Coffee anyone ?

[RollingAcres]

Thanks!

 

[greybeard]

Bebop a rebop Rhubarb Pie.

 

[Bruce]

I have lots of rhubarb but I don't normally do anything with it.

I make rhubarb sauce. Cut the stalks to about 1" pieces, TINY bit of water in a sauce pan (so it doesn't burn before the moisture starts coming out of the stalks), add lots of sugar (to taste) cook to whatever texture you want. My grandmother used to make this.

My son likes to just eat it like celery then pucker up and continue eating.

I've heard people put salt on it and eat it raw. Tried it, did NOT like it. Sticking with sauce.

Will it grow in a hot climate?

Yes. Aforementioned grandmother lived in Chino, CA. Nothing cool about that area in the summer.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

@Bruce do the daughters eat rhubarb sauce? What do you use it on/with?

 

[Bruce]

No one but me eats it. It isn't a sauce you put on stuff, it is sort of like applesauce. Snack or I suppose if one wanted it could be a veggie side dish.

BTW, regarding it bolting. I've already cut 4 flower buds off. Don't really know if anything bad happens if it does flower but I'm not taking chances

 

[RollingAcres]

@Bruce so it won't affect the taste if it went to flower but it may affect the stalk production. All the energy will go towards producing the flowers so not much energy left to produce edible size stalk, kinda like garlic plants as well, if they let them produce scapes then your garlic heads will be smaller.

 

[Bruce]

When my garlic (first time I've planted it) starts making scapes, I'm cutting them off! Of course they are edible as well. I should probably cut the chive scapes now, they are forming. Chives seems to be a plant that just keeps going, year after year.

 

[RollingAcres]

The garlic scapes are quite delicious! And yes chives will keep coming back and spread.

 

[Bruce]

And spread and spread and spread. I tried to grow scallions from seed in a metal window box I put on the ground in the garden. They didn't grow but the dang thing is now full of chives.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready y’all.