There are those seasonal garden foods that come at you all of a sudden, and then you’re faced with a mountain of something raising fruit flies on your counter or still in the dirt contemplating its future as compost. This time of year, we’re looking at you, rhubarb people!
I shared my recipe for rhubarb jam last season, and a reader suggested saving your rhubarb until the mulberries are ready and then combining the two for jam. Is there an overlap between people growing rhubarb and those with mulberry trees? Seems likely.
If you have so much rhubarb you’re eating it daily (not a problem for some), you could clean and chop it up for the freezer. Measure it out into freezer bags, and then to get the air out, try this trick: Seal the bags until only an inch is open, and holding that open corner, submerge the bags in water up to that point—the water pressure will push out the air. Then, you can pinch the seal shut completely….