Wednesday 13 June 2012

RHUBARB PICNIC




Such sunny warm days, rhubarb season. Rhubarb pie, rhubarb-ginger drinks for a sore throat. Rhubarb soup and jam. Rhubarb vanilla tea. Fresh, spicy tastes, easy food that can be packed quickly for unexpected bike journeys or whispered picnics in parks. Last night we were hiding to a dark cinema while the darkest clouds rolled over the city. The clouds were busy to reach another place to rain, they had gone before the bike journey home.

"Chic Chic C'est Picnic" by Sessun has been visiting Madrid this spring. Meadow Picnic decorating their notebooks. Photos taken by Jessie/Sessun.

More ginger drinks for this sore-throated-one, many sheep-formed-cloud greetings to you!

(The photos are not taken by me. Photos by Jessie/Sessun.)

16 comments:

  1. It is a charming picnic! I hope you feel better.

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    1. Thank you, a small recovery happens all the time (:

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  2. wow! yes, very charming picnic and beautiful patchwork yurt!!!

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    1. Thank you! Hopefully we all can have a small picnic together one day.

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  3. i hope your throat heals soon xx

    your post is very beautiful, i love the liberty print and rhubarb theme ❤

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    1. Thank you, it is already a bit better!

      Happy if you like what Sessun has done (:

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  4. all the best for your sore throat! i´ve never heard of rhubarb soup but i made some sirup today to keep rhubarb around for a bit longer...

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    1. Thank you so much Anna, hopefully you have received my small humble letter!

      This is the Rhubarb soup, from Finnguide.fi:

      500 gr fresh rhubarbs*
      1 dl sugar
      1 liter water
      4 tbs potato starch
      *You can also add 200 gr of fresh strawberries if you wish.

      Peel the rhubarbs and cut into thin slices. Place the rhubarb slices, sugar and water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer at a low heat for 3 – 4 minutes. Dissolve the potato starch in a few drops of cold water and pour it into the soup, whilst constantly stirring. Cook for a minute and set aside.

      Pour the soup into a serving dish, sprinkle with sugar and cover with plastic wrap. When cooled, place in a fridge.

      Serve the Rhubarb Soup cold together with milk or whipped cream.


      Mine I like with whipped oat cream or soya ice-cream (:

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  5. Oh, the Rhubarb soup sounds delicious! I have to try this as well. I had a few rhubarb pies so far and a compot! :) What a lovely picnic you have here and so nice prints on the fabrics! Happy day to you!

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  6. Well, same here! I've been making Rubarb loaf, pie, galette, ...

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  7. Your picnic looks lovely - I hope we have weather to enjoy soon.

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  8. You have made my day a happy one with your talk of rhubarb and sheep clouds <3. In Australia we have warm sunshine today with wispy clouds and beautiful rays of sun. Last week we had sheep clouds - I am a cloud appreciator :)

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