Post by BuckSkin on Apr 26, 2022 15:03:26 GMT
Wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris)
Cartridge for Size Reference is a .25-20 WCF; bullet diameter of 0.258 = a hair over 1/4-inch; those little yellow blooms are tiny.
This stuff grows crazy fast; one day, there is no evidence of it ever going to be there; and, the next day, it will be three-feet tall and blooming.
The locals call this "Creasey Greens" ; in fact, we have two varieties, Water Creaseys and Dry Land Creaseys; you mention eating "Cress" to any of these local old granny-women and they wouldn't know what you were talking about.
They claim this stuff is edible, both leaves and blooms, raw or cooked; but, I have ate the stuff, forced upon me by vindictive granny-women who harvest it by the colander-full; and, from my own experiences, they are using a very loose definition of the term edible.
No, it may not kill you if you eat it; but, you will think you are going to die.
After the smallest spoonful, you will violently squirt like a goose for days and get weak as an old sick cat and remain so for about three weeks after ingestion.
There are less traumatic ways to lose three weeks of one's short life and I definitely do not recommend the experience.
In April and into May, there are at least three other yellow-bloomed plants in Kentucky that, without close scrutiny, look almost identical to Wintercress and could very well be deadly poisonous.
I have seen these other species stalks growing right against Wintercress, with their leaves and blooms appearing to be part of the same plant; a senile, poor-sighted old granny-woman who is not prone to detail orientation, may not distinguish the difference and your supper that night may very well be your last.
These same old granny-women will regularly cook and feed Poke to their victims as if it were manna from Heaven.
I have eaten it raw in salads, boiled like greens, and breaded and fried, with much the same result as that from eating Wintercress.
I have since learned that every piece, part, and particle of Poke, in all seasons and all stages of growth, is highly toxic and deadly - I don't doubt that in the least.
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Cartridge for Size Reference is a .25-20 WCF; bullet diameter of 0.258 = a hair over 1/4-inch; those little yellow blooms are tiny.
This stuff grows crazy fast; one day, there is no evidence of it ever going to be there; and, the next day, it will be three-feet tall and blooming.
The locals call this "Creasey Greens" ; in fact, we have two varieties, Water Creaseys and Dry Land Creaseys; you mention eating "Cress" to any of these local old granny-women and they wouldn't know what you were talking about.
They claim this stuff is edible, both leaves and blooms, raw or cooked; but, I have ate the stuff, forced upon me by vindictive granny-women who harvest it by the colander-full; and, from my own experiences, they are using a very loose definition of the term edible.
No, it may not kill you if you eat it; but, you will think you are going to die.
After the smallest spoonful, you will violently squirt like a goose for days and get weak as an old sick cat and remain so for about three weeks after ingestion.
There are less traumatic ways to lose three weeks of one's short life and I definitely do not recommend the experience.
In April and into May, there are at least three other yellow-bloomed plants in Kentucky that, without close scrutiny, look almost identical to Wintercress and could very well be deadly poisonous.
I have seen these other species stalks growing right against Wintercress, with their leaves and blooms appearing to be part of the same plant; a senile, poor-sighted old granny-woman who is not prone to detail orientation, may not distinguish the difference and your supper that night may very well be your last.
These same old granny-women will regularly cook and feed Poke to their victims as if it were manna from Heaven.
I have eaten it raw in salads, boiled like greens, and breaded and fried, with much the same result as that from eating Wintercress.
I have since learned that every piece, part, and particle of Poke, in all seasons and all stages of growth, is highly toxic and deadly - I don't doubt that in the least.
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