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I ordered a new rhubarb
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 ordered a new rhubarb
On 2019-02-09 4:59 p.m., 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 didn't think that it was possible to kill rhubarb, but I lost some thanks to a black walnut tree. I started over but it takes a couple years before those things start producing. I am afraid that the new location is starting to be affected by another nearby black walnut. The nearby black current and blueberries aren't producing at all. > I'm looking forward to a new crop in 2020. We enjoy rhubarb sauce, > pie and kuchen. Mine all goes to pies or coffee cakes. I found that all you need to do to freeze rhubarb is to stick it in a back and put it in the freezer, not sugar needed. |
I ordered a new rhubarb
On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 17:30:43 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote: >On 2019-02-09 4:59 p.m., 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 didn't think that it was possible to kill rhubarb, but I lost some >thanks to a black walnut tree. I started over but it takes a couple >years before those things start producing. I am afraid that the new >location is starting to be affected by another nearby black walnut. The >nearby black current and blueberries aren't producing at all. > > >> I'm looking forward to a new crop in 2020. We enjoy rhubarb sauce, >> pie and kuchen. > >Mine all goes to pies or coffee cakes. I found that all you need to do >to freeze rhubarb is to stick it in a back and put it in the freezer, >not sugar needed. > I assume that you are keeping all the black walnut leaves picked up? That's about all you can do. I don't know if encroaching roots are able to 'poison' the soil. Good luck with that. Janet US |
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On 2019-02-09 5:49 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 17:30:43 -0500, Dave Smith > > I assume that you are keeping all the black walnut leaves picked up? > That's about all you can do. I don't know if encroaching roots are > able to 'poison' the soil. Good luck with that. From what I have read, the toxic jugalone is mainly in the roots, buds and nut hull and there is not much in the leaves or stems. The squirrels gather up most of the nuts and take them to various locations to be processed because I see piles of rotten old hulls around those spots. The leaves get mulched by the mower. It doesn't seem to bother the grass. On the contrary, some of my thickest and weed free stretches of lawn are around the black walnut trees. Chives have been growing wild around one of them for the 40 plus years I have lived here. One of my spring projects is to move the black currants and blue berries away from the black walnut trees. |
I ordered a new rhubarb
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 ordered a new rhubarb
"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message ... > > 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 When we first moved into the house we bought in WA (as a child), there appeared to be two beautiful rhubarb plants behind the flowering quince. A neighbor confirmed that they were in fact rhubarb but my parents wouldn't let me eat either the quince or the rhubarb, thinking them to be poison. Even though I promised to cook them both, they still told me to keep away. My dad ripped out the rhubarb and eventually. the quince. |
I ordered a new rhubarb
On 2/9/2019 5:49 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> I assume that you are keeping all the black walnut leaves picked up? > That's about all you can do. I don't know if encroaching roots are > able to 'poison' the soil. Good luck with that. > Yes, the roots do damage to many plants - which is why I no longer have rhubarb. Mostly the juglone damages the plants I want, but not the weeds I'd like to get rid of... |
I ordered a new rhubarb
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. |
I ordered a new rhubarb
On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:37:59 -0500, 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 too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in merry old England. |
I ordered a new rhubarb
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. |
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Julie Bove wrote:
> > "U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message > ... >> >> 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 > > When we first moved into the house we bought in WA (as a child), there > appeared to be two beautiful rhubarb plants behind the flowering quince. > A neighbor confirmed that they were in fact rhubarb but my parents > wouldn't let me eat either the quince or the rhubarb, thinking them to > be poison. Even though I promised to cook them both, they still told me > to keep away. My dad ripped out the rhubarb and eventually. the quince. A smart man, and apparently a hell of a good gardener. Yoose should have kept him instead of the bum yoose have now. |
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 19:21:22 -0500, 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. You gotta be kidding, with all the cooking and gardening you do... next time you go to a real bakery buy a strawberry rhubarb pie... orgasmic. |
I ordered a new rhubarb
