Pokeberry bush
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2017
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I've eaten Poke weed my entire life and poke berry sorbet is probably the greatest thing I've eaten made of the berries.
I'm in West Virginia and it's still a really common food here but that sorbet, I've never seen outside of West Virginia.
I'm a native Appalachian and love seeing people keep our heritage alive, ignorance of our natural foods is more dangerous than these berries.
Dolly Parton talks about using Poke weed as make up and lip stick as a child, I love Dolly, she loves Poke weed. Lol
Thanks for a great idea for another video! I never thought of making a sorbet! I will have to try that!
Hi, I heard that southern poke is more poisonous than northern. I'm in Massachusetts and have used the young plants for food. I think you may be immune to any poison because you have eaten it all your life and so did your ancestors. That makes a difference. I hope to try a bit more poke this summer.
@ va west never heard of poke berry sorbet I'm in south east Oklahoma you got a recipes for that.
Thanks for this great video! If a message is spread long and far enough you can convince the masses of anything. I’m starting to believe that someone (you know who) made up this over exaggeration “this plant is poisonous” to keep people away from this amazing plant. Most people are too cowardice to try things for themselves and as a millennial I look to boomers for advice. So if the boomers don’t know than how can we? Our parents are just as scared as we are so how can we depend on them for good advice. But this plant has popped up in my backyard last season and I have learned enough about it to start incorporating the entire plant, down to the root, it into my life. Just know that there are tons of things that we eat everyday that are poisonous in its raw state, the seeds are poisonous, and or if we eat too much of it we will get sick (potatoes, almonds, and kale, etc..) that doesn’t mean we can’t eat it.
That's all true but this plant is a toxic plant I have dealt with it my entire life and everything about it being toxic is true so still be extremely careful when working with it...and always do your own reach..good luck ✌🏾💙
@@stardustxx278 Only the tap root is toxic. If you break open the seeds and swallow it you only get diarrhea . I eat the berries everyday for arthritic. I never got sick or even felt any discomfort.
I cook leaves of polk root that are sometimes big enough to wrap a newborn in. My family loves it. Some also say choke cherries are poisonous but we picked them, mama and i made juice and jelly...absolutely delicious.
I like choke berries, but I spit the seed out.
They are so beautiful, they grow tri annually here in Ohio and their tropical look and purple berries really add a banana tree like sense of tropics to everything .
I just learned about this plant last year for the first time. I think it’s beautiful. This spring I’m going to let mine get as tall and wide as they like. The shocking pink is so pretty to look at every day.
Thanks for information on the berries! I didn't see other videos talked about the usage of the berries.
I cook poke weed the young leaves with pork meat , it taste so good,at first i chop garlic ,ginger,onion,and some lemongrass,i put a spoon of oil and fry them 2 or 3 minutes after that i put 4 cups of water in and then cut pork meat in wait till the meat turn into boiling then put the poke leaves in boil until soft and tenders turn of the heat for 5 minute chop some cilantro ,scallion thai basil,a little of thmy ,black pepper ,and solt in it very good u can put coconut in when u boiling it will have more tasty too
i grew up in Staten Island and, as kids, we loved making ink with it so i guess none of us were allergic. I think with any plants there are some people who will be allergic. i have known several people who even became allergic to grass.
Wow so nice 👍
Thank you so much for the video. Had no idea you could eat the berries!
Only if they are cooked, poisonous if raw!
I have seen where people eat the raw, but they swallow the WHOLE berry, seed and all. It's the seed that is toxic. We use a steam juicer when processing the berries, so that the seeds don't get broken, much safer that way! We're glad you enjoyed the video and hope you watch the rest of the series!
ONE berry a day for swollen joints. Otherwise CAUTION. The red is the poison, though the green berries are more toxic than the red. Be careful.
@@conjurerwoman9726 Not true at all. I eat them everyday raw right on the plant.
Thanks, ive known about from Edible Plant Project in Fl, have 3 big ones but havent tried yet.
I think how poison they are depends on the person.
Clean them away from where we water the cow. After choping them down anywhere the sap got on me burned.
But it didn't bother my other family that was cutting the down.
Those all dried up are not icky. They can be swallowed like pills, never chew the seeds, for joint pain. Just a couple a day for a few days and never long-term.
So could they be dehydrated and stored? Should seeds be removed?
@@tqh101604 There are many seeds per berry. If you want something beneficial with no seeds, make pokeberry jelly. The seeds are strained out. Otherwise, you just take a bunch and hang it up and let it dry or pick it already dried off the plant if the birds haven't eaten them. Then when completely dry and shriveled, store in a jar.
I heard a man say he eats a berry a day for rheumatism (swelling in joints). I may try it this summer.
@@karinpassmore9127 - I eat between 6 -10 berries per day. Never had an issue. Did you try them and did it help you?
