[Magdalen] Rhubarb cookies

[Jay Weigel]

One wonders who first figured out that it was the stalks of the rhubarb,
and not the leaves, that were good to eat. Also other things that must be
processed, like manioc, to be eaten without poisoning one....yet primitive
people do eat them.

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 7:43 AM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 3:16 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I recall how much the white asparagus was loved in Germany. It was a bit
> > pricey, due to the covering by hand with soil, I would assume.
> >
>
> Our housing area was next to one of those large Spargel fields between
> Heidelberg and Schwetzingen. During the short season, the local restaurants
> featured the asparagus with a choice of sauces; the meat was listed as a
> side dish. We discovered that the local farmer's market on the square in
> Schwetzingen had a decent price for the asparagus. A substantial discount
> was offered if the asparagus had peeked at the light and had a light green
> tinge.
>
>
>
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