I had no idea! I have always just cut it and I haven’t noticed a problem because the rhubarb bush at homehome is huge 😅 Thanks for letting me know, I appreciate good and useful advice.
Stewed rhubarb is very delicious and I might have some use for the syrup too. Gin and rhubarb definitely isn’t a bad idea.
It's funny. I have a shelf in my freezer full of last years rhubarb - and it's time to pick more this year 🙄. I have a hard time finding people to give the rhubarb away to ... but ... if I make a batch of the simple syrup, I can give it away almost instantly. :-).
Relatively close to me is a place that makes their own ice cream ... They will essentially trade you home made ice cream for fresh rhubarb stalks. :-). https://themerrydairy.com/the-rhubarb-stalk-exchange/
It's a great way to get rid of the first crop of the season.
Never have I ever heard anyone say "I don't have enough rhubarb" if they have their own bush in the garden, so I get it :D Have you ever made rhubarb juice? Mom was just talking about it and I need to ask for the recipe because if I recall, it's not just rhubarb, water and sugar.
That ice cream thing sounds like a win-win to me.