Whenever I see those herbal medicine guys I just think of Patrick Star saying: "You rub it on your skin and you live forever!"😂

I really appreciate that you steer clear of the homeopathic "magic" of things and focus on the facts and enjoyment of the fruit.

I went to the asian market once and this very old lady in a grass hat sold me some T. chebula, I ate it and several hours later I was able to move small objects across the room using just my mind! the telekinetic powers wore off shortly there after, when I went back to the store and tried to find that old asian lady she wasn't there and when I asked teh store clerk if she would be coming back they said she never existsed!

THANK YOU for the rant about the medicinal plant videos! Gosh it's so difficult to find info about plants that I want to forage and identify because of these videos.

"Generic unripe fruit" flavour is a brilliant description

i liked that you warned against false info and sensationalism, which is abundant nowadays

An episode with all the fruits that change your palette, in one recipe, would be cool.

In Thailand we pickle it in salt solution then drain and pickle further in honey... As snack / cough remedy. Also hiker use fresh one to quench thirst as its draw sliva and leave sweet after test.

you should make more ice cream and like snacks "for later" type videos, i ended up rewatching your dragon fruit video to make the ice cream and now im buying dragon fruits every other week :)

It tastes alkaline. Afterwards if you sip on water, it tastes sweet.

Thank you for this taste test and review, it was super interesting. No wonder you could only find the modern, New Age woo-woo health claims for this fruit, but it actually has a thousand-year history in the history of medicine. It was one of the medicinal ingredients used by medieval Islamic medicine (mainly to treat stomach problems, or so it seems) and then obviously by medieval European medicine, too. Back then, it was called myrobalan in Latin, which is, in English, another fruit entirely, which could be another story, I feel.

This is why I've followed you for a while: You cut all the crap and focus on the fruit per se.

In.. Telugu... Its karakkay .. Dried chebula outer shell use for cough

Preserves tend to last a long time. If the lid isnt bloated it should be fine.

You impressively navigated a rabbit hole situation that would have infuriated me. Very respectable. 👍

On the drinks... My immediate thoughts are: - How does a tea from the White and Black, *combined,* taste? - What about using some of the preserve syrup in water? Warm water vs Cold water? _(the non-expired heh)_ - Or, syrup mixed in with either tea?

Hi, i love your content and just wanted to say to have a good day!

you are doing a great service by de-convolving certain medicinal associations with fruit from the true botany... as a fruit nerd (and not really a folk medicine nerd) I thank you!

Will you be doing anymore nutmilk videos? I absolutely loved the intos you made while doing them.

Off topic, In my country our Mamey Sapote is yellow and smooth with a sharp bottom, it has a totally different characteristics than the one you've ate in your video. I believe it's more like the egg fruit. Our native June plum is also larger and more juicer than the one in your video. I think the American species are a wild variety. It's difficult to find the native ones though. I just learned that our Mamey apples are egg fruit. We call it Mamey apple over here, it look different from egg fruit though.

awesome of you to demystify this fruit a bit! the white terminalia chebula drink sounded pretty good, might have to give something like that a try sometime!

I’m so grateful to you for these videos! I will probably never have the chance to try many of these foods, but your exploration, research, and thorough descriptions are really wonderful. I can’t help but think that future historians will benefit tremendously from these cross-cultural/-geographic descriptions and documentation!

You’re probably not going to get sick from eating an ‘expired’ canned product, unless the can or jar, or it’s lid, is apparently compromised in some way. It just might not present or taste as good, or in the way the manufacturer intended it to, anymore.

Your understanding and discernment of fruit is already on a mystical level! Yeah real fruit with flavor vs sludge… Why people?!?

"They tore the expiration date off." 😅😬

Currently in Costa Rica, already found Noni and Soursop in the wild. Noni was underwhelming, really not as disgusting as i hoped, but mine was underripe. Soursop, sadly, was too, so i left it on the tree. Also saw a vendor selling Guaba, which I assumed was Guava, in a traffic jam(literally, they walk between the cars) only to realize it was Ice cream bean once we passed him and it was too late. Just wanted to mention it to thank you for your videos! They have become an absolute go-to for my travel preparations. Gonna hit up San Isidro de El General for its farmers market, too. Thank you! This has been one of my favorite channels ever since i discovered it a few years ago.

Fruit is truly a pleasure and so is this channel! Your channel focuses on all the best things about fruit!

I love how the picture on the black harad is just the white harad edited to be darker. Totally feels safe and not sketchy lol.

Your videos provided something surprising for me; worldbuilding inspiration! Seeing how crazy and weird fruits all OVER Earth are is giving me so many ideas for fruits in my world of Enterra. If Enterra existed, I bet there's some fruits there you'd absolutely love xD

Great video, I really appreciate the breakdown on how annoying it is to look up fruit online. I don’t remember it being that hard looking ok up fruits and plants without snake oil salesmen.

Wow, the drooly new agers are all over that fruit. Thanks for giving us a clear view of it🎉

so, I need to get some of this stuff so I can become Magneto from the Xmen!

I take this fruit all the time, I love it. It has helped me tremendously

The appearance and the way you describe the taste and texture reminds me of kedondong (Spondias dulcis).

Those kinds of descriptions for plant uses gives a bad name to plant & herbal medicine use. The uses for plant medicines, in many cases, is scientifically studied & supported by facts not fables. Interesting fruit. If the seller was not honest enough to remove the product from sale after expiration then removing & hiding the date, I wouldn’t even open the jar. Their lack of honesty extends throughout their business. Thanks for sharing. I’m glad you are safely back home. Many blessings

You should do a series on "medicinal" fruits people think tastes terrible that is actually good if done correctly.

I was so excited to see this video. I just bought some haritaki for health but I wanted to know what the fruit tasted like!

Main ingredient to cure dysentery for first time visitors to India.

In the medicine vs. culinary foods, I hate how hard it is to find lion's mane mushrooms. They are DELICIOUS, but if you search for them online, 90% of the information you'll find is powdered nutritional supplements. I just want tasty mushrooms! I found fresh ones once in a local grocery store, but it seems like you can't find them dried without getting the powder, sadly.

You forgot to mention people use to use it to make ink

In India, it has many names. Haritaki, Harra, shilikha,etc. If eaten after meal everyday, people can extend their life. But too much eating can lead to lowering or diminishing of sexual desires. Many saints used to eat this. It's also used to make ink in ancient times. Also used to treat foot fungus.

This video perfectly aligned my chakras!😁

8:08 One of your videos is on the lower right of the screen. Funny.

Hi I just found your channel, I love the concept. I am from Aotearoa New Zealand. I saw that you have tried the Feijoa but there are some other weird and wonderful native fruit that are rare and almost never spoken of even here. The number one that comes to mind is the kawa kawa, a plant more known for its peppery leaves. The Kawa kawa fruit is small, red or orange and has a sweat peppery flavour. There is also the Karaka, a fruit no longer eaten, normally toxic but edible when washed with water and cooked.

love the funky transition music in this vid 👍

I like the girl who claimed it removes drugs........... With the look of desperation on her face it was perfect.

The extreme dilution sounds like homeopathy or something.

I have a terrible memory too, but i’m a super smeller and have a great memory for smells. There’s some disconnect in my flavor sense though, not sure why.

I’ve been watching your videos for quite some time now and this channel is truly unique. There’s something I’d really like to see you try, and it is the Sierra Gooseberry. It is an amazing plant, Ribes roezlii is the scientific name. If you can get past the thorns, the fruit is amazing. I love to wild forage them when they are ripe here in the Sierra Nevada mountains of CA, usually around hunting season (general season D zones 3-5) they’re everywhere up there. Fully ripe they’re bright red with maybe a little bit of yellow. Slightly underripe the thorns are red and there’s some red color to the fruit, but the fruit is mostly yellow. The flavor is better on very slightly unripe fruits in my preference because it’s a little bit sour. I hope this comment gets some attention They make wonderful preserves, I believe the natives also had several different uses for them as well. California Native tribes are incredibly diverse so that would be an awesome rabbit hole to fall down into. Anthropologically one of the most culturally diverse regions of North America pre-colonization I would also like to note that there is a significant prevalence of Thimble berries in the area as well Rubus parviflorus

The one you had in Mexico, we have it in Jamaica and we usually dry the kernels after they're removed. They get harder and more like the almonds you know,..Better even...

You have a memory like mine. I work in retail and I’ve had regular customer come in to my store like 20+ times over and over and I can’t get their name to stick. Same for events and stories etc. But I seem to have an excellent memory for random facts and stuff!

I love fried curry leaves and I love greens so I'll definitely be seeking this out!

Thanks good video and interesting too.

I haven't tried the preserves, but I would think of getting syrup off then popping the husk. Get everything out and spit the husk out.

"What we have is terminalia chebula, which I'm probably saying wrong." Salagadoola menchicka boola Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Put 'em together and what have you got? Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Salagadoola means menchicka boolaroo But the thingamabob that does the job is Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo! 😁

Don't know why, but I love seeing you use that knife lol. Well, suppose I'm a bit partial since we sell them at my store and one of the best cheap knives I've ever owned. Mines 4 years old and still in great condition.

Thank you for sticking with facts, but the chance to be psychic? That fits in to my plans for world domination. I'll be making a trip to our international market this weekend! LOL

19:12 best part of the bideo

The name Terminalia might lead one to expect it could be used to commit haritaki.

