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To rhubarb or not to rhubarb
Love the stuff! Yes, I enjoy eating it and have some favorite recipes. I'll post some for you, Brenda! 7 (41.2%)
Loathe the stuff! How can anyone stand it? 3 (17.6%)
Of course, we have some great recipes. I'll go look some up to share with you, Brenda! 4 (23.5%)
Cook it? Um, no, I'd rather not. 1 (5.9%)
Never tried it. I live a very sheltered life. 2 (11.8%)
Total Votes: 17
To rhubarb or not to rhubarb; that is the question; select two choices
Topic Started: May 4 2010, 05:40 PM (543 Views)
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Do you make recipes using rhubarb? It's in season here.

Do you eat it? Not everybody likes it.

This is a MultiVote poll, and you may select up to two choices.
Edited by brenda, May 4 2010, 06:09 PM.
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1hp
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Always liked rhubarb pie with custard, but I don't have any recipes for you (that wasn't a poll choice).

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i just had to transplant my plants.. they were wonderful last summer. I planted three new roots and 2 have come up. I adore rhubarb pie and any rhubarb recipe. I am a sourlovin type of person.

in my pie. I just have chunked rhubarb, flour and sugar.. the crust has at least `1/2 butter.
Edited by apple, May 4 2010, 06:35 PM.
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I LOVE rhubarb. Rhubarb pie, not too much sugar, touch of cinnamon....my favourite pie, hands down. Rhubarb crisp, with crunchy oatmeal brown sugar topping, yum. Or just stewed rhubarb, over some natural yogurt; so tart yet slightly sweet and so tasty, best breakfast ever.

Thanks for the reminder; mine is ready to harvest too! Rhubarb pie this weekend!!
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My mom makes rhubarb crisp.
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sue
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apple
May 4 2010, 06:33 PM
I am a sourlovin type of person.

:lol2: I was about to look that up, thought it was some culinary term I'd not heard of. But yeah, I guess I'm one too. So is my son, fun to have someone to share with.
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May 4 2010, 06:24 PM
Always liked rhubarb pie with custard, but I don't have any recipes for you (that wasn't a poll choice).

That's OK, 1hp. At least you pointed me in the direction of a recipe to look for that you would recommend. I appreciate that!
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Thanks for your suggestions, apple, MS, and sue. We love rhubarb cake. I just made one today. Vanilla cake, four cups of chopped rhubarb spread over the batter, one cup of brown sugar sprinkled over rhubarb, two cups of cream poured over the whole thing. Bake at 350 for 45 to 50 minutes.

I had only one cup of cream, so I added a cup of buttermilk. It's still good!

Our rhubarb is finally doing well enough again to be able to pick some. Last year we didn't have any rhubarb from our own plants. I had to buy some. Weird.
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This recipe is easy and yummy. I usually forego the ice cream and just eat it on its own, but it is divine with french vanilla ice cream. Disappears really quickly!

Berry Delicious Rhubarb Crisp

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup butter, melted
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1-1/2 cups diced fresh or frozen rhubarb
1-1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
1-1/2 cups fresh blackberries
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 cup water
Vanilla ice cream

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, oats, butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla and cinnamon. Set aside 1 cup for topping; press remaining crumb mixture into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Top with rhubarb, strawberries and blackberries.

In a small saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in water. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in remaining vanilla. Pour over fruit; sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly. Serve with ice cream. Yield: 9 servings.
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RR, that sounds positively nomeriffic!
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If anyone has a recommendation for a savory dish with rhubarb, I'd be keen to try it. We don't have much occasion for sweets here.
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One of my fave recipes, though I usually have it in the winter when fresh fruit isn't as available/more costly.

http://www.canadianliving.com/food/winterberry_pie.php
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apple
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jon... you simply have to add sugar or the like to rhubarb. it is unbelievably sour and flavorful.

i would experiment by buying 4 stalks and cook them with sugar..perhaps a cup.

you can experment with the sauce then.. adding eastern spices.

i totally believe in not indulging in desserts but you owe it to yourself to at least make a crisp. .. plenty of nuts. the sugar won't kill you.
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Meh. I've had it a few times as pie, nothing else. Not all that familiar.
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May 5 2010, 03:29 AM
Meh. I've had it a few times as pie, nothing else. Not all that familiar.
Practically a sheltered life there, Mik. You're adventurous enough to try some recipes.


Jon, I'll see if I can find a savory version of rhubarb. As apple notes, it may have just a tad of some sugar to cut the tartness a smidgen. I prefer brown sugar for that.

Ask and ye shall receive, Jon! Here are several sources for savory rhubarb ideas:
http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/recipe-other.html#index_other_2 (scroll down the page of this site for the recipes, there are several)
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/recipe-roundup/rhubarb-sweet-and-savory-050647
http://www.grit.com/Recipes/Rhubarb-Recipes.aspx (page forward to get to the recipes)
http://www.zimbio.com/Recipes/articles/8017/Summer+Savory+Rhubarb+Soup
http://homecooking.about.com/b/2010/04/08/rhubarb-recipes.htm
http://www.tamaraduker.com/tag/rhubarb-savory/


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apple
May 5 2010, 03:28 AM
you can experment with the sauce then.. adding eastern spices.

I haven't looked at any of the recipes that brenda posted yet, but I'm thinking the same way, apple. Cinnamon is so good with rhubarb, so my first thought is something garam masala-ish, perhaps with pork.
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May 5 2010, 09:09 AM
apple
May 5 2010, 03:28 AM
you can experment with the sauce then.. adding eastern spices.

I haven't looked at any of the recipes that brenda posted yet, but I'm thinking the same way, apple. Cinnamon is so good with rhubarb, so my first thought is something garam masala-ish, perhaps with pork.
What a great idea! Rhubarb sauce instead of apple sauce, either in a garam masala base, or even with BBQ spices. The acidity would also make it a good marinade.
Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool.

I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

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Yes, indeed on the pork and Indian concepts. You will see some recipes like that in the links I posted. There are some main courses and side dishes. At least one is for a chicken dish, too.
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Rhubarb sauce on pork? Now that sounds interesting.

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May 5 2010, 03:42 PM
Rhubarb sauce on pork? Now that sounds interesting.

No kidding! And now I have to wait for my puny rhubarb plants to grow some more before I can pick any again.

Note to self: Plant more rhubarb.
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apple
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yep.. i'm gonna be the rhubarb queen - working on five plants in the new place.

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May 5 2010, 07:45 PM
yep.. i'm gonna be the rhubarb queen - working on five plants in the new place.

Smart! Start them now. What else? Maybe asparagus? We have several walnut trees here, so asparagus doesn't grow well for us. :(
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How odd. As if on cue, my wife made a nice savory rhubarb dish just today.

A rhubarb chutney that could go on anything. We put it on chicken. We had a bunch left over I'll probably put it on a ham steak at some point.

She used this recipe, substituting dried cranberries for currants.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/printerfriendly/Rhubarb-Chutney-107941

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When we were kids we'd just pull up a stalk, wash it, fill the palm of our hand with either salt or sugar, dunk the end and munch away.

We often ate watermelon and apples with salt too.
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that sounds great Bernard. we used to put salt on lots of odd stuff, particularly watermelon and canteloupe.. a Missouri farm thing.
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