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[coraa]

So the boy and I were watching Chopped (a cooking contest show where the cooks have to make dishes incorporating a variety of items from a basket) a few weeks ago, and one of the items in the basket was rhubarb. One of the chefs said, "Of course, with rhubarb, you have to peel it, and that takes time."

The boy and I looked at each other.

"I never peel rhubarb," I said, "and neither did my mom."

But my curiosity, it was piqued!

Poll #3766

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Do you peel rhubarb before you cook it?

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Of course not, why would you?
6 (50.0%)

No
0 (0.0%)

Sometimes, depending
3 (25.0%)

Yes
0 (0.0%)

Of course I do, why wouldn't you?
0 (0.0%)

I don't cook with rhubarb
3 (25.0%)

I don't cook at all
0 (0.0%)

I don't eat, I photosynthesize
0 (0.0%)

I would like to complain about this poll
0 (0.0%)

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[coraa]

Same here! It wasn't like carrots, where I know people peel them but I often give them a scrub and call it good enough—it had actually never occurred to me before the show that anyone peeled rhubarb. And I grew up eating rhubarb!