I poisoned myself, Poke weed

[@josephwagner5038]

Glad your my brother. Thanks for the homestead lesson but more importantly the spiritual one. You said the good Lord wasn't done with you yet. Even in hard times and in persecution we can walk with confidence in God's sovereign plan. We appreciate You Duke

[@RuffCut]

Amen Bro. Joseph and Thank You

[@jerryhuntjj2885]

I'm on the 50 percent that's glad u saw another sunrise.

[@RuffCut]

Thank you Jerry !!

[@mary-catherine9237]

Brother Duke you are a riot! I am glad to see you are still here! God Bless!

[@RuffCut]

heehe sometimes the truth is funnier than a joke :) Thank you Sister !

[@notthereyethomestead8413]

I am so sorry that you were so ill, but thank you for sharing your horrific experience with all of us!!! I hope you are feeling alot better, and soon. Blessings!

[@RuffCut]

I feel good now Thank you

[@TriggaTreDay]

Thank you so much for sharing this information. It’s good to learn from people who have tried these things and figured them out from experience vs just spreading here say. Most people that warn people against most things have never tried the thing for themselves. You are a G for this. Also, it’s a good lesson to learn that all cooking methods aren’t made equal. I’m glad you made it to tell your story.

[@ctech14367]

I hear one of the side effects is long drawn out speech about things

[@RuffCut]

leaves you dumbfounded doesnt it

[@homegrowncountryhomeplace]

Duke I am glad you are alright. I never have eaten the stalks and I sure ain't going to now. Hate you had to go through that but I sure do appreciate you letting us know about it. Have a Blessed Day Friend. Justin

[@RuffCut]

yeah they say their good...I didn't prepare them properly but love the greens...Blessings

[@brendacole323]

I am so very sorry that you went through that but so happy you are still with us.

[@RuffCut]

Thank you Brenda!

[@MichelleGable-em8cd]

That's for being real about your experience... So happy you're alright 💚. Thanks for the information.

[@kevinr1704]

Glad you're ok! One of my uncle's about died from eating poke year's ago. God bless ya brother and I hope you have a great day!

[@RuffCut]

great he made it and Thanks for the blessing

[@riverviewstudiosnet]

Can you elaborate on exactly what he did that about killed him?

[@kevinr1704]

@@riverviewstudiosnet He didn't get it cooked right. It's poisonous if not prepared correctly.

[@msgtjim4692]

Bless you brother. Happy that you made it and you're right, the Lord is finished with you yet.

[@RuffCut]

No Sir, not yet !

[@donaldatkinson7937]

In SC, people have been eating Polk weed for a long time, but only the young shoots and leaves in the spring. Never larger stalks or any that have any purple color in them. My grandmother said her and my father was having, some kinda boils, risings, skin eruptions,someone told her to eat certain amount of berries for a certain number of days, like 6berries a day, for six days she didn't remember the exact amount, but she said her and him who was mabe 6or7 years old, ate the berries for the prescribed days, and neither had another problem with skin eruptions again. Ive ate as many as 12 at a time, with no problems.

[@RuffCut]

yeah its good for a lot of things if its prepared right...

[@HNXMedia]

Glad you made it! And here I thought I was the only person who had ever experienced that type of "reaction" when eating something (with EXACTLY the same outcome). I have loved eggs my whole life. Heck, I raised chickens for two decades. Last two times I ate eggs, exactly the same thing happened (all the way down to using a towel as a pillow while sleeping on the cool bathroom tile floor - it feels so good when you/re suffering like that for some reason).

[@RuffCut]

Eggs are making you sick?

[@HNXMedia]

@@RuffCut Yep, every time.

[@hubrisnaut]

My uncle was allergic to eggs. My dad's family, like most of us, didn't have much. His mom used to insist he eat them. They found out he was allergic after bringing him to the doctor when he got sick.

[@loquat44-40]

@@RuffCut Birds I believe can eat pokeweed seeds. I do not know if chickens do, but here is a list of native birds that do. If chickens eat them or something else that is toxic it could get into the eggs. The birds that you are most apt to see dining on pokeberries are year-round residents such as northern mockingbirds, brown thrashers, eastern bluebirds, American crows, cardinals, starlings and red-bellied woodpeckers.

