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Can You Eat Rhubarb After It Flowers?

Seed stalk removed, stalks look healthy—yes, they’re edible. No evidence flowering makes stalks toxic. Taste one: sour = rhubarb. Don’t eat leaves (oxalic acid). Pie away!

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