Hi all! I hope this video inspires you to learn the plants in your region and start to connect more deeply with the land through your food. If you learn just one new plant each week, you'll know 52 in a year. That's pretty meaningful. I have a resource guide for foraging that you are welcome to use here: robgreenfield.org/foraging Health and happiness to you all! Love, Rob
Purslane are very delicious and easy to find. Cook it with a bit of salt and garlic. It has a very mild sour taste and crunchy can be found in summer time
The video was great but I'd still wash the plants beforehand. Even if they weren't sprayed with pesticides, you really don't know what happened with the plants. Pee from animals, insects, waste, dirt or rain, you really don't know what happened with the plants. it's still a good idea to wash everything just in case. Just because it's nature doesn't mean it's necessarily clean and ready to eat.
PLEASE emphasise the importance of learning how to identify plant properly BEFORE you try any of this. There are a lot of poisonous plants out there which can look very similar to some of the plants shown here to the untrained eye. People trying to do this without properly learning to identify plants (especially children) can end up getting seriously harmed!
And also making sure that the plants you forage are grown without pesticides. That was something that terrified me w hen he did his foraging in LA video
For people considering doing this, please do extensive research about what you are getting. Some things might be poisonous, like elderberries (pats of them are poisonous, like the stems, they can also be poisonous if not cooked properly). Also be sure to wash everything
As a Greek, dandelion leaves are commonly used as a side dish with olive oil and lemon. I used to go hunting with my yiayia to get these amazingly nutritious and delicious bitter greens. So yummy
I live in a relatively green Indian city and I'd love for Rob or a local to delve into the diversity of Asian greens we have here - I ask and ask but no one seems to know the names of even some of the most common fruiting and flowering trees :/ Foraging and growing food on lawns would completely change urban development and food security here.
it's actually really easy to find out the names of the plants if you enter on google what the leave shape or other plant characteristics along with country! theres also a subreddit (i think r/whatsthisplant) where you can post a picture and people can answer what plant it is)
This is awesome! I recently downloaded an app called Picture This and it’ll tell you what plant you’re taking a picture of. I went with a walk with my family and we identified many edible plants and even brought home some lemon balm to plant!
I've watched some few videos of his channel, and mentions some sorts of groups and communities of permaculcure and foraging, seems that empirism is the key, he litteraly lives this. But for sure, books too, watched a video in which he reccomends one called "The Omnivore's Dilemma".
Dude, most wild plants and herbs have poisonous counterparts. To be a responsible forager, you must also ALWAYS wash what you pick because you never know what's growing around it and you must know the difference between those plants and the poisonous ones. For example, queen Anne's lace (wild carrot) and hemlock (24 hour death) look basically the same unless really really examined. There should be warnings all over this video with links to online field guides (just saw the link in his pinned comment). PLEASE do not go foraging without proper research and preparation.
My grandma is a faith healer and since im a little girl she's been teaching me what leaves help with what symptoms and their nutritional value. We are part of the nature, not apart of it, and really: there's no mystery
When foraging, try to pull out the neighbouring different specie of plants that you are not eating. So that, the plant that you are eating from can spread more.
Actually, what you did with nettles was used in the past in Europe to cure people from arthritis. They used a few branches to caress a person's naked body, the chemical reaction in the body helps relieve inflammation of the joints. My mum had her thumb stuck because of osteoarthritis so I tried nettles on her and her thumb got unblocked.
I leave in southeast asia where foraging and wild flowers are apart of our delicacy experience. Boy, he took it the next level. He will be a fun guy to go when we are looking for wild roots and leaves in the jungle. He just foraged some shrubs here, but I'm sure he know what to find in deep jungle too.
The reason that man died is because he ate the seeds out of sheer desperation. The seeds are poisonous, but the roots, aka the potatoes, are perfectly fine.
This is such a wonderful video Rob! I grew up in Eastern Europe and a lot of these dishes took me back to my grandmas - she used to made creamed nettles (kind of like creamed spinach), dandelion salad, fried elderflower and many other dishes/remedies based on the plants she foraged on her daily walks. It’s a big part of the culture on the countryside back home and I miss it a lot since moving to a big city abroad. If you can I suggest making some syrups over the winter (such as pine tree & honey etc) and they can help boost immunity.
