Several years ago my daughter ate a bunch of poke berries when she was outside playing - dad was busy gardening and didn't realize it until it was too late. She was about 3-4 years old at the time. We immediately called the poison control center. They said the berries shouldn't be eaten because the seeds in them could cause diarrhea which could lead to dehydration. They advised me to give her ipecac syrup and that she would be fine. She threw up a bunch of purple and was fine shortly after.

@memyself3579

2 жыл бұрын

So, it can be used as a laxative to clean you out? I wonder if you can use it for like you can do with China berry tree berries.

@Yoa-cc7bo

Жыл бұрын

@@memyself3579 you just have to eat them in moderation. One stalk of those a day is more than enough. Starting off you should eat 8 a day. I ate the whole stalk each day and just cleaned out my stomach and wasn’t too bad felt so much better after

@hoperules8874

Жыл бұрын

😬

@Almondjoi2006

Жыл бұрын

Thank God!!

@jodysams7915

Жыл бұрын

That if she chewed the seeds

Some FYI : The berries make a great wood stain, if you boil it with water, and apple cider vinegar. It makes a awesome wood stain

@mjk6618

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That sounds interesting & I will try it! I bet it looks similar to heart ❤ wood from Brazil :) Beautiful indeed!

@joemorrow7691

2 жыл бұрын

Old 1800 stains,, berries

@joannem3568

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I'd try that. Funny I hate this plant / weed , I have tons of it on my property and I have pulled and cut a ton of it out in the last couple of months. I think I'll leave well enough alone and not eat it. Even though I moral hunt , I know what I'm doing in that area. So.....that being said

@CherokeeOutlaw

2 жыл бұрын

@@deedeeedwinburks8614 True. it does make a awesome die.

@bombasticbuster9340

2 жыл бұрын

@@deedeeedwinburks8614 I never tried that. How does it fix into the cloth? Will it leach color when it is washed? I ate tons of Poke Salet.

"Millhouse, what do the berries taste like?" "They taste like 'burning'! Ohhh!" (rolling on the ground in agony)

@kharnifex

2 жыл бұрын

I ated the purple berries

@BabiesKillYou

2 жыл бұрын

It was Ralph Wiggim that said that.

@burnerjack01

2 жыл бұрын

@@BabiesKillYou Oh shit! You're right! (Now, we both know it.) Good catch.

@lovelife4111

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@GraceGrimoire

2 жыл бұрын

You unlocked a hidden memory

When I was a kid I used to go with my grandmother into the woods to look for pokeweed. We went very early in the spring and grandma always told us don't eat it after a certain time in March. She cautioned us to leave the plant alone because it was so poisonous. However, very early in March when it was just beginning to come up she would harvest it and eat poke & dandelion salad. She wouldn't let my sister, cousin, or me eat it because she was afraid it would make us sick. I've never eaten it, but, I enjoyed the walks in the woods with Grandma and my sister.

@mtmjayo8019

2 жыл бұрын

Why was your grandma eating flowers and berries

@cwfan2

2 жыл бұрын

@@mtmjayo8019 My grandparents were the last of the pioneers. They homesteaded, cleared the land and basically, they were dirt farmers. They lived off the land and ate what was available. Grandma loved Poke salad. She also ate dandelion salad.

@mtmjayo8019

2 жыл бұрын

@@cwfan2 that’s actually pretty cool

@saltedraisins7098

2 жыл бұрын

She was a witch 100%

@mtmjayo8019

2 жыл бұрын

@@saltedraisins7098 lmao

My grandma used to boil pokeweed and we'd eat it all the time, especially with eggs. I've eaten it since I was young.

@slypup1

2 жыл бұрын

we did also.😊

@living2ndchildhood347

2 жыл бұрын

My Dad ate it regularly during the Great Depression. He told me not to use the stems, leaves only and it must be boiled and drained 3 times before ingesting.

@miked5814

2 жыл бұрын

@@living2ndchildhood347 yeah that's how my grandma did it.

@Elon_Trump

2 жыл бұрын

We got it in cans

@z.rea.4268

2 жыл бұрын

Me too we eat it as a greens with eggs

I've eat it all my life. Berries are good for spring tonic. Eat one the first day, two the next, three the next, then two the next then one. Berries are also used to color Port wine. It's really not that deadly. Heat breaks down tbe oxalate toxins in the leaves. Just has to be par boiled. Drain the first water then boil again. I'd rather have it than turnips or spinach.

@MrPetrochelly

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your experience and advices to all.

@Dirge4july

2 жыл бұрын

“Not that deadly” is not something I want to hear when ingesting something.

@davegordon6943

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know they color port wine with it. That's pretty cool. We used it as war paint when we played cowboys and indians haha.

@reginaweiner3817

2 жыл бұрын

It has a crunchy texture no matter how many times you parboil it. There is a nutty taste that makes it more interesting than spinach and way tastier than turnip or mustard. Eggs and/or bacon make it more nourishing. If you're afraid to try it the first time, have someone who can cook it teach you. Good stuff.

@pharmhound68

2 жыл бұрын

@@reginaweiner3817 I've eat it all my life. Par boil one time. Then boil for about 20 minutes. Serve over cornbread with some hot pepper sauce.

Being born and raised in SC, I’ve heard my grandma talk about making poke salad back in the old days, pre and post Great Depression. Given what’s going on these days, looks like I’m gonna be digging through her old recipe books that she left to me to find some good old Southern recipes that might come in handy. Thank you Ma-Ma! I’ll always be grateful for your wisdom!!

