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In which we invent silly name for a traditional spring food

  "Let's have a slumber party!" said Megan.  "We can eat tacos, and giggle, and eat dessert twice, and go to bed at 9pm because we are old." Giggling was on the menu, and we did a bunch of that, until the laughing itself became something to laugh about, and right about then we had First Dessert, and in the middle of all that she mis-spoke but I love it and that is now the name of this food. RHUBERRY-STRAWBARB CRISP As always, I looked at a recipe before I started putting this together, and then I closed the cookbook and made it up as I went along.   But I took photos!  Yay me? It's rhubarb season so I picked this about 10 minutes before I started chopping,  but frozen chopped rhubarb works fine Ingredients As always, I leave out the ingredient measurements.  Use what you have, make it taste the way you like. FILLING Stalks of fresh or frozen rhubarb, chopped Fresh or frozen strawberries, chopped Sugar Allspice (optional) Cinnamon (optional) Ginger (opt...

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