A gardener in a field of rhubarb. A variety of rhubarb grown in darkness and harvested by candlelight has joined French champagne and Italian Parma ham in having its name protected by the EU, officials have said. (AFP/File/Alain Jocard)
Posted on 02/26/2010 2:50:48 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LONDON (AFP) – A variety of rhubarb grown in darkness and harvested by candlelight has joined French champagne and Italian Parma ham in having its name protected by the EU, officials have said.
Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb has been awarded Protected Designation of Origin status by a European Union programme which aims to protect regional and traditional foods throughout Europe.
It means the name can be used by only the 12 remaining growers of the foodstuff in the protected area, the so-called "rhubarb triangle" in Yorkshire.
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The rhubarb is grown in darkness and then picked by candlelight using traditional methods to produce a sweet and tender variety, environment department officials said.
Although officially classified as a vegetable, rhubarb is normally used in sweet deserts.
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A gardener in a field of rhubarb. A variety of rhubarb grown in darkness and harvested by candlelight has joined French champagne and Italian Parma ham in having its name protected by the EU, officials have said. (AFP/File/Alain Jocard)
Never rub another man’s rhubarb...
Do planes crash when they fly over?
Forced Rhubarb?
Sounds like a punk rock band
It’s only good because it was harvested by candlelight, use a flashlight on the plants and they all turn bitter eh?
It does sound like an unsanitary deviant sexual practice.
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