@briancorbett9826

2 жыл бұрын

Definately has carcinogenic properties. This video contains zero information that pharmacutical companies want too keep from you. How could a "weed" that is so common be controlled? . Why did native Americans use this plant for so many things ? Just a video of shameful ignorance.

@ezradixon239

Жыл бұрын

Publish it please. Share the knowledge of the past .😊

I've used the berries as a dye; the most successful try was mixed with staghorn sumac powder and sealed with deer hide glue. This was on a cattle jawbone club that I put on consignment in a Native craft shop. It took a couple of years to sell, but the design was still as bright as ever.

@hyperchefmommy3090

10 ай бұрын

What's staghorn sumac powder? Made from powdered bone?

@kieran9363

9 ай бұрын

@@hyperchefmommy3090staghorn sumac is a plant. Powder is made from its berries.

I ate these all the time when I was little. Only small amounts. But I always intentionally got it all over my hands and pretended it was blood! I never once got sick from any of it, and I definitely have core memories of playing with this plant!

@deepgardening

2 жыл бұрын

we painted ourselves with it when we were Wild Things.

@karenthompson9492

2 жыл бұрын

Painted the horses and the cat's and dog's ourselves and each other .

@RosieTheRiveterWWII

Жыл бұрын

Phytolacca(pokeweed) is medicinal and helps with weight loss, and Arthritis. I add 20 drops to a glass of water twice a day

@karynbanksley7110

Жыл бұрын

@@karenthompson9492 LOL! How cute! I would love to see pictures of that! I can just imagine painting my face and arms and hands with the ink of those berries on a Saturday afternoon and being unable to get rid of the stains before Sunday morning church! My mother would’ve had a fit! She would’ve been just too mad!😂

@JoshuaBence

9 күн бұрын

Berries are fine. i know an older gentleman who swears a handful a day cures his arthritis when in season. They harvest and freeze them. He says just do not eat the seeds. If they were poisonous he would have been dead long long ago. I've tried a few but they are nasty and I don't have arthritis so I didn't notice anything.

That plant wasnt willow! Aspirin comes from the WILLOW TREE

@charlesschmidtke8427

2 жыл бұрын

From the cambium layer beneath the bark.

@samsteele4650

2 жыл бұрын

Aspirin comes from the aspen tree.

@preesi1403

2 жыл бұрын

@@samsteele4650 No its the Willow Tree. If you go to a healthfood store you can buy Willow Extract from Willow Trees

@nevaeha4048

2 жыл бұрын

Willow trees when juvenile they look bush like so for all you know it could of been. Also he said this is willow which aspirin comes from so your just resaying what he said.

@preesi1403

2 жыл бұрын

@@nevaeha4048 NO, what he told you was willow and gave aspirin is NOT a immature willow tree. He should edit this video and apologize for missleading ppl

I love how he expresses concern about getting juices on his hands and then he proceeds to just squish them all over his hands throughout the video

My great grandmother ate one of these a day for arthritis. She would collect and dry them for year round use. The old folks ate the new leaves when the plants first came up in the spring. It never hurt them, but you have to use everything in the correct way. A coworker told me her grandmother made wine with the berries and would take a teaspoon for arthritis. Many things can either cure you, or kill you. It is up to the individual to do the right thing with any medicine.

@dpowell851

2 жыл бұрын

Fix it every spring

@mbeth999

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the old Chinese lady down the street would plant a whole front yard with them every year, and she would eat 1 or 2 berries a day, for arthritis. Just don’t chew, only swallow whole, so you don’t bite the seeds which are poison and cause diarrhea.

You pick it early in the Spring , and the tender younger leaves. Even the upper stems of younger plants, they taste very much like asparagus. Don’t pick old, giant leaves, or any when you start seeing purple on the stems. You don’t even need to parboil young tender leaves. They ARE very acidic, and will make your teeth feel like they’ve been sandpapered. Very good, and very nutritious. 👍😊

@ThatYarneyZebraStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Dave this is one way I make poke. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e2SYsslpqa7Ol5s.html

@snowmiaow

2 жыл бұрын

This l don't get because the stems come up and are colored immediately.

@anoldmannameddave7455

2 жыл бұрын

@@snowmiaow Red is one thing, but when it turns purple, you probably want to parboil it.

@snowmiaow

2 жыл бұрын

@@anoldmannameddave7455 Ours just seem to turn red, in northern Ohio

I never knew it was edible. I just remember as a kid squishing it in my hands because the color was so pretty. We never washed our hands. We were to busy playing.

I ate poke salad all the time growing up. My grandmother made it for us kids quite often because it grew everywhere in her yard. Her tip was to boil the leaves 3 times instead of 2 times

@watkinsjames82

Жыл бұрын

3 times huh... lol why not 7

@cherierhynes8514

11 ай бұрын

Did grandma do it for kicks or was it out of poverty ?

@cherierhynes8514

11 ай бұрын

She meant well!!🙂

@mayamachine

4 ай бұрын

yup I eat it, love it. got to know how to cook it. twice boiled and then cook a 3rd time, boiled or fried or baked.. but that poison is water soluble.

@mayamachine

4 ай бұрын

​@@watkinsjames82that's a ignorant response..

