baking a poisonous plant

did you guys know that the leaves of rhubarb are poisonous? eeek! having never tasted this potentially poisonous plant, i decided it was a perfect opportunity to bake said poisonous plant into a pie! i mean, why not? it'd be quite the adventure.

so, with my trusty "joy of cooking" book, i set off to convert poison into deliciousness, while andrew documented the progress (he does the cooking in the house, while i do the baking). of course i make the dough from scratch! it's the best part! the white spots are little bits of butter. mmmm butter... poking holes so that the poison seeps out while baking... (jk, it's so the pie doesn't explode) wonder why we have no picture of the completed pie fresh out of the oven? because the person in charge of documenting decided to dig in instead of document. wrong d, buddy! oh, and might i note that this was a strawberry rhubarb pie. 2/5 strawberry, 3/5 poison