[@jenmailsouth4155]

@@loquat44-40 I remember as a kid my goats ate some poke berries one year. They had the bright purple poops. lol I have heard that poke berries are good for arthritis. I believe they dry them and take one a day. They say not to chew the seeds though. I have not tried it.

[@mesalyn]

Always get the small young plants and leaves, thanks for the video. I have been not fixing the big stems. I remember the video you made when you cut up those stems and wasn't sure that was a good idea, now I know. Don't want to go through what you did. I am in the top 50%, good videos.

[@RuffCut]

Thank you James...I'm not messing with them anymore...I'll stay with the greens...appreciate you

[@scottwalker2482]

My Grandma told me that "With poke weed, the further down the plant you go, the more toxic it is...Don't ever mess with the root or the stalk..."

[@LeannaKinson]

Wow, Duke!!! I’m so happy you made it through that ordeal!! Didn’t sound like it was much fun so I think I’ll pass. Take care my dear friend. I for one would miss you!!! Love and blessings to you.

[@RuffCut]

Hi Leanna ! I sure was glad when that day was over !!

[@suzzettebridges4931]

If they get to old they are poisoness

[@enaid54]

My mother told me you have to pour the water off several times to make it non poisonous! I've always been afraid of it and never cooked it! Glad you lived to tell about it!

[@RuffCut]

thats right...we boil it twice but use to boil it 3 times....Thanks

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Ive never herd of eating the stems . We boil the leaves a couple times and eat em. I have been taught they will shut down the respiratory system. I eat a few berries along when my knee is acting up

[@RuffCut]

We eat the greens too...never had a problem

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@RuffCut you never had trouble breathing during you episode with it?

[@RuffCut]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors yeah...i got out of breath when I was groaning and about to pass out lol

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@RuffCut 😂its not funny but the way you tell it is . You just won a new subscriber. I think we have a lot in common

[@RuffCut]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I hope you like it here...We like to shake things up Blessings

[@dreamcreationsadventures]

I am ready too Duke 👍🏻 I had always heard only young leaves that have been boiled 3-4 times to be edible I heard not to eat the berries either, but I had ate berries many times for what health benefits but only fresh young ripe berries and only 2-4 berries a day. I didn’t have any issues but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be I reckon. I never gave thought to eating the stems or heard of it. Sure glad the Lord isn’t through with ya yet. 🙏🏻❤️‍🔥🤟🏻

[@RuffCut]

Hi Sister...I didn't prepare them properly...I never had trouble with the leaves...I thought we would see Brenda and Mark today. Blessings

[@riverviewstudiosnet]

Did the berries help you?

[@dreamcreationsadventures]

@@riverviewstudiosnet you have to be VERY CAREFUL when eating Poke berries as they can cause severe intestinal issues and know where you’re getting them so as no insecticides or contaminants. I can’t claim health benefits but only know the health benefits I have heard and read of them. And ALWAYS make sure it is young fresh.

[@TheBeardedCarpenter]

Howdy Brother Duke- glad you didn’t kick out on us, but sorry you had a bad experience. We’ve eaten poke stalks, but my wife always peeled the outside membrane off and rinsed em before she fried em. Have a great day brother. God bless y’all

[@RuffCut]

there's a right way and wrong way of doing things...I'm not going to try them again Blessings Bro. Paul

[@yknowgirl]

Not disappointed, glad to see you stay!

[@RuffCut]

appreciate ye saying so !

[@advillwertz6585]

You're a pretty good ole dude. Reminds me of folks. You dag gum keep on doing it.

[@RuffCut]

yes Sir ! Thanks

[@KarenYork-t2c]

So glad you survived and get to teach us even more! ❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

[@RuffCut]

I'm happy I'm still here :) Thank you!

[@KarenYork-t2c]

@@RuffCut you are welcome! I love learning from those who know like you and a former Amish man who shares the old order Amish ways of self sufficiency!

[@paulswanson8189]

That happened to me once too Duke. But I attributed it to Coors Lite and a wedding dance!