My mother had me pick the sprouts (less than 8" tall) and she'd cook the leaves just like spinach, with salt and butter. I found out that the older plants don't taste as good, but the young leaves are very spinach-like.

I have eaten poke leaves and stalks most of my 65 years . You always harvest the young tender leaves at the top of the stalk , usually not more than three per stalk . This is done in the spring of the year when the poke is usually not more than knee high and the stalk is green and tender . The berries can be used as a muscle relaxer when ripe later in the summer , but only 1 to 3 per day for adults .

I’ve eaten this many times. We picked the leaves before the berries came on. Boiled once then fried with bacon and scrambled eggs. I’m still alive.

@abelincolnparth

2 жыл бұрын

It can cause birth defects.

@ralphday4842

2 жыл бұрын

Birth defects ? So ? I eat poke sallet every spring. Have for my entire life. At 71 years here my procreation days are long over.

@billspooks

2 жыл бұрын

I think this is very important. Pick the leaves from young plants BEFORE THE BERRIES COME ON. cook by boiling twice with fresh water each boil then fry as you like in bacon fat or maybe in butter. But YOUNG PLANTS BEFORE BERRIES APPEAR.

@sylviaruth5008

2 жыл бұрын

@@abelincolnparth Really. My mother gave birth to twelve kids, and her cousin gave birth to twenty two. I’m #10, and none of us had birth defects. They’re both deceased now and raised us up on poke sallet. I have to wonder if they ate it while pregnant. They probably did.

@tinathrower284

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, now I'm hungry! Your recipe sounds delicious.

I've eaten quite a bit of polk salad. My mother used to boil it, drain the water off and boil it again. Then I think she drained it, mixed it with eggs, and cooked it in a skillet. You can also peel the stalks, cut them up like okra, bread the pieces, and fry it. It's just like okra but a lot of work. I've done that, too.

I’m born and raised in the south in Kentucky and we have eaten Polk for most all of my life my mom would cook the smaller leafs just like you were cooking collard greens and then she would take the small and tender stalks and soak them in salt water and then rinse them and rolled them in cornmeal and fry them and they were awesome . But we were always taught to not eat certain parts of them in which I can’t remember which part but anyway we were told that it was poisonous . We played with the berries from it for ink and other stuff we had a blast making mud pies and just things like that . Thank you for sharing this it takes me back to my childhood .

One of my favorite foods.i will tell you how to cook. First,you want to wash it in the sink,fill a sink halfway full.youll need a good "mess" cause the leaves will shrivel as you will boil it 3 times,boil it at least 20 minutes each time.wash it twice in sink.mama was taught boil it twice, I go ahead and boil it 3 times.after you boiled.it good,lay each leaf or small wad on towel or paper towel. Now this part what makes the taste.scramble eggs in bacon grease.i do about the same amount eggs as I have the poke leaves. When eggs look halfway cooked add the leaves.salting what makes it.salt to taste,little black pepper.serve with.gpod cornbread and a big ol green.onion,I like blackeyes also.i was raised on eating it about 3 times a year,I will eat it every year as long as I possibly can.right.now is perfect for gathering,a couple weeks it will be too big and taste too strong.happy poke salat eating

@janalejanmayer2609

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I got into it years ago while working in my yard in Florida and my entire arm turned black and numb! Now it is growing wild over my garden fence from my neighbors yard dropping berries on my tomatoes. I think some midnight gloved trimming is in order! Have all you want it almost killed me!

When I was a kid we had a really good dog that got distemper. The vet told my dad to bring her in and he'd put her to sleep. Well luckily dad couldn't get her to get in the truck, so dad called an uncle of his that knew dogs. His uncle said, NO. Just go down by the barn and dig up a mature POKE plant. Cut the root off it, take root in and wash it and slice and fry it like potatoes and feed it to her. It stunk to he'll but ginger ate it right down and in a few days you couldn't tell she had been sick and she was with us anther 12 or 14 years.

@fucku3460

2 жыл бұрын

Wow nice info thank you

@jasongCLJ

2 жыл бұрын

Woa .. that is wonderfull. Youre serious? Thanks (:

@joannem3568

2 жыл бұрын

I love when old time stuff like this works This kind of information should be in books , saved from the next generations Farmers were some of the smartest people, we really need to get back to some basics

@RavenSaint1

2 жыл бұрын

Distemper and lock jaw, both an animal can survive if they can get nutrition and keep hydrated. Sometimes might get a odd quirk, like a wobbly head. Vets are sometimes too quick to give up on people's pets.

@RavenSaint1

2 жыл бұрын

@Josephus S Just be careful. Rabies has been misdiagnosed as distemper.

Funny! I eat it fairly often. It grows in my yard. A neighbor lady taught me how to prepare it. Also, I was never told the rule about not eating it after a certain time of year so I have always eaten it all summer long. It doesn't taste great boiled alone. The recipe involves parboiling; then draining and boiling again. You boil it for quite a while (needs to be the consistency of turnip greens), then you drain well. Then you scramble a couple using bacon grease in your skillet and put the drained poke weed in. Salt, pepper and that's it. All good!

These are such great videos, very entertaining and educational, I hope you can make more videos but about medicinal plants I believe it will help a lot of people out. So much to learn yet only a few extraordinary educators such as this man

This berry makes a wonderful dye for material and yarn. I did it and it makes a mauve color. Thank you very much we called it turkey berries. Used it foe ant bites.

