Eat these 5 WILD weeds (5 Plants You Can Eat)

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If you're under the assumption that every wild plant is potentially dangerous and that you shouldn't attempt to eat wild plants, this video is for you. Nothing could be farther from the truth (with some caution taken of course). This is how we lived for hundreds of thousands of years, and it's healthy to get some of this knowledge back. It'll be enjoyable while you're out and about and it'll be fun to show your friends. Plus, who knows, maybe it'll save your life one day.
Here are 5 (+1) edible wild plants, I enjoy eating on the trail.
Dandelions
Currants
Onions
Alfalfa
Violets
Indian Paintbrush
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@charliesolon9022 4 жыл бұрын

when u dont have enough money to eat

@Foozuu 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@lauraclements2308 2 жыл бұрын

Not just that it has a bunch of health benefits to it too something you can put into your life everyday that will help you a lot and improve your overall health so yeah and think about it you shouldn't incorporate it now.

@LaineyBug2020 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I practically lived playing outside & I would just graze on wild violets, red & white clover, and dandelion. Oooh, and honeysuckle, but that one was harder to find outside of people's gardens. I was like a little rabbit! My great grandma always said there were no such things as weeds, just wildflowers without a home!

@UntamedScience 3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

@maddisian 3 жыл бұрын

How do you not have more views?! Binging this channel rn. Keep up the great content!!

@NOLAMarathon2010 4 жыл бұрын

Your son was the best!

@UntamedScience 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@SOKA. 4 жыл бұрын

You really deserve a lot more followers, man your videos are quality!

@UntamedScience 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Skuidius...

@sazji 2 жыл бұрын

Currant: Your wife is right. :-) Our local wild currant in the PNW, Ribes sanguineum, is gorgeous but it’s berries are seedy, insipid and slimy. You could eat it if you didn’t have anything else, but there’s almost sure to be something better…

@benmcreynolds8581 2 жыл бұрын

Darn is that the only kind around the Oregon area? I live in Benton county area of North Western-ish Oregon

@MaryOKC 2 жыл бұрын

We’d eat them from the tree just sucking the juice and spitting out the seed and skin…I’m also from the PNW..

@Toddis 2 жыл бұрын

Common Purslane, Portulaca oleracea, is one that's all around here in Texas that's edible and grows like a weed

@shadowraith1 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the education of living off the land. Knowledge is key. Looking forward to upcoming leaning events.

@UntamedScience 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

@shadowraith1 4 жыл бұрын

@@UntamedScience Never to old to learn.

@wesrobertson1889 Жыл бұрын

Always meant to spend some time on your channel. Subbed and bingin!

@gardencompost259 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this wonderful post. I especially enjoyed the shots of my playground, Colorado. Looks like you got to kayak the numbers on the Arkansas river, awesome. I was a raft company bus driver there. But seriously, just found your channel and it’s a delight. Growing up in the mountains of Colorado, learning about wild crafting was a kinda normal thing that is missing in our country now. So kudos to you. Keep it up.👍

@UntamedScience 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thank you.

@ErinSotoPhotography 4 жыл бұрын

I’d probably confident to eat the dandelion and onion. 🙂

@UntamedScience 4 жыл бұрын

I also forgot to mention that it's not great to pick dandelions along dog-walking paths! :)

@kohakuaiko 4 жыл бұрын

@@UntamedScience that's why you wash them well.

@my2cents49 2 жыл бұрын

Onions are really easy to recognize once you find them the first couple of times They smell mildly like onions even without the bulb. There is also another onion look-alike plant that isn't as good but is also edible. Just be careful to identify them correctly to avoid poisonous plants.

@ErinSotoPhotography 2 жыл бұрын

@@UntamedScience Always great advice...

@Darthbelal 2 жыл бұрын

Dandelions. In my opinion, if you can catch the new growth before it blooms, the crowns (the part between the roots and the leaves) are the best part. I've eaten them raw, but according to Euel Gibbons, frying dandelion crowns in bacon fat makes for a fine vegetable.

@LaDyFlabiA 4 жыл бұрын

Nice!!! ThankU!

@sykoteddy 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Sweden so I didn't expect to recognize many of the plants, but att least half om them I did recognize. I recently also watched the video about birch, which was great. But I was a bit surprised and disapointed that you didn't talk about the somewhat rare chaga mushroom that grows on around every 5000 birch trees. Also, can you confirm that they during world war used to perform surgical procedures amongst birch trees because of their anti bacterial properties? Great videos! Keep 'em coming!

@kirstynnjoseph 3 жыл бұрын

Haley “It’s current” 😂 She’s right Rob 😉 haha

@LIFEWITHDAMO 2 жыл бұрын

The part with your son was hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂

@Ben-xf7uy 2 жыл бұрын

I dont know how i got to this channel but i love it. Especially since i live in Utah. I wish i had a teacher in school talk about this stuff.

