Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
My grandmother use to make tea from sassafras roots every spring to 'clean the blood'. In the winter time she made tea from green pine needles when fresh fruit wasn't available. I can't remember a time when any of us kids or family members were sick with the flu or had any illness at all other then a cold now and then. And we were told because we didn't keep our hand clean was why we got a cold.
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Are you sure you didn't grow up near me in Milton, WV? That's the same way I was raised. Even after I left to come to CA, my uncle used to pick and send us Sass roots. Then I discovered it can be found in some health food stores..forgot about it lately, have to hunt up more. And as for greens, anything that grew in the garden or fields or woods was fair game for our table.[/quote]
HaHa...never been to Milton, WV..grew tall and skinny right here in Mid TN..way out in the country on 'Nosegay Road'. I did not know that Collards would get better with frost..said before, I've never eaten them! Might not again..LOL...think the pressure cooker REALLY tenderized them (6 minutes). Oh well, learn by doing. The thread about sassafras has reminded me I've not seen it in my country groc in a long time. Don't you love the smell of it?