Preparing the Fruit for Pies
Origin: Mobile, Alabama
Source: Abby Fisher, 1881
Ingredients
- 1 gill water
- 4 pounds rhubarb
- sugar
- cinnamon
Instructions
- Peel the rhubarb.
- Add one gill of water to four pounds rhubarb and cook.
- Sweeten to taste while cooking.
- Allow the fruit to cool completely before putting into pastry.
- For apples: prepare the same way as rhubarb, seasoning with cinnamon.
- For peaches: prepare the same way as rhubarb, seasoning with cinnamon.