Yorkshire Rhubarb, a Healthy Vegetable For a Healthy Diet!

By Tim J Bailey

Are you also curious to know what rhubarb actually is? Are you also confused whether this popular name rhubarb is a fruit or a vegetable? Do you also want to find out the medicinal value of rhubarb? Read this article further to get the most detailed information on unarguably England's most famous vegetable - the Yorkshire rhubarb!

What most of the people are confused about I whether rhubarb is a fruit or a vegetable? Many would rather be surprised to know that this lovely and most popular and in demand thing is indeed a vegetable! The English rhubarb, commonly mistook as a fruit, is delicate slender stems. Their popularity can very well be judged from the fact that the first sight of the Yorkshire rhubarb in the local stores calls in heavy number of customers as people can't resist to taste this lovely vegetable! With Yorkshire rhubarb comes the winter season for the locals!

Although it is believed that the Rhubarb originated in China and Tibet way back around 2700BC. However, at those times, the rhubarb used commonly used only for its medicinal value.