Rhubarb

When we checked out the school vegie garden, we found many people did not much about rhubarb. Most people thought we should eat the leaves, and only some people thought we should eat the stalks.
We decided that the best way to learn about rhubarb was to eat it . . . so that's what we did.

We discarded the leaves as they are poisonous, and then chopped up the stalks with some apple.  We added a little sugar (because rhubarb is not very sweet) and some water.  Then we mixed it up and simmered in a saucepan on the hot plate.  The smell was delicious!  It was interesting to see how the heat made the softened the fibres and made the fruit soft and mushy.   Some people sampled  a small cupful when it had cooled down, and most of those people liked it.