LadyDigger
Bronze Member
MD...hope you don't mind...but I wanted to see how to prepare some dishes with wildflowers and I found these links and wanted to share with our fellow TN'ers:
http://www.stoptheride.net/2007/06/eating-wild-flowers.html
http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/wildfoodjj/cassvdan.htm
http://www.sallys-place.com/food/single-articles/flowers.htm
Here's a page on Polk Salad I found...this is what we have growing WILD in our yard and yes, they do get real tall. My mother in law told me you do have to boil it to remove toxins....so this I knew...but this comment made me think of how this could happen again:
".....4. POLK SALAD
Polk salad is a toxic plant containing phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin. These substances are toxic to mammals and may cause death. Polk salad is however eaten in the Southeren United states. The young greens should be boiled and drained three times to purge the toxins before they are fried in hot oil or bacon fat with eggs. Polk salad likley gained popularity in the south during hard times when people had little else to eat. That Polk Salad tastes like spinach...."
(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=polk+salad)
Some interesting reading.....
Enjoy,
Annmarie
http://www.stoptheride.net/2007/06/eating-wild-flowers.html
http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/wildfoodjj/cassvdan.htm
http://www.sallys-place.com/food/single-articles/flowers.htm
Here's a page on Polk Salad I found...this is what we have growing WILD in our yard and yes, they do get real tall. My mother in law told me you do have to boil it to remove toxins....so this I knew...but this comment made me think of how this could happen again:
".....4. POLK SALAD
Polk salad is a toxic plant containing phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin. These substances are toxic to mammals and may cause death. Polk salad is however eaten in the Southeren United states. The young greens should be boiled and drained three times to purge the toxins before they are fried in hot oil or bacon fat with eggs. Polk salad likley gained popularity in the south during hard times when people had little else to eat. That Polk Salad tastes like spinach...."
(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=polk+salad)
Some interesting reading.....
Enjoy,
Annmarie