Comments on: Wild Food Recipe: Joe’s Knotweed Salad http://www.writerbynature.com/2008/04/23/wild-food-recipe-joes-knotweed-salad/ JJ Murphy | Writer, Hiker, Mycologist, Wild Foods Forager and Nature Photographer Freelance Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JJ Murphy http://www.writerbynature.com/2008/04/23/wild-food-recipe-joes-knotweed-salad/comment-page-1/#comment-6358 JJ Murphy Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:33:32 +0000 http://www.writerbynature.com/?p=1104#comment-6358 Hi Sonia, The plant you are talking about is commonly called "pokeweed." The botanical name is (Phytolacca americana) and it grows in the eastern part of the US. I don't recommend you experiment with this plant. Unlike the subject of my article, Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum, syn. Fallopia japonica), POKEWEED IS TOXIC unless you know which parts to gather and you take the time to prepare it correctly. If you can get to the NY metropolitan area, sign up for a tour with "Wildman" Steve Brill in the next couple of weeks. Young pokeweed shoots and leaves can be gathered now, but this plant cannot be gathered once it grows more than 8-inches tall. "Wildman" knows the plant and has great recipes. Scroll back up to the last paragraph in this article to get to "Wildman" Steve Brill's foraging calendar. Hi Sonia,

The plant you are talking about is commonly called “pokeweed.” The botanical name is (Phytolacca americana) and it grows in the eastern part of the US.

I don’t recommend you experiment with this plant. Unlike the subject of my article, Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum, syn. Fallopia japonica), POKEWEED IS TOXIC unless you know which parts to gather and you take the time to prepare it correctly.

If you can get to the NY metropolitan area, sign up for a tour with “Wildman” Steve Brill in the next couple of weeks. Young pokeweed shoots and leaves can be gathered now, but this plant cannot be gathered once it grows more than 8-inches tall. “Wildman” knows the plant and has great recipes.

Scroll back up to the last paragraph in this article to get to “Wildman” Steve Brill’s foraging calendar.

]]> By: sonja ruffin http://www.writerbynature.com/2008/04/23/wild-food-recipe-joes-knotweed-salad/comment-page-1/#comment-6357 sonja ruffin Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:08:18 +0000 http://www.writerbynature.com/?p=1104#comment-6357 looking for a wild salad green it's called pork salad or poke salad, or pore salad. it's has a shoot with a yellow flower. looking for a wild salad green it’s called pork salad or poke salad, or pore salad. it’s has a shoot with a yellow flower.

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