How many know what "Polk Salad" is?
Dec 30, 2014 10:47:34 #
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Dec 30, 2014 10:57:35 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Did Annie pick them ?
Polk salad Annie did get her name from the plant.
Dec 30, 2014 11:03:22 #
Dec 30, 2014 12:41:11 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Did Annie pick them ?
Yes, Annie picked them, but only because she had little else to eat. You see her father and brothers were not providers. Her Mom was in prison, and Grandma apparently made a fatal mistake while hunting for alligator meat.
You, can appreciate the folksy charm of the plant that Tony Joe White brought to us in his song. I was born, and spent most of my life here, and I find only the "song" appealing. The plant is a nasty little toxic creation of nature that has questionable nutritional value (even when prepared with the utmost care). And, I have never had any desire to find it on a dinner plate in my home. :)
Dec 30, 2014 12:48:21 #
Moxie wrote:
the berries found on the Phytolacca americana bush - polk salad
don't look like no poke salad greens i ever et
Dec 30, 2014 12:52:02 #
Rick36203 wrote:
Yes, Annie picked them, but only because she had l... (show quote)
Well, it's an acquired taste... while growing up we ate them often.
Dec 30, 2014 12:52:44 #
oldtigger wrote:
don't look like no poke salad greens i ever et
The picture is just the berries from the plant.
Dec 30, 2014 21:42:06 #
Actually it is "poke", not "polk". At least where I come from in Kentucky.
Moxie wrote:
the berries found on the Phytolacca americana bush - polk salad
Dec 30, 2014 22:10:14 #
robertjerl wrote:
Actually it is "poke", not "polk". At least where I come from in Kentucky.
Different folk spell it different in different places.... like "salad" is spelled "sallet" in some places.
Dec 31, 2014 00:52:38 #
Moxie wrote:
Different folk spell it different in different places.... like "salad" is spelled "sallet" in some places.
So many don't think of FL as the South. I lived in FL 14 yrs. the further north you go in FL the more southern it gets and the panhandle is the deep south.
Dec 31, 2014 00:59:42 #
wlgoode wrote:
So many don't think of FL as the South. I lived in FL 14 yrs. the further north you go in FL the more southern it gets and the panhandle is the deep south.
That's true wlgoode.
Dec 31, 2014 07:57:32 #
Rick36203 wrote:
Yes, Annie picked them, but only because she had l... (show quote)
Supposed to cook'em when they're young.
"straight razor totin' woman"
Dec 31, 2014 09:18:04 #
Actually polk is good at almost any stage of growth. I have even eaten the larger leaves of a mature plant. You have to strip out the rib of the leaf when you eat the larger ones. There are some misinformations about eating it. Some say you have to boil it and drain the water and put in fresh and boil it again, otherwise it is toxic. If that were so, I would have been dead decades ago. Remember, when you cook something and drain off the liquid and add fresh water, you drain off much of the nutrition with the first batch of liquid.
It is a pungent green and some like mixing it with other greens such as spinach, turnip or mustard greens. I like it straight. It also good to cook up a big mess of it, then before serving it, crack a couple eggs or so into the pot and stir it together until the eggs are cooked. Mmmmmm. Mmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmmm.
Take this bit of information seriously. Never eat the berry and never, never eat the plant raw.
You can find it growing in lots of places, even in city neighborhoods. Take a walk this summer, find some, and enjoy. It is cooked in much the same manner as you would other raw greens.
It is a pungent green and some like mixing it with other greens such as spinach, turnip or mustard greens. I like it straight. It also good to cook up a big mess of it, then before serving it, crack a couple eggs or so into the pot and stir it together until the eggs are cooked. Mmmmmm. Mmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmmm.
Take this bit of information seriously. Never eat the berry and never, never eat the plant raw.
You can find it growing in lots of places, even in city neighborhoods. Take a walk this summer, find some, and enjoy. It is cooked in much the same manner as you would other raw greens.
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