Things You Still Eat That You Loved As a Kid

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Poke Sallet is not like collards. They are poisonous do you have to boil out the poison. Then you put is in a large skillet and cook it again but you scramble an egg or two in with it...it is sooo good with cornbread!

Its why I asked...

We always had collards, which had to be boiled cause they were tough and bitter as hell.

I'd heard a granny or aunt talk about what I thought was called Poke Salad not Poke Sallet but I never knew how it was prepared I did not know they were poisonous.

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-librar...-poisoning

 FWIW thats kind of crazy, it shows how desperate things must have gotten at some point, for people to eat it and to have recipes. If nothing else having to boil and rinse and then sautee, atleast spinach and cabbage you can wilt immediately

All parts of the Pokeweed plant are toxic to humans. The highest amounts of poison are found in the roots, leaves, and stems. Small amounts are in the fruit.
Cooked berries and leaves (cooked twice in separate water) can technically be eaten. However, this is never recommended because there is no guarantee that they are safe. The roots should never be eaten.
Symptoms most often appear within 6 hours of ingestion.
 
Symptoms 
Symptoms may include:

• Seizures (convulsions)
  
• Diarrhea, sometimes hemorrhagic (bloody)
  
• Headache
  
• Loss of consciousness (unresponsiveness)
  
• Low blood pressure
  
• Muscle spasms
  
• Nausea and vomiting
  
• Rapid pulse
  
• Slow or difficult breathing
  
• Stomach pain
  
• Weakness
  

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Although it has to be one of the worst things I could eat...
I'm really into fried bologna sandwiches with mustard lately...
Couldn't stand them for years after eating too much of it as a child.

We had fried bologna sandwiches all the time except with mayo and sometimes a slice of cheese, LOL you had to slice them halfway through so they would lie flat. But hell we had fried bologna for breakfast sometimes too with scrambled eggs and biscuits. Fried Spam, fried Red Hots too

Here's one that I didn't learn about till I was in my 20's, my ex-wife's family had them all the time and they were good as hell. I'd have one today if I had all the ingredients

Sliced white bread, peanut butter, pineapple slice, sliced onion( preferably Vidalia) slice of boiled ham, and mayonnaise, with a few Wise potato chips and a glass of milk it is so good, and it's even better grilled. 

Didn't Elvis eat grilled peanut butter sandwiches with bacon and bananas?