SC - Edible weeds

[Olwen the Odd]

Hi.  Yes, pokeweed is poisonois when it is mature and in fruit but nice when 
eaten young.  You can put it in salat or saute' it with a little fatback and 
vinegar like any greens.  When it "fruits" leave it be unless of course you 
what to use the ripe berries for dying.  Then handle with rubber or plastice 
gloves cuz it with dye anything it comes in contact with.  The Indians and 
white folks use(d) it regularly.
olwen


>From: Elaine Koogler <ekoogler at chesapeake.net>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: SC - Edible weeds
>Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:46:38 -0400
>
>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.  Does this ring a bell 
>with
>anyone?  (After I started researching period recipes, I was somewhat 
>bemused to
>find that the term "salat" or "Sallet" was a period term!)
>
>Kiri
>
>Stefan li Rous wrote:
>
> > Ras said:
> > > BTW, Dandelions in the US are an escapee of a garden plant introduced 
>from
> > > Europe very early in US history. The leaves are delicious when cooked 
>as
> > > greens; raw in salads when young, the buds a re good steamed and 
>served with
> > > butter, salt and pepper; the roots have great herbal medicinal 
>use.......
> >
> > A lot of the items most people would consider these days, 'weeds', can
> > be seen in various period salad recipes.
> >
> > I don't remember any mention of dandelions being used this way, although
> > I may have just missed it. Any period referances to dandelion leaves
> > being eaten in Europe or even better dandelion wine would be 
>appreciated.
> > I have messages talking about dandelions being used in period in salads
> > but no period quotes verifying this.
> >
> > For those interested in seeing what other "weeds" were used in period
> > salads check the salads-msg file in the Florilegium.
> >
> > --
> > Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
> > Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
> > **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****
> > 
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