Blessed with rhubarb, I need recipe ideas. For now I've chopped up a bit and simmered my stainless steel pots to a brilliant shine, without chemicals. The acid in the rhubarb polishes naturally. My mom says I should chop it all into 1/2 inch pieces and freeze in two cup portions, as most recipes she knows of use this amount. She also warned me not to eat more than one to two servings a week as rhubarb can block the absorption of calcium.
Years ago I had a rhubarb crisp that was delicious, but I'm also thinking I may like jam. I can't decide just yet.
Any suggestions?
I think its funny when I see rhubarb for sale at markets. Most people I know who have rhubarb growing in their garden can't give it all away. Who is buying it?
I remember my mother's garden growing up. The rhubarb plants were huge and invasive. I would pretend they were monsters. I was probably frightened of them after my mother warned me not to eat the leaves as they are poisonous. If the garden trolls found me in my secret lilac bush cottage, they would drag me to the rhubarb. Years later I was happy when my mother replaced them with raspberry bushes. A garden princess fairy could eat her fill of those!
My grandmother told me a funny store about a friend of hers who threw a party and insisted his guests take care of business near the rhubarb to help fertilize it. I bet he couldn't give his extra rhubarb away!
I love rhubarb's color. Its a cheerful color as the blushing pink stems turn to fresh green. I wish I could find fabric like that. I'd make curtains for my kitchen.
Well, I better stop babbling about rhubarb and get it into the freezer.
8 comments:
I don't think I've ever eaten rhubarb. I noticed a recipe for rhubarb crisp in my new All You magazine. Do you have a recipe for one of those??
I make a really easy rhubarb berry jam - I posted the recipe on my page last year. I'm making Rhubarb Sour Cream Snack Cake with Walnut Streusel later today to take to a picnic tomorrow. If it turns out good, I'll post the recipe. I think I'll end up freezing some to as my plants are huge this year.
Oh, I miss rhubarb! We had it in the backyard, when I was growing up. We would break off a piece and munch on it right there - without washing it. It was so sour, and we laughed at the faces we all made! Mom would make pies, but we liked it best when she just cooked it with sugar and made it like applesauce. Yum. Sorry - no recipes. It doesn't grow in Florida, but sometimes I find it in the grocery. Now I am going to go looking for it!!
We had lots of it when we lived in Coleman but we don't eat it. I just read a blog about recipes for rhubarb, they shared this link http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/recipe-index.html. She wrote on her blog that it has hundreds of great recipes ideas. Hope this helps
Never had rhubarb. Looks interesting.
I used to cut some up and simmer it in water and add sugar to taste . It makes a nice sauce. Eat it with a spoon or pour it over unfrosted cake or ice cream.
I've never had rhubarb either. It does sound interesting though!! Hugs
I'm so jealous!!! I somehow managed to kill the ones I planted. : ( Still not sure what I did wrong...
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