BEAUTYBERRY - Can I Make This Fruit Taste As Good As It Looks?

BEAUTYBERRY - Can I Make This Fruit Taste As Good As It Looks? - Weird Fruit Explorer

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Ep 564: BEAUTY BERRIES - Can I Make This Fruit Taste As Good As It Looks? - Weird Fruit Explorer
Binomial Name: Callicarpa americana
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@NachozMan 3 жыл бұрын

These look like video game "grapes" lol

@homebody0089 3 жыл бұрын

Now you mentioned it, they look like the grapes from that NES game "King of Kings".

@ktennyson7108 3 жыл бұрын

Taste the same too

@johnd.rednut297 3 жыл бұрын

@@ktennyson7108 lol

@JohnSmith-bv4nw 3 жыл бұрын

8 bits of flavor.

@rickyhan7023 3 жыл бұрын

Not a texture berries

@desaturatedyou 3 жыл бұрын

That bucket of berries was gorgeous

@Amy_the_Lizard 3 жыл бұрын

For real, I just kept staring at it...

@XoroksComment 3 жыл бұрын

Something to note is that while the American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) has traditionally been used to make jam, many ornamental Beautyberry shrubs might not be Callicarpa americana but rather species such as Callicarpa dichotoma, bodinieri or japonica. The edibility of those different ornamental species is less well documented. Especially here in Europe, Callicarpa americana is practically non-existent. We only grow the Asian species. Something to keep in mind before you chuck down a bunch of berries or process them into jam. ID the plant first.

@exactly3053 3 жыл бұрын

@Cosmo Kramer they say the jam is very delicious, they pair it with other fruit for the jam and I guess the beautyberry in conjunction with other fruit has a really good taste.

@raccongamefit8831 3 жыл бұрын

If I were to correlate that fruit with something, it would be chives, because sometimes it has the same color and is also spicy.I don't know if I would ever try to make jam from these fruits🤔...

@Bubu567 3 жыл бұрын

Oh ok. I remember as a kid being told these are poisonous and I remember a kid getting sick from eating them(nausea). Must have been another similar looking species. The leaves taste like peppermint or something, though, and you can eat those.

@61hink 3 жыл бұрын

@@exactly3053 Sounds like stone soup

@kdonsky6 3 жыл бұрын

These are Callicarpa americana, foraged from the wild in North Florida! That is interesting though.

@danidanfm4005 3 жыл бұрын

have you ever considered making a fruitsalad out of your favourite fruits? maybe 5-10 fruits of your all time top 50 would make a unique experience. ^^

@WeirdExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@mat5473 3 жыл бұрын

More people should make fruit salad! I recently started making a big tupperware of fruit salad every few days. it's a great way to get more fruit in your diet.

@zedianzediessi 3 жыл бұрын

Durian egg fruit mangosteen cherimoya and star apple? That sounds gross lol I guess the fruits I like are too different

@somethinginthewalls388 3 жыл бұрын

@C Preacher fruit salad is quite good if you add fruit which complement eachother's flavors. otherwise yeah, fruit salads are kind of a shitshow

@poisontoad8007 3 жыл бұрын

'Like in many cases it's beautiful but has no personality whatsoever' 🤣🤣🤣

@victoriawilliams2786 3 жыл бұрын

👍😂😂😂😂

@xxxfire_leonxxx 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one picking up on that comedy gold

@jmcewans 3 жыл бұрын

You should know better than to spread this kind of pick up artist "philosophy"

@Unsensitive 3 жыл бұрын

@@jmcewans just because a despicable group professes something, doesn't make it untrue

@jmcewans 3 жыл бұрын

@@Unsensitive The point is, it's at best a nonsense stereotype, at worst it helps maintain a typically sexist attitude

@trapdoorguppi 3 жыл бұрын

I've been having a hard mother's Day (I lost my son 5 years ago and lost my mum 3 years ago so it's hard) this cheered me up Jared thank you. I needed this so much and you made me smile

@WeirdExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it cheered you up a bit.

@ronaldowens5025 3 жыл бұрын

I get it my father died March 9 three years ago my wife's mother's birthday was the 9 and she died on mother's day 18 years ago on her birthday/ mother's day. It's just crying all around for me mom's all upset, wife's all sad ,I'm dealing with my own sadness and still having to comfort them. Yeah!!!