[@RuffCut]

that must have been gastranomical Paul !! :)

[@jenmailsouth4155]

hahaha

[@DV-ol7vt]

I’ve been preparing and eating poke a long time. I ate some small stems and leaves that I prepared and had in the freezer from this year. I had the worst scours and belly ache. I wonder if poke is more toxic some years. Glad your better!

[@RuffCut]

I don't know DV but i don't want a repeat lol

[@dmalloy96]

Glad your still here to tell us about your experience hope you have a great week

[@RuffCut]

Thanks David Lord bless you

[@oldschoolwithamoderntwist6074]

,,,hiya Duke ,,just checking back in to see how your doing,,,

[@RuffCut]

I'm doing good...getting ready to water the garden and feed...Thank you James

[@RuffCut]

Hope you have a blessed day

[@REAPERMILITIAOUTDOORS]

I tell ya Ole Duke I'm ready when willing for damn sure brother. Glad everything turned out well, good way to learn is the hard way lol.

[@RuffCut]

I'm not doing that twice lol

[@REAPERMILITIAOUTDOORS]

@@RuffCut Lol I read that brother.

[@Elvis-mw9sr]

Yeh Duke the young tender leaves are good, however most of the toxins are in the roots, stems and berries..

[@RuffCut]

Hey Elvis ! I'm staying with the leaves!

[@Elvis-mw9sr]

@@RuffCut I love the leaves with scrambled eggs. I also like mixing them with young mustard and fry them in bacon grease.

[@RuffCut]

@@Elvis-mw9sr I know what your screamin' We cook ours with eggs, real bacon bits, onions and bell peppers...its so good. Great to hear from you

[@HOMESTEAD_AUS]

Oh boy..that story brought back memories of me poisoning Wayne with a chicken sandwich I bought…We feel ya Duke!!!!👍👍👍You went through the ringer ..no the Lord isn’t through with you yet..50 per cent glad to see you go where?? ..what’s the trip you planning Duke?I think it’s the same as ours ..and our tickets are sitting here like yours with no expiry date.. whilst we wait on the Lord to take us on the best air trip we’ve ever had in our life soon..🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@RuffCut]

puts a smile on my face Lynne! I'm working on a bible lesson bout the Rapture...I talked to you or Wayne about it a while ago and think you were mid trib? Anyway its not so much about the timing but more about "watching" and "looking" Titus 2: 13 Lord's blessings Brother and Sister

[@HOMESTEAD_AUS]

@@RuffCut look forward to it Duke..we believe at this point time we will go through Tribulation ..but I’m no bible scholar so just watching and waiting like you are Duke..We’ve prepared for the worst and hope we are wrong sometimes ..BUT what I DO know is …anyone that believes on the Lord Jesus Christ and hears His voice is one of His sheep and will be saved from this crazy earth..🙏🏻👍🇺🇸

[@RuffCut]

@@HOMESTEAD_AUS AMEN judgement is coming

[@RuffCut]

I take that back...JUDGEMENT IS ALREADY HERE

[@HOMESTEAD_AUS]

@@RuffCut yep🙏🏻🇺🇸

[@TerrellSpivey]

Glad you're okay brother! Interesting I'd been talking about poke weeds growing in some of our fields some weeks ago and had some ppl to say it was poisonous. Now I know for sure!

[@RuffCut]

Terrell I still eat the leaves ....best greens there are...i'm not telling you to eat them though

[@TerrellSpivey]

@@RuffCut oh do you!! Man! Yeah I'll let you enjoy them! Lol

[@rachelross5829]

For anyone who comes across this video...... Always have activated charcoal around especially if you forage and eat wild. I love my beautiful poke bush because I understand how deadly but medicinal she can be.

[@kickapootrackers7255]

Glad ya made it through the experience. Kinda funny when ya said, they ain't that dadgum good 😂 . Appreciate the heads up on the stems

[@RuffCut]

Will the baked stems were a lil bitter and then later I read in the book if they have a bitter taste don't eat them lol

[@Constitutionalapologist]

In california they'd have charged you two grand for the ultimate turbo cleanse. Our lives are in His hands. Wasn't your time and I'm glad. :)

[@RuffCut]

I can say I have been turbo charged lol Thanks for the laugh Joni !!

