Wild Edibles: Wild grass seed, collecting and making the seed into flour
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- In this video we collect wild grass seed and then process it into a flour substitute. This was a fun an unexpected video, and I believe this will be a great flour substitute to add to your winter supply.
Some tips, for those trying this at home and are a bit paranoid about it. Do a float test with the seeds, usually the ones that float aren't healthy or have wheevel eggs in them, toss the floaters. Then freeze for about a week to kill any eggs.
If you see any black seeds, that's Ergot fungi usually. Nasty stuff. Good news is that you don't have to toss the whole batch. Put the seeds in a brine solution. Healthy sink, bad float.
I suppose you can do the brine test for both the wheevel eggs and the ergot fungi, I don't see why not.
what happens if you don't get all of the fungi? And so many plants have black seeds you have me scared now lol
High intake of ergot can cause food poisoning, but you can differentiate from other seeds by appearance. Grass seeds, usually are elongated to other wild edible seeds@@stardustxx278
@@stardustxx278ergot fungus has lysergic acid in it…do with this information what you will 😅
I grow wild grasses for a hobby and I will try making bread with the seeds. Thank you for this informative video.
Not only wild rice, but the domesticated grains are all types of grass: rice, wheat, barley, oats, and corn - all grasses. One big difference is the amount of starch. The domestic grains have all been selected for higher starch content. BTW, we 'toast' domestic rice in butter, then add water or stock & simmer as you describe; always have cooked rice this way. But we like wild rice straight! Or mixed w/domestic rice. Either way, it's great!
Hey Joe, great video series!
You might try toasting the grass seed before grinding them. It imparts a very nutty flavor to any type of seed or nut. Also, most seed have a high oil content and would tend to go rancid if not refrigerated or frozen. Acorns are the same way.
The California Indians made a toasted plant seed food called pinole which was always considered a higher status food than the everyday acorn mush.
Toasted, leached acorn chunky flour added to regular flour for baking adds nutrition and tons of flavor.
Your video series is a great resource for those of us who do not have a back yard as well stacked as yours. Your experimentation with all these plants is great! Cooking any of these plant products will always produce a more nutritious food.
If you have not read it please check out "Catching Fire, How Cooking Made us Human" by Richard Wrangham. All the info you will ever need about how cooking all foodstuffs increases it's energy value to us.
Thanks for all your hard work and curiosity in producing these great videos.
As a lawn mowing semiprofessional I approve of this video
It looks like you did not winnow the seed, or do anything to remove the hulls - or did I miss something? There is a pretty high hull-to-seed ratio in most wild grass seed, It's fiber, but not digestable by humans. I looked for the follow up video... how did the grass seed banock turn out? Thanks!
Thank you, all of your ideas and suggestions are very good ones and perhaps in the gfuture I will try them and I do think that would help. Thank you for a great idea. Joe
Thanks! place grass seeds on a tray on something hot in the Sun like a car hood for an hour. The Bugs will FLEE (no pun). Also, I collected Fox Tail (Setaria) and make pancakes the same way you make flour too. I mix 50-50 with some whole wheat, and some baking soda. Not Bad!
i was thinking in a survival situation leave the bugs in, grind em all up with the seeds and it may add some protien and other nutrients to the bread...?
+Bugoutbrian Maybe but it better be real survival, there were lots of bugs lol. Thank you. Joe
+Bugoutbrian YUMMIE...MMMM
Bugs carry parasites and even though you cook the flour the temp for cooking bread is likely not high enough to kill all parasites
i would say no because some bugs like fleas carry the plague, tuberculosis
Ya, parasites
Ordinary men feeding the world thru knowledge :)
I like that you didn't break the plant down and take each and every one of the seeds, that way the grass will replenish itself next year.
It would replenish next year anyway, especially if he were just to take the flower
By the darkness of the flour, you might be able to make a sourdough culture with that! Never know until you try I guess
Every year there is a huge amount of grass with relatively large grass seeds that grows near my home and I have always wondered if this seed could be harvested. There is so much of it and it just gets cut down by the city each year at the end of the year.
Did you ever eat the grass? What did it taste like?
If you have DE (Diatomaceous Earth food grade silica) dust the seeds it kills the bugs with out using chemicals and is safe to eat tho after leaving set out most bugs will scatter on there own. it is use full to use to store grains wild or domestic... hope this helps.. i use it over all my yard an garden and pet area's ..... chicken an live stalk area's would also benefit with out the use of chemicals..
