Same thing with that ol nuisance Poke Weed...
I have had a couple of old folks who used to just love to come out in the spring and pick all the newly sprouted poke weed. Ate it like spinach. Geesh, only thing I thought it was good for was to make ink for kids... (Oh, and to get my dander up at how fast it grows and gets in the way!)
Never did try eating it though... Always had too much really ‘good’ stuff to eat.
We ate a lot of poke salad when I was growing up. There's a particular time to pick it and way to cook it because the stuff is deadly poisonous if you don't do it right. Grama and her sister did it often. I forget the ways and means and I don't necesarily want to tangle with deadly poisonous when I can remember if I pick it on sunny days or cloudy days etc. I'll stick with the stuff I know.
Was it you or someone else who pointed out that most people wouldn't know a potato plant if they saw it? Well, I think most people wouldn't know a turnip plant. And they've got great greens and a starchy root. And they're not poisonous no matter which day you pick 'em or what method you use to cook 'em. LOL
I have had a couple of old folks who used to just love to come out in the spring and pick all the newly sprouted poke weed. <<<
Isn’t that the one that puts out the poison berry?