The Government's Been Lying To You About Rhubarb - Chowhound

Coldsnowstorm/Getty Images Rhubarb, mystery that you are. Often grown in the shadows (or under a tarp), these tart red shoots occupy a peculiar place in the cornucopia of produce. It is related to buckwheat, but one of the best ways to cook rhubarb is to use it in desserts, paired alongside the bright, strawberry, a fellow spring crop. You simply haven't lived if you haven't had a slice of strawberry and rhubarb…