I am excited with how this experimental endeavor went! Here are the recipes:
Rhubarb Slush
8 cups rhubarb
2 cups sugar ( I use 1 1/2 cups honey)
8 cups water
1/2 cup lemon juice
Boil together for 10 minutes. Strain.
Add:
1 - 4oz box strawberry jello
Freeze.
yield: 1 gallon (1 ice cream pail)
Rhubarb Punch
8 cups rhubarb
8 cups water
Bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes. Strain.
Add:
2 1/2 cups sugar (I use 1 3/4 cups honey)
2 Tbsp strawberry jello powder
2 cups pineapple juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
Bring to a boil and pour into jars to seal.
yield: 3 1/2 qt
Serve, diluted with 2/3 juice, 1/3 water or pop.
Pics 1 & 2 Cutting the rhubarb. Pic 3. The pulp after cooking and straining the fruit. Pic. 4. Heating the strained juice. Pic. 5. Canning the punch. Pic 6. The end result! (2 batches pictured)
*Recipes from Mrs. Bartsch