@garmancathotmailcom 3 жыл бұрын

My mom has been gone 30 years now so here is my Happy Mother's Day for you.

@CoreyVonBloch 3 жыл бұрын

My prayers are with you!

@trapdoorguppi 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoreyVonBloch thank you

@James-ct4lz 3 жыл бұрын

Man, the bacteria in your guts must be on edge, not knowing what they're going to get on a daily badass

@Didartie 3 жыл бұрын

😭😭😂😂😂😂

@benjaminwahl8059 3 жыл бұрын

on a daily badass?

@mrfish.- 3 жыл бұрын

Badass???

@afreakingtree 3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean basis?

@nekomimicatears 3 жыл бұрын

Daily badass?

@SamKosel 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like whenever something is not very good, people just make jam out of it.

@chairwood 3 жыл бұрын

no one has made jam out of me yet

@floofzykitty5072 3 жыл бұрын

and I love how the juice he made was basically lemonade with just a bit of the berry concentrate and he basically said "if it was more like lemonade I think it would taste even better"

@nin-nin24 3 жыл бұрын

@@chairwood yet

@The.Queen.Cat. 3 жыл бұрын

I never had jammed rabbit

@SamKosel 3 жыл бұрын

@@The.Queen.Cat. then you’ve never really lived.

@JeBubbieSpubbies 3 жыл бұрын

I was very curious about the beauty berry, mostly about how edible it is. Glad to know they're just alright. I'll probably make some beauty berry lemonade, just to see how it is.

@WeirdExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, not the best thing in the world, but would be fun to experiment with

@katrinakollmann5265 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe nice added to strawberry lemonade? Or rose lemonade?

@katrinakollmann5265 3 жыл бұрын

Freeze some in ice cubes.. wonder if they would stay purple...

@henningbartels6245 3 жыл бұрын

Banana bread, in Central Europe it is considered as lightly poisonous, especially for children or pets. It contains toxins which can case vomiting or nausea, but not life threatening.

@Amy_the_Lizard 3 жыл бұрын

@@henningbartels6245 Seriously? My lizard Cuddles ate some one time and he was fine, and he only weighed a little over a pound. He really liked bananas, so he grabbed a few crumbs of banana bread off a plate my dad left unsupervised because he could smell the banana in it I guess

@Lu_Woods 3 жыл бұрын

It looks really good. What is the most ""Purple" tasting fruit you have had?

@WeirdExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

grapple maybe? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p6dyls-J3KutgmQ.html

@Hear4Metallica 2 жыл бұрын

wild florida muscadines

@teacul 3 жыл бұрын

Most of the knowledge we have about the edibility of plants comes from many generations of indigenous experimentation. I think what this channel is doing is beautiful and following in that same tradition. Maybe your beautyberry drink wasn't that great, but others can now experiment and share what they learn and eventually figure out some really cool recipes or ways to use this. A lot of the knowledge we have about how to eat common weed plants comes from the Great Depression when people were forced to rely on the plants around them instead of stuff they could purchase. Some of the fanciest foods today started out as "poverty dishes" that poor people ate out of desparation. Lobster and escargo are good examples of this

@exactly3053 3 жыл бұрын

True!

@selgan9968 Ай бұрын

how about preserving them in sugar solution? if we can preserve the color and texture while adding sweetness this would make for an awsome dessert decoration

@caprisunlover4732 3 жыл бұрын

I have these bushes in my backyard. I've seriously been waiting for a video like this!🙏

@VoiceDisasterNz 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I just figured those were poisonous, so I never messed with them.

@jaaleleet 3 жыл бұрын

not poisonous, but if eaten raw they might upset your intestine, they are rich in tanine and that needs to be reduced. Just like any "edible" berry can give you an upset stomach

@henningbartels6245 3 жыл бұрын

In Central Europe it is considered as lightly poisonous, especially for children or pets. It contains toxins which can case vomiting or nausea, but not life threatening.

@TheSakeCat 3 жыл бұрын

Red ones that look similar are. Gotta be those purplish ones.

