Message #1883

[dgbygrace]

Polk Salad Recipe
You know it is springtime in the south when you hear folks talking about 'picking a mess of polk salad'. Polk salad is a wild growing perennial that appears in the spring, with it's young tender leaves and stalk being a much sought after traditional southern delicacy.

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 Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Vegetables
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    3       lb           Polk salad -- fresh
    1       md           Onion -- diced
    1       tb           Baking soda
      1/2   c            Bacon fat
    3                    Eggs
 
   Note: Polk Salad is a spinach type vegetable that
   grows wild in the woods. Dissolve the baking soda into
   a pot of boiling water.  Add Polk salad and cook for
   3« minutes.  Drain and discard the water.  In a FRESH
   pot of boiling water, cook the Polk salad until it is
   limp and looks like cooked spinach.
   Heat the bacon fat in a skillet, add onions, the Polk
   salad, and the eggs, and sauté until eggs are done.


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Thanks for asking I learned something today!