I've had strawberry rhubarb pie. It was ok, but nothing to write home about. I'd rather have peach cobbler or apple pie. I guess it's an acquired taste. I like blueberries too but service berries have a much better flavor, though smaller. I have to fight off the birds to get a handful. They virtually attack the service berries. For jelly...muscadines are great.
My mom taught me to wiggle the stalk back & forth as you pull. Helps prevent the stem from snapping. As seniors, we live in an apartment now, without a garden. This year, on our balcony, as an experiment, I planted a single rhubarb plant in a large pot. With regular watering it's thriving but the test for it will be our cold Canadian winter. In the meantime, I find that other gardeners are quite generous with their rhubarb. Thank you for your very informative video!
Here is a coffee cake recipe for you. It has been in my family for years and is found in our family cookbook. Rhubarb Coffee Cake 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 tsp baking soda, 2 cups flour, 2 cups of rhubarb. Mix wet ingredients with mixer then add dry ingredients and fold in rhubarb. Place in a greased 9 x 13 pan, top with 1/2 cup rhubarb, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp of cinnamon and put in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Here in Minnesota we laughingly call rhubarb a weed it grows so good here. I wash it and let dry on the counter then cut it into small chunks and freeze it on a cookie sheet and place it in a ice cream pail. In the middle of the winter I can take out whatever I want to make this cake or a strawberry rhubarb pie or jam. We pick and eat it till it freezes here. I have a church cookbook on rhubarb and it says it is a myth to only eat it till the end of June. After it freezes and the plant dies back I cover it with leaves that have fallen from the trees. I don't uncover them in the spring and the plant just pops up when the weather warms in the spring. I once had someone come and pick some and removed almost all the leaves and the plant did fine. We pull the stocks and cut the leaves off and place them under the plant cause I had heard they are poisonous and should not go in the compost pile. It also helps keep the weeds around the plant down. Made a cake this morning along with a chicken pasta salad for lunch. I added some walnuts and next time will add a small amount of sour cream as I thought it was a tad dry with the nuts. Thanks for sharing ..... your patch is beautiful.
We have a rhubarb plant which was given to about 6 yrs ago. My wifesUncle Frank’sparents broght the plant west from WI when they Came west . When he gave us the plant he said it wasan80yr.. old plant still producing. Amazingly tough old plant..
I am Norwegian, living in Denmark. I have rhubarb in my garden and just love it. In the old days in Norway rhubarb was a life saver. The first fresh source of vitamin C of the year. Ready to be harvested from late April and all summer. Great video. Thanks. I hit like and subscribe 👍
I was raised in Louisville, Kentucky on a small farm. We had a small bed of rhubarb and even year something was made with the rhubarb. I'm now 70 and can still remember just about everything from my youth years. From the rooster that changed me out of the chicken yard to the day long horseback rides on the newly construction of interstate 71 headed north. Where, those the good old days.
I live in the UK and Yorkshire rhubarb has been part of my diet since World War 2 My mother used to put rhubarb pieces into Yorkshire pudding mix and we ate it with a sprinkling of sugar. My mother also made rhubarb wine.I now live in the south and have taken a piece of rhubarb with me every time I've moved house .
I've been eating stewed rhubarb all my life . After harvesting cut the rhubarb into inch to inch and a half long pieces, enough to fill a large stock pot . A couple of gallons. Cook on a very low flame with a cover , you may want to add a quarter cup of water to prevent scorching but if the flame is low enough you don't need it. It won't take too long and your rhubarb will break down so you can stir it. At this point add sugar to taste. I can mine in pint jars and water bath for ten minutes. Awsome on yogurt even better on vanilla ice cream 🍨 😋
I have twenty one plants and I make pies , cheesecake, BBQ sauce, jellies,jams, cakes,breads. I have ate it since I was a kid and never had any problems
Imagine times when there were no grocery stores & you were coming out of a long winter & needing fresh vitamin C. Rhubarb, which comes up fairly early, was a life saver.
I’m a born & raised Minnesotan. Rhubarb is everywhere there. We recently moved to Missouri and I missed my rhubarb so I bought some crowns last spring and put them in a raised bed. I was nervous because rhubarb is more of a northern cold loving plant. But to my surprise, they’ve been growing wonderfully. I’m so happy to have rhubarb again! I didn’t harvest any the 1st year & harvested about 1/4 of the stalks this year and will leave it alone til next year. Can’t wait to make some yummy rhubarb desserts.
My favourite rhubarb coffee cake recipe...RHUBARB COFFEE CAKE Grease and flour 9”x13” pan Set oven at 350 F Cream together: 1/2 cup Butter- softened - not melted 1 + 1/2 cups sugar 1 egg Add: 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 + 1/2 tsp baking SODA 2 cups chopped rhubarb 1 cup buttermilk ( or 1 cup milk + 2 tsp vinegar) 2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla Pour in pan TOPPING: 1/4 cup soft butter (not melted!) 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon Blend well and Crumble over cake batter Ooooo l Recipe says bake 45-50 minutes (My oven takes 55-60 minutes!) I set timer for 50 and add 5 minute increments till toothpick comes out clean :) BEST IF SERVED HOT WITH ICE CREAM OR WHIPPED CREAM
We made strawberry rhubarb wine two years ago. I gauged the sugar content with a hydrometer and it came out nice and dry, with a vivid red color. We have it racked and its starting to age nicely.
Rhubarb is rich in Vit K (I'm not talking about Potassium whose shortened form is written as K but rather talking about actual Vitamin K). I have used rhubarb in a whole lot of items - finely chopped in my morning yogurt, stir fried with other veggies, juice (alone and sometimes mixed with other fruit), stewed (typically alone but occasionally with other fruit), jelly& jam (all on it's own and occasionally added to other fruit), in soup and stew as a veggie, the typical pie (alone or mixed with other fruit), and as a fruit in cakes, loaves, and muffins. I have not made rhubarb wine or liqueur ... yet. We used to have a 200 foot row so we typically got a few hundred pounds of rhubarb off it annually. When I moved from the farm I saved about 20 plants which are now potted up. For the record, I've harvested ALL summer - not just for the spring. I just make sure to harvest the leaves that are the oldest for each plant to make sure that new ones keep coming up so that we don't get woody ones. I do make sure to leave enough time for the end of the growing season so that the plants have time to build up enough nutrients in the root to carry them through the winter into the next year.
