PeterL wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in news:7baabjF1u1tlsU1
> @mid.individual.net:
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>> I have no need for leaves, although they do grace my plants.
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> You don't use them to make a spray for your garden??

No. And I'd be afraid of poisoning critters with it.
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>> That rhubarb site is pretty comprehensive and has been around for
>> a LONG time.
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> It's all new to me :-)
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> Mainly because it was never one of the things I was wanting to look into.
> The last time I had rhubarb was as a kid still living at home...... and it
> was never that good, so I grew up not really ever wanting to try it again.
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> And now, knowing that it was probably cooked to death like everything else
> was back then and therefore was totally lacking in flavour and texture,
> and after seeing that recipe for the brulee, I'm starting to look at
> different ways to utilise it.
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> So yeah...... my eyes are opening to an old dish...... but this time it's
> going to be cooked the correct way!!

Well, rhubarb sauce is most likely "cooked to death", but that
didn't turn me off rhubarb.

The first thing I did when I was online was food searches.
Endless--or, rather, ended only when I would crash. I didn't even
have a printer. At first I copied things by hand! :-)
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Jean B.