I learned about poke weed from a song in the late 60s. “ Polk Salad Annie”
As kids we'd throw them at each other to leave a purple mark on each other.... Granny cooked the small first leaves in the early spring and made Poke Salad and scrambled eggs. And she'd scramble hog brains in the Polk Salad for my PawPaw. She'd pickle the stalks like they were cucumbers.... Some people cut up the stalks and can them, that they could latter open and fry it like okra...
I Grew Up In North Carolina In The 50s. We Had Poke All Over Our Property. Later, In My "Hippie" Years, We "Stalked Some Wild Poke" After Researching Them. We've Eaten The Boiled Greens, After Discarding The Water, & Fried Them In Bacon Fat For A Wonderful Pot Herb. BUT IN ALL MY LIFE & RESEARCH I NEVER HEARD OF EATING THE (SUPPOSEDLY POINSONOUS BERRIES!) Also Told To Avoid The Red Stems & Even The More Mature Leaves! But We ALWAYS Ate Any & All Leaves, After the Boiling or Blanching Them. The People in Our Area Would Make Pickled Pokeberry From the Hollow Stems, AFTER Stripping them of The RED Color. I've Never Used Them. I Stack The Leaves & Cut into Strips With Scissors Into a Laundry Basket, Then Blanch Til Water Turns Bright Green, Then Drain & Use Like Any Greens. POKE DOESN'T SHRINK VERY MUCH COMPARED TO SPINACH! They Are A Little Bitter, Like Turnip Greens & Great Soul Food With Pintos & Ham. Put A Little Cider Vinegar on Em! Yum! THEY FREEZE WELL IN QT.OR GALLON ZIP LOCKS!
I like the poke stalk ,fried..leaves are ok to.
A friend told me about that. I haven't tried it yet. She said they roll it in cornmeal and fry it like okra.
how did you do the stems to fry them?
As a kid in Kentucky, we used to make ink and dies from them.
It's poke sallet ( pronounced like the word salad with a "t" on the end).
Lived all my life in Appalachia. I'd NEVER eat Polk berries. There's plenty of 100% safe berries growin wild
The pronunciation depends on the region. Her word "sallát" sounds odd. The folks speaking in this video don't have Georgia accents even though the channel is Georgia Gleaners. They sound mid-western.
Yes, my son is horrible at spelling! Once we put in a title, we can't change it. I think you're missing out on some delicious jelly, but do what you feel comfortable with!
Like poke. Lol. Just don't chew the seeds
Same here except there aren’t many berries to my knowledge that work so well to get rid of arthritis and joint pain. I tried my first ones this season and am really impressed. I’ll be freezing whole berries to get through the winter.
Also you can make pokeberry ink
Make a video pls!!!
"Sallet' is the way people pronounced the word salad.
They were trying to say Salad.
So then the plant itself became known among uneducated people as Poke Sallet.
Sallet is improper.
The poke plant isn't as poisonous as people think.
You need to process it properly or you could get a tummy ache. It's actually very very good for you.
Sallet is an old word that means cooked greens. Salad usually means raw greens. People who said sallet were not trying to say salad. They were not ignorant. They are different words. The old timers who said poke sallet were correct. Then younger generations thought their grandparents were ignorant and they "corrected" it to "poke salad." It was really the younger generations who were ashamed of the way their country or "hillbilly" parents talked that led them to make this "correction," when the old timers were right all along. I think we need to bring back calling it "poke sallet " for safety reasons so that people don't get the wrong idea and try eating it raw. But you are right the poke plant is not as dangerous as people think. I, and many of my family members have eaten it all our lives.
Salat is German for salad but I have heard the French use the same word for salad. The region of Lorraine, France boarders Germany and at different times throughout history, Lorraine has been part of Germany and at other times part of France. Given the history of the area where poke salat grows and European influences on the Native Americans and vise versus, I think if you look into the history of the area you will find lots of French Fur Traders (with the NA) in the area, as in Trading Forts owned and operated by the French from the 1600s and on. It is quite possible the NA shared their knowledge of the plant with the French Fur Traders and immigrating Europeans who passed down the name through the generations and the name is neither ignorant nor mispronounced.
Do they grow from the berries? What to do to grow a patch?
Yeah the berries are the seeds. As for how to grow in my area the birds eat the berries and deposit the seeds. They are considered a weed and will grow vigorously almost anywhere. The ones in my yard just grew here without even needing to be planted. I'd say remove the seed from the pulp and put in a shallow hole with composted manure. Or just plant the whole thing in a hole with manure.
As I was chopping some of them in my backyard, some of that juice either from berries or stems got on my skin and face. Two days later half of my face was covered with blisters or whatever they are called. My doc prescribed steroids and ointments. Not coming near them unless covered well.