A friend offers a picking off her rhubarb plant every May. Her 2 plants originally came ftom her grandparents farm in the 1910s or 1920s, moved 3-4 times over the years. Last transplanted to currect location in 1970s. She gave me a full 5-gallon bucket full if stralks last week. Put 7 freezer bags with 4 cups in each bag for use in fall and winer. My 91 year old dad loves rhubarb. Huge smile from him when I walk in with the bucket full. My 6 plants transplanted 4 years will give me about half that this year. Enough for a bag every till next years harvest. Found a strawberry/rhubarb drop biscuit with lemon drizzle I want to try from Chef John from food wishes. Happy gardening from Idaho!
The tapioca is a thickener. My mother made a lot of rhubarb pies over the years and canned stewed rhubarb as well so we could enjoy the sweet tart goodness all through the years. Growing up with this in the culinary mix, I initially rejected rhubarb pie with strawberries in it. Now I’ll sample it once in a while but I still prefer the sweet tart flavor of rhubarb pie. (I also like cherry pie, so it’s not surprising that I especially like the tart cherries best.)
I live in S.E. Texas. As a child, I remember seeing rhubarb in the produce section in stores and thinking it was red celery. I never had anything with rhubarb in it until I was an adult. I had some pie. Now I'm hooked on strawberry rhubarb.
Former Michigander here. I lived in Texas for 4 years and HEB never had rhubarb. I asked for it and they wanted to know what it looks like! And I said Kinda like red celery. LOL
For us, one additional ingredient for pies, sauce, or crisps is the zest of an orange. Aside of a cobbler or crisp, I make rhubarb conserve and just made a rhubarb custard pie. I even have a rhubarb cookbook, THE JOY OF RHUBARB by Theresa Millang purchased many years ago at a National park.
Thank you so much for the rhubarb lesson. Many years ago I tried growing this delicious plant and I had no idea you cut the flower stems and I lost my plants. ❤❤😊😊 my new plants are thriving and are 4yrs old. It is delicious. I feed it bunny poop and they love it.
Thanks for that! I love rhubarb! I’m from England originally, before coming to Canada, our favourite recipe is rhubarb crumble! I also love stewed rhubarb with custard!
I grew up in Nebraska and that stuff grew wild all over the alleys in my neighborhood. Loved picking a stalk and easting it. Yummy and sour! Everyone there made just rhubarb pie without the strawberries.
i have 50+ rhubarb plants that are over 45 years old. i thin out the plants every few years and give them away. during the harvesting season my grand kids make their summer spending money. great video, thanks...learnt something new.
Stewed rhubarb was a staple for breakfast when we were kids. Gram and gramps had a patch in the back and the big challenge for kids in the neighborhood was to take a bite of an uncooked stalk!
Great relaxed video, thank you. At nearly 70 years, and a lover of puddings, I can you that the best pudding I've EVER had is an English pudding, which contains both dates and rhubarb, that is baked in a short crust pastry.(sweet pie pastry) Peace be unto you.
Rhubarb flowers make a lovely dramatic addition to large bouquets. An unexpected other use is to use the leaves to make cement leaves for garden decor. I grew up eating Rhubarb and love it. We made pies, sauce, and jam. I'm interested in seeing the results of your pie recipes.
I moved from Maine to Western N. Carolina 34 years ago and I grow rhubarb. It does well In my raised beds. I make a lot of blueberry rhubarb pies and cakes.
Mom had rhubarb in the edge of the garden for years. It had red stalks which were very sweet. We only cut green stalks when they were half red as they were very tart. North Carolina mountains.
I grew up with rhubarb in the yard. My favorite was stewed rhubarb with cinnamon. Yum! Finally started a few crowns this year. Looking forward to next year’s harvest. Thanks for the great info!
Stewed rhubarb with a little strawberry jello ,makes a nice sauce for crepes, our family loves it . Grew up with rhubarb ,first fruit of the year , jam, pie , even perogies, and juices .
You just made my mouth water. Here in SC we do not have rhubarb. BUT growing up in western NY my Mom would make pies every year. She would also make stewed rhubarb. That was the best snack.
just found your channel tonight, loved your rhubarb video, subscribed. Used to live in Hollis on an old farm plot and just as you said on perimeter there was a random huge patch. I never did anything to it and it just grew like crazy but now i’m in Nashua and didn’t know why It wouldn’t grow here…but after your video now I know why! Thank you so much!!! look forward to watching your videos and learning from you, thank you!!
Lovely patch. Wish mine was so glorious. Love those huge leaves! Rhubarb is delicious in just about anything. Hard to find rhubarb plants or roots in my area, finally found some packaged roots at Home Depot. Despite looking dried up, the roots actually are actually growing. I'll have to wait until next year to cut stalks, but the wait is worth it. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the leaves, they're so lush and tropical looking and really spice up my yard. Thanks for the tips.
Frank Johnson had a really nice rhubarb plant growing on the S side of his house, 20 feet from the clothes poles in our back yard. When we were little, not yet teenagers, we used to sneak up there when no one was looking and we would pick a couple of stalks and eat them with salt every summer. Of course everyone had already given their permission so we never got into trouble. The rhubarb was wonderful. We all went out to the farm as well and picked tons of strawberries and Frank got the combo pies that his mom who was very elderly couldn't pick and make into pies anymore. It was a fabulous time. We also had vanilla ice cream on top of the hot pies. Great memory. Thanks Frank. Thanks mom.
