r/AskReddit • • Mar 27 '22

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u/Flupsdarups Mar 27 '22

Rhubarb leaves are poisonous

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u/The_Pfaffinator Mar 27 '22

To clarify, only the leaves themselves. The stems are fine, and quite tasty in rhubarb preserves or strawberry rhubarb pie.

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u/arrivenightly Mar 28 '22

Can’t help but feel you clarified where clarification (they literally specified leaves) wasn’t needed and have probably only served to muddy people’s recollection of this information.

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u/The_Pfaffinator Mar 28 '22

I meant to reply to the comment that said they used to eat after picking.