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wild rhubarb

suky2suky2 Posts: 2

We have wild rhubarb growing near our cottage which is in the country. Is it safe to cook then eat the stalks?

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Rhubarb is rhubarb wherever it's growing. As long as you're sure it's rhubarb. Though    can't think of anything that could be  mistaken for it.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • suky2suky2 Posts: 2

    Great, thank you!

  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307

    Hogweed comes in a red stemmed version which could look like Rhubarb. Mind there is an easy way to tell, pull a stalk and smell it, nothing but Rhubabrb smells like Rhubarb.

  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114

    Rhubarb does not come in a 'wild' variety.  It is either something else and should be avoided or has grown from a thrown-out crown, maybe in an abandoned garden.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Chucked out plants must be the origin of a lot of 'wild' plants



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,109

    I have known some people mistake burdock for rhubarb http://www.ediblewildfood.com/burdock.aspx

    it is edible, but it's not rhubarb.


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    I can't imagine mistaking anything for rhubarb. You'd only need to scratch a stem and sniff.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,109

    Ah, but I wasn't suggesting that you would mistake it Nutimage, but I have known it happen image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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