tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post3490035585726121905..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: Pastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-2318308929244591572022-05-18T21:24:12.022+01:002022-05-18T21:24:12.022+01:00I have dome black neighbors that come by occasiona...I have dome black neighbors that come by occasionally just to pick some poke out of a ditch on my place. I dont think they are that poor, they just like itRednecktexanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06712820033904322348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-12197034061296861622022-05-18T16:53:25.997+01:002022-05-18T16:53:25.997+01:00AOW, Your account bring back memories. My cousins ...AOW, Your account bring back memories. My cousins back in the hills ate it. I'm sure I did at one time or another but not at home. My mother wouldn't go near it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-10287857055818739392022-05-18T12:58:45.476+01:002022-05-18T12:58:45.476+01:00My family wasn't among the very poor, but my m...My family wasn't among the very poor, but my mother occasionally fixed "Poke Sallet." Only the youngest of plants. A lot of boiling and draining -- then served with homemade cornbread and ham. YUM!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-90237078286967456492022-05-18T12:01:23.569+01:002022-05-18T12:01:23.569+01:00Something weird: The plant is actually called &quo...Something weird: The plant is actually called "Poke Sallet" or Pokeweed. It didn't become Poke Salad until this song came out with the misspelling.<br /><br />To make this even weirder, the plant is poisonous eaten raw and has to be boiled to get the toxins out. How it ever became a meal consumed by humans is a mystery. But in the Appalachians and further South it was a common dish cooked at home by the very poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com