@azazelswings6194

2 жыл бұрын

We called them snake berries

Wow, I grew up eating Polk salad greens and my mom would chop up the stalk and fry it up with a mess of okra to make it go farther. We couldn't tell the difference.

@craigduffey7825

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you know the real name Polk not poke

@abelincolnparth

2 жыл бұрын

It can cause birth defects by even just touching it.

@1980Baldeagle

2 жыл бұрын

Poke Sallet, not salad.

@fredeaston3988

2 жыл бұрын

If you folks had laid off the poke weed and fat back etc The Confederacy might have won. I don't know.

@1980Baldeagle

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredeaston3988 The south did win. Look at us now. Best economies in the country. Comes from the work ethic and God fearing folks that love America. Yeah, lot of us aren't to bright and don't know how to eat right but the majority of us are fighting for whats right.

Thanks for this. Highly interesting. I have this plant growing, flourishing actually, in my yard. I haven't tried to stop their growth cuz I think they really look kinda cool.

Fried poke in the spring is one of my favorite things to eat. We've always used the young plants when they first pop up. My uncle freezes the berries and takes one a day like a pill. I've been told you can take the stalk of older plants slice it up, batter and fry like fish. Haven't tried this but was told it's similar to fried morels.

@aquavirgio

2 жыл бұрын

What's the point of taking the berries like a pill?

@lisaann2032

Жыл бұрын

yes my MAMA still waits on poke in the spring, boils it and frys, MAMA is 81 yrs

@connieparr5050

Жыл бұрын

@@aquavirgio arthritis remedy

Growing up mostly in Texas, whenever we'd visit my grandparents, we'd have poke salat. I even got to go with my grandfather, bag in hand and picked it. I just remember that it tasted good and they had to boil it and pour off the liquid a few times (if memory is correct) and it was cooked like any other types of greens. After growing up, I never had the chance to eat it again. It grew around what my GF called the "tanks" or ponds. Nice memories.

@rhondaschellin8878

10 ай бұрын

I'm from Alabama, and your article could've been written by me, down to "poke salat!" I love it! Never eat it from the first boiling like you said. Right on!

I was taught to not use the leaves from plants that the stem started turning red. boil the leaves, drain rinse, then boil again. that's what my grandma did.

@nevaeha4048

2 жыл бұрын

That’s cool the red must be a sign that the poise s stronger.

@tomrobards7753

2 жыл бұрын

@@nevaeha4048 you want to eat this poke plant when it's less than a foot tall after it's prepared correctly

@nevaeha4048

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomrobards7753 so then I’m assuming the redder the color the older and taller the plant. Most poisonous plants are best when eaten small/young.

@AntiDoctor-cx2jd

2 жыл бұрын

I believe this is true. It's not a 100% rule. Dandelions are ok. Most red stemmed green leafed plants have a lot of oxalate too, which is poisonous.

@chrisrosenthal1210

2 жыл бұрын

I can remember picking a ton of it for my Grandmother. I'd hate to steer anyone wrong, but it seems like I remember her telling me to only pick leaves from plants with no red showing on the stem / no berries also. I do remember her boiling it and draining it possibly twice.

My grandfather taught me about this plant. He loved finding these growing in his garden. He would pick the plant when it was about 2 or 3 foot tall and boil it. He said you had to boil it to kill the poison in it. He said he learned this from his Grandmother which was of Native American blood. We never let them get old enough for berries though.

I have elderberries growing along the fence out back. The fruit looks like a miniature bunch of purple grapes. Yet for some reason lots of people think it is pokeweed from the photos I take. The only similarity I see is that both are purple berries.

My mom (RIP) was from Mississippi and she ALWAYS cooked Polk Salad. The berries are not poison. My mom made Polk Salad wine out of the rip berries. She said you aren't supposed to eat Polk Salad greens when the stalk turns red.

@thunderboi5521

Жыл бұрын

The berries have seeds in them which are poisonous

@thomasgilbreath1250

Жыл бұрын

@@thunderboi5521 people have been eating the berries for arthritis for ages.

@UNABRIDGED_SCIENCE

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasgilbreath1250 YES BECAUSE THEY ARE POISONOUS THATS WHY IT WORKS AS A MEDICINE. IF IT WASNT POISONOUS IT WOULDNT WORK.

@UNABRIDGED_SCIENCE

Жыл бұрын

THE BERRIES ARE 100% POISONOUS ITS NOT A QUESTION UP FOR DEBATE. THEY ARE POISON.

@thomasgilbreath1250

Жыл бұрын

@@UNABRIDGED_SCIENCE caps lock caps lock caps lock caps lock caps lock. Have a great Thanksgiving! 😂

I just rewatched “Into the Wild” and would love if you could continue this series about edible and non edible plants!! (And maybe a whole episode on mushrooms?!)pls

@UntamedScience

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect idea Theresa! I'll definitely be doing more of this.

@jturtle5318

2 жыл бұрын

Is that about the young man who starved to death in Alaska because he didn't know about the footbridge?

@terrapinflyer273

2 жыл бұрын

@@jturtle5318 I believe so. If I remember right, he didn't realize that the rising temps caused an influx of raging waters around his makeshift campsite (a delapidated VW Minibus) until it was too late. Starving and scavenging for food, he came across mushrooms which he misidentified as being edible. Which ultimately led to his untimely demise. :(

@jturtle5318

2 жыл бұрын

@@terrapinflyer273 in the book, his death was attributed to eating "potato seeds", which prevent the uptake of glucose from the digestive tract. If he had followed the stream less than a mile from the ford, he would have found the bridge, gone back out and lived.

@whisperingoutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

Whoa, that movie was good and very sad! When your so poisoned a grizzly won't eat ya ..... Wow

I am so grateful for the work you&your family are doing 🙏 Having my whole family subscribe haha 😄 Great Job! Excited to order the 📖

When I was little, my mother used to tell me those were Dog-Pills and I asked her why they were called Dog-Pills and she said if you eat them you'll get sick as a dog.

Long ago, when landscaping was a part of my job, I was trimming brush on a bank and came across some Pokeweed. The branch I trimmed was rather thick (and juicy). Once I hacked through it it fell on my wrist. At first, there was just a 3-4" stain. But as days passed, it became inflamed, then an actual wound, and eventually scabbed. I followed treatment orders, but it took some time to heal, and left a scar for a year or more. I'll pass on eating it!

@christinearmington

2 жыл бұрын

😬

@theskinztubes

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like poison sumac

When I was a kid,(1960s) , my mother made pokesalad to eat many times. It was like collard greens. You have to pour the water out from first boil.

@robynweeks6004

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I agree it's the leaves.. you want them early and young.. and you absolutely boil it at least twice.. she also cooked dandelion greens. Again early spring leaves...

I have them at my place in Florida! I love the plant itself for it’s beautiful colors year round! Thanks for the show really enjoyed it.

University of Michigan or Michigan State did a study in using the dried berries for pain treatment (so I was told by a lady that says she helped in the study). I found that it work incredibly. No more than 10 Berries a day. I took 5 in the morning and 5 later on if I needed.

@supermombelle9750

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I've never tried them dry, just fresh Spring through Fall - just worked my way up to a few in the AM & PM, don't chew the seeds & it's a fine natural 'medicine' in my personal experience.

We let the local birds do a lot of our sowing. About 10 years ago, we got our first pokeweed. It was beautiful. It looked like it would make a good food plant. So, I did some research and found lots about it's toxicity. What I found consistently was that only early leaves were safe. Never sure of what constituted an "early leaf" that would be large enough to eat, I've never tried eating any of it. But we now have several that have been seeded throughout our property and they are gorgeous.

@UntamedScience

3 жыл бұрын

The researcher said young sprouts are different than new leaves on adult plants (which are way more toxic).

@joshconeby

3 жыл бұрын

An "early leaf" comes from young plants whose berries either haven't developed at all, or haven't turned green yet (they will be tiny and white). There can be a small amount of purple on the stalk but shouldn't be very much. If the stalk is purple, or the berries are green/purple, then no leaf on the plant is edible and you should look for a younger plant.

@krystaldaniels7940

2 жыл бұрын

Be careful if you don't want them to take over your whole property! They're much harder to get rid of once the stalks turn woody. They will spread like crazy and quickly take over a pasture! I fight em every year in my horse pastures lol

@JohnDoe-dh3pd

2 жыл бұрын

Eat it during the first of fall or spring boil it twice

@adrock4737

2 жыл бұрын

@@krystaldaniels7940 Yes, thank you for saying it. Definitely can be a nuisance plant.

All plants are edible, just some you only get to eat once...

@jestep9

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@rebeccawaid9901

6 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

Used to call these “stain berries”. We’d pelt each other with them and stain each other’s shirts. Kinda like paintball with berry ammo. Mom hated them.

@patriciaque197

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@JavierFernandez01

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds fun.

@at-pe8wl

2 жыл бұрын

I used to call these stain berries too, though we would mash them up, and mix them with some other plants to make fake blood

Entertaining to say the least. Thanks for posting! I have a ton of these growing on my mountain property. Can you do one on wild lettuce?

I will never unsub from you ..this information is so crucial

@UntamedScience

3 жыл бұрын

:) Awesome.

@brendan60

3 жыл бұрын

I agree some day we might need to use these skills... especially the cordage/rope one.

@cherriemckinstry131

2 жыл бұрын

@@brendan60 yes Worling with fiber is neat

@MrPetrochelly

2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

I have an abundance of this plant in my yard and I'm very excited about this video. I was thinking about using it as a dye for my wool I don't know if it'll work but I'm interested to try it out. 😁

@windyhawthorn7387

2 жыл бұрын

It makes a pretty dye

At my grandparents I used to gather the berries, crush them until I had lots of juice. I would look for just the right chicken feather and use it like a quill and ink well. There were so many fond memories created by simply enjoying nature.

I ate *small* amounts (one or two) of the berries when I lived in its range, as much to shock those who believed them to be super-deadly, eat-one-and-you-die affairs as anything. They didn’t taste great, they didn’t taste awful. Never got even the least bit ill.

@nhilistickomrad4259

7 ай бұрын

They taste mildly sweet

Yes, I hear the leaves when harvested as young leaves are highly nutritious and anti-cancer. I grow lots of poke on my property so I am excited to make lots of stir fries with it next spring!

