Rhubarb recipes come on cough em up!!!

[Heidi3]

Under Persian thread my lamb and rhubarb recipie is to die for ...what have you got ...share???? lots of yummy low carb rhubarb around now!!!

[ana]

I am not sure where I got this recipe but it looked good so I saved it.


Rhubarb Crisp

Description:
this is a great take along dish for potlucks or bbqs


Ingredients:
4 cups fresh rhubarb, diced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 to 2 cups Splenda
3/4 cup protein powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup butter


Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Place rhubarb in ungreased 8-inch square baking dish. Sprinkle with salt. Measure Splenda, protein powder and cinnamon into a bowl. Add butter and mix thoroughly until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over rhubarb. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until topping is a rich golden brown. Serve warm with whipped cream .

[sadie147]

I LOVE rhubarb! But I have a rhubarb question: is wild rhubarb edible? I found some growing on our property up north, and am wondering if i can harvest it when it's fully grown? anyone ever had wild rhubarb?

[not2late]

I LOVE rhubarb! But I have a rhubarb question: is wild rhubarb edible? I found some growing on our property up north, and am wondering if i can harvest it when it's fully grown? anyone ever had wild rhubarb?

It might be an "escapee" from an old garden.

[sadie147]

I LOVE rhubarb! But I have a rhubarb question: is wild rhubarb edible? I found some growing on our property up north, and am wondering if i can harvest it when it's fully grown? anyone ever had wild rhubarb?

It might be an "escapee" from an old garden.

That's really interesting. The stuff grows all over the place up there. I remember picking it as a kid and chewing on a stalk and spitting it out because it was so bitter! But i did find a website that does say the same thing as well..it's actually originally from china? perhaps one of the farms on a the lakes years ago grew it and it has spread over the years.

Q: Inquiring minds need to know! Is it safe to eat wild rhubarb? ( Cando, N.D.)
A: Yes it is, assuming it IS wild rhubarb. Unless you are 100 percent certain, you should stay away from it. Actually, rhubarb is an immigrant, landing on both coasts in the mid-18th century by Europeans and Russian fur traders to Alaska. When I was in Alaska recently I came across a plant that was more than 6' tall and at least as wide! What you are seeing is really an "escape" from cultivation.
I'll probably just keep buying my frozen rhubarb..or maybe i'll take a pic of it and compare to some pics on teh net jsut to be safe.

Here's the site I got hte from..which is basically everything you wanted to know about growing rhubarb: http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/hor...eg/rhubarb.htm

I didn't realize that rhubarb leaves are toxic! very good to know.

Sorry nursey, i think i highjacked a recipe thread! LOL.

[sadie147]

OK here is every rhubarb recipe known to man LOL:

http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/recipe-index.html

I haven't tried any of these, but many look like they could be easily low carbed! I think the punch and drink recipes look really interesting.

[MotherOfGizmo]

Hmm, there is a rhubarb who's leaves are used for wrapping cheese, I wouldnt' think they'd use something toxic to wrap cheese with. Also, it says there and lots of kinds of rhubarb, and lots of things called rhubarb that really aren't rhubarb at all!

Leaves used for wrapping cheeses, rhizomes used as pig food.

http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/rhubarb-background.html

[sadie147]

Hmm, there is a rhubarb who's leaves are used for wrapping cheese, I wouldnt' think they'd use something toxic to wrap cheese with. Also, it says there and lots of kinds of rhubarb, and lots of things called rhubarb that really aren't rhubarb at all!

Leaves used for wrapping cheeses, rhizomes used as pig food.

http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/rhubarb-background.html

Not sure what kind that would be they are referring to? But they should post a warning. I just googled it and all the poison control sites have it listed as a poison. Though they say death is rare, it does make you very very sick and cause problems with breathing. Here's one of the sites:

http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/rhubarb-poison.html

Or

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002876.htm

Edited to add: haha one of them is the same site that you posted that says it can be used for wrapping cheeses. How silly!

[MotherOfGizmo]

That is wild! We used to get the rhubarb straigt off the plant and chew on it as kids, no one ever said to be careful not to eat the leaves!

[Mindykins]

Yeah, we used to drink out of garden hoses as kids too!! LOL!!!

[MotherOfGizmo]

Yeah, we used to drink out of garden hoses as kids too!! LOL!!!

:yes

I still do!

[Mindykins]

LOL!! Moggies. In Florida, I grew up with wild sugar cane. Used to chew on the cane sticks and suck out the juices. There's an alcohol beverage they make with sugar cane and lime juice and I forgot what kind of liquor. I think the drink is called Guarapo or something like that. Very refreshing on a hot day!!

OK back to beets!!

[MotherOfGizmo]

Oh, I've chewed on sugar cane as a kid too! I don't remember where I was living at the time though. ensive

[sadie147]

I have a couple of s pork tenderloin in the freezer and I'm thinking pork would be really good with a rhubarb glaze? Wonder what it would be like cooked in teh slow cooker (pork, bit of water, rhubarb, sweetener)...hmmm may have to play around witht that one.

Anyone see why it wouldn't work?

[not2late]

I chop rhubarb into cubes, toss them into a saucepan with a tablespoon of water and let it cook down into a "jam". Add sweetener to it and you'll have a nice compote for pork or turkey or cheese (like Stilton or Brie).