Rhubarb time!

[BJK]

I wish I could help you out with a recipe or two ... but I have no idea what a rhubarb is .
I've never even seen a wild one growing in the swamp or woods ... my Dad never planted any and Mom never cooked them !
Gary

It requires freezing winter temps to grow.

[MaryB]

It makes good wine. A friend tried my rhubarb wine the other day and 2 days later we were picking 12 1/2 lbs for a 5 gal batch for him.

The wife has made bread, cake, crisp and sauce with it.
I've heard people say they only get one picking from theirs but mine grows and grows until it freezes. I've picked it clean 4 or 5 times a summer

I have a recipe for rhubarb beer... it is a sour beer so a style I am not that into... I need to experiment and see if I can do a sweet desert type beer with it...

[MaryB]

There are now rhubarb varieties that will grow in the south! Start from seed in August and grow over the winter. It is an annual there, not a perennial like in northern states.

[444ttd]

there's a mom and pop pie shop that makes the best rhubarb and strawberry pie.

[thraxx]

I made some rhubarb syrup last night. The intention is to make cocktails out of it, and put the leftover "pulp" on pancakes.

[Agent1187]

Rhubarb custard cake is my go to.

Otherwise, I've also found it makes a surprisingly mellow wine, or a brandy with a bite.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

I do not like rhubarb pie. When you bite into it, it moves , almost like it's still alive. It certainly does not to compare to cherry, strawberry. peach or pecan.

[WRideout]

It makes good wine. A friend tried my rhubarb wine the other day and 2 days later we were picking 12 1/2 lbs for a 5 gal batch for him.

The wife has made bread, cake, crisp and sauce with it.
I've heard people say they only get one picking from theirs but mine grows and grows until it freezes. I've picked it clean 4 or 5 times a summer

I bought some rhubarb in the grocery store to make wine; the cashier didn't know what it was. I did make a gallon of wine, but it was so sour, I had to blend it with something else. Haven't tried it again. Now mulberry wine, that is something else again!

Wayne

[Bwana John]

Knott's Berry Farm always had it prepared in a syrup as a sweet side dish in their fried chicken restaurant.

[reloader28]

I bought some rhubarb in the grocery store to make wine; the cashier didn't know what it was. I did make a gallon of wine, but it was so sour, I had to blend it with something else. Haven't tried it again. Now mulberry wine, that is something else again!

Wayne

I always sweeten it at bottling time. No way I could drink it without backsweetening it.
I had some gooseberry wine that stalled and stayed really sweet one year. Mixed 50/50 with rhubarb made a VERY good wine.
Also mixed some raspberry/rhubarb 50/50 and it was awesome. Called them rasbarb and rhubagoose.
I just bottled strawberry/raspberry 50/50 that makes a very good special occasion/holiday wine.

[PhilC]

Rhubarb pie is a scant second to apple pie in my book, my mom's, or either of my grandma's (both long gone) were the best. Wife used to make pies all the time, including rhubarb when it was available. She always asked if her pies were as good as my mom's, came a point hers were better, but, alas, all good things come to an end. She will make a pie if I push real hard, other than that, only store bought these days.

Idaho45 I do remember chewing rhubarb fresh from the plant and that brings back memories from a long ways back!

[Shanghai Jack]

Good stuff. Remember that the leafs are toxic to a lesser or greater extent with all kinds of symptoms ranging from gastro-intestinal distress to death. OSU extension Service has good information.

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/as...b-leaves-toxic

[Krag 1901]

When I was 4-10 we had a rhubarb plant in the yard and I liked to eat the stalks. Granny made a rubarb pie that was pretty good with a cold glass of Milk.

My Misses finally made a Orange Pie that I had been wondering about for a couple of years. We have an orange tree with great Navel Oranges, My wife makes a great Lemon pie from my neighbors Myer Lemon tree that hangs over our fence, so I asked her to make an Orange pie. Today she made it and put marshmallow topping on it. Speaking of which it's time to get down and try a slice now!

[abunaitoo]

Did some web surfing on it.
For some reason I thought it was some kind of fruit.
Also found it's used as medicine, and the leaf is not good.
With a lots of foods, I've always wondered what made the first person to try it try it.
Some food don't even smell good.
like Durian, and Noni.
I've not tried Durian, but had to finish a bottle of Noni.
Friend gave me a bottle, and I felt I had to finish it.
Took a whole month.
Taste like the bile after you throw up.
That very first guy must have bee desperate or something.

[coloraydo]

That very first guy must have bee desperate or something.[/QUOTE]

To me that would be the first guy to try eating a raw oyster. That HAD to have been a "hold my beer" moment.

[444ttd]

That very first guy must have bee desperate or something.

To me that would be the first guy to try eating a raw oyster. That HAD to have been a "hold my beer" moment.[/QUOTE]

mmmmmmmmm...........oysters!!!!!!!!

[bangerjim]

Never ventured even close to rhubarb anything. How does one know when the leaves start and the stems stop???????? Stems are OK (if you like the taste) but leaves contain oxalates which can cause kidney stones when combined with Ca in your body and other nasty things and in sufficient quantities (a lot) can be deadly. I have had 3 stone incidents caused by oxalate acid (calcium oxalate) and I never eat anything (knowingly) that has much in it. Doctor suggested a low oxalate diet for me.

So I always pass on the rhubarb anything at church dinners!

banger

[Finster101]

Tried it several times in various things. Not my taste at all. Growing up in Kentucky there was mostly blackberry, apple and the occasional peach cobbler. I do so miss my Dad's mother's wild blackberry cobblers and jam. I have never had anything better.

[MaryB]

Never ventured even close to rhubarb anything. How does one know when the leaves start and the stems stop???????? Stems are OK (if you like the taste) but leaves contain oxalates which can cause kidney stones when combined with Ca in your body and other nasty things and in sufficient quantities (a lot) can be deadly. I have had 3 stone incidents caused by oxalate acid (calcium oxalate) and I never eat anything (knowingly) that has much in it. Doctor suggested a low oxalate diet for me.

So I always pass on the rhubarb anything at church dinners!

banger

Easy to see where the leaf and stalk separate. I usually cut 1/2 inch below the leaf edge to make sure I am not getting a lot of the oxalic acid.

[abunaitoo]

I used to like raw oysters.
They don't like me now.....Gout.