Best known for its laxative effect and association with custard, Rhubarb holds a place dear to many hearts.
But in Medieval Europe it was so costly to bring across from China that it was two or three times the cost of other valued herbs and spices, such as cinnamon, opium and saffron...
...the account of a trip by a traveller of the times: "The best of all merchandise coming to Samarkand was from China:
especially silks, satins, musk, rubies, diamonds, pearls, and
rhubarb..."
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