This drink looks particularly yummy in glasses blown by Bob Dane!
I know I’ve been digressing a bit lately—so here is a rhubarb post in which I go straight to the recipe (well, as straight as my brain ever goes).
The rhubarb flavor comes through loud and clear in this refreshing beverage. I tried the rhubarb base with a fizzy lemon-lime drink but found that I preferred it with plain soda water.
Ingredients:
4 cups chopped rhubarb
enough water JUST to cover the rhubarb
1/2 cup sugar (or sugar to taste; see how you like it this way the first time you make it)
1 cinnamon stick
1 pinch salt
2 teaspoons lemon juice
soda water or seltzer as needed
Instructions:
In a large non-reactive saucepan combine the rhubarb, water, sugar, and cinnamon stick.
Cook the mixture, partially covered, over medium-low heat until the rhubarb is soft, stirring from time to time to keep the water from boiling much.
This much rhubarb makes about 24 ounces of rhubarb liquid or 48 ounces of soda pop at that ratio.
Mother Jan and Neighbor Ken raise their glasses to (and of) rhubarb.
