Ingredients
3 cups rhubarb – cut
1 cups sugar
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoons flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 whole egg
2 egg yolks
Unbaked pie shell
Method
Cover rhubarb with boiling water and let stand for five minutes. Drain. Blend sugar and butter, flour, and salt. Add egg yolks and whole egg and mix. Add rhubarb. Pour into the pie shell and bake at 450-degrees {for 10 minutes}, then 25 to 30 minutes at 350-degrees.
When cool, top with this never fail meringue.
Never Fail Meringue
Ingredients
2 unbeaten egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons water
Method
Beat ingredients thoroughly in the top of a double boiler. Cook over hot water for 1 minute, beating constantly. Remove from fire and beat 2 minutes longer. Spread on pie and put under the broiler until golden brown.
Mrs. William Zaruba, per Gazette