In article >, says...
>
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 2/9/2019 7:21 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 14:59:18 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> After decades of service, my old rhubarb died. It used to produce
> >>> really broad stalks and lots of them
> >>> I replaced it a couple of years ago but all the new plant produced
> >>> were blossom stalks and a few skinny stalks.
> >>>
> >>> I ordered a new rhubarb yesterday. It promises to produce few or no
> >>> blossom stalks. It looks like it will produce nice broad stalks.
> >>> https://www.growerssolution.com/rhub...e-rhubarb.html
> >>>
> >>> Until I started looking around online for rhubarb I didn't realize
> >>> that some rhubarb has a nasty habit of producing a lot of blossom
> >>> stalks. The blossom stalks steal all the plant energy and the stalks
> >>> themselves are throw aways.
> >>>
> >>> I'm looking forward to a new crop in 2020. We enjoy rhubarb sauce,
> >>> pie and kuchen.
> >>>
> >>> Janet US
> >>
> >> I have never tasted rhubarb.
> >>
> >
> > I have. Once. I have no idea why anyone would grow it but it seems
> > popular in some regions.
>
> It's nasty, bitter stuff. Seems popular in some areas as you say. Some
> rural towns in the midwest especially.
>
> I've ate (or tried to eat) some rhubarb pies there. All I could taste
> was pure sugar. I think the stuff is so bitter and nasty tasting that a
> hell of a lot of sugar is needed to try to make it palatable, but this
> was a fail for me. I'd rather eat spoonfuls of pure cane sugar ... no
> need for the nasty ass rhubarb.

Blame the incompetent cooks who didn't know what they were doing.

Janet UK