@Yevgeniy Shcherbakov You might be allergic to it if you got that kind of reaction. I've never experienced anything like that. So sorry to hear this happened to you though.
You must be one of the people that are sensitive to them. Now you know you must wear gloves when handling them. Sorry that happened to you.
You could've brushed by poison oak or ivy unknowingly, rubbed your face or wiped sweat, and are falsely attributing it to the poke juice. That's likely actually.
I find it hard to believe that Poke Salad did that to you
@@traceykays433 Well, you find it hard to believe, and my face found that hard way!
I eat poke berry's all the time and have never gotten sick. I think the people that have gotten sick eat the green perry's and like all food there's to much of a good thing.
Thank you for saying that ... I have poke berries growing in my yard and they look yummy ... and I just can't believe they are poisonous. I ate some last year and nothing bad happened to me. Do you eat the leaves as well?
@@peacetoall1201 It is poisonous. But if kept in small quantities, it can actually be helpful for your body. But poisonous in higher amounts.
To answer your question though... The leaves can also be eaten. However, you must Harvest the leaves when the plant is young, before the Berries begin to sprout. As the plant ages, it becomes more and more poisonous. The leaves are least poisonous when the plant is young and still green. Once you start the see the purple color creeping up the stalk, it means harvesting time for the leaves is almost over.
You will want to boil the leaves 2-3 times (depending on the age of the plant when harvesting). Boiling the leaves will draw out the poison in the leaves, leaving only the Medicine of the plant. We separate the leaves into snack baggies and freeze them to save for throughout the year. A little bit goes a long way with this plant!
@@khione8044 ... I don't believe that, I don't think it is at all poisonous. I've eaten many of the berries ... I'm not dead yet.
@@peacetoall1201 I didn't say that you can't eat the Berries. Clearly you didn't read my Post. You can eat the Berries. But not a whole bunch at once. We eat this plant all the time.
My granny made poke salad n eggs when I was a kid, she taught me how to harvest the leaves and now my wife and kids eat and store them still today 20+ years later. Was never taught that the plant was poisonous, she told me that the bigger it got the more bitter it was lol. The world is goin to crap and when the Walmart closes the doors these old ways will save our lives someday “at least prolong them”. As for the berries, never eatin them but me n my younger siblings would paint our faces, and have little berry wars in the yard, and draw on trees n rocks with them. We are all growing strong today. Lords blessings or just Tennessee ornery?
Are you guys in GA? If so do you know where I can find Polk smaller to plant in my yard?
I live in Georgia and you can usually find it growing in the wooded ares off some back roads. Vacant lots.
Yes, we live in the Augusta area. You can usually find it growing almost everywhere! Along wood lines, road sides in the country, fields, etc.
@@georgiagleaners314 wow !! I’m in Atlanta and with all the construction I’m having a hard time finding any. I even tried Amazon but no luck, is it possible that I may purchase some from
You guys ??
@@serafinaserafina219, seeds? I guess I could go pick some dried berries and send them to you!
@@georgiagleaners314 yes please if you can how May I send you my contact information or address ?
Anyone ever tried making polkberry wine? They seem to make wine out of everything else down south ( including potatoes and dandelions apparently). why not polkberries?
It probably would work. I did make cordial, which was very good. I'm not much on wine.
My sisters use them for beautiful eye shadow
Why is it not poke salad..or sallet..all my life it's been called polk sallet.
Because my son, who edits and posts the videos, spelled it wrong!
Well some people are not allergic to poison ivy and poison oak either if that's just going to make blisters on your skin I don't want to eat it
Only a small percentage of people are sensitive to touching the plant. I've been picking them bare handed for years and have never broken out. I can barely brush by a geranium, on the other hand, and break out like crazy!
Yeah Dr.s pumped my stomach after I ate a bunch, however that was around mid 60s lol
Probably because the doctor didn’t know if you had actually chewed the seeds. The berry is the only part you really want but since they are so numerous it’s difficult to spit them out. Fortunately they will pass through the intestines intact as long as they are not chewed.
You ate a "bunch" and you "chewed" the seeds. Perhaps people need to teach their young never just eat whatever they find in natures medicine cabinet. Or cut everything away except grass? It does good to walk around your yard or property, find out what medicines grow, educate the kids or cut it all down. Medicine grows every where and just like prescription medicines, too much is bad and not knowing how to use it or what it's for or doing an allergy test before consuming is a good idea to learn. I have to walk my property once a Spring to see what's growing because birds bring seeds that may bring something new from year to year. I take my granddaughter on those walks. She knows all the medicine plants at age 8 and she respects them and knows they're strong medicine. She knows when we see a new comer plant too. She won't touch any of it without me. Gotta walk it good every season though.
