Yep, they are everywhere!! Every back alley, every front yard... It seems like everyone grows rhubarb. The only thing is... not everyone harvests rhubarb! The question is, what to do with rhubarb? Yes, I know you can make cakes and tarts and pies and all sorts of things but... there is so much rhubarb out there, how is one supposed to use it all? It's sort of like zucchini in the fall... an over-abundance... too much of a good thing.
For the last couple of springs, I have been eyeing the ubiquitous rhubarb, that appears around every corner and thinking "I should really pick some and do something with them". I've been searching out recipes and the one thing that looks like it might be useful is a rhubarb relish or chutney. That actually sounds like it might be useful for dinners. Growing up, we had rhubarb, and while some people would eat the stalks raw, I never developed a taste for the tartness. My mom makes rhubarb cake, but I'm not a big fan of it... so... need something else to work with! I did find a good website http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/ which as all sorts of recipes. Who knew that one could use rhubarb in so many different ways! Maybe rhubarb wine would be an option too?
I guess for me, I just see thes harvestable things and want to do something with them!! So... I went out this morning and... harvested some stalks of rhubarb. Lots of the patches I know of have already put out their flower stalks, but I did find a younger patch that didn't have flower shoots. Chopped up the stalks when I got home and put them in a ziploc bag in the freezer... We'll see what comes of them!
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