On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 16:50:09 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: > >"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message .. . >> >> 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 > >When we first moved into the house we bought in WA (as a child), there >appeared to be two beautiful rhubarb plants behind the flowering quince. A >neighbor confirmed that they were in fact rhubarb but my parents wouldn't >let me eat either the quince or the rhubarb, thinking them to be poison. >Even though I promised to cook them both, they still told me to keep away. >My dad ripped out the rhubarb and eventually. the quince. Rhubarb leaves are indeed toxic. There are many plants that produce ordinary produce that her highly toxic... tomato plants are quite toxic... tomatoes are in the nightshade family, the leaves, stems. and roots are very toxic, same for potatoes. |
I ordered a new rhubarb
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:46:18 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:37:59 -0500, 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 too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to > make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in > merry old England. Rhubarb is a wonderful plant. Those who grew up with it appreciate it and make all kinds of wonderful pies, tarts, puddings, etc., from it. A bit of reading and trial and error will convince even the most doubtful Thomas of its worth. ====== |
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On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 7:04:07 PM UTC-7, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 16:50:09 -0800, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > > > > >"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message > .. . > >> > >> 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 > > > >When we first moved into the house we bought in WA (as a child), there > >appeared to be two beautiful rhubarb plants behind the flowering quince. A > >neighbor confirmed that they were in fact rhubarb but my parents wouldn't > >let me eat either the quince or the rhubarb, thinking them to be poison. > >Even though I promised to cook them both, they still told me to keep away. > >My dad ripped out the rhubarb and eventually. the quince. > > Rhubarb leaves are indeed toxic. There are many plants that produce > ordinary produce that her highly toxic... tomato plants are quite > toxic... tomatoes are in the nightshade family, the leaves, stems. and > roots are very toxic, same for potatoes. Some of the most toxic posters are on this site as well. ====== |
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Janet, I find it unusual your rhubarb died...it has been my experience that you can do anything
to the plants and they never die. ;-)) Mine used to produce blossom stalks, but I just cut those off or pulled them out, and would have rhubarb most of the spring and summer. Although the early stuff was the best. Have you ever had rhubarb sauce on chocolate cake? I had a neighbor who asked for that dessert every year on his birthday. It's pretty tasty. N. |
I ordered a new rhubarb
On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 18:53:26 -0800 (PST), Roy >
wrote: >On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:46:18 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: >> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:37:59 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: >> >> >On 2/9/2019 7:21 PM, Boron Elgar wrote: >> >> >> >> 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 too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to >> make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in >> merry old England. > >Rhubarb is a wonderful plant. Those who grew up with it appreciate it and make >all kinds of wonderful pies, tarts, puddings, etc., from it. >A bit of reading and trial and error will convince even the most doubtful >Thomas of its worth. >====== I think rhubarb's an Anglo hobby. To each culture their own. Enjoy! |
I ordered a new rhubarb
I am not fond of any adulteration of rhubarb pie....but love just plain rhubarb with
a flaky, tasty bottom crust and a lattice pastry top crust. Our Blue-Ribbon Barb posted a rhubarb cake (kind of a simple "dump"' cake years ago, and it is spectacularly easy and very good. Do a Google group search and I bet you can find it. (I don't have it handy, or I would post it.) N. |
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On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 18:56:17 -0800 (PST), Roy >
wrote: >On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 7:04:07 PM UTC-7, Sheldon wrote: >> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 16:50:09 -0800, "Julie Bove" >> > wrote: >> >> >When we first moved into the house we bought in WA (as a child), there >> >appeared to be two beautiful rhubarb plants behind the flowering quince. A >> >neighbor confirmed that they were in fact rhubarb but my parents wouldn't >> >let me eat either the quince or the rhubarb, thinking them to be poison. >> >Even though I promised to cook them both, they still told me to keep away. >> >My dad ripped out the rhubarb and eventually. the quince. >> >> Rhubarb leaves are indeed toxic. There are many plants that produce >> ordinary produce that her highly toxic... tomato plants are quite >> toxic... tomatoes are in the nightshade family, the leaves, stems. and >> roots are very toxic, same for potatoes. > >Some of the most toxic posters are on this site as well. >====== Toxic posters? I thought it was a bunch of jolly hobbits here. |
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On 2019-02-09 10:17 p.m., Nancy2 wrote:
