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jasmineT · Posted: May 27, 2008 8:37 am Post subject:

I love. love. love. rhubarb. It kind of grows like a weed around here so in the spring there is always plenty. My favorite way to eat it is kind of like W&P only with oatmeal and a little dollop of cream instead of custard.
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killr · Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 1399

knitting_pretty · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 764 Location: saskatchewan

I'm a fan of pitseleh's method too--I've been dunking rhubarb in sugar since I was a little kid.

Other than that, it usually goes in pies or crisps with apples or strawberries.

I love how simple rhubarb is to grow. Plant it once, don't worry about it at all, have a rhubarb patch for the rest of your life.

I dream one day of having a no (or very very low) maintenance garden with raspberry bushes, a strawberry patch, and a bunch of rhubarb. Yum yum.

IrmaVep · Posted: May 27, 2008 6:49 pm Post subject:

Redapple · Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 1326

[quote="pitseleh"]my favorite way to eat rhubarb is to just chomp on a stalk raw, dipping the end in sugar./quote]

when I was a kid, my friend and I sat in my backyard clubhouse one afternoon eating rhubarb this way. I ate so much that I burnt my tastebuds. Everything tasted like cream for about 2 weeks after. Not saying that's gonna happen but....true story

jasmineT · Posted: May 28, 2008 5:29 am Post subject:

It was probably the oxalic acid in the rhubarb that burnt your taste buds.
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Redapple · Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 1326

knitting_pretty · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 764 Location: saskatchewan

You too were FLAVOR TRIPPING!!!

ashgremillion · Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 85 Location: Groton, CT

I second checkersumthing!

I have used that same exact recipe for rhubarb pie from Martha Stewart and it is wonderful....out of this world with ice cream

BluPurple · Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 184

I love rhubarb. My mom makes Rhubarb Bars, I don't have the recipe but I know the crust has butter and powdered sugar in it.
When we were little we used to eat it raw with salt. its like sour and salty, yumm.

killr · Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 1399

IrmaVep · Posted: Oct 13, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

How do I know when my rhubarb is ready to pick? The leaves are big, the stems are getting there, but it doesn't seem to be going really red like I remember it as a kid. Can I eat it when it is still mainly green?

pitseleh · Posted: May 30, 2009 10:10 pm Post subject:

my sister posted a rhubarb recipe on her homemaking blog the other day...

here's the link - cherry rhubarb crisp

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