the other day I saw middle eastern s in my backyard picking this wild vine, they asked if they could continue picking them and I said go ahead idk. two days later the women comes to my house with a big pot of stuffed leaves, "Dolma" I'm glad I let them pick them, free food and it tasted great. I'm going to start making them now lol

yes replace kale chip

I used to chew on grape tendrils when I was a kid. They have a very refreshing tangy flavour.

And I wondered why my horses kept eating the darn things. I should have tried one lol. Thank you!

When my mom made dill pickles at home she would always put a grape leaf in them and it does make them taste a lot better .

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I so wanted to try this after watching this video. But I tasted my wild grape leaves just now and they are so bitter that I can't imagine that frying them would improve the taste to where I would be able to eat them. The wild grapes that grow here in my urban home in Nashville, TN as very small dark purple grapes that are pretty sour. I do eat them and If I was able to I would gather them and make some jelly or wine from them. And yes, I have identified them as grapes! Few grow down from the tall tree canopy making them just a fun snack when I can find some low enough. Great wild edible for our birds and other critters that can find a home in the small strip of forest between the subdivision areas built in the 1960's. Would so love to be able to get out there and walk down to the redbud...I so want to try some redbud flowers. Even have a black walnut tree close enough that a very few fall on our drive. But as a disabled person in poor health it is rare that I can go outside anymore. I don't like the taste of olive oil, but have some. Perhaps I should have picked a few of the leaves just to try anyway. Maybe in a few days after I recover from today's outing. enjoyed my salad of violets and leaves, wild lettuce, spice plant new and tender shoots, a bit of bitters: plantain and dandelion. I even found a baby cedar tree that I could reach, so looking forward to steeping it in my tea asap. Love your foraging videos!

I love leaning all kinds of things and follow many pages. I just discovered this page and an totally hooked. I love nature.

I watched your video after I found wild grapes on a trail I walked a few days ago. I took notes on your video and went back to make sure it wasn't moonseed. I picked 5 medium-sized leaves, washed and dried them yesterday Tonight I fried them in olive oil and sprinkled on sea salt. They were crispy just like in your video which I liked but the flavor was a mix of, "Mmmm" and then, "Oh gosh, yuck!" I ate one more and it tasted a bit better so I think the flavor varies from leaf to leaf. The flavor reminds me of the rice wrapped in grape leaves I had at a Greek wedding years ago. I also picked a handful of wild blackberries that were close to the grapes. Anyway, thank you for your video!

Best channel I've EVER seen. So much valuable information, thank you for what you do. I grew up in Sudbury, and did not know how RICH we were. My nana intimately knew the bush, grandpa was a bush pilot fighting forest fires. Ah, blueberries so thick you shook the bush and filled your bucket. What I miss the most is rhubard! Squeals on finding raspberries, tiny strawberries. Chokecherry jam. I live in Rexdale, northwest Toronto. Much greenspace up here. I've seen people picking fiddleheads, smiled. The Humber River Trail is picturesque, but forbidden for foraging. I look at the lifeless water and know I would not eat from it. Thank you again for sharing your depth of knowledge.

We have two wild grape vines right next to our house! Can't wait to try this!

that sort of lower-case quality you have at the end of your words reminds me of zefranks voice, which i miss. and these videos are informative and very calming, like a short break from the normal bombardment of things, without being boring

Crunchy!

I've been eating grape leaves stuffed fried ect since i was 5, i can vouch for this it's amazing! You can also buy grape leaves from your local supermarket not the same flavour as fresh but its close enough

Newish to your channel. Caught a video a while back but for some reason I haven’t gotten notifications in FOREVER and I see you’re still active. Dang KZfaq! 😡 Trying to catch up and review your older videos now that I’ve been reminded. You are very knowledgeable and as a somewhat newbie to “survivalism,” (course I’ve always been a “survivor”) I am very much appreciative of your help. I’ve been taking out and teaching my grandchildren as much as possible about the outdoors. Videos like yours help me research so I have more to share with them. I also get a lot of help from Bob Hansler. He’s talked with me a bit and I really appreciated that. Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you. Blessings to you and yours ~Lisa

Had one next to my shop. These nice Greek looking ladies would come by and pick them to cook in their restaurant,. Some kind of rolls that were delicious.

I've made stuffed grape leaves from wild grapes from my dad's farm. My only tip is that you pick the younger looking leaves and/or pick them in the spring when they are just unfurling. The younger they are the more tender they are for stuffed grape leaves. The older ones are a bit tougher. Google stuffed grape leaves and you'll find recipes. Its best if you use the authentic recipe using ground lamb, and the specified rice. After I make a batch of them, I pack them in glass jars, fill with a mix of water, olive oil, lemon juice and salt then run them through the canning process. Because there's meat in them you process in a pressure cooker for safety reasons. Though I did put some through a hot bath and the sealed, and I ate them, I'm concerned the risk of food poisoning is just too great. Use a pressure cooker instead. I like to eat mine heated with a squirt of fresh lemon juice on them. Awesome.

I love mediterannean stuffed grape leaves. They're addictive!

wonderful idea. I`ll definitely try this out next summer. i grow grapes in my greenhouse and until now used those leafes just for compost. thanks !!!

I put up five 2 quart jars of grape leaves for the winter......now I'm heading back into my garden to pick the rest to make chips!!! Thanks for the info.

I know butter and other saturated fats(including coconut oil) have been given a bad rap, but the truth is that they are the only fats/oils suitable for cooking because unsaturated fats oxidize when heated. I only use virgin olive oil on raw salads. Olive oil is at least better than extra virgin olive oil for heating, but need to keep the temp as low as you can. Butter or coconut oil would be better. I'm sure it tastes good tho. Enjoying your videos, thanks.

I wonder if these would be any good just dehydrated and kept as a trail snack

We are Assyrians and that is like one of our main dishes is Wild Grape Leaves oh my goodness that stuff is delicious

Awesome! We have an abundance of wild grapes here in Southeast Missouri and I have used them to make dolmadakias many times. I had never heard of making crispy grape leaves, though! This will be my next wild edible endeavor! Thank you!!!

Tried it!! Its delicious:) my favorite was the boiled grape leaves. They also make a pretty damn good tea if you drink the water you boil them in.

When young and tender, grape leaves can be used to scoop food just like bread. You may want to blanch them quickly to tenderize them.

I have been eating grape leaves and mulberry leaves since I was a child. Just liked the way these tasted.

Loved the video. Does it have to be wild grapes? I live in British Columbia Canada in the Okanogan valley where there are hundreds of vineyards and lots of different species.

Use to go over to a friend's when I was a kid and they had a wild grape vine right next to the pool. We'd jump in and out of the pool to get a few and jump back in, they're so good and they have a much different texture than store bought grapes. If I had to choose I'd always go with wild grapes.

The tendrils are great to chew on as well! We call it indian gum!

So happy I found your channel. Please keep making videos. Love learning these things. Cheers!

Might try adding salt too. Looks simple and yummy. Thanks for another great video!!

Yum! Gonna try this with my grape leaves!

Wow thanks there's Concord grapes in our back yard!!!

Who knew! Absolutely awesome! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Your videos are informative and very interesting.

Very interesting! I'm going to try frying some grape leaves just as soon as I determine if the vines on our property are truly wild grapes. Thank you for another great foraging video.

Haha stuffed grape leaves you mean "Sărmăluțe în frunză de vie". We love this dish in Romania.

Awesome! thanks for the thorough info.

They looked delicious. Very interesting and hope I get to do this some time. Thanks for sharing.

I just remembered my old house had wild grapes! The grapes were delicious, but I should have tried the leaves.

Wow!!! Never heard of this before! We will definitely have to give this a try! Thanks for sharing!

My goats fight over grape leaves.

