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Please help me figure out a dish from the past.

Posted on 10/29/13 at 6:37 pm
Posted by Guess
Down The Road
Member since Jun 2009
3773 posts
Posted on 10/29/13 at 6:37 pm
Need some help trying to get some information on something that my grandmother used to cook when I was a kid. It was some kind of greens that she used to smother like mustard greens. It grew wild down here in south La and we used to call it "Morell". I have no idea the actual spelling because I have never seen it written. Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? My sister said that she thinks knightshade is a more common name for it but that is just a large group of plants and I couldn't find what I'm referring to.
Posted by LakeViewLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2009
17730 posts
Posted on 10/29/13 at 6:51 pm to


LINK

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Its leaves are used as a green, boiled twice or more like pokeweed.
This post was edited on 10/29/13 at 7:02 pm
Posted by BlackenedOut
The Big Sleazy
Member since Feb 2011
5807 posts
Posted on 10/29/13 at 6:51 pm to
Maybe dandelion greens or poke
Posted by Guess
Down The Road
Member since Jun 2009
3773 posts
Posted on 10/29/13 at 7:24 pm to
Thanks that would be it. I kind of remember it being said that it was poisonous if you cooked it wrong or something to that effect. All of the old people in my family were french speaking first and the actual term I was looking for is "morelle noire," but we just said "morelle."
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47398 posts
Posted on 10/30/13 at 12:13 am to
Meridian Dog probably knows.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48857 posts
Posted on 10/30/13 at 6:35 am to
No one remembers Poke Salad Annie?

Gator got her granny.

Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
29206 posts
Posted on 10/30/13 at 7:46 am to
Ya her momma workin on a chain gang
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