[@ColKorn1965]

Stalks and roots are no-no's. My grandma cooked and I ate tons of this stuff when I was a kid. Boil it 2-3 times and throw the water away each time and then into a frying pan with fatback

[@RuffCut]

thats right

[@tracybruring7560]

that batch may have developed the poison sooner. i feel that weather effects that; if there is any red at all i don't even eat the leaves.

[@RuffCut]

what I fried before was out of the same batch that was baked. Thanks

[@janicejurgensen2122]

I’m glad u made it! I love your channel

[@RuffCut]

Thank you very much

[@brownbutterflyy1058]

Thank you for the warning! I'm so glad you're alive to tell it and make us laugh in the process 😂😂😂😂

[@CalvinsCorner72]

God I sure am glad you made it Duke. God bless. Thanks for the update

[@RuffCut]

Don't want to go through that again...Thanks Calvin....

[@AgainsttheGrainHomestead]

Oh my! I'm so glad you survived. Thank you for being brave enough and caring for others enough to share your story. Yes, we all have a time appointed by God to die, and you're right, He's not done with you yet. I never knew of your channel previously, it was just suggested, so now I look forward to seeing more of your videos.

[@RuffCut]

Lord bless you

[@jwhey2fun]

I know you probably don’t want to attempt Polk salad stalks anymore but you can Parabol them drain the water lightly boil them once more and then pickled them they are really really good.

[@RuffCut]

yeah I know I didn't prepare them properly...Thanks Jamie

[@TriggaTreDay]

How old were the stalks you prepared? Did they already have berries growing when you harvested them?

[@GuntersGarage]

Interesting, I wonder what is different in the leaves vs the stems. Glad it worked out of your system and all is ok :)

[@RuffCut]

Doing good Thanks Robert

[@kbbacon]

It's probably a lot harder to leach the toxins out of a stem.

[@hubrisnaut]

Glad you are ok. Hard way to clean out your old gizzard... One time I got very sick (threw up for a couple of hours) after just nibbling on some raw roots of wild garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Turns out the plant contains cyanide compounds, especially the roots (the roots can kill fungus in the soil.). The leaves do to, in small amounts, but It is destroyed when cooked...

[@RuffCut]

cyanide wow could have been real bad Glad you made it

[@hubrisnaut]

​@@RuffCutwell, I don't feel now I was in to much danger of dying, but It only took a couple of bites to make me very sick.

[@DevaJones03]

i watched your pokeweek harvest video years ago and enjoyed it. thanks for being honest about what happened because you have no idea how many are on the internet talking about you dont need to boil poke at all and they eat it all the time and it wont do anything to you. i hate it happened to you but thanks for your experience and warning. glad you're ok

[@RuffCut]

Thank you yes I should have boiled the stems like I do the leaves. I'll stay with the leaves, i like them more anyhow

[@DevaJones03]

@@RuffCut same here!

[@PawPawMountain]

How you doing Duke? Just checking on my Brother!

[@RuffCut]

I'm doing real good....appreciate you David

[@homesteadingpastor]

Wow! Hate you had to go through this, but sure glad you are still here. Thanks for sharing my friend. 😇🙏🏻👍🏻🙌🏻❤️

[@RuffCut]

Thanks Pastor Lon

[@rheidtech]

Cant tell if youre jokin or not lol. Been there tho. Funny how one bad episode keeps you away from something for the rest of your life. Lol. Mine happened to be twice baked potatoes. Was at a wedding reception on the seacoast. Wasnt the potatoes. Lol. It was red tide. Still wont touch twice baked potatoes. (By twice baked i mean baked, cored out, whipped with other ingredients and squeezed back into a potato shell). It was hell.

[@RuffCut]

R I was serious :) I heard of red tide but never saw it

[@djangodunn5968]

New subscriber here and thank God you survived. I always avoided poke stems but love the leaves and never had a problem. Many years ago in Colorado my wife and I drank some wine a friend brought over to share but we had eaten some sauteed mushrooms "inky caps" and the next day all we could do lay in the yard and pray. Never had gut problems but felt like we had been poisoned. Thanks for spreading the word God bless you.

[@RuffCut]

some bad mushrooms and wine....mercy ! Hope you like it here !