@@quikscot1528 Actually it was salt. My dad worked in a salt factory and we all knew what salt was. I was forced to sit at the table every Sunday until everything that my parents put on my plate. I couldn't do it so I often had to sit all day. I learned that I could force food down my throat by first of all adding salt and if that failed try adding sugar. If that didn't help I would add so much sugar that I could taste nothing else. Of course you are right. My mom made a bread and chopped up rhubarb pudding and sometimes a tort we could eat with ice cream. She also made pie and Rhubarb pastries almost like a fritter. Having a salt container with us all the time made Rhubard tasty as did very sour apples. I did eat so much sugar as a youth and young adult that I gave myself a fatty liver. Not a good practice.
@@juligrlee556 You were one tough young lady! In my case, if we were REALLY good, and we had any in the house that week, we were given about a teaspoon of sugar in a rolled up "cone" of paper to sparingly dip the stalk. It was such a treat from going without anything. Salt? Ugh! Shudder!🤐
@@quikscot1528 That sounds awesome. I can't do any sugar anymore. What I do now is get early season stalks and after washing, I peel the strings off and chop the stalks into half inch to quarter inch pieces and sprinkle the chopped pieces into scrambled eggs. I've been adding a bit of 100% cream to the scrambled eggs and add a big tablespoon of Amish butter to the pay. Even today I look for the right type of salt. I just had that dish and I feel really full - 3 eggs with chopped rhubarb.
This is the best video i have found to help me figure out what to do with the giant rhubarb plant in my yard! Its been there for years but has hardly been touched. New subscriber here ☺️
We pick as soon as the leaves get big. Find a friend that has a plant they seem to multiply here in Minnesota and I have shared lots of plants from my garden with friends.
Opinions vary. I’ve heard don’t harvest any the first year, 2nd year maybe harvest 1/4 of the plant, 3rd year a little more and so on. But never harvest all of it.
I made Rhubarb relish from the standard recipe but added about a half teaspoon of Montreal Steak spice per pint. It came out so good I even use it as an ice cream topping.
Rhubarb and apple pie - that is fabulous. I have grown rhubarb for years. I agree the leaves do well as a mulch - I slot the cut leaves down around the the root and it never fails. Only other care is removing the seed heads.
I just saw your video I have 9 plants here in NM. All over 3 ft tall, lg Stalks and leaves. Planted Last yr in march. I give them Lots of water, rabbit manure Anc chicken manure Plants went crazy, did not Harvest any last yr Have to go out and cut A lot today. Rhubarb jam And frozen for pies later. FANTASTIC VIDEO... GREAT INFO AND HELP.
I’ve used rhubarb up into the summer. I find if the stalks are firm it’s good. I don’t add an egg to my pie mixture and I don’t use strawberries but I will add an apple. I usually wind up eating the whole pie myself. Yum!!!😊 I live in Md but more northern
Thank you for your video. I'm from Dorset in England. Whilst making rhubarb jam, and cooking dinner, I discovered that the jam makes a lovely partnership with a gammon steak or bacon ( I discovered I had no pineapple slices). Also (sacrilege) it beats maple syrup on a pancake.
I just found your channel. I live in Louisiana, a native of Louisiana. I have heard of rhubarb all my life and am in my late 70s but never eaten it. I hear it is good.
Yes, i live in Texas they have rhubarb $6.99 a pound last week - originally from Northern Illinois almost Wisconsin & my uncles grew in their gardens . Looking into growing my own ... God bless you Josette Tharp Montgomery , Texas 🙏🏻
I mulch my rhubarb with oak leaves every year but this year is a every dry year. I've had one cutting so far and shared with my neighbor. With always have strawberry rhubarb pie and enough too freeze for winter pies. And jars if jams for winter.
Montana here. I have done the pie and with out the strawberries very good. I also make cake, bread. Cup cakes. I do cut my rhubarb that left and freeze it and still makes good pies and cakes
I live in northwest Arkansas, which is mid-south, and we are much more of a southern culture here than anything else. We rarely see Rhubarb in our markets, but there is a restaurant nearby (The Village Inn) that has a variety menu but specializes in dessert pies. One of those is Strawberry/Rhubarb, and it is my absolute favorite. I have a question though - why is Rhubarb alone not used as a pie filling? Very enjoyable video, and you are a sweet and personable presenter!
@@barbaradavidson1950 I bought some fresh stalks of rhubarb in my local FL Publix last week. Ask the produce manager if it is still available in your area.
Hi, I just discovered your channel. I have never tasted Rhubarb but watching your video and reading all the replies, I’m already loving it and plan to buy some at a farmers market so I can start trying all the great recipes that others have shared in the replies. reading all the info made me think of a combo that may be delicious and very new. Have you ever harvested and made staghorn lemonade (use to be called Indian Lemonaide) ? I learned of it, harvested and made it last year. I love the flavor w/ a little bit of raw honey. Wild harvest time is mid august -Sept. I think Im going to mix the rhubarb and staghorn sumac lemonade, flavors together. I think it’ll make a wildly refreshing drink. Im in MA and I believe it does grow wild in NH also. Just a PSA for anyone who is concerned with reading the word sumac, Staghorn sumac is not poisonous and the berries make a wonderfully light tart flavored drink. Thanks so much I learned a ton from this and subscribed to your channel. ❤
I love rhubarb but living in Florida…it is very hard to get your hands on it but….we spend the summer in Quebec, so I get it here. Planted some at the cottage and hoping it will GROW….made som strawberry rhubarb jam last summer…..absolutely amazing!
I bought some in Publix in north Eastern FL last week. Ask your local Publix Produce Manager if he can still get some. It's my second time this Spring. Good luck!
Rhubarb is all over the south us grew up in WV Grandmother grew it out front of chicken house. Made the best pies gave it away to friends. I grown it in Michigan. I have a sandy soil here. I was told not to pick or eat rhubarb until it turned red it would be more bitter. Thank you for info.
