{"id":1553,"date":"2010-05-27T23:55:41","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T05:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2010-05-28T00:05:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T06:05:51","slug":"sweet-ruby-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=1553","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Ruby Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriftlessAppetite\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; 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width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rss\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/rss.png\" \/><\/a><p>Sweet Ruby Baby when is this madness gonna end!?!\u00a0 For the past few weeks and continuing, I&#8217;ve been collecting gallons of those little yellow flowers WHICH-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED and their fluffy\u00a0kind.\u00a0 In addition, my inner &#8220;Martha&#8221; finally kicked in and went through the first dreaded visit\u00a0\u00a0to the garden.\u00a0 I plucked away 2 feet tall of those aforementioned flowers and had a tug of war game with two trees.\u00a0 Tree number two won but later lost when Keith\u00a0cut it down with an axe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/pain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1554\" title=\"pain\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/pain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/pain.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/pain-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->At least there were a few things growing in there that belonged, some chives, oregano, and rhubarb.\u00a0 I picked out a few stalks and decided to make some syrup for a nice cocktail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECIPE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rhubarb Syrup<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>4 c. diced rhubarb<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>4 c. sugar<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Macerate rhubarb for about 2 hrs.\u00a0 Bring to a boil then simmer for 25 minutes.\u00a0 Seperate the syrup from the chunks and store in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rhubarbstalks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1555\" title=\"rhubarbstalks\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rhubarbstalks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rhubarbstalks.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rhubarbstalks-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RECIPE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sweet Ruby Baby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>3 T. rhubarb syrup<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>3\/4 c. sparkling water (I use Lime <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.klarbrunn.com\/docs\/sparkling.htm\"><em>Klarbrunn<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>a splash of gin or two!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perfect for a hot and humid afternoon.\u00a0 Cheers and have a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rhubarbsyrupdrink.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1556\" title=\"rhubarbsyrupdrink\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rhubarbsyrupdrink.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rhubarbsyrupdrink.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/rhubarbsyrupdrink-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweet Ruby Baby when is this madness gonna end!?!\u00a0 For the past few weeks and continuing, I&#8217;ve been collecting gallons of those little yellow flowers WHICH-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED and their fluffy\u00a0kind.\u00a0 In addition, my inner &#8220;Martha&#8221; finally kicked in and went through the first dreaded visit\u00a0\u00a0to the garden.\u00a0 I plucked away 2 feet tall of those aforementioned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,13],"tags":[709,106],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden","category-home-cooking","tag-drinks","tag-rhubarb","no-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}