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Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 8:39 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Poke salad
Hi All,
There is a book called 'Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal
Plants' by Steve Brill & Evelyn Dean. In it is a recipe for boiled
poke greens, and a caveat that you should not try this out without
the supervision of someone more experienced. You boil young
greens in three changes of water before eating.
Another reference: Sloan-Kettering hospital has a website about herbs,
botanicals, etc. which lists the active ingredients, uses, references, etc.
for individual herbs.
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm.
If this URL doesn't come through the mail intact, you can go to www dot mskcc
dot org and search for the section titled, "About Herbs, Botanicals &
Other Products". The website recommends avoiding all
consumption of this plant.
Poke, aka Phytolacca americana grows at the back of my
yard............I don't think the rabbits or deer eat it, either!
Michele in SW Ohio
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