Posted by Rhubarb is a quintessential part of New England summers. It grows so well some consider it a weed. Many will recall an aunt or grandmother who cans up rhubarb jelly/jam. I like it, especially at its simplest, as a crisp or cobbler. I cooked this up by myself so please appreciate the dexterous one handed camera work and flattering close up photography of myself. Mark Bittman in the NY Times had a recipe recently for rhubarb soup, which we may try here as well.
The best place to get more info on rhubarb is The Rhubarb Compendium, a website run by a guy named Dan. I’d be interested in hearing from readers with their rhubarb musings and recipes.
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What we tell our farm kids is:
The difference between a WEED and a PLANT is that a WEED is any PLANT that doesn’t grow where you WANT it to.
I’m sure the actual botanical definition is more complicated, but this one is more basic.
Okay, a few things. If your rhubarb has “bolted”(gone to seed) before you harvest it, the stalks lose flavor (like dandelions). You should harvest rhubarb when its about as thick as your finger, any thicker and it will get “woody” and have less flavor. If your plants are consistantly giving moster stalks, its time to divide the rootmass. You should cut the leaves off no less than 1″ below where the leaf attaches to the stalk. Do NOT put the leaves in your compost, the acids will leach out and kill your plants (makes it too acidic)-toss them in the garbage. If you mix the arrowroot to the water before putting it on the heat it won’t clump like it did. Rhubarb is still used as a stool softener, it is also used to cleanse the blood as a tea (it works on the internal organs responsible for cleaning blood), it also helps prevent urinal tract infections the way Cranberries do.
a viewer emails us:
“What we tell our farm kids is:
The difference between a WEED and a PLANT is that a WEED is any PLANT that doesn’t grow where you WANT it to.
I’m sure the actual botanical definition is more complicated, but this one is more basic.”
Hi…
Enjoy your site and videos.
Very informative and “fun”
TASTE WONDERFUL BUT THE LEAVES ARE POISONOUS AT LEAST A MYSTERY BOOK i JUST FINISHED READING, USED IT TO DO A VICTIM IN. I THOUGHT THEY WERE NUTS SO I LOOKED IT UP ON THE PC. IT’S TRUE BUT A FRIEND TOLD ME THEY ARE TERRIBLE TASTING AND HE BET NO ONE WOULD EAT THEM.