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For Easter, perhaps, or High Mass.
Just a thought.
Sandy
So totally fallen away.
 
 
In a message dated 10/17/2008 2:58:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
erthnsky AT bellsouth.net writes:

Poke  salad, salat, pokeweed...very common in the South.  It grows 
quickly  and large..fruit will dye things purple as you are aware.
James will  probably chime in with all kinds of details, but quickly, you 
use the  young leaves for salad.  Older leaves can be eaten too if boiled 
with  a change of water.  I would not eat the berries.  It is what makes  
bird poo purple..why would I do that to myself?   LOL

Bev

keith bellinger wrote:
> I found out what my  mystery berries are from a brother visiting from 
> Tennessee,  polkberries. I had searched online and through my books for 
> hours  without finding it. He told a story about how an elderly lady he 
>  knows uses the berries to help her arthritis. Five berries a day, 
>  freezing them for later. Further research warned they are poisonous. 
>  Anyone eat the greens? My shrub is huge, about ten feet in diameter with  
> bushels of fruit. I also found they were used as ink and our  consitution 
> was written with it. Anyone have a recipe?
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