Really impressed by this meal. Watching this reminded me of my childhood in France, in the contryside.I remember the burn from nettle,and the delicate flavor of Acacia fritters.
The battered elderflower is acutally an old recipe here in Bavaria called Hollerkiachal :-) I loved it as a child! Also, you should eat wild garlic before it blossoms, the taste is much more intense!
I make nettle soup because once the nettles are cooked, the acid dies off from the heat energy being transferred and has a nice earthy flavour at the end.
Rob, I dare you to do that with the nettles we have on our property. I'm relatively immune to most nettles, but the ones we have can still sting me though doubled up gloves.
There is many people who knows doesn't know so this video is very helpful and educational for people to know, so they don't go poison themselves. Thanks for educational video, keep them coming 👍
I like to make note of all the things I can eat on nature walks. Near my house there ars raspberries in season rn, hibiscus, stinging nettles, cattails, dandelion, mint, milkweed, pine needles. I've also harvested and eaten all of those except cattail root.
Watching this really made me hungry. But I've heard that when vege grows sprout, it is better to not eat it anymore as the gene of it has changed. Please educate me if this statement is wrong.
Lego Fans it’s relevant because you’re all conditioned into eating crap with no nutrients that has no taste, when the food items that have the highest vitamin and mineral contents in the world are weeds and wild edibles. Our ancestors ate these foods daily and those who do the same like myself, know very much how delicious and amazing this food is. To all of YOU, it’s like an alien food from another planet, that’s how used you all are to eating crap.
@@angryoldman9140 firstly you need to calm down secondly that was not the point the original comment even said and even if it does everyone has their preference please respect that
Ah you beautiful human, another successful forage and another terrific video. That meal oh man. DeLISH! Now to place that bounty in front of me, hm. There are wild greens around where I live I don't know them by sight. Not sure how successfully I can forage with my walker and instability. I can, though, access local produce and I love an adventurous salad. The soup I shall duplicate. Elder flower not sure about acquiring but I love the idea of battered botanicals. I'd use aquafaba in place of egg and perhaps some nut or oat milk? Your meal inspires me. As before you have in your ways of sustainability. Because of your videos I began saving all my scraps and coffee grounds. Organics now go outside behind the apartments for either animals to eat off or the Mother to reclaim. No more methane from my garbage! Light and love to you. ❤️ ☮️
Just don't go rubbing the fresh-picked leaves on yourself. Cooking stinging nettle neutralises the sting- hence why he's making a tea. Besides, if everybody over history was deterred by a plant's defences, we wouldn't bother growing chilli, lemons, roses- literally at least half the edible foods and plants out there.
I have 0 confidence in picking wild edible foods except for the obvious fruits and veggies. any flowers or leaves I'm scared to eat, im just scared to misinform and eat something inedible. even stuff like mint.. lol. but I'm gonna try growing my own plants in a safe area so I know for sure they can be used for cooking!
I think people are so used to buying food at the grocery store that they don't realize how much is edible outside already. Some of my favorite foods are blackberry jam, dead nettle pesto (can also make an incredible tea with their purple flowers), and dandelion tea.
Based on all the plants and flowers you were eating, this is probably how some people (who knows nothing about veganism), would think vegans eat lol, which is not true ofcourse. Anyway, it was cool to see how many natural dishes were made just based off the land. Great job!.
Hi all!
I hope this video inspires you to learn the plants in your region and start to connect more deeply with the land through your food. If you learn just one new plant each week, you'll know 52 in a year. That's pretty meaningful.
I have a resource guide for foraging that you are welcome to use here: robgreenfield.org/foraging
Health and happiness to you all!
Love,
Rob
Thank you. Interesting yet educational video 👍🏾
Thx rob!
That is so nice of you. Thank you.
