Rhubarb Day 2

On Day 1, I managed to pull off rhubarb tarts. It’s the classic treatment for rhubarb and the obvious introduction to this vegetable. Because it is a vegetable.

But today I want to go a whole other way. I am doing a savory treatment. I am doing an Herb Crusted Roast Pork Loin with Braised Spiced Rhubarb and Celery.

Rhubarb has a very strong sour tang. This makes it a great accompaniment to savory foods. Because, don’t forget. It is a vegetable (have I mentioned that?). A vegetable with a clean, somewhat earthy, tartness. Which makes a wonderful partner to robust cuts of meat like lamb or in this case, pork.

It can certainly hold up to big flavors like red onions, ginger, orange zest and red pepper. Still, even in savory treatments such as this, rhubarb always needs a bit of sugar to round out it's sour flavor. I’ll sweeten it just a touch with brown sugar and golden raisins.

But not every rhubarb is pie; so be careful. Overly sweet rhubarb can be cloying.  Celery will keep this recipe solidly on the savory side of the plate.

Sweeps-Week Wrap-Up (watch video)

Well my first Sweeps-Week has ended. I did 8 posts in 7 days. Which for me is a feat.

I am not sure how successful this period was for me. With the exception of one day. My numbers stayed pretty much the same. But on Feb. 2 my numbers tripled. Then fell back down on Feb. 3. I can’t explain the huge surge either. Feb. 2 was a housekeeping day. I made two posts, but they were merely announcements.

There was an even bigger surge yesterday. Again, no clues as to why. If numbers and statistics interest you, click on the sitemeter at the way bottom right hand-side.

But in any case, my “Sweeps-Week” experiment is over now. I am going to go back to posting whatever, whenever I feel like it. But if there is one true thing about Sweeps-Week in Hollywood, it is this: The week after Sweeps-Week is nothing but re-runs.

So in that time honored Hollywood tradition I am offering you a re-run.

This is not just any re-run mind you. It is the very first installment of SippitySup. What we in Hollywood call the Pilot.