What a helpful video! Thank you! I grew my rhubarb from seed last year. I put the small plants in the ground in early summer and they did very well. This is the second year. So I should be able to harvest a few stalks this spring? And when is the best time to fertilize them?
I live in South Carolina and I'm trying to grow rhubarb my sister lives in Washington State she sent me roots from her plants the first two died after I had planted them in the ground they came up and then just died well she sent me another one so I planted it in a huge pot well it came up and had 3 stalks and was doing good the one of the leaves got copper colored spot's and then the whole leaf turned a copper color so I took it off and threw the leaf in the woods then a few days later another leaf did the same I took it off and sprayed the other leaf with copper spray and moved the pot to another location where it only gets morning sun and about an hour of afternoon sun and so far it has grown good, I think it was the hot afternoon sun killing it . Here in my region the sun gets to hot on almost everything.
I adore the combination of rhubarb and ginger, specifically crystalized ginger. I found a recipe for Gingered Rhubarb Preserves, 45 years ago, made up a recipe for Gingered Rhubarb Quick Bread in the 90's, and created Gingered Rhubarb Creme Brulee for Easter this year. I always ask for Gingered Rhubarb Ice Cream of Gelato when I go to a specialty ice cream store.
RHUBARB NECTAR boil 8 C RHUBARB cut into 1” pieces Covered in enough WATER to cover Also nice with STRAWBERRIES added to the pot Boil 10 minutes Mash, strain, and retain only the liquid Add 2 C SUGAR or MONKFRUIT SUGAR 1 can FROZEN LEMONADE Stir well & freeze Mix FROZEN NECTAR with SODA WATER or GINGERALE (and vodka if you wish) VERY NICE ON A HOT DAY!!!☀️
My mum sent me this video li k. I have rhubarb in my garden that I give to her. I don’t do anything to maintain it, it’s really easy to grow here in Scotland
Apache indians added a few chunks of rhubarb to their beef stew. Try it. Boil some cut up stalk in lots of water and drain the juice. Add sugar to taste. Freeze and reheat in winter for a nice hot drink.
Yes…its sold (frozen) in some major grocery stores. Not as good as fresh. I grew up on rhubarb in Iowa, but cannot raise it in Texas. Rhubarb pie, Rhubarb crumble, Rhubarb jam. yum!😁
I am a hundred percent rhubarb fan- no strawberries needed. 😍 Thank you for sharing this.
I SO AGREE!!! Rhubarb Pie....NO STRAWBERRIES!!!! 100% rhubarb fan!
I've had strawberry rhubarb pie. It was ok, but nothing to write home about. I'd rather have peach cobbler or apple pie. I guess it's an acquired taste. I like blueberries too but service berries have a much better flavor, though smaller. I have to fight off the birds to get a handful. They virtually attack the service berries. For jelly...muscadines are great.
Agree 100%! NO strawberries, they overpower the rhubarb!
My mom taught me to wiggle the stalk back & forth as you pull. Helps prevent the stem from snapping. As seniors, we live in an apartment now, without a garden. This year, on our balcony, as an experiment, I planted a single rhubarb plant in a large pot. With regular watering it's thriving but the test for it will be our cold Canadian winter. In the meantime, I find that other gardeners are quite generous with their rhubarb.
Thank you for your very informative video!
I am in Colorado and have mine in a deep kids wading pool. Four winters now and it's fine.
Here is a coffee cake recipe for you. It has been in my family for years and is found in our family cookbook. Rhubarb Coffee Cake 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 tsp baking soda, 2 cups flour, 2 cups of rhubarb. Mix wet ingredients with mixer then add dry ingredients and fold in rhubarb. Place in a greased 9 x 13 pan, top with 1/2 cup rhubarb, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp of cinnamon and put in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Here in Minnesota we laughingly call rhubarb a weed it grows so good here. I wash it and let dry on the counter then cut it into small chunks and freeze it on a cookie sheet and place it in a ice cream pail. In the middle of the winter I can take out whatever I want to make this cake or a strawberry rhubarb pie or jam. We pick and eat it till it freezes here. I have a church cookbook on rhubarb and it says it is a myth to only eat it till the end of June. After it freezes and the plant dies back I cover it with leaves that have fallen from the trees. I don't uncover them in the spring and the plant just pops up when the weather warms in the spring. I once had someone come and pick some and removed almost all the leaves and the plant did fine. We pull the stocks and cut the leaves off and place them under the plant cause I had heard they are poisonous and should not go in the compost pile. It also helps keep the weeds around the plant down. Made a cake this morning along with a chicken pasta salad for lunch. I added some walnuts and next time will add a small amount of sour cream as I thought it was a tad dry with the nuts. Thanks for sharing ..... your patch is beautiful.
May you always be healthy with your family ❤
I'm in Wisconsin and I harvest in the cooler hours of the AM - spring through fall unless it's over 85°F. 😊
I add it to my soups instead of lemon juice 😊I love it 👍
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We have a rhubarb plant which was given to about 6 yrs ago. My wifesUncle Frank’sparents broght the plant west from WI when they
Came west . When he gave us the plant he said it wasan80yr.. old plant still producing. Amazingly tough old plant..
I am Norwegian, living in Denmark. I have rhubarb in my garden and just love it. In the old days in Norway rhubarb was a life saver. The first fresh source of vitamin C of the year. Ready to be harvested from late April and all summer. Great video. Thanks. I hit like and subscribe 👍
I was raised in Louisville, Kentucky on a small farm. We had a small bed of rhubarb and even year something was made with the rhubarb. I'm now 70 and can still remember just about everything from my youth years. From the rooster that changed me out of the chicken yard to the day long horseback rides on the newly construction of interstate 71 headed north. Where, those the good old days.
Same here. Though I haven't tasted my mom's rhubarb pie in 68 years, I still remember it like it was yesterday.
