Film

What Is Poke Sallet?

By Joe York

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If you like to live dangerously, poke sallet might be the leafy green for you. Poke grows as a weed in much of North America. In the South, it’s been foraged and eaten as a vegetable for centuries.

But here’s the catch: Poke is poisonous.

So how do you cook it—and why would you want to? Joe York investigates.