Raw Rhubarb, Cucumber, and Mint Salad

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  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Paula Wolfert

Published 2003

  • About

Raw rhubarb! My Turkish friend and food journalist Ayfer Unsal described observing people in eastern Turkey purchasing wild rhubarb stalks from a wagon, stripping back the threads, then munching on the stalks as though they were ribs of celery.

Ayfer watched these raw rhubarb eaters closely to see if their mouths puckered in reaction to the intensely tart rhubarb juice. This didn’t happen. Later she learned that the rhubarb stalk seller had sprinkled some salt on the stalks t

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