canada, the weather here is far from breezy. But a picture of rhubarb squares on my phone reminded me of this winter’s longing. So I’m posting away. That, plus a recipe.
When we don’t know we think something…
there is smell and sound.
The weather has been hovering between breezy and warm and all the birds are rejoicing. I’m getting outside every day.
And sometimes when I step outside I have deja vu of Spring trips to Ontario. It’s the brick and blossoms and white legs of winter.
On a walk, I smelled someone cutting their grass. Inknew that if I closed my eyes, I could be lying in cool New Brunswick lawn and someone would be setting the porch table for hamburgers.
This morning, as I write at the kitchen table, the door is open. A man in shorts is trying to paint the stairs on the apartment next door. There is a table saw running somewhere.
The sounds of working and living and suddenly I imagine the rhubarb cake I used to make when winter was a season that finally broke and things began to grow.
I don’t think I’ve felt this homesick yet. All for the sake of a rhubarb cake.
Rhubarb Custard Squares
Mix 1 1/2 c. flour + 3/4 c. cold butter + 1/4 c. sugar in 9×13 pan. Press flat. Cook at 350 for 15 minutes. Turn oven down to 325.
In a bowl mix 3 eggs+ 1 c. sugar + 1/2 c. flour + 1/2 tsp. salt + 1 tsp vanilla + 4 c. diced rhubarb. Stir and pour over crust.
Bake for 35-45 minutes or until custard has set.