Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb is rather marvelous and magical stuff that will feature in our 5th Arosteria this Thursday.
Grown in a 9-square-mile triangle in West Yorkshire in dark, forcing sheds and then picked by candlelight from Christmas to Easter. It’s more tender and bittersweet than it’s outdoor relative and so highly prized it used to be transported on a designated express train down Spitalfields and Covent Garden markets and to Paris for the French market.