stevebeilgard Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 don't have them up here. and i've never seen what a polk salad is. what is polk? i have heard of polk salad annie....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coorsdrifter Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I knew they were out, its time, but havent been out looking for them. Typically you will see people sitting in town selling them out of the back of a truck or something.... Still nothing. Low and behold my beautiful, wonderful, special wife totes home a large bundle last night! Tonight for Dinner... Scrambled eggs and wild onions! I don't which is harder to believe,people selling wild onions or that people actually buy them?I must have fortune in my back yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Polk is actually a weed. It typically grows around brush piles or out of junk. Its only good to eat when its very young. It has a lightly bitter taste but is pretty good stuff. When spring rolls around it is EVERYWHERE down here. I often mow over it with the tractor. It often grows berries but you cant eat those. You really dont want to eat the polk when it gets large either.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I don't which is harder to believe,people selling wild onions or that people actually buy them?I must have fortune in my back yard. I wonder how much of that is wild garlic? We have wild garlic growing everywhere around here too. The onions arent nearly as fragrant. They are typically sold for about $2-$3 a bundle, cleaned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Speaking of morels.... ours should be up very soon. Had a week of warm weather with some rain this last week, but we're to drop back down into the 30's at night this weekend:(. That will put them on hold for awhile. Darn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinch314 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 WOooooooohooooooooo I gathered a WHOLE BUNCH of Poke last night and gonna try to gather some more today if the storms dont roll back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 As far as poke weed goes, like Jeramie said, don't eat the berries, stems, roots or mature leaves, they are actually toxic and can make you pretty ill. I believe native Americans used it to induce vomitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 As far as poke weed goes, like Jeramie said, don't eat the berries, stems, roots or mature leaves, they are actually toxic and can make you pretty ill. I believe native Americans used it to induce vomitting. What's left? that's sounds too risky.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 As far as poke weed goes, like Jeramie said, don't eat the berries, stems, roots or mature leaves, they are actually toxic and can make you pretty ill. I believe native Americans used it to induce vomitting. You ever wandered how many folks died back in the day trying to determine what was and wasn't the right thing to eat? Don't think I'll try the poke..........afraid I might pick poison oak instead!! I'm not that great on indentifying plants nor mushrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 You ever wandered how many folks died back in the day trying to determine what was and wasn't the right thing to eat? Don't think I'll try the poke..........afraid I might pick poison oak instead!! I'm not that great on indentifying plants nor mushrooms. Polk is slightly purple and a very large leaf... It looks nothing like ivy... The leaves often are the size of a salad plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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