This is an excellent vegetable uncooked, and may be sliced and added to
salads as a substitute for lemons. The natural grown stalks are better
than the forced variety, as the latter contains much manure poison
which makes them liable to disagree.
Rhubarb Juice.
This is a good substitute for lemon juice or vinegar in dressing
salads. The rhubarb can be grated for the purpose on an ordinary flat
grater, when it breaks down into juice and stringy fibres; or the
Enterprise Press will quickly do the work.
Rhubarb Water.
½ lb. to 1 lb. of rhubarb stalks, 1 pint of cold water, honey, malt
extract, black treacle or liquorice to taste. Extract the juice from
the stalks, strain, add to the water and sweeten to taste. Beetroot
well grated, or the juice of beetroot, is a good addition to this
rhubarb water as it adds other valuable organic salts and also sweetens
the drink. Banana pulp can also be used for the same purpose.