Rhubarb Sauce

Ingredients

• The young, tender stalks of rhubarb
• Add sugar to sweeten to taste

Method

1. 1

   Wash rhubarb, cut off tops and root, then cut into one-inch pieces.

2. 2

   Cook in a saucepan with just enough water to prevent burning until soft.

3. 3

   Add sugar, cook for five minutes, cool, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fifty-two Sunday dinners (1913) by Elizabeth O. Hiller, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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