PeterL wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in
> :
>
>> John Kane wrote:
>
>>> From my point of view about the only good thing to say about rhubarb
>>> is that it beats beets.
>> All the more for me!
>>
>
>
> Beets = Beetroot???
>
> Whatever they are, they don't appear to be too tasty!!
>
> http://www.backwoodshome.com/forum/v...ad.php?t=12549
>
>
> But back to Rhubarb....... I've been on the lookout for quite some time
> for rhubarb with the leaves intact, but the supermarkets here seem to
> think they're trying to save our lives by chopping them off before sale.
>
> If I was to get a good supply, I could make all the poison spray I
> wanted!!
>
> http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/rhubarb-uses.html
>
>
> And here's a few recipes for your collection :-)
>
>
> http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/recipe-index.html
>

I have no need for leaves, although they do grace my plants.

That rhubarb site is pretty comprehensive and has been around for
a LONG time.

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." > wrote in news:7baabjF1u1tlsU1
@mid.individual.net:


>>
>
> I have no need for leaves, although they do grace my plants.


You don't use them to make a spray for your garden??



>
> That rhubarb site is pretty comprehensive and has been around for
> a LONG time.
>


It's all new to me :-)

Mainly because it was never one of the things I was wanting to look into.
The last time I had rhubarb was as a kid still living at home...... and it
was never that good, so I grew up not really ever wanting to try it again.

And now, knowing that it was probably cooked to death like everything else
was back then and therefore was totally lacking in flavour and texture,
and after seeing that recipe for the brulee, I'm starting to look at
different ways to utilise it.

So yeah...... my eyes are opening to an old dish...... but this time it's
going to be cooked the correct way!!



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"As viscous as motor oil swirled in a swamp, redolent of burnt bell
peppers nested in by incontinent mice and a finish reminiscent of the
dregs of a stale can of Coca-Cola that someone has been using as an
ashtray. Not a bad drink, though."
Excerpt from "The Moose Turd Wine Tasting" by T. A. Nonymous

PeterL wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in news:7baabjF1u1tlsU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>
>> I have no need for leaves, although they do grace my plants.
>
>
> You don't use them to make a spray for your garden??

No. And I'd be afraid of poisoning critters with it.
>
>
>
>> That rhubarb site is pretty comprehensive and has been around for
>> a LONG time.
>>
>
>
> It's all new to me :-)
>
> Mainly because it was never one of the things I was wanting to look into.
> The last time I had rhubarb was as a kid still living at home...... and it
> was never that good, so I grew up not really ever wanting to try it again.
>
> And now, knowing that it was probably cooked to death like everything else
> was back then and therefore was totally lacking in flavour and texture,
> and after seeing that recipe for the brulee, I'm starting to look at
> different ways to utilise it.
>
> So yeah...... my eyes are opening to an old dish...... but this time it's
> going to be cooked the correct way!!

Well, rhubarb sauce is most likely "cooked to death", but that
didn't turn me off rhubarb.

The first thing I did when I was online was food searches.
Endless--or, rather, ended only when I would crash. I didn't even
have a printer. At first I copied things by hand! :-)
>
>

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." > wrote in
:


>
> Well, rhubarb sauce is most likely "cooked to death", but that
> didn't turn me off rhubarb.


I'll have to wait and see after the first batch :-)


>
> The first thing I did when I was online was food searches.
> Endless--or, rather, ended only when I would crash. I didn't even
> have a printer. At first I copied things by hand! :-)


Ouch!!

Since the advent of word processors and printers, I've rarely had to write
anything. And when I do....... I'm so glad I can type OK!!
Writing is becoming a 'lost skill'...... but then again, mine always
looked like chicken scrawl anyway!!

For yesterdays dinner, I ended up printing off 3 recipes. I'm going to
make a 'suggestion' to the SO that we need a new fridge. .....

http://www.homeimprovementpages.com....nternet_fridge


That way I cut down on paper usage ;-)


We had an 'efridge' in our hotel in Singapore (The Pan Pacific). If you
lifted a drink out of the fridge, and you didn't put it back within
20secs, a message was sent and the charge for the drink was automatically
put on your bill.




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"As viscous as motor oil swirled in a swamp, redolent of burnt bell
peppers nested in by incontinent mice and a finish reminiscent of the
dregs of a stale can of Coca-Cola that someone has been using as an
ashtray. Not a bad drink, though."
Excerpt from "The Moose Turd Wine Tasting" by T. A. Nonymous