I'm surprised you had it in the Southern U.S. since only in the last 5 years or so has it started appearing in grocery stores here in Texas. Growing up, my mom

I'm surprised you had it in the Southern U.S. since only in the last 5 years or so has it started appearing in grocery stores here in Texas. Growing up, my mom used to serve rhubarb pie to guests (she got the rhubarb and froze it when my grandparents visited from Wisconsin) and unless the guests were also from northern states they usually treated it like a curiosity they'd never encountered before.