@Veptis 4 жыл бұрын

We got two currant bushes in your back yard. Every year they make for 15 yars of jam. What I really love is lampion fruits or Indian cress as the flowers are spicy. In school we often found white dead nettles to pick.

@UntamedScience 4 жыл бұрын

MrVipitis no way. That’s awesome!

@djonpow 4 жыл бұрын

Keep it up StoneAgeMan....and you'll make a Patreon outta' me yet!

@Mattteus 4 жыл бұрын

Was that a broadleaf plantain behind the violets?

@UntamedScience 4 жыл бұрын

Looked a bit like it. Not sure exactly given the alpine habitat we were in. Could have been a unique species there.

@dr123hall Жыл бұрын

One of the best western plant oriented video’s! Great fun family inclusions. Fantastic video scenery.

@chonnceysbadinternet203 4 жыл бұрын

I new u could eat other plants but I never new what they tasted like xD I only ate leaves when I was little... Don't judge me XD 😂

@msamelienp 2 жыл бұрын

I make Dandelion tea with the flowers. To me it tastes like artichoke and it's best warm or at room temperature.

@shanliyakhath9205 3 жыл бұрын

I shared this to everyone They said you are awesome

@debcw645 2 жыл бұрын

Hailey is correct....lived all over the U.S. and have only ever hear them pronounced as cur-rent. Have tried all 5 way back when in scouting. Your son is hilarious. lol

@komboochabish6669 2 жыл бұрын

Okay but like. But like the repetition factor kills me and I love it. At first I thought I was crazy🤣

@robertbrown9237 2 жыл бұрын

Great job on the look like of the wild onion For a very wild Ediblel there's a wild killer that looks just like it It's very important to know the difference between the 2👌🥰

@dabayman1220 2 жыл бұрын

Subscribed

@algernoncalydon3430 2 жыл бұрын

Used to find orange currants and gooseberries in the southern Sierra when I was a kid, high up about 5500 feet. In Alaska we have orange currants which in some areas are abundant enough to target. Makes great jelly and jam. We also have black currants, my favorite berry, on the coasts of Alaska which most people never notice. They usually grow along the shore under an overhanging spruce tree. Some bushes may yield a half gallon. One could never find a large quantitiy of them but they make the best jelly and wine.

@user-rl6gi6gs9z 2 жыл бұрын

Orange currants are my favourite)

@freya2261 4 жыл бұрын

We need to get this guy on “my strange addiction.”

@dearahmandap.8907 4 жыл бұрын

your son handsome😍

@divine9520 3 жыл бұрын

oh and another thing I just discovered wild wood sorell in my yard it took me two years but I had the whole time and didnt even know until I did more youtube research 🤣

@harliethomas1378 2 жыл бұрын

Yes we used to make the dandelion tea and such. I'm sitting out here in the yard and happened to see a dandelion flower and think well what the hell. I had not ate them like that raw before but not bad. It definitely opens my mind to try more things growing up on the farm I was always told be careful of stuff and not eat them. The things is my one grandma liked polk.. Talk about needing to be careful. But she grew up with people preparing and eating it and she did same canned it I think

@anadimitrova2908 4 жыл бұрын

Akacia

@dustinmoritz6634 2 жыл бұрын

Is the river Boulder creek?

@K1N9K7 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone like this video for his effort!!

@ausrineserpenskaite6238 Жыл бұрын

In Lithuania we make tea from black currant leaves. Taste very good :) (dryed)

@emmanuelle678 2 жыл бұрын

Roasted and grinded, dandelions roots are good to make coffee

@mixedasic 2 жыл бұрын

Tell us about the nutrition of eating a dandelion root every day.

@Agapy8888 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh. I love dandelions.

@Treasuremonk 2 жыл бұрын

Is Rocket same as Dandelion?

@prowokator 2 жыл бұрын

Currants are called "wine berries" in our language (Red wine berry, Black wine berry etc). If you dont want to make berry wine out of them they make an excellent juice.

@scotmcpherson 2 жыл бұрын

in english, a wineberry is a rubrus variety that originates from japan. They are my favorite to eat fresh, but wild black raspberry still makes the best seedless jelly in existence (damn you smucker's).

@douglasmorgan9873 3 жыл бұрын

If you have cacti up there, you can eat their fruits and they're good.

@harryfarmer3847 2 жыл бұрын

I've made wine with dandy lion heads, and it came out great.

@user-rl6gi6gs9z 2 жыл бұрын

The flowers aroma of some species of wild currant in Russia, is my favourite type of smell. It's tastier than parfumes.

@freya2261 4 жыл бұрын

When you’ve spent all of your money on toilet roll and have to resort to this.

@bluesteno64 2 жыл бұрын

Colorado wild edible Plants!! I’m from Michigan and we have a few different ones than these!

@lilyrosesoul0077 3 жыл бұрын

How to recognise & avoid poisonous berries??

