Poke Sallet. You do cook it and eat it, and my grandmother made it often.
It is poisonous if not properly prepared.
http://www.saveur.com/poke-sallet/
Poke salad is a ‘muricanization.
Thanks for the link. I”ve never heard of poke sallet or pokeweed before.
My mother and also my grandmother (who lived with us) made it regularly.
I thought it smelled horrible so I never ate it.
It seems like it was on the menu every week, two weeks on the extreme.
Have you ever watched birds that eat the berries?
They go crazy - even fly into horses, barns, etc.