Anyone ever make poke sallet? I 'm reading a novel that takes place in Mississippi in the early 1900's and

[Magyar]

one of the main characters enters a restaurant and chooses poke sallet for part of his meal..

I have never heard of this food, but I think it's a type of salad? Just wondered if anyone cooks it.

The novel is James Patterson's "TRIAL".

 

[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Don/Michigan]

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[charlie (ky)]

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[boneykid]

I've never eaten poke sallet/ poke salad, but my parents were from southern Illinois and they used to eat it as kids. I'm in the Northwest corner of Illinois and my fence line is full of poke. I believe you're not supposed to eat it when it flowers. I've seen poke as tall as 4 1/2 feet tall. Poke Salad Annie. Fever got your granny.

 

[RustyNTX]

Poke Salet or Poke Salad is a wild plant whose leaves are edible only if prepared right. My mother made it all the time. The leaves must be boiled through three changes of water to remove any poisons. Then can be flavored with bacon. It has a bitter taste and is favored in the Southern United States and Texas. The berries are purple and very poisonous to humans. Very popular during the 30's because it is free and easily gathered. It can be found already prepared and canned in lots of grocery stores. Sorta like Dandelion greens.

 

[ralph]

What youre talking about is the small leaves of the poke plant. Some say its good greens,grows later in the spring than lambs quarter, and curled dock. The berries of poke are said to be poisonus. The root (large and tuber like ) can be made into a healing salve. There are conflicting reports on poke salat, some say its good, some say its poisonous.

 

[RustyNTX]

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/polkwd1b.gif

 

[DC/Id]

Some of it went like this:
Every day 'bout supper time
She'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of poke salet
And carry it home in a tote sack

Poke salet Annie
The gators got her grannie
Everybody says it was a shame
'Cause her mamma was workin' on a chain gang

 

[BobinMIZZU]

early in the Spring when the shoots are about 6 to 8" high. They aren't nearly as bitter at this size. Rusty's post is the way I've always fixed them - with one exception. I always gather other greens to go along with them. Lamb's Quarter, Dandelion, and Curly Dock mix very well with poke. Another good mixer is spinach. The greens need to cook down really well and are served on sliced cornbread. A final addition is a touch of vinegar.

Old timers always said a good mess of poke greens "thinned the blood" after the Winter's inactivity. Don't know about the blood thinning but they sure get the digestive track working overtime. A little "goes" a long ways.

 

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[Magyar]

here in the Northeast....will research for this answer.

We do put dandelion greens in our salads, and we've cooked beet greens and served them sprinkled with vinegar.

Thanks again for the info...I learned something new again from you all.

Magz

 

[Magyar]

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[Fred (S. Indiana)]

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[Boo5908]

[size=medium]I have eaten it all my life,my mother use to love it,she would walk along the back roads and pick a mess of it,real good with white beans and cornbread.................. [/size]

 

[shoot3d]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRPO9qXCyyg&feature=related

 

[Magyar]

couldn't understand a word they were singing ( I hail from the Northeast)....I did make out "chain gang"...but that was about it.

Great video... I'll have to watch it a few more times to decipher the lyrics.

Thanks of posting it

Magz

 

[norman maassey]

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