More of Annie’s wild edible plant recipes:
Take the Family Foraging for Wild Edible Plants
Poke Recipe for Basic Preparation
Yields about 1 cup cooked greens.
10 cups raw poke
8 to 10 cups young poke leaves and stems of plants, up to 8 inches tall. (DO NOT eat root or berries; both are toxic.)
1 medium pot rapidly boiling water – to cook in
1 large pot rapidly boiling water – for additional boiling water
Boil poke in medium pot of boiling water for 1 minute over high heat. Drain.
Return poke to medium pot, and add boiling water from large pot and boil for 1 additional minute.
Drain and change water again; cover with boiling water from large pot, and boil 15 minutes.