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

Thu Dec 26, 2013, 09:04 PM

Dec 2013

I don't remember her frying it but I could have missed that, I guess. I thought she just boiled it like greens and turnips (usually with some bit of country ham).

I had no idea of any medicinal qualities but probably that is why it got into the diet but I just thought it was something country folks ate, it grew on the fence line and the neighbor lady, Mrs. Francis was all about her poke too.

I don't recall the taste or more couldn't differentiate it between the kale, collards, turnip greens, turnips, and the ham.
Turnips I remember so the poke must have been more greens tasting.

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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