James, I am 78. Those were beautiful times, weren't they? Or at least they were in our memories! God bless you Sir!
I live in the UK and Yorkshire rhubarb has been part of my diet since World War 2 My mother used to put rhubarb pieces into Yorkshire pudding mix and we ate it with a sprinkling of sugar. My mother also made rhubarb wine.I now live in the south and have taken a piece of rhubarb with me every time I've moved house .
I've been eating stewed rhubarb all my life . After harvesting cut the rhubarb into inch to inch and a half long pieces, enough to fill a large stock pot . A couple of gallons. Cook on a very low flame with a cover , you may want to add a quarter cup of water to prevent scorching but if the flame is low enough you don't need it. It won't take too long and your rhubarb will break down so you can stir it. At this point add sugar to taste. I can mine in pint jars and water bath for ten minutes. Awsome on yogurt even better on vanilla ice cream 🍨 😋
I heard it can give you kidney stones after I planted mine I've been worried to eat much of it have you had anny problems with it?
I have twenty one plants and I make pies , cheesecake, BBQ sauce, jellies,jams, cakes,breads. I have ate it since I was a kid and never had any problems
I love stewed rhubarb my mom use to fix it for breakfast and some butter and sugar and get a good hot biscuit oh soooo good
Imagine times when there were no grocery stores & you were coming out of a long winter & needing fresh vitamin C. Rhubarb, which comes up fairly early, was a life saver.
and Vitamin K
I’m a born & raised Minnesotan. Rhubarb is everywhere there. We recently moved to Missouri and I missed my rhubarb so I bought some crowns last spring and put them in a raised bed. I was nervous because rhubarb is more of a northern cold loving plant. But to my surprise, they’ve been growing wonderfully. I’m so happy to have rhubarb again! I didn’t harvest any the 1st year & harvested about 1/4 of the stalks this year and will leave it alone til next year. Can’t wait to make some yummy rhubarb desserts.
Mom used to make rhubarb sauce and serve it with vanilla ice cream. To die for!
My childhood memory is my grandma’s rhubarb and ginger jam. Great video thank you.
Rhubarb very popular in lower Michigan. I use to pick it in the alley way in Detroit as a kid. 62 now and I think i'll grow some, :)
My favourite rhubarb coffee cake recipe...RHUBARB COFFEE CAKE
Grease and flour 9”x13” pan
Set oven at 350 F
Cream together:
1/2 cup Butter- softened - not melted
1 + 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
Add:
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 + 1/2 tsp baking SODA
2 cups chopped rhubarb
1 cup buttermilk ( or 1 cup milk + 2 tsp vinegar)
2 cups flour
1 tsp vanilla
Pour in pan
TOPPING:
1/4 cup soft butter (not melted!)
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Blend well and Crumble over cake batter
Ooooo l
Recipe says bake 45-50 minutes
(My oven takes 55-60 minutes!)
I set timer for 50 and add 5 minute increments till toothpick comes out clean :)
BEST IF SERVED HOT WITH ICE CREAM OR WHIPPED CREAM
Mmmm!
🎉 Love is strawberry rhubarb pie one of my favorites! And it brings back fond memories of my grandparents!
We made strawberry rhubarb wine two years ago. I gauged the sugar content with a hydrometer and it came out nice and dry, with a vivid red color. We have it racked and its starting to age nicely.
Rhubarb is rich in Vit K (I'm not talking about Potassium whose shortened form is written as K but rather talking about actual Vitamin K).
I have used rhubarb in a whole lot of items - finely chopped in my morning yogurt, stir fried with other veggies, juice (alone and sometimes mixed with other fruit), stewed (typically alone but occasionally with other fruit), jelly& jam (all on it's own and occasionally added to other fruit), in soup and stew as a veggie, the typical pie (alone or mixed with other fruit), and as a fruit in cakes, loaves, and muffins. I have not made rhubarb wine or liqueur ... yet. We used to have a 200 foot row so we typically got a few hundred pounds of rhubarb off it annually. When I moved from the farm I saved about 20 plants which are now potted up.
For the record, I've harvested ALL summer - not just for the spring. I just make sure to harvest the leaves that are the oldest for each plant to make sure that new ones keep coming up so that we don't get woody ones. I do make sure to leave enough time for the end of the growing season so that the plants have time to build up enough nutrients in the root to carry them through the winter into the next year.
A friend offers a picking off her rhubarb plant every May. Her 2 plants originally came ftom her grandparents farm in the 1910s or 1920s, moved 3-4 times over the years. Last transplanted to currect location in 1970s. She gave me a full 5-gallon bucket full if stralks last week. Put 7 freezer bags with 4 cups in each bag for use in fall and winer. My 91 year old dad loves rhubarb. Huge smile from him when I walk in with the bucket full. My 6 plants transplanted 4 years will give me about half that this year. Enough for a bag every till next years harvest. Found a strawberry/rhubarb drop biscuit with lemon drizzle I want to try from Chef John from food wishes. Happy gardening from Idaho!
My mom used to cut rhubarb into small pieces & cook with sugar and tapioca. Sweet and a little tart. Kind of like a simple pudding. We loved it!
The tapioca is a thickener. My mother made a lot of rhubarb pies over the years and canned stewed rhubarb as well so we could enjoy the sweet tart goodness all through the years. Growing up with this in the culinary mix, I initially rejected rhubarb pie with strawberries in it. Now I’ll sample it once in a while but I still prefer the sweet tart flavor of rhubarb pie. (I also like cherry pie, so it’s not surprising that I especially like the tart cherries best.)
I live in S.E. Texas. As a child, I remember seeing rhubarb in the produce section in stores and thinking it was red celery. I never had anything with rhubarb in it until I was an adult. I had some pie. Now I'm hooked on strawberry rhubarb.
