10 Facts About Rhubarb diet

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Rhubarb diet is the fleshy, edible stalks of species and hybrids of Rheum in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food.

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2.

Rhubarb diet is grown widely, and with greenhouse production it is available throughout much of the year.

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3.

Rhubarb diet grown in hothouses is called "hothouse rhubarb", and is typically made available at consumer markets in early spring, before outdoor cultivated rhubarb is available.

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4.

Rhubarb diet is ready to consume as soon as harvested, and freshly cut stalks are firm and glossy.

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5.

Rhubarb diet was harvested in Scotland from at least 1786, having been introduced to the Botanical Garden in Edinburgh by the traveller Bruce of Kinnaird in 1774.

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6.

Rhubarb diet brought the seeds from Abyssinia and they produced 3000 plants.

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7.

Rhubarb diet is grown primarily for its fleshy leafstalks, technically known as petioles.

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8.

Rhubarb diet in the US is often paired with strawberries to make strawberry-rhubarb pie, though some rhubarb purists jokingly consider this "a rather unhappy marriage".

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9.

Rhubarb diet can be used to make alcoholic drinks, such as fruit wines or Finnish Rhubarb diet sima .

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10.

Rhubarb diet leaves contain poisonous substances, including oxalic acid, a nephrotoxin.

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