[@djangodunn5968]

@@RuffCut The problem was those inky caps, should never be eaten with alcohol in ones system. Bless y'all

[@RuffCut]

@@djangodunn5968 OK I see, just researched it

[@erinjean2695]

There’s inky caps all over my horse pasture but I won’t touch them I like having a night time drink too much haha!

[@LifewithBlindaandChuck]

Thankful you are well. That would be terrible to have to go through.

[@RuffCut]

Thank you...I promise I won't do that again :)

[@darrinmcgann]

Don't know y'all but glad you're still hear!

[@RuffCut]

Thank you

[@darrinmcgann]

@@RuffCut yeah Brother

[@glenns8418]

The Lord does have a sense of humor. He kept you here to poke fun at the people who want to see you gone. Glad your ok. Thank you for being truthful yet agin.

[@RuffCut]

heehe "poke" fun I'm glad that day is over....Thanks Glenn!

[@cabotbluegill]

we don t have that up here that did not sound good t all

[@RuffCut]

no Sir it wasn't good....what you been up to, haven't seen you in a while

[@cabotbluegill]

@@RuffCut Right out straight building rabbit cages and tending the garden busy time of year

[@TreasureHuntingSWPA412]

Wow Duke that sounds like a scary experience. I'm glag you recovered and are feeling better. Yes sir one serving of that was enough.

[@RuffCut]

I prepared it wrong but to me its not worth having around...I like the greens though...thanks Matt

[@2012listo]

This has got to be the funniest "foraging with drunken uncs" episode ever!

[@RuffCut]

@@2012listo wrong...it's the shrooms

[@KissmyBasss]

Tough Ol' buzzard, Thanks for sharing your experience, glad you made it thru.

[@richardliles4415]

Sounds like a terrible experience, I’m glad you’re OK Duke. Take care of yourself brother.

[@RuffCut]

yes Sir, Thank you

[@TheBullsGarden]

Don’t eat no more of that stuff brother Duke. Glad you made it through that experience must have been scary

[@RuffCut]

Hey Brother Bull....I did wonder how bad it was going to get

[@scottwalker2482]

Much obliged...and glad you're still kickin'...

[@RuffCut]

Still kickin'. :)

[@RandyH400]

Glad you're doing better my friend!

[@RuffCut]

Thank you!

[@susanlee6816]

Oh my Duke. I'm so happy you are ok now. I had food poison and that was painful. Can't imagine what you went through gesh. God bless 🙏 stay safe hugs ❤️

[@RuffCut]

I'm glad it didn't last any longer than it did. Thank you Susan

[@susanlee6816]

@@RuffCut love you brother 🙏❤️

[@Corabelle_lane]

You are a true gem my friend. ❤

[@RuffCut]

Hi !

[@timfoster8683]

I’m the 50 that glade ur still around. An hope it for a long. Time. Thank u.

[@RuffCut]

Appreciate you!

[@backachershomestead]

I was always told only eat leaves and berries. But you must boil the leaves 2-3 times before eating them.

[@RuffCut]

yep

[@Polamish]

Duke, have you thought about growing moringa? Benefits humans as well as your critters. You have the perfect climate for it. I'm up here in WI. Our growing season is terribly short.

[@RuffCut]

Thanks for the heads up...I will look into it...I heard of it but never knew the benefits

[@CrochetPalace]

Thanks for sharing! Very important info.

[@normaclemins4134]

So glad you made.it and doings fime.Godbless

[@michelleengland6294]

My mom fixed the stalk chopped up. She rolled it in cornmeal an cooked in hot bacon grease after it got tender she added scrambled eggs. She lived to be 84, I’m 55 an I still eat it this way.

[@RuffCut]

yeah I know I didn't prepare it right

[@jenmailsouth4155]

@Michelle did your mom boil the stems, just peel them or what?

[@Elvis-mw9sr]

You too Brother. Glad you are doing good. I'm ready for a break from this north Mississippi heat...

[@RuffCut]

Its been hot a dry N LA

[@john1COR151-4]

Glad you’re feeling better. Well, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, as they say. God bless.

