Making homemade applesauce is a great way to use your apples at harvest time when the supply is abundant. If you don't have your own apples they can be found in abundance at farmer's markets, apple orchards, and your local food store.
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Rhubarb can be frozen so it can be stored for a longer period of time.
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Rhubarb can be eaten raw but because of its tartness, it is generally cooked and sweetened first.
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Trim off leaf ends and roots using a sharp knife and discard. Be sure to discard the leaves, which contain toxic levels of oxalic acid.
A perennial plant that has celery-like stalks that are greenish pink to dark red in color. Garden variety Rhubarb that is grown outside during the summer months matures from a green into a light pink colored stalk with streaks of green amongst lighter red shades of color.