I subscribed to your channel a year ago and i’m loving your every single content. Keep it up, Rob
Purslane are very delicious and easy to find. Cook it with a bit of salt and garlic. It has a very mild sour taste and crunchy can be found in summer time
he made childhood expectations of making food when playing house come true
True 😂 so even when I cook now, sometimes I cook with flowers from my garden
Was thinking same exact thing! I used to make salad out of wild flowers and mud pie out of dirt 🤣
So true :)
Omgg I also used to do the sameeee
Lol YES HE DID!!!
This mans is on a whole different universe bruh he was rolling in nettles
I'm gettin itches lookin at that
For real lmao 😭
The video was great but I'd still wash the plants beforehand. Even if they weren't sprayed with pesticides, you really don't know what happened with the plants. Pee from animals, insects, waste, dirt or rain, you really don't know what happened with the plants. it's still a good idea to wash everything just in case. Just because it's nature doesn't mean it's necessarily clean and ready to eat.
Extra protein 😂
Exactly. My dog pees on a bush in my yard everyday, I'm not gonna go eat it
AGREED.
I was just thinking that too 😬😖
You get B12 tho,the way nature intended 😂
PLEASE emphasise the importance of learning how to identify plant properly BEFORE you try any of this. There are a lot of poisonous plants out there which can look very similar to some of the plants shown here to the untrained eye. People trying to do this without properly learning to identify plants (especially children) can end up getting seriously harmed!
Duh
And also making sure that the plants you forage are grown without pesticides. That was something that terrified me w hen he did his foraging in LA video
Yeah it's better if the Latin names were included
For people considering doing this, please do extensive research about what you are getting. Some things might be poisonous, like elderberries (pats of them are poisonous, like the stems, they can also be poisonous if not cooked properly). Also be sure to wash everything
His name is Greenfield! Like an ice cream vendor with the last name Cone
I thought the same thing!! I wonder if he finds that funny how he loves foraging and his name is Greenfield!! 🤦🏻♀️😂
Or my sister's orthodontist Dr. Toothman
remember: every part of the elderberry bush is poisonous, EXCEPT the flowers and berries.
you still have to cook the berries.
As a Greek, dandelion leaves are commonly used as a side dish with olive oil and lemon. I used to go hunting with my yiayia to get these amazingly nutritious and delicious bitter greens. So yummy
*This is one of the most random, unique videos that has ever been on my recommend*
I’m convinced this is what people think I eat when they hear that I’m vegan 😂
Same....
Michelle Ruiz literally.....
Apparently people don't just think that, it actually happens, as you can see that hippie eating an unwashed leaf.
@@mmbw123 he's not even vegan though
Why not make their expectations come true 😏
I live in a relatively green Indian city and I'd love for Rob or a local to delve into the diversity of Asian greens we have here - I ask and ask but no one seems to know the names of even some of the most common fruiting and flowering trees :/ Foraging and growing food on lawns would completely change urban development and food security here.
Somebody in a comment about mentioned a app called Picture This that identifies plants.
Srionti Maitra ask one of the volunteers at Isha foundation 😄💚😘
it's actually really easy to find out the names of the plants if you enter on google what the leave shape or other plant characteristics along with country! theres also a subreddit (i think r/whatsthisplant) where you can post a picture and people can answer what plant it is)
Use Plant Net
Which city? I live in Bangalore and I agree with you!
This is awesome! I recently downloaded an app called Picture This and it’ll tell you what plant you’re taking a picture of. I went with a walk with my family and we identified many edible plants and even brought home some lemon balm to plant!
Is that the right name for the App( picture App)
Love that app!
I use the app iNaturalist, because it also logs the species as part of a community science project!
@@FrancesBaconandEggs , okay, but live in the UK those that make a difference?
Suzzette Lettman nope! It’s worldwide.
Im curious what he used to learn these foraging skills like books and stuff
I've watched some few videos of his channel, and mentions some sorts of groups and communities of permaculcure and foraging, seems that empirism is the key, he litteraly lives this. But for sure, books too, watched a video in which he reccomends one called "The Omnivore's Dilemma".
