When I was in England u used love rhubarb crumble. Unfortunately it doesn't grow here in Japan so I always use sorrel as a substitute. It got wondering what else do people do with it or has anyone got any good recipes?
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It seems to be a peculiarly British thing. There used to be 30 acres of rhubarb fields near here (pre WW2) where the crop was forced and exported to France, Belgium, etc.,
My son's Italian girlfriend hadn't a clue what it was; totally unknown to her, and she grew up helping on her grandparent's smallholding that supplied the local restaurants and greengrocers.
I love sorrel, an underused herb in my oppinion.
The leaves and young flowering tips I eat raw as salad, hot in omelettes, stuffing and sauce for fish, and soup. The leaf is a mild diuretic, used for liver and kidney complaints; poultice for acne, boils and wounds; root is mild laxative. It contains oxalic acid, potassium oxalate, flavone-glycosides, vit C. The juice of leaves removes stains from hands and garments and produces dark brown dye.
However, do not overeat because of the level of oxalic acid; it should not be eaten by people with kidney or bladder stones.
I may be wrong but I thought the amount of leaves needed to be digested to cause issues was in the region of 'buckets'?
Rhubarb. Just wondering where its geo specific.Sorrel, or rhubarb?
I find rhubarb at the market here in France for a few weeks each year. I don't remember seeing it in the supermarkets, or seeing it on the menu in a restaurant, though.Rhubarb. Just wondering where its geo specific.
Wikipedia has an article in Japanese, the name in the link is ルバーブ, that transcribes as "rubābu". The Japanese name for the plant is (according to the Japanese wikipedia article) Shokuyoudai-o. Another Japanese name that I've found for it (in Kanji) is 丸葉大黄 but I don't know how you'd pronounce that; Google image search for it will show pictures of rhubarb.When I was in England u used love rhubarb crumble. Unfortunately it doesn't grow here in Japan so I always use sorrel as a substitute. It got wondering what else do people do with it or has anyone got any good recipes?
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The English article mentions use of rhubarb root as a laxative in traditional Chinese medicine.Out of interest does it grow in China?