In a message dated 8/15/2005 11:33:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jimmckenney@starpower.net writes: I have a friend who used to invite friends in each spring to try his boiled pokeweed. There are those who say it's as good as asparagus. The site I read said it needed to be boiled twice before it can be safely eaten. Jim's remarks about his childhood and pokeweed reminded me that we used to gather the berries in a jar and let them make "ink" too. I always have some pokeweed coming up here someplace or another. It can be a rather handsome plant. Bill Lee