@@MarlonHermannJ Thanks that helps a lot
Wow it’s amazing how many awesome foods we all can make with a little creativity😍🌱
And some great ingredients 😁
AM lol I feel you...but ur reaching bro🤦🏽♂️😂
Can you please update your channel @The Tasty Vegan? I’m vegan and I have been looking for a channel like yours for awhile now
Taylor Reed We’ll be back with more recipes really soon 😁
Taylor Reed lol damn...They last uploaded a year ago, they running out of recipies😂😂 they finnah start Foraging for food now too
Dude, most wild plants and herbs have poisonous counterparts. To be a responsible forager, you must also ALWAYS wash what you pick because you never know what's growing around it and you must know the difference between those plants and the poisonous ones. For example, queen Anne's lace (wild carrot) and hemlock (24 hour death) look basically the same unless really really examined. There should be warnings all over this video with links to online field guides (just saw the link in his pinned comment). PLEASE do not go foraging without proper research and preparation.
So nobody gone say nothing about how he shoved a whole dandelion leaf in his mouth.😂
I can’t be the only one who is surprised to see him use electricity 🙈
My grandma is a faith healer and since im a little girl she's been teaching me what leaves help with what symptoms and their nutritional value. We are part of the nature, not apart of it, and really: there's no mystery
@Miguelle Landry is a perfect 10 thank you
When foraging, try to pull out the neighbouring different specie of plants that you are not eating. So that, the plant that you are eating from can spread more.
Actually, what you did with nettles was used in the past in Europe to cure people from arthritis. They used a few branches to caress a person's naked body, the chemical reaction in the body helps relieve inflammation of the joints. My mum had her thumb stuck because of osteoarthritis so I tried nettles on her and her thumb got unblocked.
When he deapthroated that leaf 😳😶 I bet his doodoo is green 🦠
😂😂😂😂😂
Dying 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂Lmao
🥺😏
@Sierra hemp - nope. meat gets fully absorbed by the body because it's full of useful nutrition.
The food looks so fresh, vibrant, and colorful
What a gift from God our Father!
Most poisonous things look beautiful
Yo that salad was straight up beautiful
I make elderflower vinegar, extract and strawberry elderflower jam too. I have a video on the jam and making elderflower extracts.
**cottagecore lesbians have joined the chat**
Taylor Rose this made me cackle
Lol
Heyyyyyyyyy I didn't come here to be called out. 🥺 (Well technically I'm goblincore bisexual but ya know, here for the same reason)💖💜💙
damn it stop calling me out
Cottage cores would watch how to find wild tea leaves. And I say this as someone who wants to be cottage core.
I leave in southeast asia where foraging and wild flowers are apart of our delicacy experience. Boy, he took it the next level. He will be a fun guy to go when we are looking for wild roots and leaves in the jungle.
He just foraged some shrubs here, but I'm sure he know what to find in deep jungle too.
You are helping people to find food . Good job man 👍
I love that he said we are “stewards of the land”❤️
The bugs in the plant: 🖖👁👄👁
The guy: eXtRa NuTrItIoN
i LOVED this video. i'd love to see more of this!!!
I feel so inspired to go outside and eat all the flowers and plants☺️😋😍
I really wanted to do this, but I'm afraid I'm going to eat a wild potato and die, "Into the Wild" style
The reason that man died is because he ate the seeds out of sheer desperation. The seeds are poisonous, but the roots, aka the potatoes, are perfectly fine.
@@felix_a_fiend nice, I'll give it a try, hope the polution does not make me a mutant
tabach lol you’ll be ok
I love these vids! I hope you do more of them :)
This is such a wonderful video Rob!
I grew up in Eastern Europe and a lot of these dishes took me back to my grandmas - she used to made creamed nettles (kind of like creamed spinach), dandelion salad, fried elderflower and many other dishes/remedies based on the plants she foraged on her daily walks. It’s a big part of the culture on the countryside back home and I miss it a lot since moving to a big city abroad.
If you can I suggest making some syrups over the winter (such as pine tree & honey etc) and they can help boost immunity.
