June 27

Rain, rain, and more rain. Not to mention the raging easterly winds. It wasn’t exactly a great start to the day, but rain is necessary at times too. In the morning I read for awhile and cleaned up in the kitchen. Around noon Bentley and Jordan showed up and we all decided that since Ginger wouldn’t be back for another day and it was so crappy out we would make rhubarb fruit leather. Bentley and Jordan gathered the rhubarb while I checked on the greenhouses. 

The first step was cleaning and chopping it. Jordan chopped his using a food processor and I cut using a knife. By the time we were done, we realized we had way more rhubarb than we needed. I decided to make some rhubarb desserts with the leftovers. 

The fruit leather is made by first simmering the rhubarb with sugar and water. Then, the mixture is puréed to make a uniform mixture. This is then spread thinly on a plastic disc that is placed in the dehydrator. The dehydrator circulates warm air for a long period of time to slowly dry out the fruit purée. 

Completed fruit leather in the dehydrator.

I made rhubarb pie and muffins with the leftovers. The pie we have yet to try but the muffins turned out great! For dinner this evening I made chicken tacos with tons of toppings, a very delicious dinner. Hopefully tomorrow is a sunnier day.