Heheh, well, I don't have an asphidity bag but I'm sure I can muster up something in its place! Looking at your link I DO remember that story! Thanks for the reminder. Gosh, can't believe it's been since 2008 when you wrote that; time flies.
Rereading it, now you have me staring at the roots of pokeweed, wondering dare I make a salve or a small bottle of "drop-at-a-time".
As for tattoos, my hands keep poke color for quite a while, just not in designs. And earlier this year my DD, Alex, used poke berries to dye a shirt she had. Not sure if she ever figured out how to set the dye but I know that bucket of shirt and purple/pink water sat on the kitchen counter for weeks.
Vic, eat yer pokeweed, at least once! You'll be fine.
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