RHUBARB

I've never so much as tasted rhubarb before – it's not easy to find around here. Finally saw some today and got 2 lbs. ILX and non-ILX friends on Facebook are getting me up to speed on what to do with it.

Straight-up rhubarb pie is delicious too, but not for those with a wishy-washy appreciation of the plant.

YES

― mookieproof, Tuesday, May 1, 2007 2:45 PM (8 years ago)

I sent this to WmC already but here it is for posterity (stolen from the excellent Rustic Fruit Desserts cookbook)

http://focussnapeat.com/baking-with-rhubarb-via-oregon/

Can't get enough of this stuff, but the nearest store that carries it hasn't been able to get any from their warehouse on the last 3 produce trucks. Maybe tomorrow. I have a rhubarb tincture aging on everclear, a rhubarb liqueur in progress, and have made a cobbler, a crumble, and a rhubarb nectar cake based on the apricot nectar cake I used to love as a kid. I have about 3 oz. of sweetened juice left and will mix it with some gin when I watch the baseball tomorrow. Making up for decades of lost time.

it’s pretty easy to grow

I liked the tanginess in my stir fries a while back ie sliced up unsweetened as part of a savoury dish.
Have since started using tamarind so have probably got too close an equivalent factor in my mix.

We're in a slightly warm climate for growing it (on the cusp of zones 7b and 8a) but I'm going to try it anyway.

The store finally got some in after 2 weeks of the warehouse not fulfilling their orders, so I bought a full 6-kilo case. I have a vacuum sealer and it freezes well, and in the meantime it'll be nonstop rhubarb until everyone's sick of it.

i’ll be right over

Me too!

My grandma made a tart cherry & rhubarb pie every christmas, I'm suprised I never posted about it before. I can still taste it despite haven't had it in 25 years.

maybe you should brush your teeth more

https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1186532604l/1662762.jpg

Excited about rhubarb revival for sure
Just boiling some up, adding a lil shugah and alright

https://youtu.be/zedq1VhaS90

j.lu I don’t even know how to begin with that WHAT is that even real

Rhubarb is great. It’s not in season here yet but coincidentally I just had cheap store-brand rhubarb confiture on my bread for breakfast and it was delicious as always.

it’s pretty easy to grow

I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about this last week, it's easy to grow once you get it started or established but that's not as easy as it sounds - also climate is important. He had his son's girlfriend's parents visiting from Italy and they had never eaten rhubarb before.

xxpost It's real (from 1946), and was made into a 1951 movie.

I lucked out finding an info source at a nearby nursery -- one of the employees is a major fiend for rhubarb and also originally from Ohio, a more amenable climate for it. She said it can't be grown in-ground here in MS, but you can baby it along as a container plant for about 5 productive years, then divide it and start over.