Fresh Rhubarb-aide

SwampDonkey · June 11, 2020, 08:57:31 AM

Fresh rhubarb-aide made from rhubarb syrup this morning.

Syrup: 3 lbs of garden rhubarb, cooked with 6 cups water and strained, condensed for 20 minutes, add 1 cup sugar and dissolve while boiling and then bottle.

aide: 1/2 and 1/2 carbonated water and syrup.

Rhubarb is high in calcium, magnesium and vitamin C.

Awesome!!

Raider Bill · June 11, 2020, 09:09:15 AM

A friend made me a strawberry rhubarb pie 2 weeks ago. DELISH!

samandothers · June 11, 2020, 09:38:40 AM

Been a long time since I had rhubarb! That looks good, refreshing.

Chuck White · June 11, 2020, 09:39:48 AM

That drink really looks tasty, I might have to try that!

sawguy21 · June 11, 2020, 10:47:39 AM

I really enjoy strawberry rhubarb pie or a rhubarb crisp. It is plentiful here, I know of people trying to eradicate it from their gardens, they don't like it and can't give it away.

SwampDonkey · June 11, 2020, 11:52:16 AM

I like is in muffins, more so than pies. Pies use a lot of sugar. Even this syrup has half the sugar I seen in other recipes. It's not thick like honey, just a concentrated juice. I want to taste rhubarb not sugar. And it is not mouth puckering sour. ;)

sharp edge · June 11, 2020, 02:40:59 PM

Donkey

Sounds real good, but you for got the Vodka... Like a screwdriver. What should this a, Donkeydriver? 8)

SE

sawguy21 · June 11, 2020, 03:02:42 PM

Swampwater ;D

SwampDonkey · February 20, 2021, 04:25:10 AM

@thecfarm over here for the recipe I used.

thecfarm · February 20, 2021, 05:19:57 AM

Thank you!! I have bookmarked this.
As I said I got a ton of it. Another use for it.
sawguy21,rhubarb roots is pricey to buy.

We was lucky, years ago someone had a bunch of the strawberry type to give away. I dug a lot of that up. ;D I have a bunch of the old fashioned type. No idea what kind it it. It gets maybe 2 inches across and at least 2 feet long. Big stuff. That strawberry gets half as big.

SwampDonkey · February 20, 2021, 08:11:21 AM

I found some old 'barb one time on an old abandoned farm. The woods had grown back and was clearcut. Some of that was growing in under the new saplings. Growing in the shade, the leaves was 3 feet across. :D

At grandfather's place, my uncle kept a patch going, but good manure on it every spring. The reservation is across the road, and they always asked for some every summer. They'd eat it fresh off the stalk like candy. :D

Chuck White · February 20, 2021, 04:24:04 PM

I have some in the backyard that does OK, but not great!

I put horse manure on it after it goes down in the fall, but I've heard that it will help it along if you dig it up and split the root and replant!

If this is true, what time of year is best to do this?

thecfarm · February 20, 2021, 08:58:30 PM

What do you mean by not great?
That old fashioned kind does much better than the strawberry. That old stuff is twice the size of the strawberry.
Both patches has no weeds or grass in it.

SwampDonkey · February 21, 2021, 04:30:35 PM

Quote from: Chuck White on February 20, 2021, 04:24:04 PM
If this is true, what time of year is best to do this?

I never heard of having to do that, but any time I transplant anything it is in the spring as soon as the snow goes and I can dig. That's when I moved mine. I would fork in the manure into the old soil. ;D
Moved these in 2019, these are coming up in their new spot. Old seed stalks left on.

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SwampDonkey · May 29, 2021, 12:43:00 PM

Fresh batch of rhubarb juice, May 29, 2021 8)

21incher · May 29, 2021, 04:21:10 PM

Thanks. Going to try this. Have about 50 pounds of rhubarb to use up now. 8)

SwampDonkey · May 29, 2021, 05:12:57 PM

You're going into production. :D

kantuckid · May 30, 2021, 10:03:40 AM

IMO, rhubarb is a non-edible plant. I cannot stand the smell of it cooking nor the taste-period.

SwampDonkey · May 30, 2021, 11:52:05 AM

Never heard anyone ever say that in 54 years. Maybe someone was cooking burdocks. :D

21incher · May 30, 2021, 02:23:34 PM

Quote from: kantuckid on May 30, 2021, 10:03:40 AM
IMO, rhubarb is a non-edible plant. I cannot stand the smell of it cooking nor the taste-period.

The leaves are the only part you can't eat. Try a different type because some varieties are sweeter then others.

Quote from: SwampDonkey on May 30, 2021, 11:52:05 AM
Never heard anyone ever say that in 54 years. Maybe someone was cooking burdocks. :D

I love fried burdock. I grew up with an Italian friend and his mom made the best fried burdock with a crispy breaded crust. Only use the stems. 8)

sawguy21 · May 30, 2021, 04:19:44 PM

I might have to try that, no shortage of burdock here.

kantuckid · May 30, 2021, 05:11:05 PM

My Grandma raised it and cooked it into everything it's known for and my comments are not about Burdock or leaves vs. stalks-I flat don't like the stuff and even dislike the smell of it cooking as stated.
What I wont eat is an extremely short list: rutabagas, parsnips, turnips and I'm not real keen on eggplant except that done right the rest of the dish tastes OK. I also see no need for peppers beyond an jalapeno, poblano, anaheim/NM green chilies, cuban or serranos are all OK? Chipoltly I seen some too hot, some OK. The recent fetish for ghost & Habaneros, scotch bonnets, etc. makes no sense to my taste buds-spicy I do all the time, not weird hot though.
Back to rhubarb, yuk... :

SwampDonkey · May 31, 2021, 04:36:48 AM

Turnips and the like are no good unless the frost hits them in the fall and then they get sweeter. The parsnip are no good until spring after they have wintered. Again they get sweeter and tastier. Root crops, even potatoes, bought from the grocery store are rubbish. ;D

Rhubarb is awesome in the spring. Don't pick the stuff if it has gone to seed.

I like bells and jalapeno peppers and use them unsparingly. ;D