EatTheWeeds: Episode 155: Sumac Revisited
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2 жыл бұрынA more in depth look at the sumas both poisonous and edible. It's a common spice species around the world.
@drsalimahsuhaimi 2 жыл бұрын
My husband is iranian. And id learned sumac is sooooo essential to be sprinkled on kebab meats n steamed saffron-y basmathi rice. That specific tart flavor gives that special taste that just cant be replicated by any other tart seasonings like vinegar, citrus etc
@ga1actic_muffin 2 жыл бұрын
so glad to see you back on youtube! you haven't aged a day!, I bet its all the wild edibles gifting you long life! ;) whenever people ask me what a good source is to learn wild foraging, i always send them here. have been since 2012 :)
@greendeane1 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words and decade of support.
@faithwaite7520 Жыл бұрын
@@greendeane1 lnl❤
@pamelabratton2501 2 жыл бұрын
Your teachings are much needed today, kind sir. Please, *PLEASE* keep producing this type information. We Need You!
@sydneywalker2966 2 жыл бұрын
I tried Sumac for the first time this year. In the spring I cut a new shoot off, peeled it and ate it. It was very much like celery just slightly sweeter. I made sumac lemonade from the berries. It is very similar to the flavor of lemonade, but maybe with a hint of berry in it. I also made jelly from another batch of berries and the jelly was very good...like a strawberry lemonade jelly might be.
@persiusk 2 жыл бұрын
Wait, a book? When I heard that I instantly exclaimed "I want that!" Is it good night to be a field guide or like stories? No matter, I'm here for it! You've taught me so much already, I'm eternally grateful.
@willrodgers7974 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you're posting again. I vote for a revisit of all your older material. Your old videos are still useful, but filming with the more modern camera instead of the old potato will definitely make a difference in being able to make a positive identification . Your channel was my original inspiration for learning about wild edibles, and my journey through the years has provided me with many meals and a new appreciation for and relationship with my environment. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, it has helped me more than you know.
@fedup2533 2 жыл бұрын
I took my youngest daughter on a class at the Meade garden with this highly informative and entertaining gentleman last October for her birthday. Thanks to him I have a second kid with a growing interest in plants and what went from a 3 inch to a 3 foot specimen of a winged sumac that was collected on this excursion. I highly recommend his classes and sooner or later, my schedule is going to line up to do a few more in different areas of the state with him. I'm looking forward to his new book coming out. I'll be buying at least 3 copies for gifts and 1 for myself.
@ScottWConvid19 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that you started making videos again! The information you share is helpful and the way you present it is top tier. Thanks!
@lightfusegetaway 2 жыл бұрын
Delicious seasoning... I make a chicken dish that uses dried sumac powder, lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. Marinate a few hours and grill it. Grill some onions too and serve with rice and toasted sliced almonds. Super tasty.
@butchmetzger7023 2 жыл бұрын
So glad to see you back. Also good to hear you back with your relatively quiet videos. So I started getting a bit of background noise. Lol. I've tried a few berries off local staghorn sumac but had no idea there were so many uses for the plant! I don't think I've ever heard anyone mention the B vitamin content either.
@heidicarlson9363 5 ай бұрын
You are a wonderful source of information. I absolutely love your videos and your newsletters! Thank you!
@derekclawson4236 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for getting back onto video making. Always great info from you. As far as sumac particularly I definitely like the sour flavor. Have harvested some a handful of times. At the very least worth a try for new foragers.
@scrumpeldwarf 2 жыл бұрын
Great to see you again green Dean 💚
@sirmi9868 2 жыл бұрын
Man youre an eciclopedia, glad to know you are back and well
@PrimateSoul Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I cleared an area and controlled burn. Disturbed some winged and now I have a volunteer orchard
@peacefulscrimp5183 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy you are doing these again 👍
@MatthewStauffer 2 жыл бұрын
Love to see you active on KZfaq again! Keep 'em coming!
@samanthacampbell6341 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Can’t wait for your book to come out!
@jonslaughter3369 Жыл бұрын
Amazing as always. Thank you!
@willynthepoorboys2 2 жыл бұрын
Good to see you again, thank you for the video.
@jacobjerny7502 2 жыл бұрын
I always thought sumac looked like someone tried to draw a palm tree from memory
@dr.malito2538 2 жыл бұрын
Hi I like you're videos gretings from México . 🙏👍👍👍
@laurab9247 2 жыл бұрын
Hooray! A book is coming! Count me in!
@thewiseturtle 2 жыл бұрын
An old hippy guy who's property I lived on had a circle of some really tall Staghorn Sumac - maybe 20 feet or taller - that he used as a sort of fence to hide the area where he planted his marijuana plants. :-)
@Leonard73rr4 2 жыл бұрын
Gracias amigo ! Que bueno es volver a ver sus videos! Un saludo cordialmente desde Argentina!
@nefariousyawn 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent info! I have always wanted to try sumac, but I didn't know I could find it growing wild around here, and thought I would have to buy it. Thanks!
@1q2w3e1z2x3c 2 жыл бұрын
You mentioned Sumac wine, would you happen to have a recipe you'd be willing to share?
@EatTheWeeds 2 жыл бұрын
I think I misjudged about the "tingling" on the film. I think that came from the hot pepper cooking wine I bottled earlier. The recipe I used is: Started October 2020 11.5 quarts of water (top with sugar water when into the secondary) Two pounds of whole berries soaked overnight then discarded One pound of Turkish sumac berries coatings 453 grams One banana and three skins (frozen, whole) 835 grams sugar 874 grams honey ten ounces organic lime juice 1 tbs yeast nutriment 1.5 teaspoon tannin 1 tablespoon pectin enzyme Yeast QA23 SG: 1080oct 6th sg 1014 Added 500g sugar water topped to three gallons Bulk aged 13 months. Bottled nov 2021
@1q2w3e1z2x3c 2 жыл бұрын
@@EatTheWeeds many thanks!
@RonRay 2 жыл бұрын
The staghorn sumac trunks make great walking stick and walking canes. The wood (when dried), is relatively strong and light weight. Here in north Alabama, the trunk of the plants get really large if left uncut for several seasons. The American Indians around here made a drink from the berries.
@smokeydabeecharlescoleman8365 2 жыл бұрын
Love the channel , been subbed for some time now. Can you recommend a book that covers most delicious weeds to be grown in a garden ?
@samanthacampbell6341 2 жыл бұрын
Look up author Samuel Thayer he has a few really good books…until Deane’s book comes out in 2023
@EatTheWeeds 2 жыл бұрын
It depends on where you live, temperate climate or a warmer one.
@RedZMatrix 2 жыл бұрын
Do you still do the tours? Ever come around Spring Hammock in Longwood? Keep the new videos coming.. Thanks!
@persiusk 2 жыл бұрын
The red sumac where I live the berries don't droop like that, they stand upright like in a cone shape and the berries have a frosted look to them. Is that a different kind? Makes some top notch pink lemonade!
@nancyfahey7518 2 жыл бұрын
We won't be eating it but it's nice to know it's not the poisonous one from my childhood.
@jamescrow8822 2 жыл бұрын
Yay he's back.
@CassandraShadowheart 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks :D only seen poison sumac once in person. Staghorn is all over the place though
@PrimateSoul Жыл бұрын
Not the same plant
@johnnyfoo8737 2 жыл бұрын
I have tons of these on my 10 acres. The lower part of my place has the poison ones "white berries" its also a wet area. upper part has the red berries ones. I think you mine have said this. Poison ones likes to have its feet wet. Non-poison one likes its feet dry
@carvedwood1953 Жыл бұрын
This is great info and while accurate I kind of disagree with trying to time the harvest right. Every time I do that I end up with no sumac at all. It rains periodically all year around here. Especially during the end of summer/fall when the berries are ripe enough.
@Unsensitive 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely need to try sumac next year. My vegan friends would appreciate the increased B vitamins for sure.
@clairleasure434 2 жыл бұрын
Love your work. Would be interested if you had a downloadable format of your videos to put on a tablet/phone as a e-field guide.