Thank you very much for your advice, Joe. I'll be perusing more of other video catalog, later this week. It looks like I'll be able to learn a lot about different ways to use wild edibles :) .
I looked and searched through your videos but I couldn't find the one where you cook with the flour. I might just be blind but I was wondering if you ever did that video?
+Mike Gable (furrygopher) My daughter Sara and I did a bunch of them on one of our trips up to the tent a few years ago. I will have to try and figure out which one that was. Some were good and some sucked LOL. Thank you. Joe
Lol ok thanks
+JoeandZachSurvival I'm looking for that too. Excellent video, thanks for making it. I hope to see the follow up.
I haven’t find the video too, so I guess it went lost. Tell us, you ate it? How was the taste? Do you still do it or it was not worth it?
when you buy wild rice at the store its really a type of grass seed. try toasting your seeds lightly then simmer til tender mix with rice. yum.
that stuff is all over every place
What would you say is the most efficient way of collecting the seed(s)? And for grinding, would a mortar and pestle be acceptable? Thanks.
i had wondered about the feasibility of doing something like this. i'm not sure if your wouldn't expend more energy than the seeds are worth but interesting. Getting rid of the bugs shouldn't be hard or as commented below feed for chickens. thanks for the video
rick pen Grinding the bugs up and leaving them in will give you more nutrients. If worried about potential parisites usually we cook the flour at a higher temperature than we boil water. Boiling water kills bacteria so the heat will kill them. Bugs are a good source of protein which the body needs very much of.
the native Americans probably would've used corn flour instead of wheat flour if any flour at all because wheat isn't native. to the Americas
Wheat is only one type of grass and there are many grasses native to the americas…
this is great...have you thought about throwing it in a dehydrator or a clean media tumbler to air it out?
Are there oils, in the seeds? And, what video name should I look for, for the bannock taste-test ? Thanks.
Are there poisonous lookalikes we should avoid?
Beware Ergot fungus. It`s BAD stuff. Do research about it it`s no joke
@1ukjunglednbraver
I think that's the main thing that's keeping me from trying this. I really don't want to have hallucinations or have my extremities fall off. I would like to be able to have alternative food sources though so I don't have to spend so much at the grocery store so I'll be trying to learn more about this. Thanks for replying
Remember to soak them grains .
Leave the bugs in. More protein
Did you ever think to sift it to try to get some of the husks off? Maybe put it in a blender with an equal amount of water to a liquify setting for 5 minutes then drain it through some pantyhose? Then squeeze it dry, dump it out and spread it out on something to dry. Just a few thoughts, I'm sure rinsing the flour in the hose migh remove the bitter tannins inherant to the seed.
I wonder if you can nixtamalize it.
@Rubystars0000 well you can see a small to large black elongated growth sprouting out of the seed while it attached to the the grass it would be hard not to notice it...its used in the production of lsd and has the same effects plus it cause your extremity's to become gangrenous and drop of over time nasty stuff
Prolly shoulda baked it first before blending
can u use any kind of bleneder and what speed or setting do u use
It is much easier and fruitful to feed your chickens with grass seeds and then eat the chicken eggs!
+Love Lies Bleeding Mini Natural Farm If you watch my other channel called Northern Seclusion (northernseclusion) you will see that I raise so many birds at a time I would need 10 acres of grass seed Lol. I am getting close to 70 eggs a week now. Thank you. Joe
i saw bugs moving in the seeds eww
May be good famine/poverty food. Can't imagine it would taste that great but could perhaps keep you alive.
Did you dry or roast the seeds?
I could be mistaken, but isn't most of that grass wheat grass anyways, so technically your making a home version of the same flour from grocery store.
No.
check out Ray Mears BBC wild edibles, he shows how to do this very well. he roasts the seeds with hot rocks. I have to watch it again myself but his wild edible videos are amazing. this is a good vid too :) subbed
1. Feed to chickens. 2. Eat chickens.
or eggs
@1ukjunglednbraver
How do you recognize ergot?
Why not use a coffee grinder to make a fine flour
Any book on how to identify edible wild grass seeds? (or are they all edible?) Thank you :)
Beware Ergot fungus. It`s BAD stuff. Do research about it it`s no joke
@@drawnbydragons Commonly used in ancient times for hallucinogenic properties. But brings with it very severe stomach illness.
to much ergot fungus round here id be triping bawls and have my finger drop of if i tried this
Aren't the bugs free protein? (smile)
The bugs just add protein
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