[@RuffCut]

Thank ye John...at my age I'm not sure bout that one :) Blessings

[@jketch1]

Glad to see ya make it through. The Good Lord still has plans for ya. Yeah laying on the bathroom floor with my pants around my ankles is not the way I’d want to go 😁 I can just see the obituary. Coroner said he sh*t his self to death 🤣 You take care Mr Duke. God bless

[@RuffCut]

died from dehydration sounds better Ketch!!

[@jketch1]

@@RuffCut yes that does sound better 😁

[@duckdog38]

Thanks for shareing your story. Glad you made it through.

[@RuffCut]

you're welcome and Thank you

[@HarveyKlee]

Glad You made it Duke. Keep toiling the Lord's work.

[@RuffCut]

Yes Sir Thank you His grace be with you

[@supersneakusa4492]

Glad your back in good health sir .... From what I saw about pokeweed is that you need to double boil the leaves only to get the toxins out before eating it.

[@RuffCut]

yes, I didn't prepare the stems properly

[@FishingFoolsOutdoors]

Stay away from those stems. Glad you’re ok. Take care, and blessings

[@RuffCut]

I thought I might "branch out" lol I'll stay wit the leaves. Lord bless you

[@wsearp]

Sorry you got sick..... My Dad used to fry up poke stems, but he used the tender twigs and rolled them in cornmeal..... Said the cornmeal kept them from making a person sick.... We loved them, but at my age (84) I don't take chances.... Perhaps they reacted with the aluminum pan you used?.....

[@RuffCut]

I dont know but I'm staying with the leaves :)

[@wsearp]

@@RuffCut Good advice.... I love Okra too by the way.... Stay healthy my friend, I just came off covid and nearly bought the farm, but am feeling pretty good right now...

[@survivortechharold6575]

being from southeast Kentucky we grew up eating poke, but only spring leaves simmered in bacon grease.

[@nickbrett8642]

God bless ya brother,glad your ok.

[@RuffCut]

Thank you Nick

[@onetiredmamabear9712]

Dang, Mr. Duke, are you okay?? 🙏 😢

[@RuffCut]

I'm doing fine now Mama Bear ! Thank you !!

[@amyeteel5379]

Oh mercy 🥺.. glad you recovered Duke.

[@RuffCut]

Thank you Amye

[@amyeteel5379]

@@RuffCut your most welcome..don't let that deter you..lesson learned. One thing for sure, you took a hard hit of anti cancer and that'll be the last thing to take your honry, cantankerous old fart butt out...🤣 lol! You the man😁

[@RuffCut]

@@amyeteel5379 I'm all fixed up then !!

[@roninmd]

If you are gonna eat the stalk, I heard you have to peel the outer layer. Don't bake it because the heat may not distribute evenly enough to destroy the toxins. I has to be fried like fried okra so that the heat in the oil is distributed throughout the peeled stalks in cornmeal. Also, you might have had a berry seed in one of them. Or you ate the part of the stalk that is closest to the root. The root is the worst part of the plant to eat. It's worse than the berries. The leaves just need one boil but it has to boil for 10 minutes in a big pot. In smaller pots you gotta boil and add water at least 3 times. It's the volume of water and time boiling that is important. Frying them at a higher temperature till crispy will also destroy the toxins.

[@dalehenderson3526]

Sorry this happened to you Duke. Glad you survived. I do eat some young stems but I always boil them and change the water. Make them like asparagus.

[@RuffCut]

Hi Dale! Yes I should be more careful how I prepare them.

[@KeepMeLord05]

You may be right about poke salad but I didn't eat any poke salad and what you describe I also had. The pain was so bad I thought I was having an Appendicitis attack or worse. Later I heard a virus was going around with the same painful symptoms. Glad you're doing well!

[@RuffCut]

Thank you..I didn't prepare it right and I read in the book later that it shouldn't taste bitter and it did. There is a chance that I could have caught a virus but I doubt it. I'm convinced enough I'm not eating the stems anymore :)

[@KeepMeLord05]

@@RuffCut I watched my mother par boil poke salad to death so I believe you're most likely right, in fact, I'm afraid of poke salad. lol

[@RuffCut]

@@KeepMeLord05 yes i eat the leaves and they're my favorite greens...never any problems and i pick them before the plant makes berries. Thanks...good talking with you

[@BigRW]

Glad you're alright, young man.

