Anyone else noticing this? Rhubarb used to be sold in bunches large enough that you could trim away tops and dirty bottoms and still have more than enough to make a pie. My brother, who taught me to make rhubarb pies, was been complaining last year that the rhubarb bundles were too small to make a pie. We never noticed it because I get mine from a neighbour's fruit stand. The other day my wife came home with a bunch that looked kind of small. My recipe calls for 4 cups of chopped rhubarb. A got less than 3 out of it.
Not a major problem.... the recipe calls for a range of sugar , 1 1/4 - 2 cups. I just cut back on flour and sugar and the pie was a little less fruity. It turned out great. But from now on I am going to insist on a bundle big enough for a pie.
Anyone else noticing this? Rhubarb used to be sold in bunches large enough that you could trim away tops and dirty bottoms and still have more than enough to make a pie. My brother, who taught me to make rhubarb pies, was been complaining last year that the rhubarb bundles were too small to make a pie. We never noticed it because I get mine from a neighbour's fruit stand. The other day my wife came home with a bunch that looked kind of small. My recipe calls for 4 cups of chopped rhubarb. A got less than 3 out of it.
Not a major problem.... the recipe calls for a range of sugar , 1 1/4 - 2 cups. I just cut back on flour and sugar and the pie was a little less fruity. It turned out great. But from now on I am going to insist on a bundle big enough for a pie.
Could you get two of the smaller bundles and make a deep dish pie?
Not a major problem.... the recipe calls for a range of sugar , 1 1/4 - 2 cups. I just cut back on flour and sugar and the pie was a little less fruity. It turned out great. But from now on I am going to insist on a bundle big enough for a pie.
Could you get two of the smaller bundles and make a deep dish pie?
I suppose that I could, but I don't want a deep dish pie. I want a regular pie, and after years and years of buying a single bunch and having enough to trim and still have ample rhubarb to make a pie, I hate to support a consumer gouge by buying a two bunches instead of one.
Anyone else noticing this? Rhubarb used to be sold in bunches large enough that you could trim away tops and dirty bottoms and still have more than enough to make a pie. My brother, who taught me to make rhubarb pies, was been complaining last year that the rhubarb bundles were too small to make a pie. We never noticed it because I get mine from a neighbour's fruit stand. The other day my wife came home with a bunch that looked kind of small. My recipe calls for 4 cups of chopped rhubarb. A got less than 3 out of it.
Not a major problem.... the recipe calls for a range of sugar , 1 1/4 - 2 cups. I just cut back on flour and sugar and the pie was a little less fruity. It turned out great. But from now on I am going to insist on a bundle big enough for a pie.
Anyone else noticing this? Rhubarb used to be sold in bunches large enough that you could trim away tops and dirty bottoms and still have more than enough to make a pie. My brother, who taught me to make rhubarb pies, was been complaining last year that the rhubarb bundles were too small to make a pie. We never noticed it because I get mine from a neighbour's fruit stand. The other day my wife came home with a bunch that looked kind of small. My recipe calls for 4 cups of chopped rhubarb. A got less than 3 out of it.
Here rhubarb is grown not sold. Most houses have a patch. We had a huge patch at our previous house. One of my kids would eat right from the patch. DH loves rhubarb pie so when we moved here, I planted some. It died 🙁 For something that is almost considered a weed, I killed it! Time to try again. BTW, I have a fine crop of dandelions. I'm thinking dandelion wine if I can keep them growing.
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Not a major problem.... the recipe calls for a range of sugar , 1 1/4 - 2 cups. I just cut back on flour and sugar and the pie was a little less fruity. It turned out great. But from now on I am going to insist on a bundle big enough for a pie.
Not a major problem.... the recipe calls for a range of sugar , 1 1/4 - 2 cups. I just cut back on flour and sugar and the pie was a little less fruity. It turned out great. But from now on I am going to insist on a bundle big enough for a pie.
Willing to share your recipe? It sounds great.
It's the Joy of Cooking rhubarb pie recipe. The pastry was made with Crisco as per the recipe on the Crisco box.
Here rhubarb is grown not sold. Most houses have a patch. We had a huge patch at our previous house. One of my kids would eat right from the patch. DH loves rhubarb pie so when we moved here, I planted some. It died 🙁 For something that is almost considered a weed, I killed it! Time to try again. BTW, I have a fine crop of dandelions. I'm thinking dandelion wine if I can keep them growing.
Welcome to the club. I planted some nice red rhubarb two years ago. Last year it was doing fine and should have been ready to harvest this year. The plant disappeared. I know where it is supposed to be, but if I can't even find the plant I can forget about getting enough for a pie.
Here rhubarb is grown not sold. Most houses have a patch. We had a huge patch at our previous house. One of my kids would eat right from the patch. DH loves rhubarb pie so when we moved here, I planted some. It died 🙁 For something that is almost considered a weed, I killed it! Time to try again. BTW, I have a fine crop of dandelions. I'm thinking dandelion wine if I can keep them growing.
Welcome to the club. I planted some nice red rhubarb two years ago. Last year it was doing fine and should have been ready to harvest this year. The plant disappeared. I know where it is supposed to be, but if I can't even find the plant I can forget about getting enough for a pie.