@sazji 2 жыл бұрын

There are very few poisonous berries that are palatable, but there are some exceptions. Certain ederberries edible after cooking while poisonous raw. Some Solanum (nightshade) berries can also taste sweet, at least initially, and some can be okay ripe but poisonous if they’re still green. There’s no single formula; you just need to learn the plants to be sure.

@m005kennedy 2 жыл бұрын

I think wild violets are one of the best tasting plants. A lot of wild edibles are really bitter. Violets are not bitter. The flower at sweet.

@surrealist1976 2 жыл бұрын

dandelion leafs, if you switch them on oiled pan with salt, they´ll become non-bitter crispy and tasty

@beverly3397 2 жыл бұрын

Clover is better and I like the white and yellow not the big red ones

@divine9520 3 жыл бұрын

wow so all that time I was clearing out weeds and grass out of my garden I was killing wild onions? I never knew 😮😩 and I always wondered why they smelled just like onions I was wanted to say it was an onion but I said nah it's too small well look a here

@hanwellfoxfoxy5008 2 жыл бұрын

My grandad always said never pick and eat anything near the ground without washing it first thats where the dogs piss

@katestone5749 4 жыл бұрын

I have a current bush

@scotmcpherson 2 жыл бұрын

identification: You really want to learn the "ribes" leaf. That's how I recognize the berries out on the wild. If you can recognize the leaf, then you know you are safe to eat the berries of any variety of ribes. "Currants (not to be confused with black currant which is a grape), gooseberries as you indicated, but also jostaberries, which you showed in your video but did not identify.

@AlbaDoggy 4 жыл бұрын

damn! your wife is such a lucky woman! where do i find me a man like you?!

@TodAG69 2 жыл бұрын

One you forgot- wild plantain.

@warningeagle8558 2 жыл бұрын

And dandelion leaves are sold in stores why buy when you have them growing in your yard for free

@lonyaofnevada 4 жыл бұрын

so you just eat the red part of the indian paintbrush? I have a bunch by my house and I don't want to poison myself

@EarthShipSolutions Жыл бұрын

clover sucks too .. however the wild violets are delicious

@MaryOKC 2 жыл бұрын

LOL!!! 😂 a currant (cure- rahn - t) … I’m from Idaho where they call a creek a crick even though it’s spelt with “eek” they pronounce it “ick” SMH

@HansWeberHimself 2 жыл бұрын

We cultivate currants in Europe. Cassis is made of black currants. You know, the mixology thing.

@FriteVerte 2 жыл бұрын

I say curent like you do lol

@reapersenpai7468 4 жыл бұрын

A cave man like me need this info😄

@ericwiese7479 Жыл бұрын

*que* Tom Petty Wildflowers!

@mikerichards6311 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@chester82gtstang 2 жыл бұрын

*just starts eating random shit in the yard*

@tyzon1988 2 жыл бұрын

If we all go eating wild berry's there would be none left for the nature life

@josephdonais3436 2 жыл бұрын

They are only weeds if they are unwanted.

@tinadobrowski5480 2 жыл бұрын

My brother has always pronounced it cur-ANT.

@kingofthedots3835 3 жыл бұрын

Can you eat grass for seven years like Nebuchadnezzar .....I would watch that 24/7 !!!!!

@Agapy8888 2 жыл бұрын

Your wife is correct on the pronunciation of currants. Please listen to her.

@EarthShipSolutions Жыл бұрын

i tried all parts of dandilion .. YUCK!!

@victoriayrorita4075 4 жыл бұрын

I ate a clover

@zoethegreatfish 2 жыл бұрын

@stephenbrennan4508 2 жыл бұрын

It's kurant

@PandaPo0 2 жыл бұрын

Omguudnuss. your son. you have to keep that clip for the rest of yor life. trust me

@UntamedScience 2 жыл бұрын

@AxianMapping 4 жыл бұрын

What the fuck, why are the views so low?

@UntamedScience 4 жыл бұрын

I did JUST release it, but I love the sentiment. KZfaq's algorithm just needs some time to realize it's good content. 🤓👍 Cheers

@AxianMapping 4 жыл бұрын

@@UntamedScience Yeah and It's really high quality ngl.

@CkTubeFu 2 жыл бұрын

Dandelion seeds are perfectly edible & nutritious themselves, it's the white fluff that isn't

@K1N9K7 4 жыл бұрын

25th comment!

@maureendonnelly9075 Жыл бұрын

Your wife is right

@YukihyoShiraki 3 жыл бұрын

Ive always known you can eat some wild plants but, as oregon trail has taught me, its far too easy to die by mistaking an toxic plant for an edible plant... the risk is far greater than the potential reward when we have reputable sources nutrients so unless i was at risk of dieing due to malnutrition caused by all other sources being inaccessible it, its cool information to have but not exactly practical unless youre regularly are away from modern food sources.