Pokeweed Greens
Ingredients
- 5 Cups Pokeweed Greens
- Salt to taste
- Bacon 5 strips
- 1 Tbsp Mollasses
Instructions
- Start two pots of water on the stove (covered), one the size to fit the poke that you have harvested, one at least 3 times this size
- When water has come to a boil in the small pot, and is close to or is boiling in the big pot, add chopped poke to small pot. Stir, so that all poke is submerged
- Cook for 2 minutes
- Pour water and greens into a collander and return them to the small pot.
- Pour fresh boiling water from the big pot over poke in small pot, cook for 2 minutes, or until water returns to a boil
- Repeat steps 4 and 5 one to three more times, depending on flavor preference, and tolerance of (and desire for) the lymphatic cleansing and poison ivy relieving effects of pokeweed
- Add salt and optional flavorings.
Notes
Only collect pokeweed that is one foot or less and does not contain red.