I just got a hankering...

[awoke_in_2003]

for rhubarb pie. How many have had the joy of picking fresh rhubarb and eating it in the field?

[cliffordu]

1. My gramma used to pick rhubarb and make pies.

Yes, I have had it fresh.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. I need to make pie once...

and find out if it can be grown in Texas.

[Denninmi]

2. I've got about a dozen plants.

I enjoy eating a bit of it raw now and then when young and tender.

[MerryBlooms]

3. I made a batch of strawberry/rhubarb jam yesterday and

biscuits- delish!

We have two rhubarb plants. I harvested and froze some stalks a couple of weeks ago and then went out to second harvest yesterday. Someone had helped themselves to about 75% of my rhubarb. Booo. I was immediately reminded of the 'crazy rhubarb lady', video that's been going around. So I was able to get one small batch of jam and then saved enough for one pie. Next year I am keeping a very close eye on my rhubarb!

[antiquie]

4. Lost out on raw rhubarb

'cause my Okie-side family taught us kids we would die if we ate it raw. Obviously, they were a bit off.

Rhubarb can be used as a strong laxative. Its roots have been used as a laxative for at least 5,000 years.

Rhubarb leaves contain poisonous substances, including oxalic acid which is a nephrotoxic and corrosive acid that is present in many plants. Humans have been poisoned after ingesting the leaves; such poisoning was a particular problem in World War I, when the leaves were recommended as a food source in Britain.

Rhubarb that has been affected by severe cold should not be eaten as it may be high in oxalic acid which has migrated from the leaves, and can cause illness.
(Source: Wikipedia)

[HipChick]

5. Unfortunately I have...and that is why to this day

I cannot stand rhubarb...we would have it at lunch

and then when I got home, my mum would make me go pick it out the garden to make a pie..

I hated that Rhubarb patch...

[Arctic Dave]

7. Dang! I thought you were going to say,

"For a hunk of cheese".

[awoke_in_2003]

8. That song has stuck with me...

for 35 years.