A Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Pie Worth Brawling Over

Because I grew upward listening to baseball game on the radio, whenever I heard the discussion “rhubarb,” I wouldn’t intend of something edible in addition to delicious similar this amazing Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, I’d intend of fights.

Back inwards the early on days of radio, when they wanted to acquire the audio consequence of an angry mob, they’d tell the performers to repeat the discussion “rhubarb,” over in addition to over. It sounds heated in addition to contentious, withal the listener doesn’t hear whatsoever specific words.

Baseball announcers of the same era began to telephone band baseball game fights “rhubarbs,” since they sounded in addition to thence much similar those radio effects. I didn’t acquire nearly this until recently, in addition to it made me intend of all the games I’d listened to during all those summers, in addition to how never 1 time when I heard “rhubarb,” did I intend of pie.

That was until I got this wonderful recipe from my woman raise Pauline, who I believe got it from my Aunt Angela. As y'all longtime readers know, both are fantastic bakers in addition to land I beloved all their pies, this mightiness endure my favorite.

So, when Matt Cain drills Matt Kemp inwards the dorsum this summer, in addition to he charges the mound prompting an ugly benches-clearing brawl, in addition to the play-by-play guy says, “we’ve got ourselves a existent rhubarb now,” I volition intend of this pie. This delicious, stone oil in addition to fall pie. Enjoy!

3 cups sliced rhubarb

1 loving cup quartered strawberries

3 large eggs

pinch of fresh nutmeg

3 tbsp milk

3 tbsp all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

*I didn’t mention, only I added a real tiny pinch of salt
1 tbsp butter for "dotting"
pie dough for 1 9-inch crust 
For the glaze:
2 tbsp jam amongst 1/4 tsp water, warmed inwards microwave

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