How Did This Poisonous Plant Become One of the American South's Most Long-Standing Staples?

Food

The plant's inherent toxicity hasn't deterred those who swear by its delicious flavor and purported medicinal properties.

Poke sallet, a dish made with the cooked leaves of the poisonous pokeweed plant, is beloved by many in the American South, despite its latent toxicity.

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