Please tell us what supermarkets or fruit stores you go to

I paused the video at 7:11 and checked out the "Kailasa's Blissful Athlete" channel to see what kind of stuff the spiritual youtube people would be saying about the "benefits" of such random exotic fruit, and here are the findings: -He's a white Canadian guy who started doing yoga in 2017 and then moved to India with his wife -He became Hindu and his "guru" gave him a new Hindu name -he wears a necklace with a picture of his guru's face on it -Wikipedia says his guru Nithyananda is a cult leader and fled India in 2019 following "rape and kidnapping" charges and has been in hiding since -Also for some reason the guru's social media pages have since been fronted by some white women living in India -The youtube guy suddenly stopped posting everywhere shortly after his wife allegedly divorced him and left the cult -He probably grilled himself Haratiki, not even once

unrelated, and maybe not really a fruit, but lupin/lupini beans are really good fried, if you come across them at a store sometime you should try it. kinda tastes like popcorn, but different texture. also, unless you get sweet lupin in dry form, it’ll be brined, so it’s already salted all the way thru unlike popcorn. also leave the skins on them, they’ll puff a little inside, and the skin cracks and crisps up. if the skin is off, the inside gets much harder and doesn’t have as nice of texture imo. the skins on their own are fine but meh.

Haritaki is generally soaked overnight in water and the water is drunk... the fruit is too hard to bite into. (Indian / Bengali perspective)

5:36 isn't it actually a "best by" date? I believe the shelf life of jam is absurdly long. Like 3 years or something like that. The shelf life listed by the government is just playing it extremely safe.

Final video introduction: "Greetings everybody, today I'm going to try the manchineel fruit!"

bet this break of 2 days is because he's actually gotten superpowers and is now saving the world

Wow, those are some crazy hippies you found in these videos. Sort of makes me embarrassed to be a human

Thank you. THANK YOU, for pursuing an objective, fact-based exploration!

You're (were) in thailand? Any possibility of a OTR/Weird Explorer collab?

Also after eating it you lose the ability to swim

Did you develop any superpowers after eating these?

I’m wondering if those drinks would have VitC benefits? Mmmmm. An orange might be better. If I was going to try the powder, why don’t they pop it in gel capsules? Silly buggers. Really interesting video. I so enjoy your channel. 😊

Terminalia catappa leaves are used by some aquarists as a mild medicinal source.

“Put some out on a table, I’ll take a few nibbles of that why not”

Fun Objective Fact: Haritaki, also known as Myrobalan, is the fruit being held in depictions of The Medicine Buddha, Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja.🙏 It has been venerated for many years, long before the advent of the jaded stereotype that seems to have tainted its perception for some, though I understand and respect your commitment to the Integrity of your channel.

I hope you try Cecropia (Gummy Worm Fruit) at some point.

not gonna lie, I was hoping you were going to do a gaining mystical powers bit at the end... But I very much appreciate the herbal medicine sensationalism rant!

How do you find these beautiful fruits online ? I mean the information part ? Please share some resources and forums

Ha, in our language onion is called "chebula" :D

Report that criminal store selling expired products immediately.

Ive seen online that our native white flowering dogwood is poisonous but also heard theyre edible. Any ideas?

The medicinal KZfaqrs were all weirdos 😂

You didn't try the seed or the reconstituted dried fruit? The seed is another Terminalia said to taste like an almond or hazelnut.

Love your channel! How can you afford to travel so often?

Thanks Jared.

Salt and chili powder seems to be a recurring theme, but I've never had it. Is it only those two ingredients? In what approximate proportion? Would it be good with other fruits and veggies?

12:52 LA Beast reference.

Maybe you could check out bilberry sometime

The sugar used is probably panela

So, what kind of a dish would you add this powder to?

Noni mentioned! Would be interesting to see a comparison of the different green fruits that are eaten with chili powder and salt with some history on the practice.

i bet it's so beautiful there

After this video I rubbed it on my loins and they levitated. 😂

Maybe you've already said it and I just missed it, but do people in Thailand, too, use it medicinally as well as for eating pleasure? Because if they don't, that could be an explanation for the supposed unpleasant taste. There might be a subjective conceptual and sensual difference between a foodstuff that one eats to enjoy and claims that it just tastes nice vs. a medicinal supplement that one consumes for a reason and claims that it has to have a bitter, medicinal taste.

Hey man love your channel. Got a question. Found this tree where I live and it’s got these golf ball sized fruit with a hard shell three pits inside and kind of a dry creamy flash. was wondering if you could help me identify it.

Wonder if there's a way to use kratom in a non disgusting way like this, aside from capsule.

Trying to find uses for things deemed "medicinal" is so frustrating. Just magic and snake oil. "Rub this fruit on the left ball of your foot under the full moon with a mouthful of spinach and you will gain the power of flight just like the shamans of days past", meanwhile I'm just trying to find out if you need to cook the cool fruit/vegetable I found to eat it lol.

Jared X LA Beast has to happen

I wonder how many jars and boxes of random fruit products must be in your house at this point.

Im wondering if you made your own preserve out of it, would it taste better ? You could control the sugar content. Maybe it would make a good sour type preserve ?