LOL! I do feel your pain. How on earth I could kill off rhubarb is beyond me.
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Here rhubarb is grown not sold. Most houses have a patch. We had a huge patch at our previous house. One of my kids would eat right from the patch.
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I was always told that it's poisonous unless cooked. Was I told wrong? Not disagreeing, genuinely asking; thanks 🙂
K
The leaves are poisonous, not the petiole (stalk). As a kid we used to pull the rhubarb and dip the end in sugar before eating it. -- -Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 5/8/05. "Are we going to measure, or are we going to cook?" -Food Critic Mimi Sheraton
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Here rhubarb is grown not sold. Most houses have a patch. We had a huge patch at our previous house. One of my kids would eat right from the patch.
I was always told that it's poisonous unless cooked. Was I told wrong? Not disagreeing, genuinely asking; thanks 🙂
no, the leaves & root contian oxalic acid, which is poisonous, but the stalks are fine, raw or cooked. i've always liked raw rhubarb & my 4 YO does too. i have a 40' row of it 🙂 yum! lee
no, the leaves & root contian oxalic acid, which is poisonous, but the stalks are fine, raw or cooked. i've always liked raw rhubarb & my 4 YO does too. i have a 40' row of it 🙂 yum! lee
Madre de diós, what in the name of science and machinery do you do with 40 FEET of rhubarb, Lee? Inquiring Mind Wants to Know. -- -Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 5/8/05. "Are we going to measure, or are we going to cook?" -Food Critic Mimi Sheraton
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no, the leaves & root contian oxalic acid, which is poisonous, but the stalks are fine, raw or cooked. i've always liked raw rhubarb & my 4 YO does too. i have a 40' row of it 🙂 yum! lee
Madre de diós, what in the name of science and machinery do you do with 40 FEET of rhubarb, Lee? Inquiring Mind Wants to Know. --
In the little pueblo where I grew up, there was a wonderfully demented farmer who had a patch at least that big behind his barn. He let anyone who asked pick as much as they liked. My boss, who owned the nursing home where I worked, would send me out at least a couple times each Spring to pick enough for everyone at the old folks home -- residents and staff. One of my favorite cooks there made a mean rhubarb pie.
Pablo (Who is getting way too sentimental in his middle years.)
no, the leaves & root contian oxalic acid, which is poisonous, but the stalks are fine, raw or cooked. i've always liked raw rhubarb & my 4 YO does too. i have a 40' row of it 🙂 yum!
Wow You must really, really like it. I used to have two plants and had more than enough for myself. Neither my wife nor my son like it. The old garden had to be moved because of black walnut trees that were too close to it. The rhubarb did not survive the move. I planted a new plant two years ago, but have no idea what happened to it. It was pretty puny last summer and this year it is nowhere to be found. I just picked up two new plants this morning and planted them in the sunniest spot I cold find.
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Here rhubarb is grown not sold. Most houses have a patch. We had a huge patch at our previous house. One of my kids would eat right from the patch.
I was always told that it's poisonous unless cooked. Was I told wrong? Not disagreeing, genuinely asking; thanks 🙂
K
if raw rhubarb was poisonous, there would be thousands of dead kids in North America. I have seen wild rhubarb, which seems to like to grow beside small creeks and streams, and I've been told it is poisonous. But I know (because I am here typing this message) that "tame" rhubarb is not poisonous.
The leaves? I never ate any, but I also never saw an adult go ballistic about them, either. So I could go either way on them being poisonous.
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Here rhubarb is grown not sold. Most houses have a patch. We had a huge patch at our previous house. One of my kids would eat right from the patch.
I was always told that it's poisonous unless cooked. Was I told wrong? Not disagreeing, genuinely asking; thanks 🙂
K
if raw rhubarb was poisonous, there would be thousands of dead kids in North America. I have seen wild rhubarb, which seems to like to grow beside small creeks and streams, and I've been told it is poisonous. But I know (because I am here typing this message) that "tame" rhubarb is not poisonous.
The leaves? I never ate any, but I also never saw an adult go ballistic about them, either. So I could go either way on them being poisonous.
H.
The leaves contain oxalate which is toxic. The stems contain a lot less. In large quantities it is indeed poisonous.
-- Peter Aitken Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm
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no, the leaves & root contian oxalic acid, which is poisonous, but the stalks are fine, raw or cooked. i've always liked raw rhubarb & my 4 YO does too. i have a 40' row of it 🙂 yum!
Madre de diós, what in the name of science and machinery do you do with 40 FEET of rhubarb, Lee? Inquiring Mind Wants to Know.
rhubarb-ginger jam (thanks Barb!) rhubarb ginger crumble (takes 2.5-3 pounds of rhubarb) German rhubarb cake rhubarb sauce regular rhubarb crumble Dutch rhubarb pie strawberry rhubarb pie raspberry rhubarb pie rhubarb pie raw rhubarb freeze a whole bunch for winter... there's a lot of recipes on Rhubarb compendium i haven't got to yet, too 🙂 lee <it came with the house, but it's expanding its self, unlike the asparagus which all died>
