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Old 07-27-2007, 03:33 AM
 
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Do ramps grow wild in TN?.........
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Old 07-27-2007, 03:40 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Yep. They even have festivals about them in East Tennessee.
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Old 07-27-2007, 03:43 AM
 
Location: Signal Mountain, Tennessee
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Alright, what are these ramps? Interstate???
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Old 07-27-2007, 03:48 AM
 
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Alright, what are these ramps? Interstate???
A type of wild onion or leek with a garlic-like taste. The Indians used them for all sorts of things back in the old days. It's an, uh, acquired taste.
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Old 07-27-2007, 03:50 AM
 
Location: Signal Mountain, Tennessee
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Everyday is an education!
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Old 07-27-2007, 04:08 AM
 
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Next . . . chitlins.
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Old 07-27-2007, 07:12 AM
 
Location: Mountains of middle TN
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So, would ramps also be called polk by chance? My neighbors all keep telling me that I'm so lucky because I have polk growing all over the back pasture. They are weeds! But they say you can steam them and eat them. I make it a rule to not put things in my mouth that my pets may have peed on.
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Old 07-27-2007, 07:26 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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So, would ramps also be called polk by chance? My neighbors all keep telling me that I'm so lucky because I have polk growing all over the back pasture. They are weeds! But they say you can steam them and eat them. I make it a rule to not put things in my mouth that my pets may have peed on.
No, polk is different. And be careful; only the tender young leaves of the polk weed are eaten, the older leaves and berries are poisonous. It was eaten back in the olden days by people who sometimes didn't have much else to eat.

Until you want to try it just as an experiment, you can live the rest of your life comfortably without ever eating polk salad (trust me). I'm a native southerner and I've only tried it once many, many years ago. Others can have it as far as I'm concerned.

Someone will soon come along and tell you it's delicious. (Don't listen to them. ;-)
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Old 07-27-2007, 09:47 AM
 
Location: Mountains of middle TN
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No, polk is different. And be careful; only the tender young leaves of the polk weed are eaten, the older leaves and berries are poisonous. It was eaten back in the olden days by people who sometimes didn't have much else to eat.

Until you want to try it just as an experiment, you can live the rest of your life comfortably without ever eating polk salad (trust me). I'm a native southerner and I've only tried it once many, many years ago. Others can have it as far as I'm concerned.

Someone will soon come along and tell you it's delicious. (Don't listen to them. ;-)

Yeh, that would be the neighbor. We chose to grow corn, green beans, and tomatoes instead!!
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Old 07-27-2007, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Yeh, that would be the neighbor. We chose to grow corn, green beans, and tomatoes instead!!
Your neighbor has probably eaten the older leaves of polk and her brain has become damaged. ;-)

The best way to havest polk is with a bush hog or Weedeater.
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