@deedeeedwinburks8614

2 жыл бұрын

I love making salads with poke leaves. They're delicious when young & tender like in the spring. But, later when it grows tall.... it gets tough. What I do ... wash it , have a bowl of water with ice in it ready, then boil it for10 or 20 seconds with a teaspoon of arm and hammer baking soda... drain it... then quickly put the poke leaves in the bowl of ice water and chill for a few minutes.... drain again. Chop it up & add a few strips of diced bacon. Cook till bacon is crispy then add 4 to 6 slices of mozzarella cheese... let it melt and enjoy!! 😁👌 You can make a pie with the leaves also. Try this.... wash the leaves..... boil for 30 seconds just enough to make them soft... lay them flat... dice onions and mix with sausage or diced chicken add some caraway seeds, oregano, and some Cajun spice,... put the ingredients on the tender leaves... roll it all up.... dip in dough... and using bacon grease.... deep fry till golden brown, and enjoy! I hope you like these suggestions, it's just a couple of things I make, there's a lot more recipes I use. Edwin Burks. Thank you for your time.

@tarachambers7704

2 жыл бұрын

@@deedeeedwinburks8614 I love animals and therefore don't eat them, but I am glad that you are eating Poke!

@deedeeedwinburks8614

2 жыл бұрын

@@tarachambers7704 I don't or kill animals😁. I'm just giving you a suggestion 😊. I don't eat meat... I eat lots of berries, nuts, and vegetables, fruits. God wants us to take care of the animals not mistreat them. Fruits, nuts, and berries are more healthier than meats. Thank you kindly for your reply. Hope you have a great night sleep!!😁

@heathgreen9275

2 жыл бұрын

That's why this man is telling you its poison. It has many benefits.

@deedeeedwinburks8614

2 жыл бұрын

Well, every body's different. I mean.... I have a foster brother who can eat poison ivy & it doesn't bother him, if I just get near it I break out in blisters! But Jewell weed will kill that. What I'm saying is.... What hurts one... might not bother another. 😀. In the spring, I eat pine tree shoots and roots for vitamin C, but some people are allergic to them especially if you take certain medicines. We're all different. My foster brother died last week from the covid 19 virus. 😐

I still pick the stalk when it's about 10 inches tall and chop it like orka roll it in flour and corn meal and fry it golden brown, it's really good

@Will-dn9dq

2 жыл бұрын

My dad would starved had his grandmother not cooked it for him an his siblings. Mom even cooked it for him when I was young cpl.times. I passed

@denverallen3977

2 жыл бұрын

me too! delicious!

@mrwilliams6626

2 жыл бұрын

@@denverallen3977 It is good are it all my life my mom used to go and pick greens out of the yard and different stuff and they were great

@go.gators

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in love with you thank you for that

@martinemoore4980

2 жыл бұрын

Where / what state(s) does this grow? I've never seen / heard of it before... I live in the PAC NW ...

We harvest this in spring when the new shoots “poke” out of the ground. We also make ink from the berries. I’ve covered myself from head to foot in the berry juice…. We keep them around the house.

@1fast72nova

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, as kids we painted ourselves head to toe as well lol 🤷‍♂️

@firewulfz

2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid we use to use it as “war paint” never had any bad reactions (thankfully) I do remember after using you would become a mosquito magnet. (That could be a case of correlation rather than causation though)

Been eating it since I was a child! Still love it @ 62 years old

I prepare and eat polk salid and grew up eating it. Must pick leaves when young before the stems turn red Soak in salt water then boil twice, each time changing the water to remove any toxins

When I was a kid we would use these to dye sand to make mudd pies.

@grantd1011

2 жыл бұрын

We would throw them at each other and used them we played war to simulate blood. Fun times! That stuff would stain worse than red mud. 😂

@johns3544

2 жыл бұрын

@@grantd1011 Ya this stuff made a mess hahahaha

@gregorywellssr7857

2 жыл бұрын

Oh,what a cool idea.

@pamwhitis723

2 жыл бұрын

We used to mash them and find a feather to write.

I always assumed that the Declaration of Independence was written in gall ink. Nonetheless, I do know that pokeberries can be used to dye wool with a proper mordant. My husband and I gathered a bunch to give to his grandmother as her friends have wool bearing animals such as sheep and angora rabbits and they would all periodically get together to process, dye, weave and knit wool. His grandmother liked to gather rock tripe to make a lavender dye that she would then weave with her loom. Either way, we had fun gathering the berries as they turned our skin magenta. We even tossed them at each other. Now that you mentioned that you cans get skin contact poison, I feel like we should have been more worried about that.

Thank you so much for doing all your videos..Your really doing a great job . Congrats on your book...

A young girl walked past granny’s house and granny responding to her red lipstick said, “her lips look like a bird’s ass in poke berry time.”

@hhlagen

2 жыл бұрын

God bless grannies!!

@steamboatwillie8517

2 жыл бұрын

Well.., you silvery tongued devil..!

@esther3479

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@robertinman2264

2 жыл бұрын

Now that's funny

@joemammyt6046

2 жыл бұрын

That was the funniest thing iv read today

My cousins dared me to eat them, and I ate a couple handfuls of the berry. I just threw it up later. I was around 7 or 8.

@marktwaine9344

2 жыл бұрын

they used you as an experiment....be the experimenter, not the experiment....lol...

@vancegodin4149

2 жыл бұрын

But did you die? Ha ha.

@williambell3893

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 sounds like my family. "here cuz eat this"

@vancegodin4149

2 жыл бұрын

@@williambell3893 yep...someone told me rabbit droppings were 'super pills!'

@williambell3893

2 жыл бұрын

@@vancegodin4149 🤣 looks like we're all family in these comments!! my cousin convinced me once that if I touched the electric fence with aluminum baseball bat it would make me 10x stronger

My father liked to eat poke. We would take a walk in May (Delaware) and pick the young shoots similar to asparagus. I forget all the rules for when it's too big. We blanched it, threw away the water, then boiled it again and ate it with a little mayonnaise.

