Wild Greens

creecy greens

Creecy Greens - Barbarea verna -

in stock - $3.00/can, plus shiping. Two (2) or more cans $2.50/can, plus shipping. One can weighs approximately 1 lb.

alans poke greens

Photo by M. Morris - Copright 2011 - Use by permission only.

Allen's has stopped canning poke. Please email them with a request to continue the delicious product!

http://www.allencanning.com/

Poke Plant (Phytolacca americana)

Poke Salad Greens (also called in the South as "salat, sallet, salet, sallit, or sallat") cannot be eaten raw in a "salad", poke weed, poke greens).

We no longer have any of the Allen's canned poke greens. As far as I know, Allen's Canning Company may consider re-opening production of them at a later time.

We are now offering a limited amount of canned poke greens in glass pint jars. Please inquire for availability.

Even though we package properly, this is considered a very fragile shipment and as such I would advise getting insurance on the order in case the post office causes damage. Insurance is not expensive. Please inquire and we can advise price.

Prices may change according to availability for the 2008 spring season (due to extreme drought in the U.S. Southern states and high cost of gasoline).

$10.00/pint size canning jar, plus shipping. (limited quantities) - SKUpoke

One jar weighs l lb. 7 oz.

Fresh poke greens are seasonal and available as Mother Nature dictates, usually early spring to summer. Often there is a new crop that sprouts in the fall just before first frost.

1 gallon bag stuffed full of fresh greens is $12.00, plus USPS Priority shipping. One gallon bag weighs around one pound.

2 gallon bags stuffed full $23.00, plus shipping (two gallon bags can fit in a USPS Priority Flat Rate Box for $8.95).

3 gallon bags stuffed full $35.00, plus shipping (please advise zip code and can advise shipping cost).

Overnight Express is available but costly.

If you want just the stems or stalks for pickling for frying like okra, please advise amount and we can quote a price per pound.

Just about everyone who was born and raised in the South has heard about poke 'salat' greens. Among the Appalachian mountain people here in Tennessee, it is and was known as a nutritious, tasty spring green. Native Americans introduced this plant to European settlers and fast became such a popular potherb that seeds soon were being cultivated back in Europe.

Salat is the German word for salad, and probably came to the Ozarks with German settlers.

In the spring, the tender young shoots are picked and boiled in two changes of water to help remove any toxic properties. Traditionally the drained leaves are then seasoned with salt, pepper and bacon drippings and then fried in an iron skillet. Some people add eggs and/or corn meal. Personally, any way you fix spinach or other greens will work with poke greens. They have a bland taste but can be combined with other green for an interesting mixed green dish.

The nutritional value is outstanding. One half cup of the greens will provide 35 calories (calories from fat 10), no cholesterol, dietary fiber 3g, and 90% of Vitamin A, 60% of Vitamin C, 8% calcium, and 6% of iron. (Percent Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.)

Wild Mustard Greens (December - January - February)

Wild Mustard (Brassica rapa L.), also known as Field Mustard, bird's rape, birdsrape mustard, wild mustard,
wild rutabaga, and wild turnip can be found throughout the United States. It is delicious fixed with any recipe calling for mustard greens.

Seeds are available. Please see Seeds link.

1 gallon bag stuffed full of fresh greens is $10.00, plus over night shipping

2 gallon bags stuffed full $17.00, plus shipping, plus over night shipping

3 gallon bags stuffed full $25.00, plus over night shipping

Sheep Sorrel - spring (February - March)

1 gallon bag stuffed full of fresh greens is $10.00, plus shipping

2 gallon bags stuffed full $17.00, plus shipping

3 gallon bags stuffed full $25.00, plus shipping

Dandelion Greens - out of stock

1 gallon bag stuffed full of fresh greens is $10.00, plus shipping

2 gallon bags stuffed full $17.00, plus shipping

3 gallon bags stuffed full $25.00, plus shipping

Coming Soon ! Check the recipes link for recipes for poke greens!

Here's a "MUST READ" on poke recipes from

SouthernAngel.com - Poke Salet: The Versatile Veggie By: Angela Gillaspie

Edibility: "EDIBLE PARTS: Young tender leaves eaten only as thoroughly cooked greens (in two waters). Cooked berries are safe for making pies. CAUTION: Berries, roots and mature plants are poisonous, therefore, only use as new, young growth. Also any red-tinged plant material should be discarded. To avoid possibly collecting part of the toxic root, do not cut below ground level. HARVEST: Only collect young shoots from areas you know have NOT been treated with pesticides. Collect in early spring. SAFE HANDLING PROCEDURES: Wash young shoots thoroughly with warm water. Do not use dish detergent or any type of sanitizer. These products can leave a residue. Peel and parboil tender young shoots (less than eight inches) in two changes of water several minutes each. Boil in a third water until tender and serve like asparagus. Young stalks less than one foot tall, with leaves removed, and before red tinged, can be cut and rolled in corn meal and fried like okra. They can also be pickled. Young leaves taken from stalks less than one foot tall can be parboiled in two changes of water for several minutes each and boiled in a third water until tender. To freeze, parboil leaves twice, cook, pat dry and place them in plastic bags. SOURCE: Larson, Ken. 1995. God's Free Harvest, Rhema Publishing, Inc., Suwanee, GA. 231 pp."

Pickled Poke Stalk Recipe

(Pokeweed pickles are often used in Japanese cuisine)

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Collect tender stalks. Parboil to remove skins. Pack into jars. Combine 1 cup vinegar, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1 stick cinnamon, several whole cloves. Boil; pour over poke stalks. Seal.

Mother says "eat your greens!"

Wild Greens

Mother says "eat your greens!"