glendann
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:19 am Post subject: Polk Sallet (salad) Cheyenne :) |
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"Down south we have a plant that grows out in the woods and the fields,
looks somethin' like a turnip green.
Everybody calls it Polk salad.
Used to know a girl that lived down there and she'd go out in the evenings and pick a mess of it...
Carry it home and cook it for supper, 'cause that's about all they had to eat,
But they did all right."
Remember that song .well I have a few pictures to go with it LOL.
Cheyenne and I went and picked us a mess of it today.I picked some yesterday and my brother and nephew (jubabes dad and son) came to eat supper with me last night .Heather was so hungry for some of it we went this evening and picked more so she can have some when she comes in May.
What polk sallet looks like if you don't know.
Here is my little picker
hard at work.
One more shot of my little cutie.
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heathermt75
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: |
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I can already taste it now!! I'm sure Logan and Trey won't appreciate it as much as I do!!! Thanks Cheyenne for helping Nana pick us some!!!
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Droopy
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: |
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It's nice to harvest from nature. I'm so glad you're teaching your lovely helper how to. 
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Netty
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: |
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I've never heard of Polk Salad Glenda. It is just about time to pick Fiddleheads here. Same idea I guess...harvesting from nature. Looks like you have a great helper too Glenda. 
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SongofJoy57
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Yes Glendann!!!
My daddy loved it. I have never tried it. He'd always bring it home from one of his buddies whose mama made it. Can you tell us how to make it, and do you serve it hot or cold????
Yes, the song is funny and sort of southern bluesy. It was one of my favorites when I was little. I took the liberty of printing the chorus . . . I loved it cause it was so funny!!!
Poke Salad Annie
written by Tony Joe White
Originally recorded by Tony Joe White
Also recorded by Elvis Presley
Down in Louisiana
Where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Poke salad Annie, 'gators got you granny
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her mama was aworkin' on the chain-gang
(a wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,
Lord have mercy. Pick a mess of it)
PS You have a beautiful granddaughter. You can tell she is a good child too because she doesn't mind helping out.
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trudy
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I have heard of all my life but have never tried it cause it scared me. I don't know how to fix it an have always been told that if you don't cook it just right it is poisonous. Do share your step by step instructions an recipe please. OH an such a cute helper you have there.
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Biita
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Ohhh man I think that is great!! I harvest the majority of our summer food from nature. We love it!
I am so glad you are passing on the value and good nutrition to your granddaughter. Well done!
When I looked at that plant i remembered that from Alabama. But you had Polk, i had too look that up, because i was thinking that is Pokeweed. I sure hope you boil it long enough because its very toxic and poisonous when eaten raw. I used to cook the heck outta mine,,lol. but it is so darn good. and worth it!
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SongofJoy57
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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I remember my daddy saying that the berries are poisonous, and not to pick it when it is real big, and the stems start to get big and purplish. I really don't know as I was just a child, but he was so pleased when his friend's mama would send him a mess of it that she had cooked. My daddy was a sharecropper's son in Georgia, and I am sure there were some lean times. My paternal grandmother was a wonderful cook, and I still have some of her depression era recipes, as I loved to spend time with her as a child. I learned so much from her. I do not have this recipe though, and am curious has what it tastes like.
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glendann
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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It taste somewhat like spinich.Its good with cornbread.I bring it in and put it in the kitchen sink thats filled with lots of water and I sprinkle salt in over it .That to kill any insects and bring them to the top.This time of year you usually don't find insects on it.
I look them real good and it takes lots to make a good mess as it cooks down like spinich.Put them in cold water and bring to a rolling boil.I boil it for about five mins.Pour off the water and rinse .Do this three times and then put it in fresh water put bacon grease are a little oil of your choice for seasoning. Ham hock can be cooked and use the water from it the last water you use.Some fry it in a little oil with egg and onions and some just onions and some just eggs.What ever you like.
Its is the roots of this plant and the berries that is poison.
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dooley
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:09 am Post subject: |
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There are a lot of plants that you can only eat a part of, like rhubarb. The leaves are very toxic. You have to know what is what I guess. dooley
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SongofJoy57
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Yum Glendann!!! It sounds like it would be good with pintos too!!!
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kaseylib
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for posting and bringing back memories from the 70's (?) with that song! I always wondered what polk salad was all about and never knew.
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