Joyce, thank you, but, no, as I easily recognize poke, Granny would have sent me to "fetch" that for her. It was an ingredient that she had not yet taught me to ID that she used for her foul-tasting drink. Sure wish I had something to which I could compare that taste for interested readers. I am most grateful to read your communications. Fran Chinkapin On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 2:05 PM, <jgreece55@gmail.com> wrote: > By the way Fran. Folks around here use Poke Salad or it's berries to make > tonics and purge. Their berries are very dark purple...almost black. > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece > > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >