Quote Originally Posted by Di bear View Post
Hm . . . never thought about eating the leaves. I'm learning how to use rhubarb from a friend who makes a killer strawberry-rhubarb crisp. I didn't eat last year's rhubarb cuz I didn't know what to do with it. I'll stick with leaf lettuce for leaves.
Rhubarb leaves are toxic. Don't eat them. Use only the stalks. Strawberry-rhubarb crisp (and pie) is delicious, but requires a lot of sugar, since rhubarb is tart, to say the least.