Eating Poison Oak: Alex Ramirez's Childhood.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Ortiz, Beverly R.
- Source
- Gathering of Voices: The Native Peoples of the California Central Coast; 2002, p157-160, 4p
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- Language
The article shares the childhood experience of Alex Ramirez of Oklahoma in eating poison oak. Ramirez shares how his mother introduced him to the culture of eating poison oak as a way to treat his colds. He describes how his mother taught him to pluck the oak's flowers and suck the nectar from the base. He recalls that the best time to eat oak was during the spring when the leaves are easier to eat.