Rhubarb?

[catnip]

I have had people tell me they have eaten the stalks raw. My 78 year old father tells me he and his older brothers used to eat raw rhubard stalks to cover up the smell of cigarette on their breath when they were kids. That and raw onions.

 

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(young beet greens are my favorite cooked greens

GD, what do they taste like, I like collard, turnip greens and spinach, but have never had rubarb or beet greens. However, we love pickled beets, but have always thrown out the greens, hum... jennifer

 

[Imp]

I'm one of those people whose chickens have eaten rhubarb leaves. First day I had them 3 chickens stripped about 10 large leaves. I thought my chicken days were gonna end in hours. But they were just fine. Funny though, those plants have never recovered since then.

Imp

BTW- I used to love raw rhubarb. Dip the end into sugar and crunch away. Better than candy.
Other people tell me that they dip it into salt.

Can't bring myself to try that.

 

[Wolfwoman]

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Maybe I'll just give them a LITTLE bit and see if they like it.

 

[Imp]

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Maybe I'll just give them a LITTLE bit and see if they like it.

I'm not suggesting that feeding the leaves is OK. I think I would avoid that if I could. Never know about long term effects.
Mine won't eat the stalks, or anything that's stringy like asparagus, celery etc. I would have to chop it up very tiny and hide it in their treats. If they like it let us know. I'm curious.

Imp

 

[Wifezilla]

Hubby loves raw rhubarb stalks. Me...I like them baked up with strawberries. My critters never bothered the plants when they free ranged. We use all the stalks so I never tried feeding them to my ducks.

 

[goosedragon]

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(young beet greens are my favorite cooked greens

GD, what do they taste like, I like collard, turnip greens and spinach, but have never had rubarb or beet greens. However, we love pickled beets, but have always thrown out the greens, hum... jennifer

Beet greens are sweeter than collard or turnip greens, To me spinach is entirely different taste group. Many years I have managed to score beet thinings from the farmer's market. these are the result of planting too close together so some have to be thinned oit to leave room for the beets to develop. If done when the beets are in the 1/2- 1 inch size I just hose them off and right into the pot greens skins and all. by the time the beets are done the greens are really a little over cooked because young greens are really tender. I like a little apple cider vinegar on all cooked greens. Thats good eats!
Last year I scored a whole peck of these thinings dirt cheap because no body wanted them. the beets were in the 1' size so I pickled them whole. I ate greens until I was tired of them and froze the rest like it was spinach. The baby beets were fantastic pickled. Our store produce is mostly bad. So I usually use canned beets to pickle. I have only tasted one pickled beet that was better than my own. one old cook at my local diner made them better and I tried to beg or buy her secret with no luck. She retired last month so I went to say good bye to her and she came and wispered the secret in my year. I have a batch working now and I will have to figure the right amount for my recipie she made 5 gallon batches!
I don't eat rubarb greens because of the oxalic acid, and my doctor has forbidden rubarb completely from my diet because I have a nice big kidney stone and he doesn't want me to develope new ones. Oxalic acid, or rather it's salts are the chief cause of kidney stones. Before rubarb was often stewed with strawberries since rubarb is very tart and strawberries are very sweet when cooked. makes a nicely balanced jam or pie filling or desert.~gd​

 

[JROOSTER]

My mom makes the Best Rhubarb jam and pies on the planet!!!!