Tag: #Polk
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The story behind Polk “salad” Sallet with a few of my edits.
Preparing “poke-sallet,” (or poke sallad) made from the pokeweed. This is a green which grows wild in the South and if not prepared properly can be deadly. Marshall, Texas in 1939. Photograph by Russell Lee. Here’s a brief history of “poke-sallet” – The dish is made with pokeweed, a pervasive and toxic green in the…