I like this kind of vidro because in case of survival in the woods i need to learn ahead what i can eat 😂
It's so weird, I LOVE IT 🍀🌾
More of this! 👌🏾😊
Really impressed by this meal. Watching this reminded me of my childhood in France, in the contryside.I remember the burn from nettle,and the delicate flavor of Acacia fritters.
Dandelion sounds so elegant..in Germany it's mostly called Löwenzahn ( liontooth)
Same here in Italy, we call them “Dente di leone”
The battered elderflower is acutally an old recipe here in Bavaria called Hollerkiachal :-)
I loved it as a child!
Also, you should eat wild garlic before it blossoms, the taste is much more intense!
When he ate that dandelion in the beginning all I could think of was whose dog might've peed on that an hour before he picked it
He is incredible!! 🤗
I make nettle soup because once the nettles are cooked, the acid dies off from the heat energy being transferred and has a nice earthy flavour at the end.
Love this guy can we please have more of these videos
This was a very useful 10 minutes 👌👌 thank you
Rob, I dare you to do that with the nettles we have on our property. I'm relatively immune to most nettles, but the ones we have can still sting me though doubled up gloves.
Elderflowers are so delicious :)
Unfortunately the flowers don't last long, it's a shame to not use them so I tend to make a sweet syrup from them.
He inspired me to start growing plants in my house❣️❣️
There is many people who knows doesn't know so this video is very helpful and educational for people to know, so they don't go poison themselves. Thanks for educational video, keep them coming 👍
I enjoyed watching this and learning from you. I hope you continue videos like these, this was great! Thank you
Rob is so chill
I like to make note of all the things I can eat on nature walks. Near my house there ars raspberries in season rn, hibiscus, stinging nettles, cattails, dandelion, mint, milkweed, pine needles. I've also harvested and eaten all of those except cattail root.
I would LOVE that he do a vídeo like this But with south america plants
The fact that his name is Rob Greenfield is wonderful.
I think this is what people used to automatically imagine what a vegan would be like...thankfully that’s not the case.
Honestly it would be cool xD i love nature
Yeah some people even think this man himself is vegan. But nope he eats squirrels apparently 😂
Didn't know garlic mustard flowers were edible haha, now I have a use for the ones I can't get rid of in my yard.
Dandelion leafs are good to rub wherever you've been stung by nettles.
That dude shoving a whole leaf into his mouth has the energy of that one come dine with me clip and here he shoves a whole whisk in his mouth
frying the elderflower with batter is a kind of normal sweet dish where i live xD never thought about it
Imagine being named greenfield and then loves foraging as an adult 😂😂
So we're just gonna ignore how he threw around the word cyanide like nothing...😂😂😂😂
it’s a natural occurring thing tho. like apple seed have cyanide and so do almonds, peaches and apricots
I told my husband not to be alarmed that I was googling if you can kill someone with the cyanide from a potatoe
Are you gonna kill your husband
It's not natural at all lol hybrids made by man have stuff like tht in them
How do you know what's poisonous and what's not?
Watching this really made me hungry.
But I've heard that when vege grows sprout, it is better to not eat it anymore as the gene of it has changed.
Please educate me if this statement is wrong.
Favorite human 🥺💕
The fact that his name is Greenfield is everything to me
If I'm asked to try food someone made while being filmed, I would 100% of the time say it's delicious. Just saying...
Says the person who’s never foraged a day in their life and eats everything storebought and processed .
@@angryoldman9140 how is that relevant??
Lego Fans it’s relevant because you’re all conditioned into eating crap with no nutrients that has no taste, when the food items that have the highest vitamin and mineral contents in the world are weeds and wild edibles. Our ancestors ate these foods daily and those who do the same like myself, know very much how delicious and amazing this food is. To all of YOU, it’s like an alien food from another planet, that’s how used you all are to eating crap.
Lego Fans it’s relevant because this person thinks all wild food is disgusting, tastes disgusting, because they’ve clearly never ever tried any.
