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Rhubarb Chutney

Everyone loves rhubarb – don't we usually cloak it in sugar for cake, cheesecake, rhubarb sauce and first and foremost, pie? This recipe shifts rhubarb to the savory side, a chutney that's fabulous with grilled steak, roast pork, even stirred into Greek yogurt for a savory dessert. ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ COMPLIMENTS! ".... my god is that good stuff" ~ Kevin "The Rhubarb Is Ready, the Rhubarb Is Ready!" In my childhood, when the rhubarb was ripe, summer had truly arrived. My mom kept a few plants on the north side of the house. The cherry-red stalks were tart-tart-tart so Mom sent us to fetch some with a small dish of sugar – tasting while picking was encouraged! My dad's been trying to kill my mom's last rhubarb plants with Round-Up for years - thankfully, rhubarb is resilient and two plants survived. I've transplanted one plant into my own garden in Missouri and with the promise that rhubarb pie is the likely