Former Michigander here. I lived in Texas for 4 years and HEB never had rhubarb. I asked for it and they wanted to know what it looks like! And I said Kinda like red celery. LOL
For us, one additional ingredient for pies, sauce, or crisps is the zest of an orange. Aside of a cobbler or crisp, I make rhubarb conserve and just made a rhubarb custard pie. I even have a rhubarb cookbook, THE JOY OF RHUBARB by Theresa Millang purchased many years ago at a National park.
Thank you so much for the rhubarb lesson. Many years ago I tried growing this delicious plant and I had no idea you cut the flower stems and I lost my plants. ❤❤😊😊 my new plants are thriving and are 4yrs old. It is delicious. I feed it bunny poop and they love it.
Bunny poop is probably fabulous fertilizer for it! I’m happy for your triumph!
Thanks for that! I love rhubarb! I’m from England originally, before coming to Canada, our favourite recipe is rhubarb crumble! I also love stewed rhubarb with custard!
Can you share your recipe for rhubarb ginger preserves
Nice, I just bought a firm plant with 4 leaves. Didn't know I had to wait for at least 2 years, though! So good info, thank you.
I grew up in Nebraska and that stuff grew wild all over the alleys in my neighborhood. Loved picking a stalk and easting it. Yummy and sour! Everyone there made just rhubarb pie without the strawberries.
I live in Nebraska and my gramdma used to make a yummy rhubarb dessert with yellow cake mix😋💛
i have 50+ rhubarb plants that are over 45 years old. i thin out the plants every few years and give them away. during the harvesting season my grand kids make their summer spending money. great video, thanks...learnt something new.
Try a Rhubarb and Golden Delicious Apple pie! I had both plants and thought "why not?", It turned out a wonderful combo.
I will try is there a special recipe??
Stewed rhubarb was a staple for breakfast when we were kids. Gram and gramps had a patch in the back and the big challenge for kids in the neighborhood was to take a bite of an uncooked stalk!
Lol we did the same thing as kids
Great relaxed video, thank you. At nearly 70 years, and a lover of puddings, I can you that the best pudding I've EVER had is an English pudding, which contains both dates and rhubarb, that is baked in a short crust pastry.(sweet pie pastry) Peace be unto you.
Sounds Devine! Thank you for watching
Love from Canada...we are about the same age... I love rhubarb...Could you please share that recipe?? Thanks
@@singingpurse I won't let you down, but, my recipe is 'seat of your pants' baking. Will be in touch. Peace from England.
Blueberry rhubarb jam is excellent
Here in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦, rhubarb custard pie is a favorite. Ive also made rhubarb chutney
Rhubarb flowers make a lovely dramatic addition to large bouquets. An unexpected other use is to use the leaves to make cement leaves for garden decor.
I grew up eating Rhubarb and love it. We made pies, sauce, and jam. I'm interested in seeing the results of your pie recipes.
I moved from Maine to Western N. Carolina 34 years ago and I grow rhubarb. It does well In my raised beds. I make a lot of blueberry rhubarb pies and cakes.
Mom had rhubarb in the edge of the garden for years. It had red stalks which were very sweet. We only cut green stalks when they were half red as they were very tart. North Carolina mountains.
Great info! My mom had one plant she harvested and made pie and stew. Great memories💜
Great video, great tips. Congratulations!
Now that’s an incredible rhubarb patch!
You’re eating pie every day! That’s the life.
Great video. Very informative and detailed. Thank you!❤
I grew up with rhubarb in the yard. My favorite was stewed rhubarb with cinnamon. Yum! Finally started a few crowns this year. Looking forward to next year’s harvest. Thanks for the great info!
Stewed rhubarb with a little strawberry jello ,makes a nice sauce for crepes, our family loves it . Grew up with rhubarb ,first fruit of the year , jam, pie , even perogies, and juices .
You just made my mouth water. Here in SC we do not have rhubarb. BUT growing up in western NY my Mom would make pies every year. She would also make stewed rhubarb. That was the best snack.
Rhubarb is everywhere in the south. In gardens and the store just fyi. 😊Thanks for the Rhubarb focused info. It was very helpful.
just found your channel tonight, loved your rhubarb video, subscribed. Used to live in Hollis on an old farm plot and just as you said on perimeter there was a random huge patch. I never did anything to it and it just grew like crazy but now i’m in Nashua and didn’t know why It wouldn’t grow here…but after your video now I know why! Thank you so much!!!
look forward to watching your videos and learning from you, thank you!!
Thanks and welcome ❤
Lovely patch. Wish mine was so glorious. Love those huge leaves! Rhubarb is delicious in just about anything. Hard to find rhubarb plants or roots in my area, finally found some packaged roots at Home Depot. Despite looking dried up, the roots actually are actually growing. I'll have to wait until next year to cut stalks, but the wait is worth it. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the leaves, they're so lush and tropical looking and really spice up my yard. Thanks for the tips.
I absolutely LOVE anything Rhubarb!!! 💕
Frank Johnson had a really nice rhubarb plant growing on the S side of his house, 20 feet from the clothes poles in our back yard. When we were little, not yet teenagers, we used to sneak up there when no one was looking and we would pick a couple of stalks and eat them with salt every summer. Of course everyone had already given their permission so we never got into trouble. The rhubarb was wonderful. We all went out to the farm as well and picked tons of strawberries and Frank got the combo pies that his mom who was very elderly couldn't pick and make into pies anymore. It was a fabulous time. We also had vanilla ice cream on top of the hot pies. Great memory. Thanks Frank. Thanks mom.
Surely it was sugar not salt?
@@quikscot1528 Actually it was salt. My dad worked in a salt factory and we all knew what salt was. I was forced to sit at the table every Sunday until everything that my parents put on my plate. I couldn't do it so I often had to sit all day. I learned that I could force food down my throat by first of all adding salt and if that failed try adding sugar. If that didn't help I would add so much sugar that I could taste nothing else. Of course you are right. My mom made a bread and chopped up rhubarb pudding and sometimes a tort we could eat with ice cream. She also made pie and Rhubarb pastries almost like a fritter. Having a salt container with us all the time made Rhubard tasty as did very sour apples. I did eat so much sugar as a youth and young adult that I gave myself a fatty liver. Not a good practice.