[@RuffCut]

Thank you

[@tammywhite9229]

Glad you are ok. Is poke root safe?

[@RuffCut]

I have settled on the greens...I like them

[@richardsolomon8076]

Wow bro that sounds like a very unpleasant day 😳 very glad that you are here to till us 🕊🙏❤ ,,,

[@RuffCut]

Richard you know I'm always doing something I know nothing about :)

[@scrounger69]

I'm glad your OK

[@RuffCut]

Thank you very much !

[@jenmailsouth4155]

That's sounded very painful. I'm glad it didn't last real long on you and so glad you made it though!!

[@RuffCut]

Thanks Jen...I had kidney stones before and its worse than that...I thank the Lord it didnt last long

[@jenmailsouth4155]

@@RuffCut oh me!

[@babybeeapiaries8667]

Thanks for sharing. Glad you are ok. Be careful.

[@RuffCut]

Thank you

[@jtmckay2116]

Good to hear your doing ok that's nothing to mess with some of them plants can kill you quick when not fixed properly but we are all glad your ok God bless you 🙏

[@lovenotes5299]

You have to boil, pour off water, add more water- 3 times- they are posionous

[@RuffCut]

Yep I do that with leaves

[@negativefishermen9286]

Always heard you had to boil twice before eating. I’m 23

[@RuffCut]

yeah the leaves and I pour the water off between boils

[@joelgrubb8368]

My great grandmother smoked polk weed for breathing problems. Not me, I eat only young leaves parboiled 3 times. Then taste similar to spinach to me. Glad your ok. Enjoyed your testimony of the Lord 😊

[@RuffCut]

Thank you Joel

[@jenmailsouth4155]

That's interesting. Did she just dry the leaves like tobacco? What did she say it did for her?

[@joelgrubb8368]

She smoked it in the fall time of year, for breathing problems. Our family grew tobacco in East Tennessee, so that would be air cured. I imagine that was the process. It must have helped her. Sorry, I don’t have anymore information.

[@joelgrubb8368]

She smoked it in the fall time of year, for breathing problems. Our family grew tobacco in East Tennessee, so that would be air cured. I imagine that was the process. It must have helped her. Sorry, I don’t have anymore information.

[@joelgrubb8368]

She smoked it in the fall time of year, for breathing problems. Our family grew tobacco in East Tennessee, so that would be air cured. I imagine that was the process. It must have helped her. Sorry, I don’t have anymore information.

[@stephaniesparks1967]

I'm ready to go too! Gonna be a great day when we do! You gotta go a little more peacefully though...that seems like a not great way to go.

[@RuffCut]

I don't know how it will end but I'm looking for HIS glorious appearing! :-)

[@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

God Bless you Brother, you better stick to Biscuits and Gravy like me....lol.

[@RuffCut]

Health food! :)

[@rdavis6345]

Glad you made it brother. You need to buy some activated charcoal capsules for such issues.

[@RuffCut]

not familiar with that

[@ryanjunior7408]

When you were talking about the incident you had in the bathroom,you could’ve called a family member in your family to give you assistance,although you didn’t have to let yourself ache like that.

[@RuffCut]

yeah I always can look back and see how i could do things different....always

[@badtoad6865]

So should you have boiled the stems???

[@RuffCut]

yes !

[@Stephen-rb7mp]

How u been Duke? I'm ready for fall!

[@RuffCut]

Hey Stephen...been real hot aint it....the bad guys get slippry this time of year lol

[@Stephen-rb7mp]

@@RuffCut yep lol they do! Glad ur doin good

[@RuffCut]

@@Stephen-rb7mp Thank you...Lord bless and keep you

[@endangeredspecies1744]

So glad you are okay! Probably made some parasites very unhappy!

[@RuffCut]

lol Thanks!

[@chuckhenderson2312]

Man I’m glad you’re ok

[@RuffCut]

appreciate ye Chuck

[@steveruby2120]

Thank God you're ok. You can't keep a good man down. You better take better care of our friend Duke or there will be hell to pay. God be with you buddy.

[@RuffCut]

it would be a good thing to take better care of myself...maybe be a lil smarter :) Lord bless you Brother