Rhubarb Sauce
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I remember so well the time back in the early 1920s spent with my aunt and two cousins in Salem Depot, New Hampshire, every summer. My aunt was a wonderful cook, and one of the things I remember most is the rhubarb sauce she made. It tasted as though it had been mixed with strawberries. After I was married in 1936, she gave me her recipe for rhubarb sauce. I have shared it with many friends, and everyone agrees: Follow the recipe to a T and you will have the most delicious rhubarb sauce you have ever tasted.
- 2 cups water
- 2 scant cups sugar
- 3 pounds rhubarb cut into 1-inch pieces
Make a syrup with the water and sugar. Boil together a few minutes.
Add rhubarb to syrup when it starts boiling in center. Watch closely and let boil just 1 minute.
Now here is the trick that makes ordinary rhubarb sauce a Sauce Deluxe: Pour into a bowl or pan with a tight cover. Leave tightly covered until cold, and you will find a sauce very different from any you have ever eaten.
Reviews by Readers
This is, bar none, the best stewed rhubarb ever. It takes all the guess-work out of water and sugar quantities. It should be reprinted every rhubarb season. – Anonymous Review
I can't believe you would spoil rhubarb by adding 2 cups of sugar. I make a delicious sauce with less than a cup of sugar. If I made your recipe my engine would over rev up and burn out. – Reviewed by Wally Rockwell
Thanks so much for sharing your rhubarb recipe. I haven't had rhubarb sauce taste this good for well over 30 years. I've even gone out and bought my very own rhubarb plants for next year. – Anonymous Review
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