@@juligrlee556 You were one tough young lady! In my case, if we were REALLY good, and we had any in the house that week, we were given about a teaspoon of sugar in a rolled up "cone" of paper to sparingly dip the stalk. It was such a treat from going without anything. Salt? Ugh! Shudder!🤐
@@quikscot1528 That sounds awesome. I can't do any sugar anymore. What I do now is get early season stalks and after washing, I peel the strings off and chop the stalks into half inch to quarter inch pieces and sprinkle the chopped pieces into scrambled eggs. I've been adding a bit of 100% cream to the scrambled eggs and add a big tablespoon of Amish butter to the pay. Even today I look for the right type of salt. I just had that dish and I feel really full - 3 eggs with chopped rhubarb.
This is the best video i have found to help me figure out what to do with the giant rhubarb plant in my yard! Its been there for years but has hardly been touched. New subscriber here ☺️
I’m glad to hear this was helpful 🥰 thank you for subscribing to my channel!
Please put a video on how to make your rhubarb soda! I have made lots of rhubarb goodies, but that is new to me. Thank you for doing this great video!
Whoops! I see you have a business ,selling the soda. I don’t mean to invade your secret ingredients! I hope this makes sense.
Great info! I just got my first rhubarb plant from the nursery, I didn't know you can't harvest for a couple of years.
We pick as soon as the leaves get big. Find a friend that has a plant they seem to multiply here in Minnesota and I have shared lots of plants from my garden with friends.
Opinions vary. I’ve heard don’t harvest any the first year, 2nd year maybe harvest 1/4 of the plant, 3rd year a little more and so on. But never harvest all of it.
I love rhubarb and used to help my mother home can it so we had bottled fruit all winter. Pies, Dutch oven deserts. Yummm!
Hi,
Thanks for the video! I live in the South and have never seen a Rhubarb plant or tasted the pie. Look forward to trying it one day! 😀😀
I made Rhubarb relish from the standard recipe but added about a half teaspoon of Montreal Steak spice per pint. It came out so good I even use it as an ice cream topping.
Rhubarb and apple pie - that is fabulous. I have grown rhubarb for years. I agree the leaves do well as a mulch - I slot the cut leaves down around the the root and it never fails. Only other care is removing the seed heads.
Really informative and well presented video, thanks very much.
Thank you ❤
I make gluten free rhubarb muffins. My family loves them. Thanks for the video.
I just saw your video
I have 9 plants here in
NM. All over 3 ft tall, lg
Stalks and leaves. Planted
Last yr in march. I give them
Lots of water, rabbit manure
Anc chicken manure
Plants went crazy, did not
Harvest any last yr
Have to go out and cut
A lot today. Rhubarb jam
And frozen for pies later.
FANTASTIC VIDEO...
GREAT INFO AND HELP.
Oh wonderful! Thank you 😊 I love plants
Rhubarb & Apple Crumble Cake & Pies are a favourite in our family
Let it grow & do it’s own thing….. always grows well
Hi from Australia 🇦🇺
I’ve used rhubarb up into the summer. I find if the stalks are firm it’s good. I don’t add an egg to my pie mixture and I don’t use strawberries but I will add an apple. I usually wind up eating the whole pie myself. Yum!!!😊 I live in Md but more northern
Thank you for your video. I'm from Dorset in England. Whilst making rhubarb jam, and cooking dinner, I discovered that the jam makes a lovely partnership with a gammon steak or bacon ( I discovered I had no pineapple slices). Also (sacrilege) it beats maple syrup on a pancake.
Learned so, so much! Thank you!!!
Great detailed information Thank you!
I just found your channel. I live in Louisiana, a native of Louisiana. I have heard of rhubarb all my life and am in my late 70s but never eaten it. I hear it is good.
Welcome!
My grandmother always fixed just stewed rhubarb.... love it!!!!
Yum!
Thank you. Very helpful information. I would love to buy one of your mother's pies!
One year I made rhubarb-peach-mint preserves using fresh mint-it was so delicious!
Yes, i live in Texas they have rhubarb $6.99 a pound last week - originally from Northern Illinois almost Wisconsin & my uncles grew in their gardens .
Looking into growing my own ...
God bless you
Josette Tharp
Montgomery , Texas 🙏🏻
Hi Texas 👋 that’s great to know you have it down there! Thank you for sharing
Great Informative content thank you so much ...Your voice is very calming which i needed .
God bless you & thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you 🥰❤️
Rhubarb is a favorite up here on the plains of Saskatchewan, Canada! We love Raspberry Rhubarb jam and of course Strawberry Rhubarb pie too!
I forgot to mention that they like full sun! They aren’t picky about soil pH either.
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Thanks for the great info😊
Very helpful!! Thank you
Rhubarb cake is one of my family's favorite recipes! My Californian husband LIVES IT and swore he hated it!😂😂😂😂
Those bloom heads could be quite pretty used in a flower arrangement.
Rhubarg is so good you don't want to ruin by adding a differant friut.
I mulch my rhubarb with oak leaves every year but this year is a every dry year. I've had one cutting so far and shared with my neighbor. With always have strawberry rhubarb pie and enough too freeze for winter pies. And jars if jams for winter.
Montana here. I have done the pie and with out the strawberries very good. I also make cake, bread. Cup cakes. I do cut my rhubarb that left and freeze it and still makes good pies and cakes
Rhubarb only in our pies! Love that tartness with a little sugar in a pie. I used to eat the stalks raw growing up in Maine.
Thank you! I love Strawberry-rhubarb pie!