I am originally from NY but I grew up in NC and this covered a section of our backyard for about two months each summer. I was always told it was poisonous and was shocked to learn as an adult that people ate pokeweed. I would imagine people ate it long ago because it was so abundant and no effort was needed to grow it.

Mockingbirds love the berries. You’ll be blessed with purple bird poop on your porch, car, etc.

@cat_daddy

2 жыл бұрын

They also get crazy, I think their drunk

@nancyfahey7518

2 жыл бұрын

Where are the mockinhbirds? I haven't seen one this year.

@colsoncustoms8994

2 жыл бұрын

Elderberries and blackberries too, purple poo for days

@cherriemckinstry131

2 жыл бұрын

@@nancyfahey7518 song birds are missing in Pa. Used to hear them early morning and evening. I heard one late afternoon fir a few minutes.. now mostly when you sit outside its quiet. Honey bees still around some but hide from the UV. Our earths magnetic shield is at an all time low right now and it's easier to get sun burnt. Even plants are showing stress or early browning if leaves.

@cherriemckinstry131

2 жыл бұрын

@@colsoncustoms8994 i got bombed by a bird in our tree as I was watering the garden. Hit my hat and rolled onto my shirt..rinsed it immediately.

We mashed it up to make the ink for Dungeons and Dragons maps. It worked surprisingly well.

I'm glad this video came up in recommend, ive been fascinated with this plant since I found it growing in the garden, I ate a small bit of it after some research and was ok and always curious about its chemicals. Another common name is pigeon berry right?

I got a chunk of the stem fly into my eye while chopping a plant down. Had a red spot on my eye and it stung for 6 weeks. It has a ridiculously deep and robust taproot, and even taken from two feet down, it will come right back the next near.

I live in Georgia and I've always wondered what this plant was called. I remember crushing the berries and dying my fingers all the time when I was a kid. My family told me that it was poisonous to eat so I had no idea that people ate the berries and leaves.

@ThatYarneyZebraStuff

2 жыл бұрын

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I use a homeopathic preparation of phytolacca or poke weed for sore throat and swolken glands.

When I hiked the Appalachian trail I found places in eastern Pennsylvania where a bear apparently was eating lots of poke berries and defecating furiously at each location (evidence looked painful) but they were apparently convinced they were eating a useful berry. Many of us hikers saw the aftermath and wondered if the bear survived.

@buckyosheal4961

Жыл бұрын

That ain't Pope bridge it's elderberries it looks like pokeberries

@Lenape_Lady

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes black bears use certain berries/herbs to make themselves throw up or poop out something they ingested that very bad for them. Kinda like how humans would use ipecac. And pokeberries could have an extreme diarrhea effect on bears. But trust me…they don’t eat berries they don’t know. Black bears have eaten the berries since time immemorial, they know good vs poisonous. So there is a reason they ate the poke to poop.

@Lenape_Lady

Жыл бұрын

Also…Delaware Water Gap trail head?

@trailguy

Жыл бұрын

@@Lenape_Lady very close to that, maybe even the same! I did my thru in 2009, btw. Southbound, so I was there in mid September.

@OmegaProjectZero

11 ай бұрын

Lmfaooo

Nice this randomly show up in my feed. We have a lot of these plants grow in our yard wildly and had no idea what they were.

I've always heard it was poisonous but I have eaten it my whole entire life. We always ate the young leaves. It's great to put eggs into it. It is so delicious.

I've grown up eating poke sometimes 3-4 times a week. Poke salad cooked poke greens still do till this day. In my opinion it's the best starting cooked green by far. My grandfather used to make me go and pick garbage bags full

I literally let them grow to maturity in my yard. The birds love it!

So always wondered about these💜they look so enticing

Had young pokeweed greens when I was growing up. They taste great and are nutritional when young.🐶⛏️🇺🇸

When I was a kid we'd cover ourselves in poke berry juice never had any problems. My mom always said they were poison so we never ate them. Our neighbor said he cured his arthritis with home made poke berry wine.

@michaelpowers7744

2 жыл бұрын

Me and my brother did that too when we were young ha

@Rita-yw2tn

2 жыл бұрын

Same here we used to act like this was our makeup and we’d put it all over our face and we did all kinds of things with it our clothes would be stained with that stuff .

@markbates3180

2 жыл бұрын

Mother cooked it scrambled eggs. No preboil, she only used leafs From plants about two feet tall or less, and usually just one time in early spring. This was in Oklahoma. Thanks for the info. Will never try it again!

@fredeaston3988

2 жыл бұрын

yes he died

@debbiehines6803

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredeaston3988 yeah, so one would think.

I saw this in the side of my brother's house and I thought of take a picture of it, used Google lens app to see if they were edible, but the fact that you can use it to make ink and paint it perked the artistic side of me. Now I know how to make the ink thanks to you! 🥰🥰🥰

Man , you never go grazing out in your yard or field and forest lol . I do love your show , keep making these great videos .

I've eat poke salad all my life. Here in Kentucky. You can't find it in the spring for people eating it.

@thenathanimal2909

2 жыл бұрын

Is it super effective?

@willythewave

2 жыл бұрын

@@thenathanimal2909 It`s super effective at keeping you from starving to death and giving your shit some color.