@NyanyiC 3 жыл бұрын

It's always good to err on the side of caution

@VoiceDisasterNz 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSakeCat I knew the red ones were definitely poisonous. Figured if those are poisonous, these bright purple ones must be very poisonous haha

@dingo23451 3 жыл бұрын

4:08 a teaspoon of sugar?? HA, you wish! That was a tablespoon at the lowest.

@sdfkjgh 3 жыл бұрын

@dingo23451: It actually scans: _Just a tablespoon of sugar helps the beautyberry go down_ _The beautyberry go down, beautyberry go down_ etc., etc.

@talandar5773 3 жыл бұрын

I've gone and picked some in the wild, to me good ones taste sort of like Bottle Caps, they have an acidity that is reminiscent of some sodas. It depends on the plant and how ripe they are.

@sdfkjgh 3 жыл бұрын

I frikken love bottlecaps! So delicious, especially the rootbeer ones. And I hear they're gonna become a currency in the far future!

@moniquegebeline4350 3 жыл бұрын

If you have callicarpa that taste like bottle caps send me some 🤣 cuz that shiz is bland as hell and very floral

@cIeetz 3 жыл бұрын

this is a good point, you can try something, think you dont like it, and try one in ideal conditions tree ripened and be surprised

@jonathanboone3156 3 жыл бұрын

Personally, I like the berries, eat em while on hikes after finding them, add them to water and let them soak, adds a hint of floral flavor to the water. The jam is awesome, and you can use it to make a wine.

@erikjohnson9223 3 жыл бұрын

According to Green Deane (eattheweeds), this plant might be most useful as a mosquito repellent. Of course, as a Floridian, he might find that more important than food if it were merely 50% effective. Excessive blood loss due to insects is one way Floridians maintain their weights.

@Duplicitousthoughtformentity 3 жыл бұрын

Floridian. Can confirm.

@moniquegebeline4350 3 жыл бұрын

100% correct and it works amazing. www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2007/old-time-mosquito-remedy-may-work-against-ticks-too/

@frigglebiscuit7484 3 жыл бұрын

considering how the leaves smell when you tear them, i can see why.

@davis4555 2 жыл бұрын

This is correct. All of it. I'm also a big fan of Green Dean. He's a champion and Florida's proud of him.

@rideswithscissors 3 жыл бұрын

How about a beautyberry sauce to go with some gator nuggets? Or fries. Beautyberry ketchup anybody?

@nunyabidniz2868 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes! A Beautyberry "Will it ketchup?" episode, for sure! 🤣

@davis4555 2 жыл бұрын

We've made beautyberry syrup before and it's great on pancakes, ice cream, and (believe it or not) fried chicken. The syrup and jam are made very sweet, so a little goes a long way. It has a very pleasant floral flavor.

@spoookley 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that beauty berries have practically no flavor of personality and are only good when you really try to extract their essence is really familiar

@regulatorjohnson. 3 жыл бұрын

Cooked beauty berries aren't so beautiful I live in Seattle and got the opportunity to buy an extremely ugly atemoya for the first time a week or so ago. It was the last one on the shelf for $14 /lb New favorite

@cactusmann5542 3 жыл бұрын

Ugly-yes. Bad texture with large seeds-also yes. Dope taste -YES!

@regulatorjohnson. 3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusmann5542 I actually loved the texture. Superior to both cherimoya and sugar Apple. If you put 100 atemoya for sale and 99 get sold only the ugliest one is left. That's the one I bought.

@user-ji8cg3lm9j 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the offtopic comment, but I appreciate your demeanor a lot. Your videos calm me down and somehow make me less anxious about future and life in general

@katrinakollmann5265 3 жыл бұрын

I would love a liquid eyeliner that colour. Thank you for the great video.

@WeirdExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if you could make a dye out of these.. hm.

@frigglebiscuit7484 3 жыл бұрын

@@WeirdExplorer god yes you can....ive got plenty of stained clothes to prove it.

@FlaMan991 3 жыл бұрын

We grow them in Florida.. wild too... yes Jam

@tbjtbj4786 3 жыл бұрын

Yes they're everywhere down here. They grow in all my fince rows.

@fivespeed3026 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they even grow wild in Florida. I’ve found them growing in the woods.

