SC - Edible weeds

[Elaine Koogler]

Oh, I doubt that it is.  I just thought it was interesting that a holdover from a
period way of spelling "salad" occurs in this context...I found it in Southwestern
Virginia, near enough to the Appalachians to be related to the use of Elizabethan
English in that area.

Kiri

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/21/00 5:17:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ekoogler at chesapeake.net writes:
>
> << We have another weed here in the South...although it may grow
> elsewhere...called
>  pokeberry.  I know that some of the older country folks make something called
>  "poke salat" using the leaves, cooking it in much the same way that they cook
>  other greens, such as mustard, turnip, kale, etc. >>
>
> Poke leaves can be used when they are young. However, this plant is poisonous
> so extreme caution is recommended. I am not aware that it is SCA period
> though.
>
> Ras
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