Pokeweed (Phytolacca Americana)

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Hey Vicki, Evelyn .. other good folks ..

 

> Hi, my name is Vicki and I am one of the lurkers here.

 

Glad you decided to come out and play. :-P

 

> I can't contribute much regarding much of what everyone discusses...

> but boy, am I learning about things that I never knew before so maybe

> by summer time I can join in on some discussions.

 

You can contribute by asking questions. When you ask one you can bet

your bootie that there are forty eleven other folks who have the same

question .. they just ain't asked it. ;-)

 

> I do know something about the subject of this email...pokeweed.

 

Glad to see this post .. and the others from Suthran folks. Ceptin

folks down home didn't refer to this delicacy as Pokeweed .. they always

called it " Poke Salet " .. ain't no " d " in it. ;-)

 

> I grew up in the South where people consider it a wonderful dish called

> poke salad.

 

You got that right .. even gotta song about Poke Salad Annie. ;-)

http://www.geocities.com/merrystar3/allysongs/PolkSaladAnnie.htm

 

> We always carefully picked the young tender leaves. My Mom would never

> used the older plants with the tough leaves or berries. She would boil

> them for around 30 min, drain the water off. Then more fresh water and

> boil again. She did this 3 or 4 times. When she felt they were done

> (I remember her talking about the color the water turned when she was

> boiling them need to be fairly clear), she mixed them in with eggs for

> an omelet for my Dad. Of course, being a kid back then something like

> that never appealed to me.

 

I liked it a lot .. still do. Whenever I hit Kentucky I always go over

to my Aunt's home for dinner .. and if its Springtime she will always

have Poke Salet on the menu. I grew up eating it and folks all around

my part of the country still do.

 

> Now I can't wait for the garden time again and all those fresh veggies...

> plus the collard, turnip and mustard greens....

 

I reckon collard greens are my number one favorite veggie .. I can eat

them even for breakfast. Turnip and mustard greens are also finer'n

frog hair split three ways. Gotta put a slab of hawg jawl or some bacon

grease in during the cooking .. ain't got no hawg jawl or bacon grease

in it then it ain't Suthran. Folks used to have a big old lard can on

the counter whut they put their bacon grease in .. but younguns is now

getting away from that .. that's why they are so wild and rambunctious

and doing drugs and stuff .. they don't eat enough bacon grease and hawg

jawl. ;-) I also like to pour vinegar over greens when I eat'em.

 

> Thank you for letting me be a part of your group. It is very educational.

 

Glad you decided to come out .. wish all the other new folks would too.

Lots of new folks here .. the list has doubled in size in the last year;

got close to 900 folks now.

 

> Vicki

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com