Rhubarb! Oh, Man!!!!!! We had a big rhubarb patch in our back yard and I loved it. Nothing like picking a stalk, rubbing the dirt off on you pant leg and taking a great big bite. Your face would scrunch up something fierce, but once you got past that first bite, you found your stride. We had cooked rhubarb as a desert dish, or over vanilla ice cream, so I can taste it over custard even though I never had it that way. I love strawberry rhubarb pie too, but they haven't developed a sugar free version of it yet. And it takes a lot of sugar. I'm a "perfectly controlled" diabetic... my doctor's phrase. I control my blood sugar level by diet and excercise, and only have it checked once every six months.

Last week we went to visit a friend who sings in the Men's Chorus. He's at least 20 years younger than I am, and is diabetic. The had just surgically removed his big toe on one foot, and he is terrified that it won't heal. We used to visit another man who had his to removed, then his foot, then his leg to above his knee, and then he was gone. I like my feet even better than strawberry rhubarb pie.

There are other sweets that don't come from sugar.

Jerry