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So much reader mail comes in with recipe requests, I thought this week I'd just try to answer a few. Hopefully these recipes will be of interest to a lot of different people. Next week I'll share again what has been going on in this busy household!

A reader in Cadiz, Ohio, asked for a cobbler recipe using rhubarb. This recipe looks really nice when it is done, and it tastes great served with a scoop of ice cream!

Rhubarb Cobbler

Topping

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons sugar

11/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup milk

1 large egg, slightly beaten

Filling

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon ground

cinnamon

4 cups chopped rhubarb (1-inch pieces)

1 tablespoon water

1 tablespoon butter or margarine.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

To make the topping: Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Cut in the butter using the tips of your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

To make the filling: Combine the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon in a medium mixing bowl. Add the rhubarb and 1 tablespoon water. Cook and stir until the mixture boils. Cook 1 minute more.

Pour the filling into an 8-by-8-by-1 1/2-inch baking dish. Dot with the butter. Immediately spoon the biscuit topping on the filling in six small mounds. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Serve warm.

Serves 6.

Homemade

Meatballs

2 pounds of hamburger

1 cup crumbled crackers

2 bottles of ketchup (bottle size depends on your taste, you can use homemade ketchup or store-bought)

10 ounces of apple jelly

Mix ground beef and cracker crumbs and shape into balls. Brown in a skillet on medium heat. Mix ketchup and jelly together and pour over meatballs. Simmer for 25 minutes.

Summer Macaroni Salad

3 cups cooked macaroni

3 eggs, boiled and chopped

1/2 cup carrots

3/4 cup celery

1 cup salad dressing

1/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoons mustard

salt and pepper to suit taste

In a large bowl mix all of the above. Stir and toss.

Lovina Eicher lives in rural Michigan with her husband and eight children. Readers with questions for Lovina can send them to: Oasis Newsfeatures, P.O. Box 2144, Middletown, OH 45042.