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Linda Carpenter's avatar

This post is an interesting read .. I have an Aunt/Uncle and cousins in BC and my husband's grandparents helped start a church in BC in their youthful days.

My grandma also used to make rhubarb juice and can it and I loved it! My other grandma used to make a rhubarb strawberry jam that was my favorite at her house. Grandmas and rhubarb just have a way of going together. 😊

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Emily Miller's avatar

Grandmas and rhubarb go together—I love that. Now I’m curious who your husband’s grandparents were.😁

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Linda Carpenter's avatar

Yes It was Sterling and Rachel Carpenter. My relation go to the same church they helped start there in McBride. So kind of an interesting twist.🙂

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Julia Brubaker's avatar

I’m going to guess they were the Stirling Carpenters. They lived in McBride when we did and were good family friends. Esther was about my age

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Nola Martin's avatar

I love glimpses into the lives of women who were pioneers in the Wild West. And I especially love these thoughts and memories of your mom and grandma. 💖

Now I'd like to sip rhubarb juice at your table while we chat and the scent of lilacs drifts with the conversation.

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Emily Miller's avatar

Yes! That would be such a delight.

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Thelma Bontrager's avatar

I don’t remember that any of my grandmothers made rhubarb juice, but we did make rhubarb sauce and ate it in cold milk soup. It was delicious.

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Emily Miller's avatar

Interesting! Can you explain cold milk soup? We sometimes ate what we called “farmer summer supper soup”: chunks of bread with bananas and milk and a little sugar. Was yours similar?

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Thelma Bontrager's avatar

Yes, that’s what we called. Cold milk soup. We ate strawberries, bananas, raspberries any kind of fruit with it.

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