@tbjtbj4786 3 жыл бұрын

@@fivespeed3026 yea The fince rows are for horse and cows so the ones here are wild. I am lucky I have a lot of the wild foods. Looking at gathering mulberry next weekend and possibly some sassafras for tea and felo powder.

@FlaMan991 3 жыл бұрын

@@fivespeed3026 they are east to root by the stems

@moniquegebeline4350 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve got one a bird grew for me, lol

@riverranger8226 3 жыл бұрын

I was literally just wondering yesterday if you'd ever addressed these. I'm a Park Ranger in Arkansas and I get asked this question about Beauty Berry a lot. It's also called French or Russian Mulberry around South Arkansas.

@AnonyDave 3 жыл бұрын

"Smarty soup" just seems so confusing for other parts of the world where smarties are more like m&m's...but even lower quality

@melissab8500 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard you can make wine from them, but I haven't tried it yet

@keithpugh7538 3 жыл бұрын

Florida native, birds ❤️ em

@cherrycerise4060 3 жыл бұрын

We have beauty berries where I live! Very interesting video so far!

@Saskguy20 3 жыл бұрын

I like how Rockets and Smarties change names depending on where you are.

@lolcatz88 3 жыл бұрын

Smarties in Australia are candy coated chocolate... like plain m&ms

@_Piers_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@lolcatz88 The Smarties you have are the same ones we have in the UK. Forrest Mars the son of the man who founded Mars was given Smarties by British soldiers during the Spanish civil war. After returning to the US, he "invented" M&Ms - one of the M's is Mars, the other is (Bruce) Murrie the son of the founder of Hershey's.

@StrategySniper 3 жыл бұрын

@@lolcatz88 same here in Canada!

@BrightJuni 3 жыл бұрын

@@_Piers_ very interesting factoid! Thank you friend!

@ajd8558 3 жыл бұрын

Same in South Africa - Smarties are like M&Ms but flatter.

@KirstenlyArt 3 жыл бұрын

I always forget that Americans call Rockets "Smarties" cause smarties in canada is candy coated chocolate. for a hot minute i thought you were drinking water flavoured with the candy off a box nestle smarties as a kid.

@WeirdExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Canadian smarties are much better than US Smarties. Closest we have are M&Ms...

@KirstenlyArt 3 жыл бұрын

@@WeirdExplorer I could have sworn you guys had some other equivalent, but I may have been mistaken! My condolences on your lack of chocolate smarties!

@stanervin6108 3 жыл бұрын

Jots?

@viktoriak4332 3 жыл бұрын

They look like a really beautiful and organic way to decorate cakes.

@johnnyearp52 8 ай бұрын

Good idea!

@war5561 3 жыл бұрын

I’m OBSESSED with the American beauty berry as a landscape plant. They are, well, beautiful.

@war5561 3 жыл бұрын

They look so pretty in the Tupperware I CANT HANDLE IT

@GinasBeautyReviews 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video. I recently discovered that we had beauty berry growing on our land and I’ve been interested in finding recipes to maybe preserve it so that it doesn’t go to waste.

@WeirdExplorer 11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful

@MoonMoon-zz3lq 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if you know this but what you call smarties are very different to what a British person would call smarties.... the British smarties sweet is a chocolate with a shell not unlike m&ms (but sweeter)

@Netbug Жыл бұрын

Yes, these are known as "Rockets" in the UK and Canada.

@kdonsky6 3 жыл бұрын

I knew you would be able to do something interesting with these. I have heard they are used as lipstick which is where the name comes from.

@nich3897 3 жыл бұрын

You kinda look like if Tobuscus chose to go cool entertaining and interesting botanist route instead of turning into the awful weird creep he actually became, great vids!

@chrissonnenschein6634 3 жыл бұрын

I was just going to comment about adjusting pH/acidity to adjust colour & voilé, you added lemon juice! But may be a thing to do when you do the initial boil of the berries though... Apparently leaves can be used for tea - Quite common to see allicarpa sp. in gardens of Japanese temples & shrines (so may have other uses too & Japanese varieties are even more striking to view).

@jordanc8499 3 жыл бұрын

I'm getting old.... I'm mildly jealous at the size of his sink. Looks like hes got room!

