When looking at THIS site about pokeweed...I clicked on THEGIANTLEAPARDMOTH...just being curious. I have seen one of these here at my house. They are very beautiful. I guess because we have so much pokeweed, we have these beautiful moths.
I don't think I will ever eat pokeweed. The site says even after boiling three times, and each time discarding the water for fresh water doctors seemed to think it still had poison in it!
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I'm so glad I live in an area where we don't have a lot of bugs. I can't stand any kind of moths because they always seem to fly into your face or hair. Icky! Linda in Washington state
That moth is beautiful. I played with and my children probably did also the wooly bear worm LOL. Have you ever had birds eat those pokeberries and then left their purple droppings on the top or hood of you hot auto? I am sure you have. It's near impossible to get it off LOL. Helen
WOW that moth is really pretty!
You won't have to worry about me eating it either. My Mom loves it though. YUCK
Hollie
Did a little checking on a couple of sites about the pokeweed after reading your last entry. Guess I won't be eating anything that has to be boiled three times and the water discarded each time. Oh well it was interesting anyway. Paula
I'm with you - no poke sallit! We have some big 'uns in our back yard.
Traci
I have never heard of anyone I know eating pokeweed. Always thought it was a weed and guess I was right. Saw where it was really bad for a horse too. I don't think I have seen that kind of moth at our place. Janie
Kelly that Moth is beautiful ~ havn't seen anything like it here ~ I'm glad you are not going to eat any Pokeweed I don't think I would either :o) ~ Ally x
Hey Kelly,
In my youth when I would visit relatives who lived in North Alabama out in the country, I ate what they called Poke Salad with no ill effects. It was quite a common food then and even now. I will tell you if you want to know how it tastes without actually trying it, cook spinach and break an egg into it and stir it in. It tastes exactly like the Poke Salad. And by the way, when my mom who is now in her 70's was a little girl, she said they used to take the berries and draw jewelry and sandals on their hands and feet with the juice. Just a little FYI! Take care!
Vicki in Birmingham
I was wondering about what Pokeweed was, now i know. The moths are gorgeous. It's worth having the pokeweed around for them. (Hugs)Indigo
My alerts apparently stopped working for your blog! I am SO FAR BEHIND NOW!!!!! I promise to get caught up soon. I didn't purposely stop reading, I thought you'd fallen off the planet for a while and that's why I wasn't getting alerts. Tonight I thought, I'd better check and make sure everything is ok with her and low and behold, new entries! Damn that Aol. ;) Hope everything is going well. I'll start catching up tomorrow night hopefully!
Jamie
So you'll never have the nickname "Poke Salade Annie". ;o) - Barbara
We have them or something related here as well. They hang on my screen door through the night and are there each morning. I don't think we have pokeweed though. LOL
xxx
Lisa
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