I didn’t get a chance to get to the farmer’s market for more rhubarb today…but I did learn a nifty little fact while watching the Colbert Report.
Congressman Adam Smith was the night’s brave guest and seemed to hold his own. During Smith’s “interview” it was noted that Pierce County, Wash. (the heart of Smith’s district), leads the United States in rhubarb production. And according to the county’s web site it raises 50 percent of the nation’s supply.
So much for the notion that rhubarb is purely a Midwestern thing.
I started to wonder though how much Washington state rhubarb I’ve consumed. Probably not a whole lot since most of the rhubarb I had growing up came from the front yard and most of the rhubarb I buy now is from local farmers.
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