Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Who knew?

    The Pacific Northwest is known for a number of local food items.  Apples, pears, oysters and salmon among them.  But few, if any, consumers would recognize that no less than 90% of all the rhubarb grown in the United States comes from Washington State.  Who knew?

     Rhubarb is a herbaceous perennial with  triangular leaves  and long, fleshy petioles (stalks).  It has a strong tart taste and grows year round.  And depending on where you live, it is classified as either a fruit or a vegetable.

     Rhubarb is known to be a strong laxative and its leaves are poisonous.  So one needs to exercise caution when preparing it for the dinner table.

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