{"id":4736,"date":"2013-05-01T20:39:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T02:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2015-10-25T17:43:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T23:43:06","slug":"bebop-a-rebop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=4736","title":{"rendered":"Bebop-a-rebop"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriftlessAppetite\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drftlssappetite\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-rss nolightbox\" data-provider=\"rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/driftlessappetite\/ynOY\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rss\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/rss.png\" \/><\/a><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?attachment_id=4737\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4737\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rhubarb.jpg\" alt=\"rhubarb\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rhubarb.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rhubarb-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rhubarb-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rhubarb-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please bear with me, I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;m going to go a little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiolab.org\/\">RadioLab<\/a>\u00a0on you today. \u00a0 I&#8217;d like you to take a moment to listen the the recording embedded below (courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb\">rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb<\/a>):<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13336794&visual=true\"><\/iframe>\n<p><!--more-->So you can probably tell from the name of the sound file what you&#8217;re listening to. \u00a0Rhubarb.\u00a0 That is the sound of rhubarb growing. \u00a0Okay, but how was that recording\u00a0produced? \u00a0Is it sped up, like a time lapse video for sound? \u00a0Nope. \u00a0Is it a hypersensitive microphone embedded in the soil? \u00a0Guess again.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s exactly what is says. \u00a0That\u00a0recording is a real time, \u00a0un-enhanced recording of the <em>sound of rhubarb growing<\/em>. \u00a0Cool, huh?<\/p>\n<p>To be slightly more precise, \u00a0it&#8217;s the sound of a lot of rhubarb growing in a shed in Yorkshire, England. \u00a0To produce an early spring crop, rhubarb is grown in warm, dark sheds. \u00a0Needing light, the plant expends all of its energy growing long, thin shoots trying to push its way though the soil and into the sun. \u00a0This &#8220;forced&#8221; rhubarb is a major crop in the area, and forced rhubarb grown in Yorkshire has actually been given <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protected_Designation_of_Origin\">PDO<\/a>\u00a0status in Europe. \u00a0This is the same protected status as (for example) Prosciutto, Champagne, and\u00a0Stilton.<\/p>\n<p>I found this so fascinating when I first heard it, because I&#8217;m so used to plants operating on a\u00a0slower time scale than the human attention span.\u00a0 And even with the faster growing plants, like dandelions, you still don&#8217;t expect them to keep you up at night with their complaining!\u00a0 I mentioned hearing this recording to my\u00a0farmer friend <a href=\"http:\/\/yellowbarnfarm.org\/\">Rebecca<\/a>, by the way,\u00a0and she admitted she&#8217;ll sometimes stare at her beans and try to see them grow.\u00a0 And even interrogating them about it: &#8220;Did you just move?\u00a0 Did you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As awesome as it is that you can actually hear\u00a0rhubarb grow, I still don&#8217;t really like it. \u00a0It&#8217;s too sour for my tastes. \u00a0Leslie loves it though, and every year she makes her strawberry and rhubarb preserves, as well as other rhubarb based treats you can read about <a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=1553\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=2770\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=35\">here<\/a>\u00a0(that&#8217;s Rhubarb Jack pictured below).\u00a0 And actually, I&#8217;m told that forced rhubarb is sweeter and more tender than traditional plants.\u00a0 If you know anyone around here that grows forced rhubarb drop me a line, if not we may have to try it next year.<\/p>\n<p>If you are inspired to make any of those dishes but\u00a0you don&#8217;t have rhubarb in your garden, you can probably pick it up at your local\u00a0Farmers Market.\u00a0 Here in Mineral Point, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mineralpointmarket.com\/\">market<\/a> is starting up this weekend (although it may be a few weeks before rhubarb starts to show up).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?attachment_id=44\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/rhubarbjack.jpg\" alt=\"rhubarbjack\" width=\"970\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/rhubarbjack.jpg 970w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/rhubarbjack-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the sound of a lot of rhubarb growing in a shed in Yorkshire, England.  To produce an early spring crop, rhubarb is grown in warm, dark sheds.  Needing light, the plant expends all of its energy growing long, thin shoots trying to push its way though the soil and into the sun.  This &#8220;forced&#8221; rhubarb is a major crop in the area, and forced rhubarb grown in Yorkshire has actually been given PDO status in Europe.  This is the same protected status as (for example) Prosciutto, Champagne, and Stilton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,49,4,25],"tags":[565,567,106,566],"class_list":["post-4736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-driftless-area-towns","category-farmers-market","category-farms","category-garden","tag-gardening","tag-radiolab","tag-rhubarb","tag-science","has-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4736"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5823,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736\/revisions\/5823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}