Eating Blood Sucking PARASITE (they say it's a delicacy!!!) | Catch, Clean and Cook
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I catch a parasitic lamprey in one of Lake Ontario tributaries which is attached to a live salmon. These lamprey attach to the outside of a fish and essentially consume their blood like a combination of a snake and blood sucker. They have nasty raspy teeth that suck on and hold tight, and don't let go. Although they do seem to release if they come out of the water such as when we land the fish.
The lamprey is very slimy and seems to hold a lot of fish oils as the smell and taste of fish is very strong. Since they don't have any bones at all, just cartilage, they are easy to clean, and prepare for cooking.
I cook the lamprey at the tarp shelter with a flour batter and egg wash with woodobo spices, cook in hot olive oil over an open fire using my MMM Grill.
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Lampreys are an ancient extant lineage of jawless fish. Adult lamprey have toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. The adult look like eels, are scaleless, and have elongated bodies, they have eyes, nostrils and gills out the sides of their head. Instead of vertebrae, they have a series of cartilaginous structures.
Lampreys are consumed where they are abundant as food for humans. King Henry I of England is
said to have been a big fan of lamprey eating and continued to eat them despite advice from his physician concerned by their richness. They are seen as a delicacy in Finland and in Latvia (where lamprey is routinely sold in supermarkets), larger lampreys are still a highly prized delicacy.
The mucus and serum of several lamprey species, including the Caspian lamprey, river lampreys and sea lamprey are known to be toxic, and require thorough cleaning before cooking and consumption.
In Britain, lampreys are commonly used as bait, normally as dead bait. Northern pike, perch, and chub all can be caught on lampreys.
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If you dry rub them in salt the slime will come off like a slug being salted
How did the whole ticket thing go for you. You plead guilty and pay it?
Cus thanks to all the out of towners that come to PH theyr gonna close the river acess again so people who live and pay taxes here cant use the river unless we take a similar course.
I love your vids. You remind me of trips me and my dad use to have back when I was a kid. He was really into off the grid living as well.
Did you think of skinning it before cooking. Many do snake that way.
If someone doesnt like heavy fish smell or generally fish smell you can always dump the fish into something with acid for a while e.g. lots of lemon juice or a mixture of vitamin c powder and water etc - because the origin of fishy smell is Thrimethylamine which is basic & the acid breaks it down :P
What great info! Thanks for sharing!!
@@trailtrashoutdoors8173 you are welcome :) Acid is also a trick for fish bones by the way. In case you don’t know: 1) filleting a e.g. trout 2) cupping (every 3-5 mm) the filets at the thicker part where the Y bones are 3) put something with acid on it & let it sit for a while. - then just season it & if everything worked out you should be able to eat the filet without caring about the bones anymore aka you shouldn’t even notice them. - Should work with any fish but depending on the bone size in the filet the time to let the acid sit varies.
Ceviche
Yess. Great tidbit of info!
@@GAFO777 - Thanks. I am one of those who can't stand the 'fishy smell' so I rarely eat fish. Mercury content is another consideration. But with the information you have shared I am more open to the idea. Although the 'fishy smell' left in the house would still have to be dealt with. Makes me want to retch.
You clearly went to some sort of a class in order to learn how to crack eggs so perfectly.
😂😂
I agree haha
Lamprey is pretty good, you just have to use salt on your hands and wipe down the lamprey and bleed it first.This will take off the mucus coat or slime, and get rid of the fishy taste. After that you should definitely gut it, it’s really good depending on how you clean it
my grandfather used to bring a few back from the lakes its not bad try it on a sandwich or with cheese and crackers kinda reminds me of sardines
Yes, they are good.
Could you give me a step by step instructions to cook and clean?
"you can actually eat the whole thing" . like that makes it more enticing. lol
Got me there :)
I would love to try lamprey. Without the spices *that's the ugh for me*
Hahahaha love it
@@vixis i agree but how much spice? there comes a point where you think whats the point of eating lamprey? all i can taste is spice. come to think of it, this may be a wooded beardsman woodobo selling ploy.
I really enjoyed this. Historically lampreys were eaten and valued, considered to be a delicacy. As with all foods there are ways to prepare them that make the most of what you have to start with. Seeing bloated white fuzzy five foot long spawned out dead ones in the stream I fished for brook trout in New Brunswick did not encourage me to try eating them but I am glad you did.Thank you.
Why didn’t you wash it off beforehand?!!!! And why did you eat the slime?!!🤢🤢🤢
I think this is the first time a Wooded Beardsman video has made me wanna gag, and I've been around for a while
Made me wanna too lol
I’d probably scrub the slime off with salt, brine it in vinegar then braise it in booze...🐸
I watch some Japanese cooking channels, and they deal with slimy seafood by basically rubbing it in salt. The salt essentially draws moisture away and helps you get the slime off. Which is a source of the fishy/smell flavour. And apparently using the salt to draw some moisture out of the flesh also helps get rid of the smell and fishiness. You do end up using a fair bit of salt doing this though.
I don't know if you're ever keen to eat lamprey again, but it might be worth a shot in the future.
Yes, vinegar also helps after you clean it with salt, specialy if your cooking catfish. The fishy smell will be gone and also the slime
We also eat lampreys. They are absolutely excellent when smoked or cooked over coals and then put to a sauce of vinegar. The blood must be washed away before preparing. Good job Beardsman
I learn a lot from your videos and later I use these skills when am trekking solo in the wild. Thanks a lot
In Japanese, lamprey is called yatsume unagi (八目鰻), or “eight eyed eel”. The most common preparation I’ve seen is called kabayaki (蒲焼), which is also how unagi is typically prepared in most Japanese restraurants. The fish is split down either the back or belly, gutted, and briefly steamed before being charred on a charcoal grill while being basted with a sweetened soy sauce-based glaze.
The slime on fish can be removed using sand, regular soil or even snow. This will remove quite a bit of the fishy taste, or at least I think it does on catfish, Carp and Buffalo. Good video Chris.
And the Mature st man there said yep very edible, the more years you practice being hungry the better most food tastes.
So this needs a do-over! I bet Jeremy would like it, he can't taste anything :)
@@TheWoodedBeardsman He probably would not forget to cut around the exit hole either. LMBO He really seems to spend a lot of time doing that.... ;)
And just FYI you can wash the slime off with water and a dishcloth but DONOT LET THE WIFE SEE YOU DOING IT IN HER SINK!
You are welcome. ;)
On the next segment of using food to mess with Kevin...🤣🤣🤣
OK 55 seconds to be notified... Dude you're officially back on top, lol well in my opinion anyway.
You are a brave soul, watching that slime pour off was making me gag... I think I might be a bit like Kevin lol.
Don't blame you, this was a tough one!
ha ha Kevins reaction was so funny I would have thought it would taste like eel
Well now that’s the first time I’ve seen a lamprey cooked and eaten. I’ve read a few articles on the problems facing the Great Lakes due to invasive buggers. The thing always reminds me of the X-files episode featuring a humanoid lamprey. Cheers dude.🤙😎
Many people in rural Quebec eat lampreys. In my post I talk about having lamprey pie when growing up. I still make it when I have the chance
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You made me real hungry just now.
@@DinnerForkTongue lol
NO bones, cartilage. Prehistoric animal that predates dinosaurs.
LOL - your egg cracking and emptying skills need practice :D
Egg cracking + filming duo skills LOL
Love the videos. But damn that egg cracking was hard to watch lol
I think he needs a field tripod lol
@@TheWoodedBeardsman hey bud if the egg you used is from your own chicken you need to check what you're feeding them. The shell breaking like that has a lot to do with their diet. It cracked way to much.
Even if you don't catch jack schit,you'll catch some fresh air.The great outdoor just can't be beat man !
on the pacific coast , pacific lamprey(native) are eaten by tribes, however they skin them and pull the notochord out ( cartilaginous backbone) prior to eating.
I live in northern Sweden, It is still -11c, and the sun came out yesterday for 2 hours. It was bliss and I can definitely relate to you!
Back in the UK I used to catch their tiny cousins, Lamperns/River Lamprey- good for European sea bass. When they suckered on to my hand it used to freak me out. I’m not sure they still exist now. British Fishermen, when they still used just sail, would carry them to waters off Canada & New England and hand-line for cod and halibut. The boats were called well smacks- the middle 3rd of the boat had holes in it and it had enough water flowing through it to keep fish alive until they got back to England.
I didn’t like Jeremy at first, I listened to all and I do have respect for him. You both are badass dudes!
I've been wanting to drill holes in my crappy tire grill for awhile. The mmm grill idea is awesome.
The grill is amazing, super well built.
"We're gonna eat that??
- Yeah"
Lmao trying woodobo on everything
Even with it cooked. Your reaction really didn't make me want to try it. I love your videos Chris.
Lamprey were a delicacy for the nobility in Tudor England. Henry 1. Died from eating too many. Still loved in Spain and Finland.
It has a all cartilage skelton, in Alaska the Inuit native americans eat them all the time. They skin them then smoke them and the Lamprey are considered a ancient delicacy
Lamprey are freaky! Like the movie dream catcher. Dude! That pallet work in the green house is mean!nice grill my bro! I’m getting one! This is awesome.🐸🍺🤙🔥
Thank you for doing what you do. I have been binge watching all your videos and your friends. As a disabled person you have motivated me to try and become more outdoors person. Thank you and maybe one day if I make it to great white North we can go camping and you can teach me stuff.
if you have trouble with egg shells, you can always run the eggs through a strainer after you whisk them.
That looks delicious! If I ever caught a Lamprey I'd definitely try this.
When I read the caption at first I thought you was cooking up a politician .... 😁✌️
Fun fact: I was reading game of thrones and in one of the chapters there is a feast where they mention lampreys being served to the nobles. This inspired me to search this video up
Lamprey is a rich man's food where I'm from traditionally . It's one of my favorite foods . If you want you can also cook it unagi style but what ever you do make sure the grease drips off
"Ehh, I'll try it. What the hell..." hahaha That guy is a-okay in my book! 👌🏻😂😊
Lamprey is a delicacy when well prepared.
Keep the blood, skin, make a marinade with red wine and only then cook.
You can make stew (bordaleza) or mixed with broth rice
See Portuguese recipes ...
I hate you and love you at the same time! 🤣 I hate that you are so nonchalant with the gross stuff and I love it bc it cracks me up when you do it. You picking on yourself when you misspoke, the sucky sucks, and then the clapping the slime in your hands! I live for it, and I'm here for it!
You won’t 🤣🤣 omg you did 🤮 I’m from NYC and this is the first time I’ve ever heard of a lamprey, no offense at all, but I’d never. I love how adventurous yous are! I knew Kevin wouldn’t eat it. 🤣🤣 Let’s eat octopus instead. I’m a straight city slicker mama, but I absolutely love watching you and Kevin’s channels. Very educational and funny! Great vlog, thanks for posting.
Consider using avocado oil or peanut oil when you're cooking at high temps. The smoke point on olive oil is pretty low and you're going to be consuming a lot of carcinogens if you use it to fry like that
I like using butter with some bacon grease when pan frying fish
I believe using tallow’s the healthiest way to cook high temp.
Lard is the best, I know plenty of people think that is bad. But those are people who have never used it. The 102 year old farmer who turned me onto it 35 years ago is still alive. Of course he was younger back then.
What you said about olive oil is absolute bullcrap. The smoke point has nothing to do with the oil breaking down and becoming toxic, that is only an issue when oils are repeatedly reheated and reused at high temps, as in bad fast food places. Olive oil has been proven by research to be the most stable and safest oil to consume at high temps, while it also retains its antioxidants compared to other inferior oils. The only down side is it imparts a heavier taste on the food youre frying, so it can become overpowering. Mediterranean nations use olive oil for everything, and they tend to be the longest living nations in Europe. That is reflected by their healthy dietary choices
The Sorted Food youtube channel just did a guess where this holiday food is from video, and one of the foods was a desert made of almond paste shapped into a lamprey and surrounded by sweet egg yolk strands (no actual fish involved). They said it was from Portugal and that lamprey were important there, so I went searching for Portuguese lamprey recipes, and found this video. I guess I need to try the search again in Portuguese.
In Portugal its vrry common to eat lamprey. U should look for some portugueses recipes, they are simple, we use everything, we eat everything and in a delicious way ahahah love ur videos man!!
I was looking for Portuguese recipes when I found this video, so if you could recommend any specific videos on how it's cooked, I'd love to see some. The UA-cam search has been failing me.
Man I’ve seen you eat you eat some crazy stuff but that nasty fish made me gag watching this 😂😂😂😂
Hey bud, Just a small tip; olive oil is bad for cooking over a fire. It smokes/ burns at a relatively low temperature. Use vegetable oil, or canola (cheaper than avocado or Peanut oil) or something with a high smoke point for frying or cooking on a fire.
Edit: You can mix oils/ fats together to raise the smoke point of the more volatile oil. like adding butter to olive oil will raise butters smoke point... adding saved bacon grease to oil is my favorite flavour enhancer.
Those were the worst egg cracks I've ever seen 😂👌
I’m glad this is you testing that slime and not me 😂😂😂
Where'd you learn to crack an egg? 😂 😂 😂
smoked lampreys are really awesome. its a delicacy in my knack of the woods of sweden.
Sending positive vibes. Thank you for taking us along on your journey
also when doing lamprey you have to boil it for a min to get the slime off, then peal it. then you can coat it how ever you want. you would be set.
"its just straight up slime boys, straight up slime" that part killed me XD
almost dropped a thumbs down for the "egg crackin'" performance.
It was so uncomfortable and dissatisfying 😂😂😂
I love fish, all fish but I think I'd be spitting it out and cleaning my mouth out with a snow sorbet too like Kevin! Don is crazy in a cool way!
Great video!
watching you open those eggs was something else
Here in New Zealand we cook it over a open fire but it’s seasonal and very special we call it piharau and we catch it in flax nets I haven’t personally done it myself but I’ve seen it done but it’s best cooked whole over open flames
I grew up eating lamprey out of the Columbia River.. it’s not my favorite but it’s a traditional food that we were forced to eat as kids in my family.. but I don’t eat it very much anymore
It was great seeing you guys in my neck of the woods! A lot of local fisherman got a kick out of your discussion with the police. Good on you guys for knowing your rights.
Can't stop watching your channel recently lost my leg and watching your videos makes me want to get back out n cook some wild foods your channel gets me motivated 😉
I need to watch this vid any time I find myself wanting an unhealthy snack😂
I'm with you on that!
Native American tribes along the Columbia River in the US smoke lampreys, maybe you should have tried that, after all they found a way to use those nasty little things that doesn't look too awful
I picked a hell of a video to watch while eating lunch.
For the record, lunch was still good, even with the strange imagery.
Minnesota a week ago had nearly a foot of snowfall. Then we had a Saturday that was 50 odd degrees. Then back to 40s.
👍 for fish slime bite! What's next on the weird wild stuff menu, lamprey sandpaper mouth sashimi?😁
Hi bro.
So to prepare it you would normally start with ash, and roll it in the ash first then hold it at the head and pull the ash off stripping it of its slime. Then repeat as necessary. This will help to remove the fishyness lol and make it way more palatable. The best way to eat it is smoke it smothered in golden syrup. 😊
Hope this helps if theres a next time.
I prepared these for a ritual once for a local tribe. You need to use a pair of pliers to rip out the spinal cord predator style as it is not very tasty. Ripping the skin off also makes it less slimy and less fishy. The rest is...edible.
If you want to help get rid of the slime, u can rub / wash it off with salt and then rinse off
Kevin is sticking to his egg sandwich on this one 😅
Hilarious, full stop
Don is definitely a trooper! Seven.
"Fish slime turned into egg meal.....that could be a delecacy". Lamprey is very much edible, I heard the french actually eat them with delight!
The French as well as the British loved eating lamprey back in the olden times.
I don’t see what’s unappealing about it, just looks like your average fish to me.
Bet it’s not even as slimy as monkfish or seadevil.
I really appreciate you taking one for the team (Kev & Don, too). Now I know they are edible; if I should ever find myself without food but a lamprey in hand. Other than that "not a chance" will you ever catch me eating one.
Seeing you crack those eggs hurt my soul.
Just a shot in the dark, monkey faced prickled back eels are really slimy but if you poach it in boiling water for 30 seconds or so the slime comes right off
I just watched this and suggest that next time you have an egg sandwich handy for Kevin to kill the bad taste of exotic foods you feed him.
Fjallraven abisko pants... man’s got class
You need a chain of restaurants featuring all these “Delicacies”
I’ve eaten some strange creatures in my day but you got me on this one Chris... 😂
You have always been an inspiration to me. I recently bought a bell tent and a stove. Looking to get a boat this spring and really get out into some wilderness. Love the videos!
The long streak white grey stuff in the sky is not cloud. It is called chem trail. No It is con trail. They just stay there for hours.
Good morning from Melville Saskatchewan have a blessed day I luv your sense of adventure with the lamprey don’t know if I could that
Here in Finland they are local delicacy in some places. You dont even cut them up...
You have to come to North Europe to eat lamprey. Come to Riga market and taste it. Delicious!
dude, great vid! worst one handed egg cracks i have ever seen tho :D XD
Try prepping them like eel, salt to remove slime, butterfly em and get some bbq eel sauce
Next time use the wood ash to take off the slime. It is used on eels, so I think it should work for any slimy fish.
Nasty. You Canadians are a special kind of woodsmen. True survivors. The slime on your hands had me seriously gagging. Bro. Wow.
Loving the videos man ❤️ really keeping me going, thank you.
You should have washed it in saltwater first I have some native friends who Target lamprey and smoking them is the best. love the videos
Oh those evil lamprey, they're the ticks of the waterways! Kevin grabbed one of the fattest pieces haha, at least he tried it though. God bless
Get rid of slime before you cut or section off the fish by just dipping or blanching the whole fish in boiling water for maybe 10 sec or just long enough, the slime will solidify and u can scrape it off, then you can prep the fish the way you want to.
I could watch this guy eat weird foods all day but I feel very unsettled by that egg crack lol
Off griddin start livin 🤪here .
The Noel Homestead. Love this content and and upbeat personality.
Great channel
The people on the Yukon eat lots of lamprey. You should travel north and see how they cook them. As an Alaskan I too appreciate the longer sunny days with temps still below freezing. Best time of the year to be out ice fishing and snow machining.
Yep I’m from the Yukon to and it is a very enjoyable food what’s we get them in Russian mission and I do like it when it’s sunny and still cold out man it feels good
delicacy for some, but normal food for some people
Chris (please excuse the familiarity, I'm aware of etiquette but I am an American).
As one that watches your videoed adventures and appreciates your sense of humor, I'd like to tell you about these blood-sucking parasites that infest much of America. Strangely enough it's rumoured that they taste like beaver, but they smell fishy. They are commonly known as "barflies". And another curious thing about them is that they prefer to suck the blood from a particular area.
I, personally, have not tried them so you may decide to disregard this comment as I can only give you second-hand info.
Keep on surviving and laughing. Blessings to you and your family and Jeremy.
That thing is straight up from a sci fi horror movie.
I looked up where you dip them in boiling water and take them out for easier cleaning. 👍
Dude, I love watching your videos. Your content, commentary and positive attitude is really entertaining! I laughed and gagged and laughed so many times during this video. Keep trolling the trolls and making awesome content.
You can get the slime off most eels by freezing them in a bag of water and the slime rinses off when thawed
Gotta try that!