@KatherineRoseArt 3 жыл бұрын

These grew on my college campus. didnt even know they were edible. thought it was just an ornamental

@kaitlynboss3497 3 жыл бұрын

Not only is it absolutely stunning but it can be made into a decent .... juice .... color me impressed!

@Life-oo2tr 3 жыл бұрын

While living in Japan, I've come across many of these berries. I had no idea they were called beautyberries, and I didn't know they were edible too! I worked in schools as an English teacher and often found floral arrangements sometimes with these berries, and flower petals floating on water. They were very beautiful!

@lisawhitaker8709 3 жыл бұрын

Add some lemon and sugar and it will taste acceptable. Add more lemon and sugar and substittue a splash of red food color for Beauty berry to enjoy pink lemonade in half the time. Thanks for this fun look at my garden!

@-TheBugLord 3 жыл бұрын

I hope your channel blows up one day, all these videos are so interesting

@HajiDumas 3 жыл бұрын

Beautyberry as a pH tester?

@richardmyhan3369 3 жыл бұрын

Describing this sounds like an indictment of my love life. 😂😂

@crowmiks4712 3 жыл бұрын

These grow wild in my area and i’ve always heard about making jam from them but never tried it, love seeing you talk about them

@danib942 2 жыл бұрын

really enjoy your descriptions & knowledge. 😊

@milktea3710 3 жыл бұрын

When you tried describing the flavor I started thinking of La Croix

@tennesseehomesteader6175 3 жыл бұрын

Beautyberry jam rocks it's like a mixture of blueberries raspberries blackberries strawberries I can't really get my head around it... A nice deep purple color. The department of defense has studied beautyberry leaves because they are so effective in keeping mosquitoes away. Apparently old timers used to put the leaves in a burlap bag and hang it around the necks of horses and mules and such to keep the mosquitoes away. My girlfriend and I made a tincture by putting fresh beauty berry leaves in 100 proof vodka for 6 weeks shaking it once a day coffee filtering it at the end and putting it in a small spray bottle. Unfortunately we broke up and I could never saw the results. Beautyberry is definitely underappreciated.

@kealiikuehu1073 3 жыл бұрын

I was the 700th like awesome vid I love your channel I have stopped watching KZfaq as I have got older but ur a channel I have hung on to and still watch all the time on my own time. Keep doing great educational videos.

@ravent3016 3 жыл бұрын

That juice might be good in a cocktail.

@MandyJane123700 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, we thought these were poison and we called them snake berries. I think our parents told us they were snake berries because they thought they were poison and didn't want us to eat them.

@ailblentyn 3 жыл бұрын

The acid changing the pink orange was great!

@marialiyubman 3 жыл бұрын

When Jared mentions peppers: Ah... he forgot what it’s like to eat nothing but hot peppers for weeks on end.... 😂 Also: will it ketchup?

@sdfkjgh 3 жыл бұрын

Will it ketchup is so last Tuesady. Will it hollandaise is the new hotness. But seriously, I would still also like to know if it'll ketchup.

@mikehunt3688 3 жыл бұрын

lets talk about that

@mohdshow 3 жыл бұрын

The color really looks beautiful .. nature is amazing

@alexandrepires5586 3 жыл бұрын

Great video like always hugs from Portugal.

@coderspy 3 жыл бұрын

We have a Midnight Choke Cherry tree. As long as you don't eat the skin (or suck on the seed) it tastes like a cherry with no bad astringent quality. They're used for jellies or juice.

@AuntyM66 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I am glad you had a demo of how to make a drink with this berry. When I saw you crushing those sweets called smarties. I was surprised. In the UK Smarties are like your chocolate M&M. What your Smarties are known as are refreshers in the UK.

@mihiec 3 жыл бұрын

I think you are such a nice person! Best person to invite people to meet new fruits!

@JHaven-lg7lj 8 ай бұрын

I’ve wondered if these were any good! They’re definitely beautiful in person, very intense color

@kimbenoit1976 3 жыл бұрын

There are way too many people on Florida gardening forums who say they make beautyberry jam, but then mix it with other fruit to add flavor--usually strawberry. I'm not sure what the point is. The birds love them in the winter, and they look great on the plant! That's good enough for me.

