vs. Rhu-Barbara?!

While the QuinJa is most definitely, tongue-n-cheek, this battle is dedicated to Marriage Equality!

As a lesbian chemical engineering professor once sad, "Just because everyone is doing it, doesn't mean it's right and just because no one is doing it, doesn't make it wrong."

So RuPaul... is a he/she?

Similarly, is rhubarb, a fruit or vegetable?

The QuinJa is being overconfident today, so I'm gonna tell you that I got fresh rhubarb and strawberries from my local CSA - community supported agriculture.  Of course, it's doubtful, that while my enemies will find my food supplies and poison me, I simply cannot be killed!  Note, I just recently did the ToughMudder in the Mid-Atlantic this April!

CHALLENGE #1 - TOO TART:  I have never worked with rhubarb before so I tasted it - it was very tart!  I was thinking it was gonna taste like celery but sweeter (while I am color-blind, it looks like red celery).

Looking online, I saw recommendations to boil in sugar water.

Well, the QuinJa believes in good and clean living so I decided to boil in pineapple juice.  I used pineapple juice because I remember hearing that it possesses an enzyme to help with digestion while on the Dole Tour in Hawaii.  Ain't gonna lie, the pineapple maze was pretty fun - hey, the QuinJa likes playing hide and sneak and kill...

CHALLENGE #2:  Still tasted tart and the color was not appetizing...

Add strawberries... the color looked alot better...

CHALLENGE #3: Still tart...

Add honey and cardamon!

Yes, it looks like sphaghetti sauce but I guess it's Rhubarb-Strawberry Chutney (rhubarb, pineapple juice, honey, strawberries, and cardamon powder - NO SUGAR).

So, I decided to get puff pastry from the store... yes, I realize it's "cheating" but that's what restaurants do too - they buy their stuff so says my master, Chef P.

Voila!  Topped with some powder sugar to sweeten...

Strawberry Rhubarb Chutney in Puff Pastry!