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-- The title Miss Polk Salad is spelled P.O.L.K because of the Elvis Presley rendition of the song Polk Salad Annie (Lyrics by Tony Joe White)

-- The Miss in Miss Polk salad is used to represent a southern usage of the word and not to represent marital status.

Tennesse Polk Salad Assc.
P.O. Box 1006
Harriman, TN. 37748
David Webb (President)
Ron Coleman (Sec. Treasurer)
Use only 6 to 7 inch shoots before berries. ""The roots, berries, seeds, and mature stems and leaves of pokeweed are poisonous"" says Extension Foods Scientist Jean Weese. (Source: Dr. Jean Weeese, Food Scientist, Alabama Coopertive Extension System (334) 844-3269
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Jessica Weaver
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~ 2005 ~

Melissa E. May
(From Harriman, TN.)

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Heather Williams

  • You must be at least 18 years of age on or before the pageant date.
  • Pageant enteries can be single, married, or divorced.

  • The Winner receives prize money. 

Start planning now to enter the 2009 Miss Polk Salad Pageant. This Pageant will be held the second Saturday of May each year.  Next year's event will be even better and the prize money will be greater.

Watch for the announcement for the registration in the Roane County News in the month of February 2009.  For more information contact the Tennessee Polk Salad Association via Rocky Top General Store at rockytopgeneralstore@comcast.net

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NOTICE: All images, photos, and text on this website are owned by Rocky Top General Store and the respective photographer and/or sources. NONE of the images or photos on this site can be reused, published, or reprinted in ANY form without the written permission of the copyright holders. The phrases Tennesee Polk Salad Association, Miss Polk Salad, and Tennessee Polk Salad Queen, and related me rchandise and photos are the property of the Tennessee Polk Salad Association (Harriman, Tennessee). Unauthorized photography or duplication of the aforementioned phrases and/or materials will be considered a breech of our intellectual properties and well be dealt with as such. Photography by anyone other than the AUTHORIZED Polk Salad Association photographer(s) for COMMERCIAL purposes without express written permission from an authorized Polk Salad Association representative is strictly forbidden.