@diplenski 3 жыл бұрын

recently found your channel and really like it. i also like fruits and adventure. i've actually been yelled at by a gf in the past for eating wild berries without knowing for sure what they were at the time(wineberries, juneberries, beauty berries). to be fair, i recognized their familiarity to other things to feel pretty good about trying them safely.

@garmancathotmailcom 3 жыл бұрын

I thought they looked like cooked chokecherries when you were straining them, and then you said they tasted like them too. I should buy a lottery ticket.

@thepynklynx 3 жыл бұрын

Those beauty berries look like they are not quite ripe, it takes several weeks for them to get there and they last a surprisingly long time on the bush in the fall. I pick them when they are very dark purple, fatter, and softer (but not too squishy) and the interior is a little more yellow.

@clab5407 3 жыл бұрын

I have a huge bush in my backyard, and I always thought they were poisonous!! Omg I have to make beautyberry jam once it grows again

@janelled349 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video!!

@Deez-Master Жыл бұрын

the color changes when you add lemon because the pigment anthocyanin is sensitive to acidity, it is more blue/purple at basic pH and more red/pink at acidic pH

@nunyabidniz2868 3 жыл бұрын

Have never seen anything like these before. They are indeed attractive, I can see why they would be used for landscaping. If they're edible, regardless of flavor, I would expect them to attract various animals [birds, rodents, deer?] which might prove unacceptable [I've seen what a flock of birds can do to ruin a car's finish in just an hour or two of exposure...]

@_b.4596 3 жыл бұрын

I made jam from wild beauty berries (I live in Florida). It's definitely an acquired taste. Really strong flavor, kind of reminds me of black currant but more sour(?) Not sure if that's the right word but it has something weird going on.

@slugmaprincess 3 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine foraged some beauty berries and made a pie with them (and blueberries), it was pretty good.

@mikki_s1100 3 жыл бұрын

I tried a beauty berry jam at the local farmers market, it was so good! Surprisingly, there wasn’t much sugar in it.

@MrSporitus 3 жыл бұрын

I've had a bit of trouble germinating beautyberry seeds from the plants in my neighborhood, which makes sense since they're normally eaten by birds then pooped out. Of course my failed native plant attempts get tossed out into a corner of the yard and so far some of them now propagate a year later.

@scottsanimaladventures4238 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video jared

@Peter-dk2ov 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. Thank you for the content

@WeirdExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@GolosinasArgentinas 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous looking fruit.

@TheFloatingSheep 3 жыл бұрын

what might be interesting to do is making some of this concentrate, diluting it just a bit with water and then freezing it in an icecube tray, and adding some bright pink-red ice cubes to your lemonade or other drinks

@Jdbye 3 жыл бұрын

The color of the drink is pretty. I could see people making cocktails using this just for the color.

@Zsy6 3 жыл бұрын

I had read that some in the American South make a jelly with them. Thanks for investigating!

@AFlyingCoconut 3 жыл бұрын

They remind me of the Rowan Berries we find in abundance during Scottish summertime - We would always be told they were poisonous, but we grow up to find out they're perfectly edible, just bitter and not very nice tasting - But, like these beauty berries, people do make jams and juices from them

@thatstoospicy 3 жыл бұрын

loved making this jam from the berries at my park

@TheCubecrafer 3 жыл бұрын

Finally i know what *i miss "the random foraging Vlogs* before going in on tasting" the fruit

@OlWolf1011 2 жыл бұрын

I have a callicarpa - have handled them for others when I was still landscaping. Never knew the fruits were edible. Was awed by the fruits first time I saw them as an ornamental, though. It’s the kind of purple that looks almost like glass-beads, and not really plant tissue. (Youpon holly is like this, but red fruits.) Interesting to see you make food out of this.

@tsarmi9864 3 жыл бұрын

After watching I decided to read more about them. Even if you don't like eating them, I guess you can use it as a natural insect repellent. Thanks as always for teaching us!

