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.
Why are you insisting that a hillbilly mispronunciation of a word is somehow the correct word?
The real Old English words that we still use are spelled differently now. Just as an FYI, our word "salad" comes from the French word "salade," not from Anglo-Saxon. You have to go all the way back to Latin to find a "t" in a proper spelling of the word ("salate").
Live in ignorance if you wish. I just hate to see made up things presented as fact. That's all.
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
I am left no recourse other than to show you all of the Old English words we STILL use to this day.
Why are you fighting gobby/myself over such a small matter? What does it gain you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Anglo-Saxon_origin
Why are you insisting that a hillbilly mispronunciation of a word is somehow the correct word?
The real Old English words that we still use are spelled differently now. Just as an FYI, our word "salad" comes from the French word "salade," not from Anglo-Saxon. You have to go all the way back to Latin to find a "t" in a proper spelling of the word ("salate").
Live in ignorance if you wish. I just hate to see made up things presented as fact. That's all.