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I got so excited last week when I went to the 'big' city to shop, I found some lovely Rhubarb for sale.
So I grabbed it.
OK, I hurried up and threw it in my cart, then giggled as I put it gently in my fridge.
And now that I have a couple of hours, I'm going to make a taste of my childhood.
I used to get into trouble when I was a kid, my sister and I would go out to the Rhubarb patch, pick the young slender stalks and then go get some sugar in a cup and proceed to eat the rhubarb, bite by delicious bite dipped into the sugar. My mouth is getting all happy thinking about it.
Mom would cook the Rhubarb into a delicious pudding and we'd have it with some fresh cream from our cow, and life was good. Or she'd…
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