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poke root, poke salet
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yass	Nov 10 2014, 04:54 PM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 3,640 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2009	psoriasis http://www.anniesremedy.com/herb_detail407.php Berry juice was also used at one time to color wine, but that practice has been discontinued. In a modern twist, red dye from poke berries doubles the efficiency of certain solar cells. Ripe poke berries, do not eat While coloring foods with poke berry juice has been banned, because it is reportedly poisonous, Dr. Julia Morton says on page 51 of her “Wild Plants for Survival In South Florida” 1982 edition, “The strained juice of ripe fruits may be safely used for coloring foods.” http://www.eattheweeds.com/can-be-deadly-but-oh-so-delicious-pokeweed-2/ In Portugal the use of the juice of the berries to colour port wines was discontinued because it spoilt the taste. The stain of the juice is a beautiful purple, and would make a useful dye if a way of fixing it were found https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/pokroo57.html
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yass	Nov 10 2014, 04:58 PM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 3,640 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2009	When preparing poke weed for consumption the first time, allow an experienced person to teach you what parts are safe to use and how to prepare it. If the wrong parts are eaten and pokeweed is not prepared properly, it can be Poisonous to consume! It is important to use only the thick, succulent new growth (3 to 4 inches at the growing tips). The rest of the plant contains so much Vitamin A that it may be poisonous unless it is boiled in water 3 times (the water must be discarded 3 times to leech out the excess Vitamin A. Share: + Add review or comment Rating: 5 / 5 - Reviews: 12 Aug 22, 9:01 AM Brian says: This is the gist of the way my maid in Alabama taught me to cook poke salad when I was a little boy. One thing though - if you pick your own poke salad, get the young tender plants only about two feet tall. Do not eat the stems and pick out the vein that runs down the middle of the leaf. May 19, 10:08 PM Clorressa Smith (Alabama) says: This is the way my grand mother and my aunt Lucy taught me but I just wanted to add you can eat the stems just cook them the same way you cook the poke salad and then prepare them like you prepare okra if you were going to fry it and fry it is really good. Jun 6, 3:56 AM Calvin (Arkansas) says: All that boil, rinse....boil, rinse....boil, rinse....is an old southern myth. I cook poke in just one "water". I cook it "down" (for you yankees, that's cookin' until most of the water has evaporated). The water that's left is called "pot liquor"....really good to crumble cornbread into. I'm 70 years old and have eaten a ton of poke salet (yes, "salet"....NOT salad). I doubt poke would be good in a salad. May 7, 1:25 AM Daccari Ashby (United States) says: I was always told the myth about boiling 3 times as I was growing too. My in-laws never did that and never killed anyone. My brother-in-law and I both like the big leaves and stalks because they have more taste and he even likes some of the berries thrown in. May 7, 7:04 PM Lynette (Arkansas) says: We love stripping and cutting the stalk into okra size pieces, fry in oil, salt and pepper, when it turns a light brown in spots, sprinkle a layer of cornmeal, turn and add more cornmeal, cook until it is the consistency of fried okra. It is wonderful!! Jun 18, 9:02 AM Joan Wilcox Tidwell (Missouri) says: I've eaten pokeweed for decades. If the new growth (or early shoots) can be easily snapped off, it's good to go. I do boil once for a few minutes, then drain. Then cook with cream sauce topped with bacon. Billie Jo Tatum has wonderful poke recipes in her l977 book on wild foods. Joan Tidwell, Louisiana and North Carolina. Jun 20, 5:19 PM Tara (Georgia) says: Poke berries are really good at alleviating pain from arthritis and sore joints. Dry the berries (air dry for several weeks or dehydrate.) Store them in a glass container out of direct sun and keep them cool. For one week take one dried berry every morning. The next week take two dried berries. Either both at the same time or one in the morning and one in the evening. The third week take three dried berries. Keep increasing through the fifth week (5 berries) and on the sixth week don't take any berries. You give yourself a break. On the seventh and subsequent weeks continue with 5 berries a day always breaking for the sixth week. You can continue this as long as you feel the berries help with the pain, but if you stop for more than a week you need to build back up again. Jun 25, 2:09 PM Phil Sims (Tennessee) says: It's better when just sprouting (6 or 8 inches) or the tender tops after the plants get larger. Boil and rinse only once and fry in bacon or country ham grease. Break in 1 or 2 eggs and cook until eggs are done. A splash of soy sauce ain't bad. Jul 5, 11:37 AM Waymon Vest (United States) says: My dad was born in 1886 and passed away in 1988 (102 years) He ate poke all his life. I will be 80 in October and have been eating poke all my life. For as long as I can remember (and for much longer) friends, neighbors, visitors (anyone that happened to be around) ate poke at our home and NO ONE ever got sick. My mother never boiled it but ONCE, I have never boiled it but once. I can say nothing about any part of the poke plant except the leaves as that is the only part that I eat. I eat the leaves from spring until late in the Fall (when frost kills them) The taste is the same, the only reason I like the young leaves is because you don't have to boil them as long. My dad said he never heard anything about poke being poison until about the early 1940's. In about the early 1950's, I starting seeing articles in the newspaper saying poke was poison. NO ONE ever claimed the articles. The Grocery stores put the articles in the paper to stop people from eating free poke and buy their greens. IT HAS WORKED FOR OVER 70 YEARS. Do you know of ANYONE ever dying from eating poke greens? I am not talking about hear say! A death certificate stating that poke caused the death??? Jul 15, 12:25 AM Angela Lowry (Oklahoma) says: Boiling and rinsing all these times is not necessary. The old wives tales of it being so toxic it might kill you is false. The berries and root are medical. But the leaves are fine as long as they are cooked. I mostly saute rather than boil as my granny did. But my family has eaten Poke for hundreds of years(Eastern Tennessee Cherokee/hillfolk) and none every died of it. If you want fresh greens after the big leaves get tough, cut the plant down to the ground and the new growth will be tender again, you can do this several time before it goes to seed. Jul 22, 1:08 PM Danone Zupko (Missouri) says: I never cook poke more than one time when I prepare it and then I usually steam/saute like spinach. However, if I happen to run out of fresh lettuce for a sandwich, I use a couple of fresh poke leaves. Still alive and kicking at 60. Sep 5, 10:28 AM Ellis Brasher (Texas) says: Remember to tie or pen all the male dogs just before poke salad season so they wont pee on it. My mom always mixed the poke with turnip greens. Born and raised in Missippy http://www.cooks.com/recipe/n5yw5zt/poke-salad.html
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