CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[Bruce]

I'll have to look around. I'm not the most observant person From what I've found, people shouldn't be eating those berries. I guess it doesn't harm goats?

 

[CntryBoy777]

I'm no expert, but have heard it told....that there is a brief period in the spring when it begins to grow that the leaves can be picked and eaten....thus the term "Poke Salad"....but, it isn't very long before it was poisonous....I figured that there were plenty other things to eat, so I never received instructions of actually doing....but, my Mom said that it wasn't that good....she'd rather have greens.....turnip or mustard.......I however, didn't like greens....so, I always found something else to eat....that's why I learned to cook at a young age....I always had "Options".......

 

[greybeard]

I'll have to look around. I'm not the most observant person From what I've found, people shouldn't be eating those berries. I guess it doesn't harm goats?

Danger Will Robinson!!
http://www.poison.org/articles/2012-aug/pokeberries-and-grapes-look-alike

I've eaten poke salad (salet). It's not 'bad' but nowhere near as good as turnip greens or even spinach.
(If you don't want to risk the 2X boiling/rinsing process yourself, evidently, you can just buy a can at the grocery store to try)

 

[Latestarter]

for the most part I really enjoy steamed greens (with loads of butter and salt), but most like beet, turnip, swiss chard and spinach, kind of in that order. The chard and spinach I'll eat raw in a salad as well. I do NOT like the canned greens as a general rule as they are basically mush.

 

[CntryBoy777]

It figures that Allens cans that stuff.........we have a plant not too far south of here.....don't think I'll be picking any up, but thanks GB for the info....
Now, ya know @greybeard , we've never talked live and in person.....but, I could swear that I heard your voice earlier today when I was cleaning my yard tractor.....

 

[greybeard]

I've had some commercially prepared canned greens that were good, others that were terrible. I have a low taste tolerance and need for salt, so I find most way too salty. In my lifetime, I doubt I've used a whole shaker of salt on my food. Can't remember the last time I even picked up a salt shaker.

 

[Bruce]

Fred are we the same person?? Amazon tracking said the new Gator blades for the tractor hit the PO early yesterday so I took off the old ones and sharpened them, nicks and all, for use out in the field. Then I cleaned out all the dry grass (from my last foray out in the field) on top of the deck and down the holes along the sides of the spindles ... and thought of @greybeard Not sure how one is supposed to keep all the chopped up grass from there while mowing, nor what stress that puts on the spindles. But, when shopping the blades on Amazon, I see that if needed, I can get a set of 3 spindles for < $60. Amazing.

After our weekly trip to the farmer's market I put the new blades on. Then I greased all the proper places, and aired up (and down!) the tires. One front and diagonal rear too high, the others low. The difference from "should be" was fairly significant, not sure how that happens. Then sent DD2 out to mow the lawn while I changed the oil in DW's car.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Ever since my 2nd heart attack I have become very sensitive to salt.....after eating most fast food my mouth will have salt burn for several hours.....especially chicken. The only greens that I will eat is spinach....I can eat it straight from the can or in any fashion to raw.....tho, my preference is cooked and not raw. I love stuffed chicken breast with a spinach and egg mixture.

 

[CntryBoy777]

@Bruce great minds think alike, I guess........I didn't change the blades on mine just yet, I got them last week, but since the neighbor bush-hogged field 3&4 I thought I'd wait til I ran over them with the old blades just in case there are chunks of limbs that go unnoticed til ya hear them banging the deck....I'd really hate to damage the new blades in that area.

 

[Baymule]

Poke greens are good. I do like mustard and turnip greens better, but it might come in handy some day to know how to forage off the land. I let the poke grow around here, just because.

In the spring, pick tender new leaves. They are not you-are-going-to-drop-dead poisonous, but rather will give you a case of the squirts and belly gut cramps that will make you take back things you never stole.

Ok, back to pick tender new leaves......pick a mess of poke greens, wash several times, cover with water in a pot and bring to a boil. Pour this water off. Cover with fresh water and bring to a boil again, pour it off. Cover with water and cook as you would any other greens. They are good with some bacon, garlic and chopped onion.