@debbiehenri345 3 жыл бұрын

I remember tending these shrubs in parks when I was a gardener. (Sometimes had to shape them a little or stop them from over-ruling something else). Never knew they were actually edible. Even better - they taste of Chokeberry? Since I bought a Chokeberry 3 years ago and the birds have never let me have even 'one' berry yet! - I'm thinking this one might be the chance I get to try this flavour. Funny to see the candy you call 'Smarties' is what we in the UK call 'Love Hearts.' Smarties, in the UK, is a little chocolate sweet covered in a multicoloured sugar shell. Thanks for this, I'll buy a few of these. ***To anyone else interested in growing Callicarpas, it's advisable to buy 'at least' 2 plants to assure yourself of the best crop of berries!

@pinkdruid2347 Ай бұрын

These remind me a bit of porcelain berries. I don't think that porcelain berries are edible, but they might be the prettiest looking berries I've ever seen. They're bright turquoise blue, indigo, purple, and pink. They look like something straight out of a fairytale, like if you ate them you'd get magical powers. I saw them for the first time while living in Oregon. They were in my neighbor's yard and I just became completely fascinated by them.

@marswrld2489 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve always sent these growing in my grandma’s backyard when I was a kid and people always told me they were poisonous

@YoKnow 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sold! The best use for it is to make your garden look beautiful!

@danomyster4746 3 жыл бұрын

maybe i need to get out but you just have a vibe I wanna hug

@marulazzaroggi6299 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I recently went foraging around my local woods here in Rio, Brazil, and found a beautiful vibrant blue small pear shaped fruit. It is Coccocypselum lanceolatum. I am going to taste it tonight after finding out that it is edible. I would love to know if you have ever stumbled upon it, and if not, I would be curious to watch you try it out and suggest it possibly for video content due to it's appearence and seemingly uncommon nature.

@Monsterdrool 3 жыл бұрын

Thats wild! I always had beauty Berries growing in my yard but was always told never to eat them because they're VERY toxic like hemlock! I was told that since childhood so I never looked it up until now! Thanks! I bet they'd make a great syrup!

@frigglebiscuit7484 3 жыл бұрын

me too. one growing in the corner of my yard. do yours smell weird too?

@Monsterdrool 3 жыл бұрын

@@frigglebiscuit7484 Honestly I haven't even touched them because my mom treated the bushes like they were snakes. lol

@catpoke9557 3 жыл бұрын

So it sounds like these don't make a good main flavor, but a good complementary flavor. Interesting. I might try out making some beautyberry lemonade.

@lilmaxAlarcxn 3 жыл бұрын

pickle jelly!! that color is too beautiful to loose!

@boosay1146 3 жыл бұрын

It has such a pretty color.

@xavierprotocols 9 ай бұрын

Beauty Berry leaves can be chopped and soaked in water then put in a spray bottle, they spray is a mosquito repellent better than on the market sprays.

@ARM0RP0WER 3 жыл бұрын

that smarties thing with the water reminds me of the time i put the sour skittles in hot water. lets just say that water was insanely sour and the skittles were colorless afterwards

@michaelwolfe7970 3 жыл бұрын

they seem like they'd do amazing as like a garnish

@liamdrinkswater5334 Жыл бұрын

I tried these before, they were slightly sweet, like a two, and had a slight berry flavour.

@kiyoshi-rin2609 3 жыл бұрын

Everytime the details you said in your videos, made me feel like I'm also tasting the flavor of the kind of fruit you have. XD

@stevenmurray3238 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Man, so the Asian beauty berries terrible but the USA native beauty berries much better. In the park was an Asian type. Do you know if you used Asian or American type?

@WeirdExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Steven! I don't know! they were bigger berries than the one in the park, otherwise I didnt notice any major difference.

@MrChristianDT 3 жыл бұрын

They tend to grow in the southern states. It's to the southern edge of the Ohio River Valley west of Appalachia & as far north as Maryland east of Appalachia. But, he said someone sent them to him. The ones in the park were probably Asian because growing the American ones north of their home region is said to be a bit of a pain-- the bush will die & come back again every year, & if you don't take care of it, it gets too choked with its own dead brush & eventually dies completely. So, you know... if that helps...

@XoroksComment 3 жыл бұрын

They look like the American type to me, but take it with a grain of salt. The American species has berry clusters that tightly wrap around the branch, while at least some of the Asian species have the berry clusters on small stems away from the branches.