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Pokeweed: A Forgotten Foraging Classic

Published: Aug. 4, 2019, 11 a.m.

Pokeweed is known for - you guessed it - being a weed, but in the South fried poke was a classic dish that has been forgotten a bit. Marie and I talk about how to forage for it, use it, and even cultivate it again in the garden.

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