My First Rhubarb-Help ! - Page 2

DanielA · April 15, 2013

I love rhubarb , as pie,as topping or with custard, must be due to growing up in the uk. I just split a plant this morning to give four more if they survive the surgery , need all I can grow as my latest use is rhubarb and ginger jam. So now I need to try and grow ginger.

feldon30 · April 15, 2013

If it wasn't tart, it's not rhubarb in my opinion. The rhubarb I'm familiar with is like sucking on lemons, but in a good way.

I like it with lots of sugar and orange juice, simmered until soft, or in a strawberry rhubarb pie.

Tracydr · April 15, 2013

My Grandma made some amazing recipes with rhubarb. I can't wait to live in rhubarb country so that I can learn to cook her recipes! I really want to have my own rhubarb patch but it just doesn't grow here. Some people try as an annual but its not really meant to grow that way.

RebelRidin · April 19, 2013

Simplicity itself....

http://allrecipes.com/video/1481/fre...29=Link_2&me=1

Darren Abbey · April 19, 2013

Rhubarb is normally a spring crop here in MN, but at least one local farmer has been producing good quality stems even through the hottest time of our year. He does it by growing the plants under shade-cloth once the weather warms up.

This suggests you could grow the plant further south than normal by using similar techniques. I haven't tested these principles, however.

Vespertino · April 27, 2013

I love rhubarb- I'd gnaw on the stalks as a kid, it was like sour candy without the sweetness. Its best done simple: baked in a pie on its own with sugar or with another sweet fruit like cherries, strawberries, peaches... I'm lazy so I usually make a rhubarb/blueberry/strawberry crisp. If you make a strawberry - rhubarb prreserve you can put it on toast, have it with cheeses and put it on ice cream. Good stuff if its made right but you need a lot of sugar to tame the sourness.

April 15, 2013	#17
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April 19, 2013	#19
RebelRidin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Maryland's Eastern Shore Posts: 993	Simplicity itself.... http://allrecipes.com/video/1481/fre...29=Link_2&me=1 __________________ George _____________________________ "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure." Thomas Jefferson, 1787

April 15, 2013	#16
DanielA Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: South Chicago Posts: 13	I love rhubarb , as pie,as topping or with custard, must be due to growing up in the uk. I just split a plant this morning to give four more if they survive the surgery , need all I can grow as my latest use is rhubarb and ginger jam. So now I need to try and grow ginger.

April 15, 2013	#18
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	My Grandma made some amazing recipes with rhubarb. I can't wait to live in rhubarb country so that I can learn to cook her recipes! I really want to have my own rhubarb patch but it just doesn't grow here. Some people try as an annual but its not really meant to grow that way.

April 19, 2013	#20
Darren Abbey Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 586	Rhubarb is normally a spring crop here in MN, but at least one local farmer has been producing good quality stems even through the hottest time of our year. He does it by growing the plants under shade-cloth once the weather warms up. This suggests you could grow the plant further south than normal by using similar techniques. I haven't tested these principles, however.

April 27, 2013	#21
Vespertino Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Southlake, TX Posts: 743	I love rhubarb- I'd gnaw on the stalks as a kid, it was like sour candy without the sweetness. Its best done simple: baked in a pie on its own with sugar or with another sweet fruit like cherries, strawberries, peaches... I'm lazy so I usually make a rhubarb/blueberry/strawberry crisp. If you make a strawberry - rhubarb prreserve you can put it on toast, have it with cheeses and put it on ice cream. Good stuff if its made right but you need a lot of sugar to tame the sourness.