I live in northwest Arkansas, which is mid-south, and we are much more of a southern culture here than anything else. We rarely see Rhubarb in our markets, but there is a restaurant nearby (The Village Inn) that has a variety menu but specializes in dessert pies. One of those is Strawberry/Rhubarb, and it is my absolute favorite. I have a question though - why is Rhubarb alone not used as a pie filling? Very enjoyable video, and you are a sweet and personable presenter!
rhubarb crumble is most popular in UK! We use Chicken manure pellets which encourages growth!
Yum! Good to know with the chicken manure
I live in Florida and they don't sell it in the stores here. I am growing it for the first time so I needed this video!
@@barbaradavidson1950 I bought some fresh stalks of rhubarb in my local FL Publix last week. Ask the produce manager if it is still available in your area.
Hi, I just discovered your channel. I have never tasted Rhubarb but watching your video and reading all the replies, I’m already loving it and plan to buy some at a farmers market so I can start trying all the great recipes that others have shared in the replies.
reading all the info made me think of a combo that may be delicious and very new. Have you ever harvested and made staghorn lemonade (use to be called Indian Lemonaide) ? I learned of it, harvested and made it last year. I love the flavor w/ a little bit of raw honey. Wild harvest time is mid august -Sept. I think Im going to mix the rhubarb and staghorn sumac lemonade, flavors together. I think it’ll make a wildly refreshing drink. Im in MA and I believe it does grow wild in NH also. Just a PSA for anyone who is concerned with reading the word sumac, Staghorn sumac is not poisonous and the berries make a wonderfully light tart flavored drink.
Thanks so much I learned a ton from this and subscribed to your channel. ❤
Welcome ❤
HA! I live right near that Agway! I am going to check it out this weekend!
They are wonderful 🥰
I live in Wales UK and we have always made rhubarb and ginger jam its lovely.
I make rhubarb pie and add some strawberry jello. It’s so good! About 3/4 of a small package and lessen the sugar.
The vegetable garden is very fertile, ma'am, thank you for the video❤
I love rhubarb but living in Florida…it is very hard to get your hands on it but….we spend the summer in Quebec, so I get it here. Planted some at the cottage and hoping it will GROW….made som strawberry rhubarb jam last summer…..absolutely amazing!
I bought some in Publix in north Eastern FL last week. Ask your local Publix Produce Manager if he can still get some. It's my second time this Spring. Good luck!
Rhubarb is all over the south us grew up in WV Grandmother grew it out front of chicken house. Made the best pies gave it away to friends. I grown it in Michigan. I have a sandy soil here. I was told not to pick or eat rhubarb until it turned red it would be more bitter.
Thank you for info.
My daughter makes rhubarb compote and it is delicious . My favourite way to consume it is stewed with a side of toast for breakfast .
Thanks, very helpful
Rhubarb shine is my fave. The pies are yummy as well. Thanks for the tips. I'm excited to get growing
What a helpful video! Thank you! I grew my rhubarb from seed last year. I put the small plants in the ground in early summer and they did very well. This is the second year. So I should be able to harvest a few stalks this spring? And when is the best time to fertilize them?
Rhubarb is delicious but needs sweetening. In pie, stewed with custard or ice-cream and as a jam. Happy childhood memories from home in Ireland.
Rhubarb vanilla jelly sounds delicious!
I just found your channel and I wish we could grow rhubarb in our zone but it's just too hot here in Zone 9a.
I live in South Carolina and I'm trying to grow rhubarb my sister lives in Washington State she sent me roots from her plants the first two died after I had planted them in the ground they came up and then just died well she sent me another one so I planted it in a huge pot well it came up and had 3 stalks and was doing good the one of the leaves got copper colored spot's and then the whole leaf turned a copper color so I took it off and threw the leaf in the woods then a few days later another leaf did the same I took it off and sprayed the other leaf with copper spray and moved the pot to another location where it only gets morning sun and about an hour of afternoon sun and so far it has grown good, I think it was the hot afternoon sun killing it . Here in my region the sun gets to hot on almost everything.
I adore the combination of rhubarb and ginger, specifically crystalized ginger. I found a recipe for Gingered Rhubarb Preserves, 45 years ago, made up a recipe for Gingered Rhubarb Quick Bread in the 90's, and created Gingered Rhubarb Creme Brulee for Easter this year. I always ask for Gingered Rhubarb Ice Cream of Gelato when I go to a specialty ice cream store.
Can you share a recipe?
Beautiful plants! Look for Rhubarb custard custard recipe.. sooo good 😊.. I have some started buy seed 🙂
RHUBARB NECTAR
boil 8 C RHUBARB cut into 1” pieces
Covered in enough WATER to cover
Also nice with STRAWBERRIES added to the pot
Boil 10 minutes
Mash, strain, and retain only the liquid
Add 2 C SUGAR or MONKFRUIT SUGAR
1 can FROZEN LEMONADE
Stir well & freeze
Mix FROZEN NECTAR with SODA WATER or GINGERALE (and vodka if you wish)
VERY NICE ON A HOT DAY!!!☀️
Rhubarb and Apple crumble, yum.
My mum sent me this video li k. I have rhubarb in my garden that I give to her. I don’t do anything to maintain it, it’s really easy to grow here in Scotland
The flowers actually smell lovely.
Straight rhubarb pie (omit strawberries) is wonderful also! Still use sugar in your recipe and serve with vanilla ice cream. Yum!
We make rhubarb custard pie- never any strawberries, and it's a treat! Love us some Rhubarb Pie!
Apache indians added a few chunks of rhubarb to their beef stew. Try it.
Boil some cut up stalk in lots of water and drain the juice. Add sugar to taste. Freeze and reheat in winter for a nice hot drink.
Fun!
Thank you so much...
Yes…its sold (frozen) in some major grocery stores. Not as good as fresh. I grew up on rhubarb in Iowa, but cannot raise it in Texas. Rhubarb pie, Rhubarb crumble, Rhubarb jam. yum!😁