Interesting Facts

Harvesting rhubarb in candlelight is supposed to help preserve its flavour. (Personally that is just a very good reason to harvest it in brilliant sunshine. Although the producers do swear it's much nicer than the kind of school dinner rhubarb that I remember.)

The "Rhubarb triangle" is an area of West Yorkshire farms bordered by Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford, where rhubarb is grown. (Actually I'm not sure if this qualifies as an "interesting place".)

Rhubarb, that classic fruit dreaded by English schoolchildren, was introduced to Britain from Siberia. (Actually rhubarb is an interesting word too: Actors with a ‘non-speaking’ role might be asked to ‘pretend’ to be speaking, in order to get a natural feeling. Traditionally, this involved saying ‘rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb’.)