On Wed, 26 May 2010 22:52:17 +0100, Janet Baraclough
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>The message >
>from Ranée at Arabian Knits > contains these words:
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>> In article >,
>> sf > wrote:
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>> > Summer is here and rhubarb season is coming. I think of rhubarb as a
>> > dessert, so this recipe from chow.com interested me because it's a
>> > main dish.
>
>> It is interesting to me, but I think I'd rather eat a small sample at
>> someone else's house first. Rhubarb is a spring fruit/vegetable,
>> though, by summer it is disappearing. It shows up pretty early spring,
>> in fact. From what I've read, the association with strawberries comes
>> from a variety name of rhubarb, since by the time strawberries appear,
>> rhubarb is finished.
>
> In cool climates rhubarb is not just a spring dish ; it doesn't
>disappear until the first frost of winter.

Oh, thanks for the reminder... we've had several frosts here now - I'd
better go out and freeze the remaining Rhubarb ASAP.
I grabbed some on Sunday night (g/f made Rhubarb and Apple crumble
with Besan flour) and noticed that most stalks were getting a little
limp.