@tomrobards7753

2 жыл бұрын

Me too and I'm over 70

@tomrobards7753

2 жыл бұрын

And I actually get the craving it bad in the spring

@tomrobards7753

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just curious how did you prepare your poke

You're a mad man and I love it! 😂 Cool vid, I grew up in South Jersey and they're everywhere, as kids, we always steered clear of eating them, but threw the berries at each for the bloody wound effect

One of these popped up in my yard this summer here in California. I didn't know what it was and thought about trying to look it up; however, while viewing a completely unrelated video on KZread I saw this in the suggestions and decided to check it out. BAM, solve my question without having to work for it.

Thank you for the info. I found this plant growing in the park near me. Rather prolifically. Now I know more about it.

Poke salad is high in vitamins. Have eaten it my whole life. And the berries make great jelly.

A similar situation is with Rhubarb. Stalks make delicious pies. Leaves are poisonous. Granny made great pies!!

I’ve been eating Polk for my entire life. It’s a wonderful edible . Boil it the drain once and then boil it again drain then add to scrambled eggs.

Thanks for sharing this, I just discovered this plant in my backyard 😊

Read this book called "Charaka Samhita", it'll give you sooo many plants and their medicinal values

You have to harvest the weed when its really young. If you can quickly snap the stalk off at the ground like a carrot, its safe to eat.. after boiling a few times of course.

Dude I am SUPER grateful for this video!! So awesome! Thank you!

I call them ink berrie. As a kid I whittled a quill from a feather and drew some pictures with their juice. It turned brown upon oxidizing, but it looked very striking initially.

@mistyroller3470

Жыл бұрын

I used some around a year ago in my journal and it's still as bright as it was the day I used it! Maybe it's just not light fast?

@user-bh3ew6ii4g

Жыл бұрын

@@mistyroller3470 I've also seen people use salt and vinegar (together) with the juice as a fixative. I'm not sure if that makes it more light fast or not though.

When the plant is young and the leaves are small you can make a salad out if them or fry them up in a skillet like spinach or mustard greens,kale.

@bobjones1131

2 жыл бұрын

Nope ! Boil and dump water three times !

@j.f.fisher5318

2 жыл бұрын

So it is like pufferfish sushi basically.

By older brother used to pick poke berries, freeze them and swallow one or two each morning, he said it helped his prostrate problems, I never tried it myself, because I was skeptical about it.

@philipdru9290

2 жыл бұрын

What the hell is a prostrate problem?

@jnsmill

2 жыл бұрын

@@philipdru9290 … OK, I’ll admit that I accidentally added a “r” …. it should have been prostate. Do you feel better now. .

The reason why Southerners eat Poke is from after the war of northern aggression. The common peoples was starved and penniless for a long time after the war. The Great Depression just added to the hardships of common Southerners. That’s why our Grandparents have passed it down to our Sorry generation. I liked the video Sir.

Wow, this is good information to know, I will have to find you book somewhere

LOL that kids Reaction to Elivis is priceless!

We have those plants growing up where I live here in Arkansas and my grandmother told us about it years ago and made a meal out of the leaves of the young plants and it was boiled three times to remove the poison in it, but never ate the berries from it.

You crack me up!! So I eat polk as often as it's available to me, which is pretty often. Lol. Not only do I eat the leaves, I cut up the tender ends of the stalk and fry it like okra, and it's comes out looking and tasting just like okra! (Something my kids look forward to when I walk in with an arm full of weeds.) And the berries, I always make sure to pick enough berries to last through the rest of the year! I freeze them and eat one a day, just swallow it whole. It's been a lifelong food to me and so yes, I started my kids young on it too. 🤗

@johnstone7763

Жыл бұрын

Do the berries have medicinal properties? Do you eat them for health reasons?

@iluvurteeth

Жыл бұрын

@@johnstone7763 yes, you should look into the benefits of pork berries. You just definitely don't want to overdo it. Like I said I only eat one a day.

My Grandmother use to pick it and cook it up every year even though they didn't have too. They used it with meals to get through the Great Depression and continued eating it throughout their lives.

@MissJ970

Жыл бұрын

Correct AND it was canned and sold during that time as well. That only stopped because it was harvested by individuals who would bring it to the cannery. Once they stopped bringing it in, it stopped being canned. It's COMPLETELY edible when cooked properly.

Poke weeds and berries are totally edible. Only the seeds are deadly and the plant when the stalks are red. Other than knowing how to prepare poke it is an amazing plant for your body. Love it

I'm sure alot of people didn't appreciate hearing about cats in this video😳

@reneejewell1909

2 жыл бұрын

I have about 4 of these plants growing in my yard and I had a cat just die out of nowhere a few years ago so I've been thinking that could be the culprit. I'm trying to decide if I should even keep them. For now I put chicken wire around them to keep the cats off.

@PersephoneRising333

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was messed up 😿but it’s good to know bc I have some growing around here and I now know I need to get rid of it as a precaution for my kitties 🙀🙀🙀

I actually just picked some, as I mistakenly thought it was "American beauty berry" which is excellent insect repellent. I realized that the berries were hanging on that stem like a grape cluster, and not hugging the branches near the leaves like it should've been. I'm pretty new to this... Thanks so much for sharing this video. 😎🇺🇸

So I was just hiking and taking photos of plants for an assignment. Why is this in my recommended? Google stocking my iPhone photos somehow?