@ga1actic_muffin 2 жыл бұрын
you can use youtube downloads
@clairleasure434 2 жыл бұрын
Well that is an option. I just figured if he had something like that available the money from sales would help support his work. I guess KZfaq views will do the same.
@ga1actic_muffin 2 жыл бұрын
@@clairleasure434 ah yes, we definitely want to support this channel ;)
@kevinobrien6714 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video. How long can we pick staghorn sumac for? I'm in southern Ontario, Canada.
@EatTheWeeds 2 жыл бұрын
Until rains... or icing conditions which is also rain just frozen.
@buttons3232 2 жыл бұрын
Did I ask about sumac in a recent comment? I have been thinking about how beautiful they were where I grew up (Michigan). Or are you telepathic? Thanx Mr. D 🇺🇸🌎🇺🇸
@pamelabratton2501 2 жыл бұрын
*Is there a way to sign up early and reserve a copy of that book?*
@Unsensitive 2 жыл бұрын
Single left channel audio for speaking is driving me crazy. My phone does stereo, so it's playing out of one speaker, but not the other, and the bottom is always better . I have to rotate my phone to get the proper speaker LOL. Great info as always, but would prefer recorded in mono, or voice track in both tracks.
@greendeane1 2 жыл бұрын
I have no control over that. Imovie has no stereo/mono option. I have bought a stereo mic but...
@Unsensitive 2 жыл бұрын
@@greendeane1 it's odd, I can hear background sounds everywhere but the vocals from the microphone seems to only be the left channel. Still appreciate the content of course, good luck with your fight against technology 😂
@chrisdonovan8795 2 жыл бұрын
Aha. I think I have poison sumac in my yard. Not good news, but it's better to know.
@edithattreed4762 5 ай бұрын
Sumac spice had the highest antioxidants
@chelinfusco6403 2 жыл бұрын
@11, very beginning of the video, you mentioned cinnamon ---- something. What was it really?
@greendeane1 2 жыл бұрын
Cinnamon fern
@rayanneP4 Жыл бұрын
Are there non toxic type in North Central Florida?
@greendeane1 Жыл бұрын
Yes, winged sumac is the most common in central Florida.
@travailer594 2 жыл бұрын
The sound is not on on this vid Thank you
@someperson3356 2 жыл бұрын
Please consider starting a patreon or something to get you a new microphone
@greendeane1 2 жыл бұрын
It is a brand new, expensive, stereo microphone I am using.
@saucywench9122 2 жыл бұрын
I like to infuse them in honey.
@greendeane1 2 жыл бұрын
I bet that tastes nice, sweet and sour.
@saucywench9122 2 жыл бұрын
@@greendeane1 Yes, and it turns the honey reddish.
@SolarizeYourLife 2 жыл бұрын
You are only in the left voice channel...
@greendeane1 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. At least I am in one channel. iMovie does not give me a stereo choice though I have a stereo mic.
@brianlucas7604 2 жыл бұрын
The pronunciation: we always said "shoe- mack" like Sean is pronounced "shawn "
@flyinacircle6398 2 жыл бұрын
same here, indeed i made a map of the bush behind where i lived as a kid and one of the places on it i labelled “Shoe Mack Hill”.
@zebscircle 2 жыл бұрын
😂👏😘💝☮
@caidenmurphy9486 2 жыл бұрын
Weeds should be grown on farms instead of domesticated plants wild plants are stronger more disease resistant and drought and flood ressistance domesticated plants are weak becaus of generations of being babied by humans wild plants or weeds will give a stable harvest.
@greendeane1 2 жыл бұрын
They are grown on farms, just thrown away.
@debnichols5631 2 жыл бұрын
So is it about changing farmers knowledge or consumers habits? How can we share beyond clicking share button?
@caidenmurphy9486 2 жыл бұрын
@@greendeane1 yeah really I mean there is much extra food but they just throw it away even though dandelion for example can be made into a coffee like drink like the root.
@peacefulscrimp5183 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy you are doing these again 👍