Please inform how to store poke berries in the fridge and the length of time they can be refrigerated/frozen.
can probably freeze them like blueberries for a very long time. From what I understand the pit is the poisonous part, so you'll want to remove that
@@wolfy1987
Thank you.
Spring is coming and I'm looking forward to picking poke!
I've never stored them in the fridge or freezer! Something else new to try. I've always just used them up the same day.
@@georgiagleaners314
I cook up leaves from poke and freeze them. It's wonderful to eat poke with pinto beans and cornbread in the winter!
@@selah71, do you do the 3 cooks before freezing them, or just do 2, freeze, thaw, then cook again?
you seem to have a good strain. it is that high, yet has no red-colored poisons in the stems yet. trade the seed of that one!
can you eat the berries right off of the bush/
I swallow a few at a time, the pioneers used to use the berries in pies
The seed is supposedly what is poisonous but why risk it. There are many other perfectly safe edible berries out there.
Swallow one berry whole, three times a day, to cure everything.
You can, but you have to swallow it whole or spit out the seed, which is toxic. I would only eat one, to see how you react. I personally don't want to try them uncooked. I'm very comfortable eating them cooked.
ahhhh, alas, what the internet was actually meant to produce. this video has merit regarding the survival of mankind and how it sadly depends on ppl understanding nature in a "non-scientific" way
Thank you! That's our intention with this channel, to open the door to the literally thousands of plants around us that are edible, and not being used. We have LOTS of work ahead of us!
@@georgiagleaners314 i love the channel name to btw. my son is stationed in georgia atm
@@MrBraffZachlin , Thank you. That's how we came down here. Stationed at Fort Gordon. We live about 5-6 miles from it.
Aren't pokeberries poisonous?
To some people they are. They are sensitive to touching the plant, or eating it. To lessen the toxicity of the plant, it must be prepared properly. Make sure to watch our other videos on this fascinating plant!
عشبة مهمة في الطب ولكن بها سميات عالية يجب اصلاحها plante médicinale anportante mais très toxique
Can I email my mailing address to you instead of posting here , for the poke seeds? Or plants
They grow everywhere in my city. Just look up the plant, study what it looks like and I’m sure you will be able to find tons of them in your city for free! Just cut off some of the berry stems and if you just want the seeds you can smash the berries in a mesh strainer to separate the seeds.
Can you just eat the berries?
NO! Raw poke berries are poisonous, you have to cook them. A similar berry is Elderberry which you can eat raw but only when ripe not green! I wouldn't mess with poke berries or the plant because too many ways to die. The young leave are eatables but only for a short period of time. When the stocks become wooded, they too become poisonous. If you eat the berries without cooking they are poisonous! Get the picture? Not worth it!
I've seen people eat them, but not many at a time. Usually just a couple. I'd say if you want to try them just try swallowing one ripe one whole and see what happens. But just do some research first. Never heard of anyone dying from eating them. Also I believe the pit is the poisonous part, similar to how apple seeds are poisonous, so don't chew the pit. If you're worried you can spit it out after chewing the berry flesh. Some people are deathly allergic though. To test that just break one on your skin. If you get a rash then you don't want to eat one.
You can, but I really wouldn't recommend it. If you do try, make sure that you swallow the whole berry. The seed is what is toxic and that will pass right through you. I would also only eat 1. If you don't have a reaction that day, then you could try eating 2. Everyone has their limit. Some can only eat a couple a day, others can eat a lot. We're all different and have different levels of what our bodies can handle.
I have eaten as many as 12 berries at a time raw, taking care NOT to crush the seeds in my teeth, because they say inside the seed is poisonous. I read somewhere that Appalachian people did a protocol where they would eat one berry the first day, two the second day and so on up to twelve berries the twelfth day, then eleven, and so on back down to one on the 23rd day. Supposedly when you are finished all your arthritis will be gone. I did that but it's hard to say if it works or not because I don't really have "real" arthritis, just a couple of achy joints from old injuries and I'm not sure if it really made a difference. But there are several different kinds of arthritis so maybe it works for some people.
Run the berries through a mill and make a pie with it.PAp
I'll have to try that! See what happens!
Salad for me
The juice is edible, seeds can be toxic like most berries like this
You mean Skillet salad
I've seen dogs die from eating those
My dog died from eating them she couldn't move her front legs they was really stiff and had very little movement in her back legs
Danger Danger Danger! Messing with poke berries without fully understanding how to prepare and what parts not to eat is a death wish!
Conjurer Woman no it’s not, it’s a lie put out by powers that be
@@choosegoodalways Uh...yes: You should absolutely understand how to prepare pokeberries (or ANY wild plant) and know what parts to eat, fool. She even SAYS so. It has nothing to do with "lies by the powers that be" or whatever conspiracy crap you're pushing. Smarten up.
Because of all the full-length mind numbing commercials I will not watch your videos.
I never knew these about them. I have been killing them