> I am not fond of any adulteration of rhubarb pie....but love just plain rhubarb with > a flaky, tasty bottom crust and a lattice pastry top crust. Bravo. It is a waste of strawberries and a waste of good rhubarb. > > Our Blue-Ribbon Barb posted a rhubarb cake (kind of a simple "dump"' cake years > ago, and it is spectacularly easy and very good. Do a Google group search and I > bet you can find it. (I don't have it handy, or I would post it.) > > N. > |
I ordered a new rhubarb
"U.S. Janet B." wrote in message ... 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 == Good luck! Ours died a few years ago but I never replaced it. |
I ordered a new rhubarb
"Bruce" wrote in message ... On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:37:59 -0500, 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 too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in merry old England. == When we were children, we used to get a stick of rhubarb and a bag of sugar to dip into:) No, I haven't done that since:) |
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"Roy" wrote in message ... On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:46:18 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: > On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:37:59 -0500, 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 too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to > make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in > merry old England. Rhubarb is a wonderful plant. Those who grew up with it appreciate it and make all kinds of wonderful pies, tarts, puddings, etc., from it. A bit of reading and trial and error will convince even the most doubtful Thomas of its worth. ====== Yes, it's lovely in pies etc:) |
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"Bruce" wrote in message ... On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 18:53:26 -0800 (PST), Roy > wrote: >On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:46:18 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: >> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:37:59 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: >> >> >On 2/9/2019 7:21 PM, Boron Elgar wrote: >> >> >> >> 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 too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to >> make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in >> merry old England. > >Rhubarb is a wonderful plant. Those who grew up with it appreciate it and >make >all kinds of wonderful pies, tarts, puddings, etc., from it. >A bit of reading and trial and error will convince even the most doubtful >Thomas of its worth. >====== I think rhubarb's an Anglo hobby. To each culture their own. Enjoy! -- Well given that the USians are talking about it, don't you think you might be wrong?? Hmmm??? |
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:17:44 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote: > > >"Bruce" wrote in message ... > >On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 18:53:26 -0800 (PST), Roy > >wrote: > >>On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:46:18 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: >>> >>> It's too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to >>> make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in >>> merry old England. >> >>Rhubarb is a wonderful plant. Those who grew up with it appreciate it and >>make >>all kinds of wonderful pies, tarts, puddings, etc., from it. >>A bit of reading and trial and error will convince even the most doubtful >>Thomas of its worth. >>====== > >I think rhubarb's an Anglo hobby. To each culture their own. Enjoy! > >-- > >Well given that the USians are talking about it, don't you think you might >be wrong?? Hmmm??? But they're your colony! |
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:16:46 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote: > > >"Roy" wrote in message ... > >On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:46:18 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: >> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:37:59 -0500, 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 too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to >> make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in >> merry old England. > >Rhubarb is a wonderful plant. Those who grew up with it appreciate it and >make >all kinds of wonderful pies, tarts, puddings, etc., from it. >A bit of reading and trial and error will convince even the most doubtful >Thomas of its worth. >====== > >Yes, it's lovely in pies etc:) See? :) |
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:16:17 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote: > > >"Bruce" wrote in message ... > >On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:37:59 -0500, 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 too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to >make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in >merry old England. > >== > >When we were children, we used to get a stick of rhubarb and a bag of sugar >to dip into:) > >No, I haven't done that since:) :) |
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"Hank Rogers" > wrote in message ... > Julie Bove wrote: >> >> "U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message >> ... >>> >>> 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 >> >> When we first moved into the house we bought in WA (as a child), there >> appeared to be two beautiful rhubarb plants behind the flowering quince. >> A neighbor confirmed that they were in fact rhubarb but my parents >> wouldn't let me eat either the quince or the rhubarb, thinking them to >> be poison. Even though I promised to cook them both, they still told me >> to keep away. My dad ripped out the rhubarb and eventually. the quince. > > A smart man, and apparently a hell of a good gardener. Yoose should have > kept him instead of the bum yoose have now. He's gardening up in heaven now. |
