tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post4413148143793922533..comments2024-01-29T07:09:43.833-05:00Comments on Wild Rose Reader: RHUBARB: An Original Memoir PoemElaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-57284162469362756212011-06-24T07:27:50.562-04:002011-06-24T07:27:50.562-04:00Oh, Elaine, I think we have lived parallel lives. ...Oh, Elaine, I think we have lived parallel lives. I loved eating rhubarb from my grandmother's yard - she had it growing just outside the fence that surrounded the raspberry patch. And I, too, took care of my new grandson for my daughter when she returned to work. Four months worth, Monday-Friday - don't worry, you can do it! Lovely poem, thanks for posting it.Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-12775880456375290922011-06-22T23:36:50.445-04:002011-06-22T23:36:50.445-04:00How do you not have your own book of poems yet? I...How do you not have your own book of poems yet? I LOVE YOUR WRITING!Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-47995800493718861492011-06-19T22:01:18.687-04:002011-06-19T22:01:18.687-04:00I like your poem! My grandmother had a rhubarb pat...I like your poem! My grandmother had a rhubarb patch behind her garage and I loved crunching on a freshly pulled sour stalk, sometimes with sugar to dip it in. I have my own huge patch now and my grandchildren will ask to have a stalk when they're here. I love the big leaves for "hats."<br /><br />Having grown up with rhubarb made into sauce or baked into pies or crunches or cobblers or made into jam with strawberries, I can tell you that it's great. I like rhubarb cake, a very nice moist cake. Ice cream with hot rhubarb crunch--yummm! Rhubarb desserts are a staple of the spring table here in rural central Wisconsin.<br /><br />I'm sure you'll be a wonderful grandmother. It sounds like you had good role models.Cindy in Wisconsinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907649462787265647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-65380845092139044112011-06-18T10:44:43.022-04:002011-06-18T10:44:43.022-04:00to this day i've never tried rhubarb and it se...to this day i've never tried rhubarb and it seems such a memory pull those who have. at this point i wonder if it's been too long, if it's better to bathe in other's wonderful memories, like yours, rather than risk possible disappointment.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-610370019625979632011-06-18T10:04:07.162-04:002011-06-18T10:04:07.162-04:00Very evocative poem, Elaine! Makes me want to get ...Very evocative poem, Elaine! Makes me want to get my hands on some rhubarb (and I'm not even that fond of rhubarb!). My grandmother was the same way -- I remember her peeling tomatoes to slice. The tomatoes would have been fine with the skin on, but she thought they tasted like the cook loved you a little more with the skin off.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-52544164031364832852011-06-17T10:45:25.635-04:002011-06-17T10:45:25.635-04:00Doraine,
I've never tasted snow ice cream or ...Doraine,<br /><br />I've never tasted snow ice cream or pulled taffy. My Babci was really nimble of hand. I still have the afghans she crocheted for me decades ago.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-17372605266205224032011-06-17T10:09:06.112-04:002011-06-17T10:09:06.112-04:00A lovely memory, Elaine. I've never eaten rhub...A lovely memory, Elaine. I've never eaten rhubarb, but I remember snow ice cream with my maternal grandmother and pulling taffy with the other one. Grandmothers leave indelible marks on our hearts. Enjoy your new little one.Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.com