Date:  Sat, 7 Oct 1995 09:39:43 -0600

From:  Katherine Catmull <kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BGA.COM>

Subject: Re: Polk salad and rampy stuff



At 10:26 AM 10/7/95 -0400, Bethany Dumas, UTK wrote:

>Someone asked, "what is poke salad?"

>

>Polk is a wild green (kin, I guess, to mustard and collards and stuff) That

>is a COOKED "salit."



I'm with you except on the spelling--I'd write "poke," as in the great song

"Poke Salad Annie."



I've always thought it was short for pokeweed, but I could easily be wrong.



Kate Catmull          kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bga.com