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Poke Sallet With Potlikker Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mystic_river1 / All my dishes 6 months, 3 weeks ago The people of Appalachia have gathered the plants that grow in abundance in the southern US for centuries. Poke is a plant that grows copiously in the woods of the south. They attributed restorative properties to the broth made with these greens (t... More Prep:10m Cook:15m Servings:2	Mystic_rive
	sallet is an old english term for cooked greens as opposed to salad uncooked greens there is a yearly poke sallet festival in harlan county kentucky

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Ingredients

Several cups poke

ham hock

Directions

Parboil several cups of poke, and drain off liquid. Cook parboiled poke with a ham hock in a large pot of water for a couple of hours, "like turnip greens". "Dandelions are done the same way. Thistle, wild lettuce, whiteweed, narrow and broad leafed dock, pussley (sic), wild violet leaves, wild mustard are all cooked like turnip or mustard greens." 3

Parboiling and draining the water from the poke (pokeweed) is essential, as it drives out naturally occurring alkaloids and acids which, if left in, can give you a major case of the "bad guts"

Poke is a viney, aggressive plant characterized by a magenta stem and purple berries when the plant matures. Very young poke is suggested for eating. Please know what you're looking for, so you don't serve a big bowl of stewed poison oak...

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gingerlea 6 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I always left the pickin' to my ex mother-in-law. She cooked this up REAL good. Of course, she knew she was adoin'.

jenniferbyrdez 6 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I don't think too many of us eat poke anymore but we do still refer to pot likker. Thx JM.

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