rhubarb

a. growing rhubarb at home

2013-2015

If you can find a rhubarb plant a spot they like, these are easy and quick growers. I had a few plants from 2013 through 2015 when the tornado razed my entire vegetable garden. They did quite well and were not nearly as sour as the rhubarb I bought in the store in 2020.

 

directions

2013

Pic2-4: 2013 rhubarb in a raised garden bed take up a lot of space

2014-2015

Pic5: 2014-02-13 sprouting after winter
Pic6: 2014-03-29 flower stalk
Pic7: 2015-03-21

a. rhubarb jam / confiture

2013-08-15

2013

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 6 cups:

  • 3 lb. rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 1/2" pieces (about 7 c.)
  • 4 cups sugar

Optional:

  • salt
Pic1: 2013-08-15 — rhubarb jam / confiture

Directions

Optional:


c. rhubarb compote

various dates

Rhubarb compote is easy to prepare and goes a lot quicker than the confiture.

Peel the outside layer only if it is extremely sour to avoid wasting too much. Sugar or other sweetener will be needed to make it more pleasant. Cook until liquid for compote.

 

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 3 quarts:

  • 4 lbs. rhubarb stems
  • sugar to taste
Pic1: 2013-09-28 — garden-fresh rhubarb

Directions

This green rhubarb cooks up brown.

2013-09-28

Pic2-4: from garden to kitchen

2015-05-04

Pic9: newly harvested rhubarb
Pic10: cut off leaves and bottom
Pic11: wash, cut small

 

Pic12: cook until melted
Pic13: crockpot duck in rhubarb
Pic14: rhubarb duck served

 

This red rhubarb variety stays red and was extremely sour

2020-03-18

Pic15-17:

 

Pic18-20:

 

I served this over the following weeks with a variety of meals. At first I had to almost force myself to eat this, so sour that it was, but that improved gradually until I even started looking forward to it.

 

Pic21+22: 2020-03-27 — cod, tilapia, sausages with rhubarb compote and creamed spinach
Pic23: 2020-04-05 — jalapeno cheddar sausages with rhubarb

 

Pic24: 2020-03-28 — lamb steak with rhubarb
Pic25: 2020-03-30 — chicken breast with rhubarb and brown rice
Pic26: 2020-04-01 — king salmon with rhubarb

See also: 

  1. ham, eggs, cheese and rhubarb compote