Grandma's Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

I often write about the greatness of my Great Grandma See’s strawberry-rhubarb pie, as well as my mother’s. Now I want to tell you there will never be anything like my wife Nancy’s strawberry-rhubarb pie. This pie, baked Sunday, March 21, 2010 (the first day of spring) was the best strawberry-rhubarb pie I’ve ever tasted in my nearly 69 years of life. I’m convinced there will never be anything like it because it was baked with love and great care, and it tasted so good I wonder how any strawberry-rhubarb pie could ever taste better than it. My wife, Grandma Nancy, turned out a beautiful pie that would surely be awarded the Blue Ribbon in any pie contest. Nancy made this pie using Grandma’s Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie, a recipe provided on the Food Network web site, courtesy of Valerie Enters, of Sanford, Florida; Ms. Enters must be proud when she tells the world that her grandmother’s pie is the world’s best strawberry-rhubarb pie ever made. After all, this pie has a rating of 5-stars and is from the Food Network Challenge, Great America Pie Cook-Off. You should retrieve this recipe and make your family very happy. I’m here to tell you; it’s fabulous! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-challenge/grandmas-strawberry-rhubarb-pie-recipe/index.html

 P.S. Nancy didn't include the lemon juice and zest because we didn't have a lemon; This goes to show you that variations abound and Nancy might therefore rightfully call it My Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Recipe.  I once attended a cooking class lectured by the great Charleston Chef, Louis Osteen, who remarked, "There is no such thing as an original recipe. Ultimately you'll find that every recipe comes from another. I get some of my best recipes reading magazines and modifying the recipes I've seen while waiting for the barber's chair." This is not a verbatim quote, but its close, and stated as best as I can remember it. They are all of our recipes.