On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:25:49 +0100, "News" > wrote:

>"John Hopwood" > wrote in message
...
>> In our garden we have an abundance of fresh rhubarb.
>> Does anyone have a recipe for making rhubarb wine?
>
>Looking at your email address I'm guessing you are in the UK.
>
>It is very late in the season for rhubarb. I've read that after July you
>should not use the rhubarb that is left as the oxalic acid in the leaves
>moves down into the stalks. It's poisonous. However I don't know if
>fermentation neutralises it.
>
>Anyone know?
>


I have never heard that, but.... I suspect anything regarding that
would be affected by location. This year snow was finally gone from
my yard in May... I would have very time to harvest any rhubarb if
that were fact... And it would be so small that it would not be
worthwhile.

Later,
A.J. Rawls
Anchorage, Alaska, USA