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5. I always thought that sassafras might contain a cure for AIDS?

Thu Dec 26, 2013, 05:58 PM

Dec 2013

The new shoots would come out every spring and you could snap them off and chew the bark, which contained a huge amount of sassafras sap. As a child, I burned my hand trying to make sassafras tea from boiling the roots. It does have that unique smell and taste of sarsaparilla.

For wild greens, my Grandma would pick and mix dandelions with a little plantain, some speckled dot, and some "crow's feet" and other wild "weeds". I always thought the wild greens tasted better than those grown in a garden.

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Anyone here ever pick "poke salad"? [View all] kentuck Dec 2013 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author LumosMaxima Dec 2013 #1

Yes, you can't just pick it and eat it Aerows Dec 2013 #2

yes. my grandma took us around the farm picking poke weed and lambs quarter which she'd Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #3

I always thought that sassafras might contain a cure for AIDS? kentuck Dec 2013 #5

I like sassafras d_r Dec 2013 #29

Please pick all the lambs quarter you can MattBaggins Dec 2013 #42

Pokeberries? I've never had it, but they grow at my house here in WV... a la izquierda Dec 2013 #4

The berries were used many moons ago in quill pens... kentuck Dec 2013 #7

Oh, yes. Lars39 Dec 2013 #6

Can't say that I am? kentuck Dec 2013 #10

Nope, they're similar to a grape. Grows wild mostly. Lars39 Dec 2013 #14

I've heard songs about Muscadine wine. kentuck Dec 2013 #15

Lol That, too, although what I used to have would singe eyebrows. Lars39 Dec 2013 #16

Yes, very familiar with Muscadines (wine and preserves) Chief D Dec 2013 #43

Just like wild grapes. kentuck Dec 2013 #44

instead of wild blueberries... kentuck Dec 2013 #46

Elvis sang a song about it: "Polk Salad Annie" Ken Burch Dec 2013 #8

Ha! You were so quick. Was just about to post that Elvis YT! KoKo Dec 2013 #11

yes he did. forgot about that song Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #21

I favor Sleepy LaBeef's version... MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #27

I like this'n... GReedDiamond Dec 2013 #53

Very fun! MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #54

I think they still are...nt GReedDiamond Dec 2013 #56

Yes Are_grits_groceries Dec 2013 #9

My Grandma used to talk about sassafras tea and making it KoKo Dec 2013 #12

Easier to find further south. Aerows Dec 2013 #48

Poke salad Aerows Dec 2013 #47

All the time, growing up. X_Digger Dec 2013 #13

Yes, but we used to just eat the shoots. hootinholler Dec 2013 #17

There's a million old stories and recipes from the mountains. kentuck Dec 2013 #18

Cooking Poke Salad dem in texas Dec 2013 #19

Yes, I have rock Dec 2013 #20

love poke salet spanone Dec 2013 #22

Ever been to the poke salad festival in Harlan County? William769 Dec 2013 #23

No, but I've been to the Wild Mountain Laurel Festival in Pineville... kentuck Dec 2013 #30

Chained rock (Pine Mountain). Oh the memories. William769 Dec 2013 #36

A beautiful spot. kentuck Dec 2013 #49

Ever been to the Ramp Festival in Richwood, WV? Tanuki Dec 2013 #37

The berries make a substance which activates B lymphocytes. GeorgeGist Dec 2013 #24

yes, I have. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #25

YES Chuuku Davis Dec 2013 #26

My grandma used to have poke and other types of greens, doc03 Dec 2013 #28

by the bagful d_r Dec 2013 #31

Not in Kentucky, but yes. LWolf Dec 2013 #32

My grandmother would pick it and I would help her. She cooked it with the greens. TheKentuckian Dec 2013 #33

Yes, I used to pick it for my grandmother, but I don't eat it. Arkansas Granny Dec 2013 #34

Oh, yes! Many times. cordelia Dec 2013 #35

I never ate the berries or the leaves... kentuck Dec 2013 #38

Even in Minnesota you can find canned poke salad. MineralMan Dec 2013 #39

Many times when I was a kid. Maw Kettle Dec 2013 #40

Blackberries were great for canning... kentuck Dec 2013 #41

yes, I have too. dem in texas Dec 2013 #50

I grew up in Memphis. My mother also used to call a late cold spell blackberry winter. Laffy Kat Dec 2013 #55

I have a place here Go Vols Dec 2013 #52

We used to pick a lot of blackberries, too. Maw Kettle Dec 2013 #59

My name ain't Annie. WinkyDink Dec 2013 #45

Yes Go Vols Dec 2013 #51

Yep. My mom used to cook it for us. OnionPatch Dec 2013 #57

Haven't had poke salad, but I do have to rid my yard of poke weed every year or else my dog cbdo2007 Dec 2013 #58