..............and raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion.........

I knew you were a yankee!

My relatives grew it in Vermont. The only way I remember eating it was in a pie......Usually with strawberries........I crunched on some of the stalks like eating a celery, and it was edible....but on the sour side....

I think the plant itself (leaves, etc.) is poisonous though.....