Poke - you do not eat the berries because they are poison. You pick and eat the very tender leaves in the spring--not now. Don't want anyone getting sick! Poke comes up in all my flower beds but I just cut it down. Grandma said "waste not and want not" but I do not want Poke! PAT SHIVELY ELMORE

I have never eaten it, but my Dad always talked fondly of eating it as a kid He always said pick the very tender leaves in the spring, but do not pick after the plant started producing berries as the whole plant was poisonous then. I don't know if he was right or not. I do know the berries make a great dye..........I use them in my basketweaving at times and have the plants all over my property. One big healthy one by my mailbox! LOL Nancy in Texarkana -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 08/08/05 10:05:07 To: [email protected] Subject: [TXREDRIV] Food Poke - you do not eat the berries because they are poison. You pick and eat the very tender leaves in the spring--not now. Don't want anyone getting sick! Poke comes up in all my flower beds but I just cut it down. Grandma said "waste not and want not" but I do not want Poke! PAT SHIVELY ELMORE ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx