Can u do a video on how you became you, like how u learned to cook and etc. And maybe talk about it while preparing food. Also love watching u cook and make videos.

I remember making and eating something like that in Hiroshima and Fukuoka with my mom as a little kid using the same mushrooms but with chestnuts, green onion and garlic in the rice as well. Haven't eaten it in decades.

jocelyn is so good at finding/catching foods. her greatest find is you though. cheeeeesy af 😂 taku you lucky bas... 😂😂😂

First fish,sushi and nature and now mushrooms!! I freaking love this. Mushroom and beautiful nature perf combo.

“Smells like gym socks.” *takes big whiff* “mmmmm smells good.”

Pour the mushroom rinse water near your shrubs around the house and sometimes, depending on species and habitat, you may get mushrooms in a year or so.

I really like your foraging videos. Your mom makes great quality knifebags and aprons. Mushroom rice makes me nostalgic of my childhood times too.

Been trying for almost a decade to find a Matsutake! Have not found even a rotten one yet. A nice positive coincidence, though, is that I've seen lots of other really cool mushies. I'm jealous but very happy for you! Nice work, Jocelyn!

The firmness of the matsitake and the smell are the best identifiers to me. Spicy gym socks!

I love that I can feel like I'm in Cali for 16 min of my day... Thank you!

honestly can’t explain how much i love this channel, it provides me with a calming serenity i’ve never really felt before.

OMG, Jocelyn is in beast mode, when clamming and finding the hyped matsutake mushroom. I love matsutake mushroom. Sauteed works best for me. *yum*

Rinse them in water is fine. Doesn't harm them. Soft tooth brush to clean works well. You got some nice size #1's there. Doesn;t take much of them to flovour a dish. I put just a couple in a big lamb or beef stew and BOOM! Amazing!

Who's out here disliking your videos? This is quality content my dude🤟

First 5 seconds of this video was already so calming/satisfying. THE LIGHTING AND BACKGROUND LOOK SO SERENE. the best videos!! you and jocelyn are such a tag team!!

They are a neat couple with cool stories to show and tell.

Your smiles are so contagious, I find myself smiling any time y’all are

Great forage show. Traditionally, Japanese cooking involved lots of tofu ingredients in its various forms; adds tecture & excitement as well as healthy protein. Local greens for the all important presentation can be added when available. Keep up the great work guys.

I love mushrooms, and I love mushroom hunting even more!

She is a keeper! Someone that is willing to try anything you cook is the best feeling ever.

I've been wanting to forage in the woods myself for a while, so I'm pumped that my fave catch and cook channel got the same idea :D awesome video!

Just made some matsutake gohan and matsutake Chawanmushi last night. I’m blessed to have friends who are mushroom experts and share their harvest with me🍄 Hello from eastern Canada🇨🇦🇯🇵

She got the mushroom eye thats why! Cheee looks good. Man wish we had that kinda stuff. I dunno we might lol , I better go check so I can throw some in with fish! ALOHA!

Matsutake Takikomi gohan. How luxurious. . I sometimes add bite size dark chicken meat and age-tofu.

Wow! What a rare find! Awesome video

Awesome these are my favorite wild mushrooms to harvest, i cant help but smell each one as you put them in your basket.

I love how enthusiastic you are not only on finding the mushrooms and wanting to go out and explore more, but with your cooking and the outcome of it all. I really enjoy watching these videos and seeing how happy it makes you feel you can see it and feel those good vibes just vibrating on out. I love it man keep on doing you brotha!

KNIFE IS LIFE!!! WHAT A GREAT FIND!!!

Very nice mushroom in the fresh forest. I like fresh vegetables.

Knife is life! I love mushrooms. They're beautiful and tasty.

Awesome first find Jocelyn! 🙌

if you havent gotten your kitchen gear in the woods, you could find a house chimney and slow grill it over the hot smoke. then to top it off, wait for a lightning bolt to strike you and your mushroom for that extra roasty flavor. oh and if you've got saffron, it goes really well with the mushroom

People, do not 🚭 underestimate Jocelyn. She is top notch. Even above Ying Weins outside of Thailand. Thing is outdoor chef life is catch forage and cook and that is top notch. may Taku and Jocelyn always do well. Peace

I use to pick Morals for cash after forest fires (British Columbia, Canada) Pines were like the holy grail of mushrooms everyone talked about. Super cool to see you guys find some and cook them. Thanks for the vid

Taku! Thank you so much for your videos they are such a perfect escape from everyday life and remind me to appreciate nature in a way I hadn’t before. You and Jocelyn are such humble, genuine, insightful and inspiring people. I’m from the Bay Area and you completely opened my eyes to a completely new side of the bay’s environment that I had never seen before. Thank you for the awesome content!!

You guys are so great together. I really enjoy your channel and I learn stuff too.

I love this channel. I'm not a professional chef, but I love cooking for my family and friends. Watching you cook and prepare food brings me Peace. 🤙🔥💜

I really appreciate your calm, grateful attitude towards the natural world and your immese respect for the ingrediants.

I have been picking, eating and selling matsutake mushrooms for over 20 years and yes those are definitely matsutake mushrooms. Price my first year picking was $160 a pound 2019 season in cave junction Oregon was $6 a pound.

Knife is life My bf and I have followed your instructions of binge watching your content. Content = quality #OUTDOORCHEFLIFE

Yummm!! My mouth is watering as I watched your video!! We used to pick matsutake here In Canada years ago. I remember my Mother add sliced ageh (deep fried tofu bags) in the rice too. What an amazing find - I’m sooooo jealous!!

Unparalleled quality appreciative of knowledge truth; the very essence and flavor of it. Taku with far reaching heights appears too subdue the petite and my appetite. Cheers.

There's something about mushrooms, the foraging, being outside and literally just finding it sitting there in the middle of nowhere, a gift from the universe just for being there. They're so fragrant and diverse in the kind of flavor, there's so many kinds, and when you cook with them... damn. I will eventually get out to the pacific northwest and experience the mushroom jungle. Right now my favorite tasting mushroom is the morel, so tender and special. Much love and thanks for this fantastic vid

Your videos just make me happy.

Yes! I love Your mushroom videos! Looks so scrumptious! I have not try that variety before, but I am a mushroom lover. Have a blessed day!

Another Great book is "mushrooms demystified" by David aurora, he has some of the best identification keys out of any book i own

Shout out to Taku's ma ma!!! Hey Taku's mama!! You make some quality stylish gear ma'am!! And kudos on raising an amazing son who not only is talented but can pick out a great woman and partner for life. I'm so honored to have been privileged to get to watch Taku and Jocelyn since day 1... it's amazing how far they have come, and I know, as a mother myself, that was some unconditional time and love on your behalf. Thank you Taku's mama... you've done good ma'am. You've done better than good... you've done phenomenal parenting! Thank you all... the time and selfless dedication... truly priceless. Sending love, light, and positive vibes to everyone. Ty #1outdoorcheflife

So awsome.Super happy for you guys that you found these.Not many people know how to cook them and still retain the nose.Hats off to your Japanese heritage.

i could smell it through the tv... it looks wonderful and now im hungry ... its october and i cant help but think that pumpkin goes with everything. id luv to try a pine mushroom with pumpkin, somehow. i haven't found any pines for a few years (bc) . pickers devastate our area. not to mention the hunters too. i do wish non locals, would learn to respect that they are robbing us of our food.

Amazing uploads as usual! There is something quite profound and calming about your style of videos, no over exaggerated edits, just simple and quality content for viewers. I’m still a beginner myself in foraging, but your videos gives me a lot of insight and encouragement to continue foraging!

All that the rain promises and more is a great guide to mushrooming. It can fit in you're back pocket.

As a kid, matsutake hunting was a yearly event here in British Columbia for my family. Back then, it was so abundant! Your video brought back many good memories of my mom cooking this delicious mushroom in so many ways! I can still smell that unique aroma,….. Mmmmmmm

"it has a Earthy flavor" Yea sis that's that dirt seasoning 😍

Also, because matsutakes grow in sandy soil near pine, you can wiggle them free without having to use your knife. Simply grab the cap firmly and wiggle in a circle.

"knife is life" You're multi-talented...mushroom man.

The scent they have is unique, found matsutake up in the Sierra.

I couldn’t click fast enough so excited for another one of your videos

"Knife is Life" There was a local Japanese grocery store (Mitsuwa Marketplace) that was relocating and they were having a closing sale with everything 25% off. I remember they had a few knives made in Japan on sale. They were from $60-$120 +25% off. Looking at your video makes me regret not buying a few of them while they were on sale. with that being said, my all time favorite knife has to be my Nakiri, hands down. Golden Caps are the way to go.. lol

Watching these videos is like therapy to me.

Love your work an your mothers work and Jocelyns work of course. Really good recipes.

To this day, still one of my favorite channels. It’s great to see the progress. Just so relaxing and enjoyable to watch, keep it up you two! 💖

They are super earthy to me. Best I can described these are like eating uni. People usually describe uni tastes like the ocean, these mushrooms taste like the forest/land. Once you had a few, you can really appreciate how delicious they are and why they're so prized. Great fine, especially young ones #1s like that.

Your camping cook pot is a star of its own. Its been with you since the beginning. A damn good pot.

When I heard the sound of you chewing the mushrooms, I understood exactly what texture you were talking about.

Good episode, with the exception of the noisy guys in the end + motorcycles & car noises, you can clearly hear them in the end, it is such a counter climax to the serenity of the woods and the chirping of the birds; If i were you i would look for more secluded places; California is way over populated.

Chanterel mushrooms are easy to identify and they are delicious.

Knife is life. I love mushrooms! I really enjoy your videos.

Last week I read a chapter of Anna Tsing's book about matsutake (yes an entire book about matsutake). She learned (from a japanese lady) not to use metal knives to handle it. She had done once and the taste seemed awful due to not knowing how to prepare it. One interesting observation is that caucasians tend to describe the smell as a smelly sock or rotting fungus and tend to pickle them to erase the smell, while asians (like Tsing) tend to smell all sorts of goodness they associate to the memories they've had from childhood etc. The latter tend to dry grill it, according to Tsing - to enhance the smell. Really fascinating reading. Super interesting to learn about the social networks revolving around matsutake, from japan to oregon. Interesting fact though, Tricholoma nauseosum has been renamed T. matsutake. Note the nauseosum ;)

Thank you more foraging videos in forest. This is what I've been waiting for. 😊

Love your videos and your relationship with each other ❤️

Jocelyn finds all the best shellfish. Now she finds the best mushrooms!! You go gurl!! Love your videos!

Beautiful-what a find. That high pitch tinkling of the charcoal sounds like Binchotan. Way to do it right!

“Knife is life” yeeeeeee

Great job, guys. Nothing better than that. Love the video. Thanks for sharing.

Your videos oddly really help me with my anxiety

I freaking LOVE MUSHROOMS and mushroom videos. I used to go “mushroom hunting” with my younger brother when we were little.

I found 4 in Lewis County up by Burly mountain.. harvested 3 of them the Matsutake/pine mushroom EXTREMELY GOOD Tasting. ONLY THING IS; the death cap is a look alike but the deadly death cap has a bulb as part pf the root/base & the Matsutake is club shaped

12:57 That crunch !!!!

Good Work Chef! Mushrooms can be elusive and that's a beauty..

Jocelyn you're not just a Film Crew/Celeb Guest... You're like a site manager/Co-Producer. You assessed the area and you found a source for good material!!

Radish Sweatsock Mushroom

Thanks for sharing your video,very interesting video.

Knife is LIFE!

I think all kinds of foraging are a bit addicting. I Iive in midlle-east europ in a mountainous area. In late spring, almost all summer and at the beginning of autumn I am in the woods at least once a week. I am looking for all types of things: mushrooms, berries, herbs, sometimes even wild vegetables. I love it, being in the forest relaxes me, and of course: personally collected ingredients taste the best!

Spending my first 50 yrs in Indiana we had one season, MORELS, for 2-4 weeks... Now we're in CO and I spent $90 to get a pound shipped here every year... That looked DELICIOUS!!! Love all kinds of mushrooms...

Yes!! More mushrooms!!!! Can't believe Jocelyn found such a rare mushroom on her first foraging.

Jocelyn has eagle eyes for foraging, and taku is amazing at cooking those items. A true match made in heaven

Nice taku another educational and useful video. Like your humbleness and talent good job chef.

Love your channel man. I'm all about the mushrooms, and I love to cook, but it's a lot of work to forage and cook and make video during all of it, although that's what everybody seems to ask for and you nailed it.🍄

Great video man! As a mushroom forager, i appreciate videos like this. You're very fortunate to live in the region that you do. We don't have matsutake mushrooms where i live, but i do find morels, chanterelles, chickens, hens, and lion's mane. Mushroom hunting is a whole world unto itself. Never stop learning new things!

Taku you’re the reason why I’ve decided to try cooking as a lifestyle! Your catch and cooks always look delicious

“Knife is life” Thanks for the quality content!

So lucky! More mushrooms! I have yet to find Matsutake. MUSHLOVE!

Knife is life Been following you for a pretty long time now been hooked since I saw the first uni foraging video and since then ive been an aspiring sushi chef at home as a hobby to impress my family and friends with what's currently a hobby

Omg... Salivated through this whole video. Thanks for making such great videos and thanks for reminding us all how to be kind to the earth ❤️

I like to dry and powder the Matsutakes for use in soups. I prefer black trumpets for sauce and things like risotto

That mushroom ohh my🤩. I remember my mom used to coocked it when I was 8 years old, that mushroom grows near star fruit 🌲 tree. Bring back childhood memories 😭✌️👍

I can't believe you found those this time of year! Here in the NW, Oregon, our Matsutake season is mid-late September into November after the rain begins. The Matsutake do have that very distinct smell, it's one of the ways I'm sure I have the right mushroom. Matsutake mushrooms are such a prize that everyone is secretive about their hunting spots. Our Asian market sold Matsutake for $115 a pound last year. Crazy!!

Your videos are great 👍🏼 keep up the good work👍🏼❤️❤️😀😄

Love from Denmark! You the real MVP