tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post9204633263242444928..comments2024-03-24T17:24:36.669-07:00Comments on A Book Of Cookrye: Rumbling Rhubarb returns to A Book of CookryeS. S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922340554746740866noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post-44455728664511886892018-09-11T19:15:27.074-07:002018-09-11T19:15:27.074-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post-30700430219939517462017-08-20T01:05:31.744-07:002017-08-20T01:05:31.744-07:00Maybe it lost some of its flavor since I took so l...Maybe it lost some of its flavor since I took so long to get it out of the refrigerator and do something with it. Weird thing was, it tastes like celery when it was raw, and the rhubarb flavor returned after it baked. <br />And yes, rhubarb custard pie is amazing! <br />A lot of people in my family have never heard of rhubarb since it so rarely appears in our latitude (heck, I hadn't heard of it til I had to track some down for a Pieathlon). It's almost like a shared secret whenever I bring rhubarb pie.S. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17922340554746740866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post-15164113196224008102017-08-20T00:53:26.406-07:002017-08-20T00:53:26.406-07:00I gotta admit, I love rhubarb too ever since I fir...I gotta admit, I love rhubarb too ever since I first tried it. I'm not as far south as you, but I am south enough that I've never seen it growing here. I did order a seed packet and am going to use about half of them to try growing it over the winter like some articles have claimed one can do. The other half will go in one the shadier parts of the yard come spring, and maybe the trees will protect it from the summer. And I looked up what a rhubarb plant looks like since I've never seen one, and they look surprisingly jungle-like indeed! If the plants take, eating them fresh-cut and dipped in sugar sounds really good and totally worth it.<br />PS re. strawberry-rhubarb: The strawberry half of the cobbler disappeared first, and a lot faster.S. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17922340554746740866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post-64845145627118386682017-08-20T00:41:44.136-07:002017-08-20T00:41:44.136-07:00I've seen conflicting arguments about whether ...I've seen conflicting arguments about whether it grows where I live. Some sites claim you can grow it as a winter annual. But check out the frozen fruits in your supermarket! Rhubarb sometimes appears, especially near the frozen pie crusts.<br />And aren't dogs weird that way! We had a dog that loved eating rose bushes. You'd think it would be painful, but every time we planted a rose it would be uprooted and mangled within a week.S. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17922340554746740866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post-16707640475551693342017-08-17T19:54:55.813-07:002017-08-17T19:54:55.813-07:00Rhubarb custard pie is amazing! The fresh on the p...Rhubarb custard pie is amazing! The fresh on the plant doesn't taste like celery to me - I'm echoing arimuse above.hekateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05248476836969662392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post-30305234667737787122017-08-17T17:03:59.133-07:002017-08-17T17:03:59.133-07:00I LOVE rhubarb. Don't have it anymore, unless ...I LOVE rhubarb. Don't have it anymore, unless I can find it in a grocery down here, which doesn't happen often (transplant from WNY - to lowcountry SC). Tried growing it, nope. I felt bad about it too, as it must have known I was about to murder its little self. Anyway, growing up my grandma had clumps of it growing on the shade side of a small garage up against a neighbors fence. the space was about 4 feet wide and the plants filled it. To a small kid it was like wading thru a jungle - they looked like elephant ear plants. we (my younger brothers, a cousin, and me) would hike in, each pick the longest stalk we could find, sit on the side porch steps and very patiently peel off the skin (we had to - we were told we could poison ourselves if we ate that red skin), which sort of comes off like curling ribbon. Then my grandmother would bring out a soup dish of white sugar and we took turns dipping our stalks in sugar and making sour faces! Rhubarb is quite sour to me, at least the stuff we had - it may be hybridized now. I also love rhubarb in cobblers, as a sauce, and esp strawberry rhubarb pie. I bet greek yogurt, vanilla nut milk, rhubarb pieces, honey, and chia seed would be great tooarimusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10054671384185032917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post-10515655888906328512017-08-17T12:11:04.942-07:002017-08-17T12:11:04.942-07:00Rhubarb both does and doesn't grow where I'...Rhubarb both does and doesn't grow where I'm from. I'm from Arizona, which is half roasting desert and half frigid forest. So if you're in the southern half, of course it doesn't grow. But in the North, well, my sort-of inlaws grow it in their garden every year for the fresh rhubarb pies. I mostly grew up in the southern half, so haven't had it, but they promised to introduce me to it. Except... their dog apparently got a taste for it too. She's been digging up SPECIFICALLY their rhubarb plants. They surrounded it with chicken wire and she still wormed her way in to dig it up! <br /><br />My rhubarb discovery will have to wait another year unless it miraculously shows up in my supermarkets as well...Freezynoreply@blogger.com