@@angryoldman9140 firstly you need to calm down secondly that was not the point the original comment even said and even if it does everyone has their preference please respect that
okay, now i really want to try those dishes
This is me as a toddler explaining to my mum how I’m a “mastior ch-ef”
Would public parks let me forage flowers? Im in south Florida
Thanks
It looks so good!
That's a spruce tree, not pine, I believe. Spruce tips are totally edible, though! And you can chew the aged resin like gum.
He just reinforced misconceptions about being Vegan 😂
he isn't totally vegan
Vegan? Yo he ate the squirrels in his yard
He can't be vegan, he used eggs in the batter for the dessert
I’m starting a neighborhood garden in my front yard
Ah you beautiful human, another successful forage and another terrific video. That meal oh man. DeLISH! Now to place that bounty in front of me, hm. There are wild greens around where I live I don't know them by sight. Not sure how successfully I can forage with my walker and instability. I can, though, access local produce and I love an adventurous salad. The soup I shall duplicate. Elder flower not sure about acquiring but I love the idea of battered botanicals. I'd use aquafaba in place of egg and perhaps some nut or oat milk? Your meal inspires me. As before you have in your ways of sustainability. Because of your videos I began saving all my scraps and coffee grounds. Organics now go outside behind the apartments for either animals to eat off or the Mother to reclaim. No more methane from my garbage! Light and love to you. ❤️ ☮️
This guy took cottage core to a whole other level
this was so cool to watch!
Don't do that with nettle. Some people get some irritation. Other people have horrendous buring rashes that last for days. Nettle is horrible.
Have to assume that M P stands for massive p*ssy...
Just don't go rubbing the fresh-picked leaves on yourself. Cooking stinging nettle neutralises the sting- hence why he's making a tea. Besides, if everybody over history was deterred by a plant's defences, we wouldn't bother growing chilli, lemons, roses- literally at least half the edible foods and plants out there.
Boiling the plant pops the stings so you can eat it without getting stung. But yeah just mindlessly touching it is not so fun.
@@emmakatenotcake Since when have lemons stung you
Can you eat onion sprouts? How do you know if the wild plants aren't covered in animal waste products or chemicals?
That was amazing!
Thanks UA-cam! Now I know this too for no reason at all
WAIT.....HE MENTIONED THAT HE'S STUCK THERE BECAUSE OF COVID BUT THEY'RE ALL EATING OUT OF THE SAME PLATE?? 🦠🥴
I have 0 confidence in picking wild edible foods except for the obvious fruits and veggies. any flowers or leaves I'm scared to eat, im just scared to misinform and eat something inedible. even stuff like mint.. lol. but I'm gonna try growing my own plants in a safe area so I know for sure they can be used for cooking!
Rob you can eat nettles in risotto like we do in Italy (risotto alle ortiche) or as a side dish as spinach.
Please come to Puerto Rico i can show you sow manny food you can find in the lands Puerto Rico we have sow mani fruits and vegetables
Imagine someone who living in tiny house dump their toilet compost into those bushes
Bro... 🤮
Great vid
I think people are so used to buying food at the grocery store that they don't realize how much is edible outside already. Some of my favorite foods are blackberry jam, dead nettle pesto (can also make an incredible tea with their purple flowers), and dandelion tea.
This is a dream come true
Fried Courgette flowers are delicious
anybody know some edibile plants
in Central Texas?
Anybody else get a kick out of his last name? Like, Greenfield! It’s so fitting for what he’s doing!
And the category is: wilderness realness‼️😆🌿🌱🍃🍴
Lol. I guess I am family. I know all of these and forage for them. I love elder flower champagne. Mmm and elderberry wine.
Based on all the plants and flowers you were eating, this is probably how some people (who knows nothing about veganism), would think vegans eat lol, which is not true ofcourse. Anyway, it was cool to see how many natural dishes were made just based off the land. Great job!.
Instructions unclear accidentally grilled my neighbor
I've never heard you talk about Polk greens . I eat them like spinach.
Fantastic!
The stinging nettles near my house are edible too, but I swell up and sometimes get hives if I touch them, so... Definitely not touching them.
For personal reasons I want you on my team if the zombie apocalypse happens.
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