I wil ask my friend but I believe you boil the poke salad and drain the water off several times untill the water runs clear.

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

THAT IS WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD. CHANGE THE WATER SEVERAL TIMES ----- Original Message ----- From: "m m" <alabamanonna@webtv.net> To: <tncannon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] Old times there are not forgotten >I wil ask my friend but I believe you boil the poke salad and drain the > water off several times untill the water runs clear. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >