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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