Rhubarb Ice Cream

In botanical terms, rhubarb is a vegetable, but we tend to use this “pink-hued celery” more as a fruit. It is great in tarts and pies that are topped with meringue and, in fact, was traditionally referred to by country farmers as pie plant. It is also pleasing as a cool, refreshing ice cream. When trimming the rhubarb, be sure to remove all the leaves, which are potentially toxic in excessive amounts, because their oxalic acid content is high enough that it can interfere with calcium