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• n  long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
• n  plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous

• Fruit or vegetable? For a Buffalo court last week that was the barb in rhubarb.
• In 1845, Italian Bernardino Branca developed a cure-all he called Fernet an 80-proof concoction containing myrrh (what's with all the myrrh?), rhubarb, chamomile, aloe .
• The first clash with the "enemy" (ten submarines and one cruiser) brought on an intra-fleet rhubarb.

• pieplant
• rhubarb plant

News & Articles

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• Master Gardeners: Growing rhubarb an easy, fruitful adventure
  Rhubarb, you either like it or you don't.
  June 15, 2013 - Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
• Strawberry rhubarb compote can be used in variety of ways
  Margaret O'Neill of Friends of the Public Market will offer samples and talk about strawberry rhubarb compote Saturday.
  June 15, 2013 - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
• Rhubarb crumble cake
  Makes 1 deep 8-inch cake Rhubarb in the market is a sign that spring fruits are about to arrive. As the warm weather progresses, we'll start finding local strawberries and all kinds of berries, then peaches, plums, and other stone fruits. Rhubarb makes a fine cake. This one consists of three layers — cake topped by fruit, topped by crumble ...        
  June 14, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Hilary Benn in AFP
  Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb has been recognised thanks to the quality of this traditionally grown product and the enthusiasm and commitment shown by all involved,Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said Thursday.
• David Crystal in Daily News & Analysis
  Crystal said: "The vast majority of spelling rules in English are irrelevant in the sense that they don't stop you understanding the word in question. If I spell the word rhubarb without an 'h' you have no trouble understanding it whatsoever. Why do...
• Garrison Keillor in BurlingtonFreePress.com
  Rhubarb pie comes along in the spring,Keillor says, "when we're half-crazed from five months of winter."