Might make a good salad if paired-up with White Pine Cambian and Rasberries, maybe a bit of diced Squirrel or other small game...

great, informative video as ever! I'm always super psyched when I see you have a new video up, I used to live in New-Brunswick and knew wild edibles there quite well but since moving to Ontario I haven't really foraged at all; your videos are definitely encouraging me to hahaha

Super crunchy! I learn the most interesting things from your channel. This makes me wish we had a grapevine. I love grape leaves. Will remember this. Thanks for sharing. :-)

I never thought of this, what an excellent idea!

Thanks for the tip. I have a grape vine in the back yard. The deer usually get all the grapes before I do, but I am going to try this.

Thank you 🙏. Super excellent

At least here in Pennsylvania, the tendrils, when still bright red, are edible and very sweet. I love picking them while hiking. Love your channel

I have Asperger's Syndrome and have much anxiety when it comes to food texture but I would love to try any of theese!

Wow...U are always up 2 something.... It will be a little while before I can try this, can't wait !

Great video, thank you!

as always, informative.

Such a good vid, congrats and thanks!!!

wow I have wild grapes everywhere so this is really cool

I don't understand, you make awesome vids but with just a few subscribers. You desererve more man. Cool videos, love them

Stuffed grape leaves (dolmas) are the best. I would highly recommend them

Great video & really helpful.. :)

Love your channel! Greetings from Germany

Awesome recipe!

put olive oil in a spray bottle, lightly mist and bake

Another great video. Good job!

My best friend has a grapevine that has absolutely swallowed his swing set Thank you for this

Marvelous video! I have lots of other edibles I'd like to cook in this method.

Thank you, Soul brother!

i have to say i really enjoy your videos thumbs up

Thanks for sharing. Love it.

Great vid, mate! Thanks for sharing!

I grow muscadine grapes very excited but this video thank you for sharing. I also bought your plans for the pop-up cabin plan to make that for the grandkids wish me luck.😂

Cool channel 👍 definitely helpful 👍 keep up the good work

Good stuff

Great video thanks!!!

yo I see these all the time when I hike! also, I have that exact plate that you use at the end there lmao. Shout out from Ontario!

The wild grapes in my yard ripen mid august and are nice and sweet.

Have not tried it this way but work great as a wrap

Looks good

This is great as my lambsquarter lemon rice dish would fill these leaves and create a wild version of the Lebenese dish.

Grape leaves stuffed wtih ground beef and basil. Mmmmmm ♥️

cool.excellent

Great video. I’m finding loads of grape leaves in Connecticut. I never knew about eating them raw or cooking them like chips. I cook stinging nettle chips.

That CRUNCH!

i don't have a wild grape but i do have a grape growing in my backyard. so while there are still some good leaves that aren't browning or been eaten down to the veins by bugs, i can probably do this

You make that look good

it's really healthy, thanks

great video

Thanku

This guy has the most unexciting voice I’ve ever heard and yet I’m still here. Cool.

Wow i have one of these growing in the outside corner of my house and didnt even know what it was

Love your videos, man. Very informative, very useful. This is what KZfaq is meant for. Along with cat videos of course.

Denver, they are everywhere.

In the middle east we have a food called grape leaf if u translate the word as it is we pickle the grape leaves and we stuff them with meat and herbal stuffing and lemon juice and we boil it and it's one of the most delicious foods ever

My favorite form of wild grape is the skepernon!

There are some in my backyard I'm now going to harvest them

Fascinating.

I used to munch on the young grape leaves as a kid, they're not as rough as the bigger ones and they taste a little better.

If you make home made pickles, you can put a grape leaf in them. The tannons help keep your pickles crisp .

I love your channel. Very informative, I am learning so much. Can you show an example of the poisonous one? I did not see it on the video. Thanks.

In Turkey and Greece grape leaves are used to make Sarma, imagine it as Turkish/Greek sushi

i cant say whether its true or not since ive never tried any of this, but it occours to me that perhaps a good choice for frying grape leaves would be grape seed oil

Great video. A distinction video for the different types of grape vines would be awesome!