Foraging For Plantain 🌿🔎

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You will recognize this plant for sure- but did you know it is a delicious wild edible! Wren takes us through the history of plantain, how to forage for it, and its many culinary and medicinal uses. Though not the starchy fruit commonly known by this name, we think plantain leaf has something incredible to offer us all!
Original Article: insteading.com/blog/foraging-...
Links Mentioned:
Ways to Use Wild Greens: insteading.com/blog/ways-to-c...
Kale I mean Plantain Chips: www.ediblewildfood.com/baked-...
Romeo and Juliette: myshakespeare.com/romeo-and-j...
Healing Salve: insteading.com/blog/healing-s...
0:00 Intro
0:51 History and Information
3:43 Lookalikes
4:36 Harvesting Plantain
5:35 Cooking with Plantain
7:43 Medicinal Uses
9:49 Conclusion

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@lorelynleisure4048 Жыл бұрын

I started learning about Plantain last year and just a few days later was stung by a bee. I thought of the plantain which grows all over my garden and yard. I grabbed a leaf and chewed it up, plastered it on the sting area and was amazed at how quickly the pain went away! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@PeppersnGlowworms Жыл бұрын

I love the concept of turning invasive plants into a ressource...

@Orpilorp Жыл бұрын

Yay for plantain! I have been using it for years to speed the healing of cuts and scrapes for our little explorers. I just tore off a piece of leaf, squish it to release the juices, flatten it and cover it with a bandage strip. I believe it was the allentoin in plantain that brought quick healing.

@bettyk3372 Жыл бұрын

My mom called this plantin. (County accent) It grew everywhere and I think she cooked it at least 3 days a week. Lol

@stephenleaf3848 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite wild plant! When we moved into our current home we started to identify everything, out of curiosity I searched what it could be used for. Mosquito bites? Yep tested! Rashes yep! I started making a plantain salve we use all year long! We have both broad and narrow. The broad leaf seed shoots we found when cooked take on a bit of an asparagus taste. Only tried one stalk per person so mileage may vary ;)

@begoodbebetterbeblessedix3766 Жыл бұрын

Beyond detailed and insightful videos is why I cannot wait for more....let alone sure am going to try thus out myself. 50 sum years old and this old dog just learned new tricks. Thank You 👏👏👏

@FreeAmericaChannel Жыл бұрын

Great video! You can cook plantain like collard or mustard greens too. Boil up your smoked pork neck bones/turkey wings, what have you, add onion and then cook the greens. Not as tasty as collards or mustards, but can be mixed in to stretch your greens or eaten with a little cayenne pepper added.

@eddimoreau Жыл бұрын

Really pleased I’ve found your channel. A fresh, bruised plantain leaf held around a cut stops bleeding very quickly.

@maxximumb Жыл бұрын

We used plantain leaves for nettle stings when I was a kid. Much better than a dock leaf. I also remember sitting on the school playing field during playtime (UK version of recess) and shooting friends with the flower heads. We'd bend a flower stalk in half and then place that over a stalk with a flower / seed head. Then clamp the bent flower stalk loosely around the second stalk. Pull the loose stalk sharply towards yourself, the flower head will break off, and in accordance with one of Mr Newton's laws of motions, the flower head will shoot off away from you, lightly hitting any friend close enough. A silly game but it kept us 10 year old boys entertained during the summer.

@zoerice4227 Жыл бұрын

I remember myself and my best friend using both the broadleaf and ribwort plantain almost every single day for nettle stings and thistle scratches. Scrunch some leaves up until they feel sticky then rub them on the sting, scrape, scratch ect. Mild pain relief, anti fungal, mild anti septic...she can do it all and more besides haha! I've also heard you can make a tea from it to help with hayfever symptoms, but I haven't tried it.

@mult1coloured Жыл бұрын

One of my favourite herbs! Keep meaning to harvest the seeds.

@eliseville 5 ай бұрын

Been re-establishing our NorCal plot’s narrow-leaf plantain after over-aggressive decades of weeding this amazing gift. It’s now a nutritious addition to my pastured newbie flock-of-8 different Heritage chooks’ fermented feed, though they enthusiastically prefer that spikey wild & also medicinal lettuce! I’ve only munched a bit of either, raw in the field, but plantain chips look great.❤️ Thanks!

@landofevolution9757 Ай бұрын

Narrow leaf is invasive.

@earthangel8730 7 күн бұрын

Did I miss you telling folks about the young green narrow leaf plantain shoots being harvested as a tasty asparagus-like side dish? Just be sure they haven't gone to dry seed yet. Sauté with your favorite oil and garlic Yum!

@BearMeat4Dinner Жыл бұрын

All over Chicago n da Midwest ! ❤

@kristinregine4798 Жыл бұрын

thank your for this extraordinary good video.

@danielreiss3443 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I now know my front yard has the English variety (Bay Area CA) that is more than just pretty , as it matures! Worth propagating. In VA we had a "weed" that took over the garden area if we didn't keep up with weed pulling; it was called "lambs quarter", mom would steam it like spinach and had a mild flavor! The country people knew!

@landofevolution9757 Ай бұрын

Chenopodium berlandieri is native but chenopodium album is not. Both called lambsquarters.

@eternalypissed Жыл бұрын

I have this stuff growing all over the backyard! I can't wait to see the tea video🤤

@curtisf1120 Жыл бұрын

It is amazing in a smoothie with pineapple almost tasted like piña colada

@breenbo8112 Жыл бұрын

just had some in my curry and it was delicious! It grows all over the place here in New Zealand too :D

@user-si2bu8wt1j 4 ай бұрын

Thank so much

@SilverFlint247 Жыл бұрын

It's not only in the US, I live in Canada and I have that all over my lawn and driveway.

@villagesteader3552 Жыл бұрын

I have never eaten it, yet, it’s all over my yard. I have both narrow and broadleaf varieties. The English variety I like the flowers that’s why they’re still in the flower beds!

@C.L.Hinton Жыл бұрын

8:51 This insert tells me that your editor is familiar with wasps, for sure! 😄

@Elmo-the-Ohioan-62 Жыл бұрын

They are real stringy. So, they need cut down and chopped down to make it easier to eat. Taste great! Mix with dandelion greens!

@landofevolution9757 Ай бұрын

Plantain pronounced plan-tin like captain. Some types that are native to America are Plantago virginica (Virginia plantain or Dwarf plantain), Plantago rhodosperma (Redseed plantain), and Plantago rugelii (Rugel’s plantain) Also Plantago cordata (Heartleaf plantain) is listed as endangered in Canada.

@IntoTheWildernessBushcraft Жыл бұрын

New sub’ here. LOVE your channel!!! Thank you! 🥾🏔️

@veranichole1981 Жыл бұрын

Foraging? Do you have a yard? You do. Cool. You have Plaintain.

@ksbrook1430 Жыл бұрын

A horticulturist friend of mine introduced me to the plantain poultice for wasp stings. She worked outside and had made good use of it. Video on teas, please.