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"Roy" > wrote in message ... > On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 7:04:07 PM UTC-7, Sheldon wrote: >> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 16:50:09 -0800, "Julie Bove" >> > wrote: >> >> > >> >"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message >> .. . >> >> >> >> 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 >> > >> >When we first moved into the house we bought in WA (as a child), there >> >appeared to be two beautiful rhubarb plants behind the flowering quince. >> >A >> >neighbor confirmed that they were in fact rhubarb but my parents >> >wouldn't >> >let me eat either the quince or the rhubarb, thinking them to be poison. >> >Even though I promised to cook them both, they still told me to keep >> >away. >> >My dad ripped out the rhubarb and eventually. the quince. >> >> Rhubarb leaves are indeed toxic. There are many plants that produce >> ordinary produce that her highly toxic... tomato plants are quite >> toxic... tomatoes are in the nightshade family, the leaves, stems. and >> roots are very toxic, same for potatoes. > > Some of the most toxic posters are on this site as well. > ====== Bwahaha! |
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Nancy2 wrote:
> > I am not fond of any adulteration of rhubarb pie....but love just plain rhubarb with > a flaky, tasty bottom crust and a lattice pastry top crust. > > Our Blue-Ribbon Barb posted a rhubarb cake (kind of a simple "dump"' cake years > ago, and it is spectacularly easy and very good. Do a Google group search and I > bet you can find it. (I don't have it handy, or I would post it.) She has it on the RFC site. Signature dish page is - http://www.recfoodcooking.org/signature.php Direct link to that recipe - http://www.recfoodcooking.org/sigs/B...rd%20Cake.html |
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On 2/10/2019 2:16 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> When we were children, we used to get a stick of rhubarb and a bag of > sugar to dip into:) > That was my mother's favourite way to eat it - me, I prefer it cooked. |
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In article >,
says... > > 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. You're missing an oldfashioned treat. Janet UK |
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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 |
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On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 9:53:30 PM UTC-5, Roy wrote:
> On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:46:18 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: > > On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:37:59 -0500, 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 too sour to eat on its own, so you have to add a lot of sugar to > > make it edible. Sounds pretty useless to me. I think it's popular in > > merry old England. > > Rhubarb is a wonderful plant. Those who grew up with it appreciate it and make > all kinds of wonderful pies, tarts, puddings, etc., from it. > A bit of reading and trial and error will convince even the most doubtful > Thomas of its worth. > ====== Not the Doubting Thomas to whom I'm married. He won't touch it. I have to admit, it can be kind of slimy. I'd rather have fruit, and given modern food transportation and preservation technology, I don't have to look forward to that first fruity taste of fresh rhubarb after a long winter of dried stuff. I can just nip over to the bakery in my car and buy whatever kind of pie I like, year round. And theirs is better than mine. Cindy Hamilton |
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Thank you, Gary, for posting the link to Barb's rhubarb recipe.
N. |
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On 2019-02-10 6:16 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
> On 2/10/2019 2:16 AM, Ophelia wrote: > >> When we were children, we used to get a stick of rhubarb and a bag of >> sugar to dip into:) >> > That was my mother's favourite way to eat it - me, I prefer it cooked. We used to eat it straight out of the garden. |
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On 2019-02-10 8:16 a.m., Janet wrote:
> In article >, says... > >> >> When we first moved into the house we bought in WA (as a child), there >> appeared to be two beautiful rhubarb plants behind the flowering quince. A >> neighbor confirmed that they were in fact rhubarb but my parents wouldn't >> let me eat either the quince or the rhubarb, thinking them to be poison. >> Even though I promised to cook them both, they still told me to keep away. >> My dad ripped out the rhubarb and eventually. the quince. > > Typical stupidity by your know-nothing parents who couldn't cook. > > Speaking of quince.... My wife picked up some quince jam for me at a church bazaar. I had never had it before. It was really good. |
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"S Viemeister" wrote in message ... On 2/10/2019 2:16 AM, Ophelia wrote: > When we were children, we used to get a stick of rhubarb and a bag of > sugar to dip into:) > That was my mother's favourite way to eat it - me, I prefer it cooked. === I do now:) |
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