I've bought some fresh rhubarb - I LOVE the taste but have NO idea how to cook it!

Brother Andy suggests put it in the oven, sprinkle with sugar, bake it, don't boil it.

Funnily enough they did it great in prison! Since I know many ex inmates log on here - perhaps some of my friends from the kitchens might be able to let me know.

Or superchef Mart.

I'd prefer HONEY to sugar (for some reason I think it's healthier and like the taste more). And something tells me to add lemon juice.
And serve it with cream?

Over to you Tipsheeters!

Hmmmmm.

Well you may not like my recipe, its an acquired taste.

Slice one onion and a chilli, (seeds removed), add cumin and coriander, create a paste, and then add the washed rhubarb in one inch chunks.

Don`t salt it, sugar it, and serve with a flavourless unleveaned bread and don`t let it get too stringy.

I have tried this one before, from a book I used to have, it`s a very dipping into dish, treat it as mango chutney with bread, in an ideal world, find a lamb cutlet in the freezer and serve it on the side with it.

Rhubarb crumble, is a no go. Old school cookery.

There you go.

Lamb cutlet, Rhubarb chutney, flatbread.

Hmmmm.....

I've never cooked Rhubarb myself, but my father who was a cook in the RAF always peels then boils it until it's done to his taste, then he puts it in either pies or a crumble, with sweetener as required.

That seems to be the most basic method.

I must say that one of the farm vegetable schemes I subscribed too, had a really good harvest of rhubarb and it was coming weekly, and I was really running out of ideas, but the below one worked as well.

I boiled it up until it was very soft, blitzed it in the blender and added cream.

I poured the mixture into seperate glass bowls and left them in the fridge, they lasted about a week as a rhubarb fool snack.

Put brown sugar on the top, but not until eating or it soaks in.

Ah this one sounds more like it!!

I have just prepared a wonderful saddle of lamb for tomorrow, to be served on a bed of Moroccan style aubergine rice with slices of griddled fennel and leek.

All of the above fail to point out one thing -

Before serving, ensure that there is a new toilet roll in the bathroom !

Indeed, and don`t serve any of the above to an England football coach....