Rhubarb

Rhubarb was a type of vegetable that could be found in the Realms.

Description
These vegetables were short and leafy with bright red stalks. They were notable for being both sour and slightly sweet.

Availability
Places in the Realms where rhubarb was known to grow or be cultivated were:
 * Northwest Faerûn: Wild rhubarb grew in the Delimbiyr Vale. And was cultivated in the gardens of Goldenfields.
 * Luiren: Rhubarb grew in the Long Forest. Along the southern rim of that forest it was cultivated and traded widely by the city of Fasruil.
 * The Katakoro Plateau.

Usages

 * The stalks of rhubarb were used in the filling of a Luiren pastry known as bouqthi.
 * Powdered rhubarb leaves were a material component for the spell Melf's acid arrow.
 * Medicinally, rhubarb could be used as an astringent or cathartic.

Businesses

 * Drover's Last Drink, a tavern in Mosstone served a wide variety of handpies and bigger bowl-sized stuffed goodness. Rhubarb tarts and many-berry tarts were sold for one copper piece per serving of seven.

Organizations

 * The Ironaxe Clan of dwarves were known to gather rhubarb, in addition to other wild foodstuffs, from the Delimbiyr Vale.

Races & Sentient Creatures

 * Rhubarb was common in Elven cuisine.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle • Storm King's Thunder • Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
 * Novels
 * Passage to Dawn • Shadowbred
 * Video Games