I've never in my life ever heard anyone pronounce it that way. I've lived in the South my whole life so far. Even Tony Joe White says poke salad in "Poke Salad Annie."
The term “poke salad” is actually a misnomer. Even though that’s what a lot of people call the most common pokeweed dish, its true name is poke sallet or poke salat. That’s because poke has been eaten for so long by our European ancestors here in North America. The word sallet comes from an older form of English, and refers to something like a cooked salad. So, now you know: “poke salad” is actually poke sallet.
...it's supposedly toxic except as a very young plant.. is it like ''poke salad'' that is beneficial or do you need to chemically isolate components?
I was going to ask this as well. And fyi, it's poke sallet, not salad. Lol. I thought it was salad for years too.
I've never in my life ever heard anyone pronounce it that way. I've lived in the South my whole life so far. Even Tony Joe White says poke salad in "Poke Salad Annie."
gobby's right:
The term “poke salad” is actually a misnomer. Even though that’s what a lot of people call the most common pokeweed dish, its true name is poke sallet or poke salat. That’s because poke has been eaten for so long by our European ancestors here in North America. The word sallet comes from an older form of English, and refers to something like a cooked salad. So, now you know: “poke salad” is actually poke sallet.
https://www.wildabundance.net/pokeweed/?fbclid=IwAR1LzSohv8gdTex81JxG99XBaBi-87daMhtl7hPaWH8K5nKQenz-X84rb4Y
"Sallet" is a helmet, and "salat" is a muslim ritual.
We use modern English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrT-TQTLoiw