My mom has some poke plants and the birds do love the berry's. They get "drunk" off the berries and start acting strange. They get very loud and hopp around in a very funny, strange way. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jess Lewis" <kr4oj@bellsouth.net> To: <tncannon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] Old times there are not forgotten > You pick only the very young "shoots". The larger leaves are strong > tasting > & most folks don't like them. It is my understanding that the purple > "poke > berries" are actually the only poison part of the plant. Not to birds, > though. They love them. > > Cook the "shoots" a couple of times and pour the water off. Some people > cook it with eggs and make a kind of "scrambled combo". > > There are recipes on the internet. Some look pretty good. > > Jess > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCANNON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >