I’m from Yucca Valley CA and we have yucca everywhere. Its an amazing plant. It’s not poison lol. Good for you for correcting people who don’t do research.
Wow you are in Yucca heaven. Advertise on Navajo Grandma as so many subscribers want this fresh. Good luck on the fresh. I use to send my subscribers to a woman in NM but she's not responsive. Gma
The native Taínos(indigenous to the Caribbean islands, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba)One of their main foods to this day there are tribes in the Dominican Republic, that do yuca bread 👏🇩🇴🇨🇺🇵🇷💕
Yes, you are right, in this video, I am just making a huge point to Americans that Yuca is not Yucca. NO one seems to hear. Thus the video. Thank you for explaining what I have always known. Its still a food source to many in the USA as well. Never have tasted it but a lot have said they love it. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
You are right, getting a rash today doesn’t work. I do get riled over this type of sacred plants. If someone said something about you to Gma…then look out. Mamma Bear takes over. Keep smiling my Texan. Love you and thank you. Navajo Grandma
Thank you MR. T3 p3. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Well what do I expect from the best grandchildren subs in the world, right? Hugs galore. Navajo Grandma
Well here is another cheerleader and a back up for grandma. Thank you Clear Hope. I love your name!! I love my Yucca if you can't tell. I did have a wonderful Mother's Day meeting some of my subscribers, it can't get better than that. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Thanks for watching!As you can tell grandma is very protective of the yucca Baccata and glad you understood the difference between Yucca and Yuca. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Yes, the same to you Lori, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY as it should be everyday for your efforts, strength, virtues, teachings, patience, caring with respect, comforting and loving nations through your child as he or she grows to manhood or womanhood. Your legacy shows through your little ones. Hugs on this day and always. Navajo Grandma
Yes! Thank u for cleaning that up! My cuz went to Central America and ate yuca. Ask me to bring him some of my yucca thinking it was the same thing lol what a surprise he had!
Thank you Navaho Grandma, if more people spoke up and raised awareness of the plant medicine we have around us, the world would be a much better place, more power to you Navaho Grandma! : )
Thank you, Grandma. The middle eastern countries use ground black cherry kernals in their baking. Yes, it has cyanide, but the cyanide is destroyed (converted, whatever) by the baking process. I remember reading in an herbal decades ago that one of the native nations makes a drink out of ground peach pits ( also cyanide containing). The safety is in the processing, tho I wouldn't recommend this unless you have been properly trained. There are so many plants labeled incorrectly as poisonous, yet it's the pharmaceuticals that are destroying the health of America.
Your comment is full of wisdom and thank you for this. Pharmaceuticals are jut in it to addict and make money, period. Pretty sick. I have never heard of the peach pit drink before and I probably won't. If you realize it everything can be made lethal if eaten improperly, you know what I mean? Hugs to you. You are wise beyond your years. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma well what's sad is that big pharma has a lot of cures but they've figured out that instead of curing you it's better and more economic gain to slowly give you the medicine.... imagine that, charging you for something God gave us!!!!!.... I'm white ...I grew up in Phoenix AZ ....I want to study this stuff Grandma...how to heal the people...with God's blessing of course....the Bible talks about when He told the prophet to boil figs and apply it to the wound of the king so he could recover!!! See.... it's even in the Bible! 👏👏👏 I want to do this...make my own medicine and yeah barter or trade or sell the medicine, and if they have nothing but need it ....take it!!! Let's see big pharma do that!! I wish to do this because the system has become so gross that it's just sad.... meanwhile things/opportunities are all but drying up....I say let's waive good bye to the system that can barely take care of it's own citizens but what celebrity has just hooked up with whomever seems more important....we can even take care of our elderly, we can't take care of our children, we can't afford to provide for homeless but we CAN afford to bomb other countries 😠😠😠😡😡😡 May God bless you and please pray for this thing for me...thank you and may God enrich your life and your seed, and your seed's seed! 🕊️🛐✝️🐧🌵
@@davidschmidt270 David, I seriously thought you went by Joseph. Am I wrong? I am amazed at what you are saying. Sorry if I am mixing you up. So with your desire to make this grid change and to do this medical herbal healing stuff, well the big pharma is shutting down everyone who is practicing this. Did you know that several of the heirloom companies with seeds had the Feds come and take everything and threatened many in Washington state and Oregon and some in Utah. I say what in H... is going on? I use to buy from some and now they are telling me they were threatened and they don't have the money to sue them or even to question them. Just silently go about what you desire. You need an herb garden and yes there are ways to share and trade. That is what is going to happen again soon having a bartering system because of prices going thru the roof. I use to have chickens and now the feds are saying "having chickens will cause illnesses, heart problems, diseases that are so fetching crazy. So now you see a lot of videos backfiring on these media lies. The feds want pure dependency on them more communistic and they are not winning but spreading. That is why I say we need to stand together and do for ourselves. They will not come to save you. Neither will the Navajo Nation. Our Pedophile Prez is sucking up to Biden and anyone who will give him money under the table. So anywho, make a herb garden, decide what you want to make and grow. There are herb books, I love the book called The Lost Herbs, She has pictures so you know what you are looking for, the longitude and latitude of where to find herbs, food, and foraging stuff. It takes preparations. It is also good to research how to use juniper, sage, yucca, etc that is pretty accessible there. Its quite an undertaking. But great idea. Navajo Grandma
Grandma always says, even though I got a little excited here in my bloomers, I see this misinformation online, by WIKI no less, and it became troubling to me. So in my excited condition, setting the record straight I was in a Yucca Country and made this. Happy that many who watch this realize there is a difference and it is miles and miles apart. Happy you are being receptive. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
Hi Navajo Grandma! You are so lovely! I have a yucca plant in my yard and I live in Ohio. I love it!! I grew up in Arizona. So it reminds me of being out west. Stay Blessed sweet Grandma!!
When you realize all the wonderful ways the Yucca plant can serve us it is truly amazing. I edited out the long list as I should not have. I am still learning. Thank you for your kind thoughtfulness again. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Edward another wonderful grandchild wishing grandma Happy Mother’s Day. Love you so, as you go call or cook for your Mom. You can cook for me too. Smile. Navajo Grandma
Sam, grandma wishes she could play, I miss that. But yes, grandma always has her notes and I hope each of you subscribers at times will review some of these videos and see why grandma has notes to help you remember what it is she is trying to teach you. I learned that way, I kept notes that mattered. Love you Sam. Have a great weekend. Navajo Grandma
Thanks so much. Cheri grandma loves you very much and don't you forget that. Sleep, relax and pray always. Be nice to my Cheri. Hugs. and Goodnight.Navajo Grandma
Hi Jackie, thank you for wishing me a Happy Mother's Day and your use of the word Shadi was perfect. I laughed thinking here I am ranting over Yucca on Mother's Day. Oh well, it does really matter to me and glad many have listened as most don't know the difference. We are in Indianapolis, Indiana, leaving here for Kansas, then Minnesota, then on our way to youuu!! I am so excited to come to meet you and your family. I look forward to talking with you and getting to know you. So happy. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
Here in central Kentucky the yucca grows very well and blooms just fine around mid to late June. I have one in bloom right now. Great low maintenance plant for erosion control on really steep hillsides.
Do you know how many people here are envious of you commenting this. Most are hunting for this Yucca and trying to find it to use on their hair. Thank you for this lovely comment. The beauty of this Yucca is so picturesque and the leaves that the Dine' survived upon is also lovely. Thank you so much. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank-you, Grandma. I googled the image for the yucca root which looks a lot more gnarly than the torpedo looking ones connected to base of the yuca stalk. We had this plant growing on the corner of our house for years and we didn't know what it was except for the prick at the top of the leaf when we ran into it.
@@NavajoGrandma Only found one root photo online of the Yucca Grandma. Looked like it did a curlicue. Don't recall what ours looked like when I replaced the sewer line that ran directly past 2 feet below it. Always remember the spiked leaf tips and the flower. We owned the home for 53 years. Safeway the other night called the one I bought a Yucca. It looked more like your Yuca. No note on it about the cyanide. Peeled, sliced lengthwise and frozen next the round, sliced celery root now. A side-by-side photo of the roots of each plant would be valuable for marketers and safer for the public as you intend.
@@b-f-e Sorry but I won't even touch that stuff. I am afraid I would get sick. I know many eat it and love it. I just feel it is pretty self explanatory the way the pictures represented the Yucca with sharp sword like spikes and the green leafed round potatoe like Yuca. If you can't tell the difference I say, something is wrong with your eyes. Two distinct separate items here. I do get alot of folks appreciating this video though. Thank you for your comment I really do appreciate it. Navajo Grandma
So happy for you. Enjoy digging about 2 feet away from the yucca root to gather the root veins about 5 inches or more to was your hair. You will need about 2 inches per wash. Prepare it right. Happy yucca hugs!! Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma You're the best! I'm so glad you set this topic straight; my neighbor from Ecuador brought me over some yuca, for a few minutes I thought because of her accent it was yucca. It was delicious with butter but until I watched your video today I was confused as to what I had enjoyed eating. 👍
I love that you can hear how passionate you are about it, it’s so important to know what plants you’re looking at and talking about so people don’t eat or use the wrong thing but also do plants like the yucca aren’t discarded because of a misunderstanding! Happy Mother’s Day!
It was not just passion gma got a little riled and yes I am very passionate about my dear YUCCA our shampoo plant. There are so many uses for this amazing plant, its my love. So natural and lovely. Glad you understand. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma makes sense to get riled, it’s frustrating when someone says bad things about a plant or anything you care a lot about when it’s something so untrue. Glad you made this video to clarify, it also helped me because it was the clearest explanation I’ve seen so far
My eldest daughter gave this to me as I was leaving on this trip and so appreciate her kind thoughtfulness. Thank you for taking the time to watch and learn again. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
Thank you so much! I just think you are being so kind to grandma. I get flustered because my YUCCA means so much and here I got a little riled. Sorry. Thank you for taking the time to watch and support grandma. Without you grandma would not exist thus, you can know now how important you are to grandma, and our Navajo Grandma family. Hugs to you both. Navajo Grandma
Hope you enjoyed ur day with ur love ones. Me, I lost my mom several years, and my dad. But my children all came around. You asked where I'm from: I'm living in Kirtland, NM, but my home town is 23 miles south of Bloomfield; a place call DZ or Dzil'na'o'dith'hle. Hope you know the area. Anyhow love you grandma😙.
Happy mothers day grandma thank you for the clarification on these plants im from Amarillo tx but now live in Alabama unfortunately,im always having to teach the difference now I have back up from grandma love ya thank you
Buddy, what a smartie you are to know the difference and defending it like riled up NAVAJO Grandma. I pray we always try to be correct in our opinions. Love you always in Alabama. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I wish I could :( My mama passed onto the spirit world 3 years ago this October! So today we had a feast and offered our tobacco for her Monidoo (spirit)
Hi and Happy Mother's Day. They need glasses . I have known my whole life what "Yucca" looks like. We always had it in our yard even now; Grandma thanks for getting this info our. Sorry I haven't commented much lately. Helping my youngest sis in law helping mom in law. Lil sis thru her back out so I have been helping them both when I can last 2 weeks. So my mother's day came early spending special time with my special girls. Family it's the spice of life. God Bless you and your family. It's pouring heer in N Central Arkansas today. But plants are very happy.
Patricia thank you for being a kind caretaker. What blessings we receive when we help others. God bless you for helping sister and Mom. Where would we be without them. Happy Mothering Day to you as well. Navajo Grandma
Thank for defending the Yuca and the Yucca plant. They make bread from the yuca plant in South America, I bet it's the potatoes growers that don't want to see these wonderful foods to market. The are many health benefits to yuca, as I'm sure there is from the yucca plant. Thank you for introducing the yucca plant to. I haven't tried and I would like to know where I can buy some in Florida It is from the southwest, and I might just have to go on vacation and head west to find me some yucca. Thank Again Nona.
Alex thank you sweet one, this was indeed a wonderful comment and yes I have to say it sometimes takes a trip and there is loveliness in this lovely Yucca Baccata. Thank you again for commenting. Great job. Navajo Grandma
Hi Lisa, you are so sweet to wish grandma Hozho and especially during this day to celebrate all of us mothers and mothering by all male and females that probably mothered their siblings for Mom, it just was something we all did in our family. Everyone cared for the next one down. I liked that. Happy Moms day to you as well. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Howdy all, I feel as you do Navajo/Dine Grandma, the yucca is a great plant. you are so correct. the soap from the root , food from the blooms and seeds and pods. tools from the stems/, the dried bloom stalk is good for fire starting. I have many on my property. years ago there was a shampoo called yucca dew . here in south Texas we have the Spanish dagger var. and sotol, a smaller less ridged var.. I do not as of yet use my plants for their resources but I like their appearance on the land. in the spring they bloom majestic stalks of white flowers along with our wild flowers and the cactus. what a show. I also have the native agave and lechuguilla here as well and it is a great plant also. salute to all yucca fans.
Are you sure you are not living in the Garden of Eden??? Sounds like it. Beautiful and I need to come visit one day. During the Winter maybe. I have been in some ice storms and they are awful!! Capital awful. But gpa thinks Texas is Heaven. LOL! Navajo Grandma
You are so sweet, thank you for learning along with grandma's videos. Thank you for subscribing and making comments that matter. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
You are so welcome and its just good to learn and use good judgement and trying to teach correct knowledge, if you know what I mean and not hearsay. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I’m so glad I found your channel, I watched your Yucca hair washing videos and had to research this myself to learn the difference, I sometimes cook Yuca and wasn’t aware of the difference at first but since watching your videos I’ve learned a lot. I’ve even been using Yucca to wash my hair for several months now and it’s very healthy! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! ❤️ been thinking about planting some!
Hi Miss Laura, I am so proud of you for taking the time to subscribe to my channel. I see you are a valuable teachable soul. Very complimentary. What you are doing is fantastic and yes by all means plant this wonderful Yucca. Just give it boundaries because it spreads wildly which I love. Some folks don't. Great planting. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
thank you. People who call yucca cassava drive me crazy. It seriously irritates me because when I try to find information about growing yucca for food as a wild edible, it always gives me cassava results
Hooray, this also drives grandma nuts. I try to stay calm but it continues. I know what you mean but now we know what we mean and I pray you will find a plant to grow and to use. Its a blessing. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma Thanks for the reply! I have been subscribed for a long time. My wife is Indigenous American and her DNA traces back to the ancient Hohokam people. When I brought her to the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, she said she felt her whole being was at home again before we even did the DNA test, as if her ancestors or her blood knew where she belonged. I have since introduced her to her culture, learned some words with her in Navajo through the duolingo courses and learned how to utilize the wild plants of the desert. I have since fired pottery and learned to flint knap. These to me aren't old skills that are irrelevant to society, these are skills which let you be one with nature, not man vs nature. Agriculture and farming that we are doing with modern tools is what is killing this earth. If we were to use older technology we could undo what we started with industrialization. When you make arrowheads and pottery, you're ensuring your "waste" will be of the earth. When you use chemicals and plastics and use aluminum or other toxic metals to make knives, its very bad for your food and environment. I watch your videos to absorb as much as I can to pass on to my kids when I have them. Thank you so much for continuing to make content!
Great. will send pictures to you some time next week. You are always welcome here if you and GP ever make it this way . We have a humble place but its home. Last night we watched your pizza video. sure looked delicious. We might try it we love pizza.
Thank you for that information and your knowledge. They do seem similar. Amazing how the similarities are straight across this world as you also need to remember that this land was once one land called Pangea before it was divided. Gma
Well it is good to know and I was just again differentiating the two and the positives of Yucca that grows here in North America vs the Yuca plant in South Central America. There is a huge difference. So now you know. Love you and thank you for watching and learning again. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I seen the title and thought... oh no is my yucca a yuca?😲. But no it is indeed a yucca. Probably an Adams needle but if I google searched right still contains saponin. This summer I will save the seeds then dig a piece of root and experiment 🧪. Thank you again for your videos. And Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.
So we have all learned something good about the North American YUCCA plant vs the South Central American YUCA plant and they are two different animals. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Alicia hang onto your hat, there is a lot yet to be done for you. Thank you sweetheart for wishing grandma a Happy Day and I hope you day was wonderful. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother’s Day 💐 I had a wonderful day spent it with my mom and went to visit my grandma (Kokum) in our language. It happens to be her birthday also. So enjoy your day grandma love you 💕🌸
Dear Grandma, I too, have lived in Yucca Valley CA., the Yucca Plants in that area are beautiful. I agrree with you, that plant is sacred. In fact, the oldest pair of footwear found in the area was a pair of sandels that were made out of Yucca Fibers. I can assure everyone that those shoes were not imported from South America. I don't blame you for feeling strongly about this subject. Imagine the genius it took many people over such a long period of time to realize that this plant offered soap, offered fibers, offered itself to the people, in order to make their lives better. Anyway, I am glad that you feel strongly about the plants of the American Landscape. So thank you again for a great video and I know some things are important enough to speak up, loudly and clearly about. So, you go, girl.
Thank you for agreeing with me and understanding why I got a little riled about my dear Yucca plant. It is a sacred plant given to us by God and to say it is poisonous in such ways just didn't set well with me. So now its over and you have the end result, I am glad I put this together, maybe not as perfect as I wish I had but I think you all understand. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma What you said is from your heart. That being the case, it is perfect. Plus, unlike me, you didn't cuss. I admire that since I've been known to get riled and cuss LOL
Happy Mother's Day and Grandmother's Day to Navajo Grandma! And how right you are to protect the yucca and call out people who make strange claims without researching and not even caring what effects they might have. The Yucca is trully a wondrous plant with gorgeous flowers -- the state flower of New Mexico and the flower that represents my youth to me. Someday soon I will get some Yucca plants and I will plant one for my mother (who loved them dearly, happy mother's day in heaven mom) and one for my Navajo Grandma! Love to you always, keep on going!
Grandma needs to give you a huge hug. I love you so and thank you for being so wonderful in thought and especially remembering your dearest mother in heaven. She loves you immensely and still watches over you. Know this. Now Grandma too can make sure you are learning good things and becoming stronger in life with love and hugs. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's day Navajo Grandma!!🥰💐💝🙏 Thank you for clarifying. I had no idea there was even confusion about these plants. I have a Yucca variety growing in my yard and I eat cooked yuca very often!! They both have their specific uses.
Laura are you serious, I have to try eating this cooked Yuca. I hear about it. Yes, there is quite a few comments that keep coming and warning people how dangerous the shampoo I am encouraging to use is and I kind of hand enough. So, I thought it was time to get riled for Mother's Day. I thought this would come out tomorrow but oops, I still had a wonderful Mother's Day traveling. Hugs to you Laura. Navajo Grandma
Thank you for the teachings. I loved that you fully explained what they look like and the differences between the two. I dislike when people correct a culture that's been using these plants for hundreds if not thousands of years.
Can you tell grandma was chaffed?? Oh dear, I felt like Mama Bear, Yikes. Yes, we do need to know the difference and hope I made that clear. I had to calm down after. Paw, Paw Paw. LOL!! Navajo Grandma
In the Caribbean we call cassava yuca. The thing is apparently it's a indigenous word of the Taino who came from South America and they brought it over. Now the island that I'm on, one of the many islands of the Taino. the majority of the people here are are from African descent they have more African ethnic features and we speak Spanish but we still have some Taino words in the language. we also eat it boiled and fried. You should eat it with cheese even.
You know I have learned a lot about Yuca since this video. It is eaten by so many people here in America by all ethnic peoples. I was surprised how everyone say they eat this very very often. I haven't tried it and probably would not know how to fix it, but it is very well known here. Great information and thank you for telling us about where you live and what your people are like on the island. Sounds so beautiful. I am also surprised how may people are Taino. I had heard they all died out but Wow. Many many people claim this tribal nation. Thanks again. Navajo Grandma
Yay! Thank you! Welcome to Navajo Grandma's Channel, thank you so much for subscribing. Take off your coat and your shoes, warm your feet by grandma's woodstove fire, enjoy watching, listening, learning and enjoying. Make comments and grandma will always answer you back the best she can. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
"Amá Bééhániih." is absolutely correct. I love it when you all write to grandma in the Dine' Bizaad. Happy Mother's Day to all and thank you again for writing gma. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day! You are completely correct! I am glad to hear your heart felt defence and explanation of the Yucca to those who are more interested in accusing then learning. I hope they paid attention this time.
I am glad to help us all understand this dear YUCCA plant that the Native Americans have used for food, clothing, shoes, medicine, sewing, etc and etc and etc. Shampoo being the best usage for me. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Well I am doing well and making my way toward Indiana. My husband and I are so happy to do research and traveling along this beautiful country. I love my Yucca plant and sorry grandma got a little riled. Thanks for watching and hope you are doing well yourself. Why would you straighten your hair? That is silly, I bet it is beautiful. Allow it to be natural. I don't know if you have tried the yucca shampoo? Its amazing. See ya soon. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank you for clarifying this, Navajo Grandma! 😊 I actually bought some yucca and was able to wash my hair with it and I absolutely loved it! Got rid of the oil and dirt in my hair and left it really soft! I soaked it for 24 hours in water but was wondering what you recommended for length of time? -Moriah
Wonderful! You did it perfectly, how awesome are you? Glad to know you had a great experience with the shampoo. It makes my hair bouncy, soft, strong and my little hairs are growing out and looking forward for the thinning to improve.. You can't imagine that cuz you are too young. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Hello grandma. Love that you care about truth! There's a sufix in Kichwa for "hearsay." Yuca is very good food. Its our potato. Potatoes are poisonous if you eat the eyes which are bitter. That is why you learn from your elders, so you eat and live to tell about it. Honestly, the potato when first exported to Europe didn't catch on, because it was bitter. The buds had grown on the ship voyage and they rightly threw out the bitter food. We boil our yuca and after its soft, if you want, you can deep fry it. Our fry bread. Peel, boil, fry! Enjoy. Thank you for the new , important, word. I think I'll put it on the wall, for when someone tries to insult anyone. "What do they know?!" We who know you, know better.
Hi and thank you for your great comment. Its amazing how we all prepare foods that seem so different but so much the same. I have never tasted Yuca and thank you for telling us more about it. That word that means "well I heard, its not fact, it is hearsay so don't quote me." The word in Dine' Bizaad is "jini." Not jenny, but Je-neh, kind of sound. I hope you understand how I said it on the video. Well grandma sends her hugs to you. Thank you again watching and learning and supporting gma. Navajo Grandma
Cassava is a very popular food in South America. My husbands family is from there and he loves it deep fried like a french fry. Yucca is a great plant that can grow in many climates. I've even seen it in the Netherlands as a garden plant and it still flowers! Strong plant!
This video is clarifying the difference and I am happy to have made this and yes is amazing. I am happy to know some of my subscribers eat Yuca and maybe one day grandma wants to try it. ??
@@NavajoGrandma definitely try it once just to experience it. There are lots of recipes that use it. The only one that I like is a recipe from Suriname called pom. Its the root grated and mixed with herbs, tomatoes and chicken then baked in the oven. It needs to look almost burnt to be good, the top sorta caramelized. It's a dish they serve at special occasions like birthday parties. To be honest I'd never heard cassava called yuca so it definitely was informative to hear the differences and understand why some people confuse the 2 plants. I grew up in AZ so yucca has always been a plant I knew about, mostly as a garden plant but also I knew it was used as a resource and was a useful plant.
Yes Jimmy this is true and so did our grandparents. Except we ate it fresh at times too. White traveling in our wagons. There were also tiny 5 inch bananas on these that I don't see nowhere anymore. That was a real treat!! Great comment. Navajo Grandma
If you are talking about the Yuca, Navajo Grandma has no idea how to prepare it and I am so sorry. I have never seen it and I know some people have talked about it but I never have. Sorry Grandma is of no help. Navajo Grandma
Thank you so much for clarifying! The cassava root is sold at our international store and I was thinking it was the same thing. I am so glad I haven't spent my money! Yakoke!
Mari this video wasn’t about eating Yuca, it was the misunderstandings of both. Spelled similar, Sounded somewhat similar, but looked nothing the same. Somehow many confused the two and started spreading incorrect information about our Native American Yucca as being the same plant as Yuca. It was important for me to correct the misconception. Navajo Grandma
Bazaar, How could anyone confuse these 2 very different plants?? Fabulous ending Navajo Grandma! Enjoy your travels 🙏💕 Oh, An interesting little tid bit about the yucca is that their flowers are edible!
Yes Kris, I goofed and took out all the many ways of using Yucca such as the flowers that are edible because the wind was so strong and blowing awful. I still don't have a microphone and that is my next goal. Thank you for commenting, grandma so appreciates your watching and learning and commenting. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Getting Happy Moms Day from the best of the bestest! Hugs and the same in return. We are all mothers one way or another. Who had siblings is all I have to say. Navajo Grandma
Hi Dwayne, gee you saw another side of gma didn't you. Mother bear but oh well, I love my yucca and glad you all seem to understand that you need to do your best to inform people with truth not hearsay. Anywho, thank you for supporting gma. Navajo Grandma
Hello Navajo Grandma! You look just like my auntie by the way. Hope you had a nice mothers day (my birthday falls on mothers day most of the time). I wanted to chime in with the Yuca. I am of Taino decent (the natives that first found columbus lost at sea). To us Yuca is a sacred plant given to us by Yocahu (the supreme creator) and it was and still is a staple of our Taino peoples. It was grated and strained by sibukan (strainer) to cleanse the cyanide from the root and then prepared as a tortilla (frybread) and eaten. My grandma still made it this way and added vegetables and seafood (cod fish, or shrimp, or crab) on top of it. Basically an "indian" taco. We also boil it with other root vegetables and plantains and bananas adding sometimes salted cod fish with some olive oil. It's delicious! If you have ever bought the terra chips in the groceries you have eaten this yummy root as it is one of the root vegetables they use in their chips!
Felix, thank you for telling us all about your Yuca plant. It is highly confused here in America with our mother plant Yucca. That is the reason I had to make this. I have heard many here eat Yuca and amazing most of my subscribers eat this but never knew the difference. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I agree, the name us just one letter difference and can be confused unless you know what they look like. I'm glad you showed pictures so people don't start eating something they should be washing with and washing with something toxic, lol. Nice informative video. 👍🏼
I suppose so, I have never tried this. Oh I lied, yes, I am reminded, my Bizhi apparently made this and yes I remember like it was a little slippery and there was some jam type something. But it was really good. Hmm I hope I am describing this right. Oh well, I know I ate that stuff when I was little. Navajo Grandma
I grew up in So Utah and was introduced to yuca when I lived in So Florida. I have always wondered whether they were the same or similar plants. It would be fun to learn some of the uses of the yucca. I do love yuca fries with curry dip and boiled yuca with mojo sauce and a banana (something about the yuca, mojo, and banana together..mmm). Thanks for clarifying for me.
Glad you are familiar with both. Grandma could write a book oh how many uses for YUCCA there is, clothing, shoes, thread, food, rope, needles, basketry, there is so much more as I read from each tribe how they make use of the YUCCA. So culturally traditional. Navajo Grandma
I’m from Yucca Valley CA and we have yucca everywhere. Its an amazing plant. It’s not poison lol. Good for you for correcting people who don’t do research.
And Happy Mother’s Day to you as well 💕💕💕
Yippee for Yucca!! Love you Jenna henna. I love your name. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma Love you too Grandma!
Wow you are in Yucca heaven. Advertise on Navajo Grandma as so many subscribers want this fresh. Good luck on the fresh. I use to send my subscribers to a woman in NM but she's not responsive. Gma
The native Taínos(indigenous to the Caribbean islands, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba)One of their main foods to this day there are tribes in the Dominican Republic, that do yuca bread 👏🇩🇴🇨🇺🇵🇷💕
Yes, you are right, in this video, I am just making a huge point to Americans that Yuca is not Yucca. NO one seems to hear. Thus the video. Thank you for explaining what I have always known. Its still a food source to many in the USA as well. Never have tasted it but a lot have said they love it. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day Grandma! Don't let them get you worked up Grandma. Enjoy this special day. Happy and safe travels to you.
You are right, getting a rash today doesn’t work. I do get riled over this type of sacred plants. If someone said something about you to Gma…then look out. Mamma Bear takes over. Keep smiling my Texan. Love you and thank you. Navajo Grandma
Happy mother's Day grandmother. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you MR. T3 p3. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Well what do I expect from the best grandchildren subs in the world, right? Hugs galore. Navajo Grandma
Happy mother's day Grandma!!!! 🌻🌻🦋❤️
If you are a mother and even if you are not, you are mothering and teaching someone in your life like mothers do. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I am a mother of a beautiful 10 year old little lady. ❤️ Hope your day is lovely.
Listen to Grandma! She knows her stuff! Thank you Navajo Grandma! Happy Mother's day! I love you!
Well here is another cheerleader and a back up for grandma. Thank you Clear Hope. I love your name!! I love my Yucca if you can't tell. I did have a wonderful Mother's Day meeting some of my subscribers, it can't get better than that. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Thank you for clarifying. I am Puerto Rican and we eat Yuca. I live in Arizona now and i lovE seeing all the beautiful Yucca plants! 🤗
Thanks for watching!As you can tell grandma is very protective of the yucca Baccata and glad you understood the difference between Yucca and Yuca. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Thanks happy Mother’s Day ❤️
Yes, the same to you Lori, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY as it should be everyday for your efforts, strength, virtues, teachings, patience, caring with respect, comforting and loving nations through your child as he or she grows to manhood or womanhood. Your legacy shows through your little ones. Hugs on this day and always. Navajo Grandma
❤️❤️❤️Kisses from Brazil, Grandma. Happy Mother's Day!
Big fat kisses back to you as well. No matter how far, no matter where, Grandmas prayer covers & protects you. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
Thank you for defending the beautiful yucca plants. It's good to know the difference. I appreciate you. Thank you Grandma.☮️💖🎶
You are so welcome and thank you for watching and supporting grandma. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Yes! Thank u for cleaning that up! My cuz went to Central America and ate yuca. Ask me to bring him some of my yucca thinking it was the same thing lol what a surprise he had!
Thank you James for understanding, watching and supporting grandma. Hugs as always. Navajo Grandma
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Thank you Navaho Grandma, if more people spoke up and raised awareness of the plant medicine we have around us, the world would be a much better place, more power to you Navaho Grandma! : )
Thank you for complimenting grandma with Hozho. I appreciate your understanding. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
I know that digoxin heart medication is detrived from digitalis (foxglove )biennial flower.
Thank you, Grandma. The middle eastern countries use ground black cherry kernals in their baking. Yes, it has cyanide, but the cyanide is destroyed (converted, whatever) by the baking process. I remember reading in an herbal decades ago that one of the native nations makes a drink out of ground peach pits ( also cyanide containing). The safety is in the processing, tho I wouldn't recommend this unless you have been properly trained. There are so many plants labeled incorrectly as poisonous, yet it's the pharmaceuticals that are destroying the health of America.
Your comment is full of wisdom and thank you for this. Pharmaceuticals are jut in it to addict and make money, period. Pretty sick. I have never heard of the peach pit drink before and I probably won't. If you realize it everything can be made lethal if eaten improperly, you know what I mean? Hugs to you. You are wise beyond your years. Navajo Grandma
Exactly!!
In my humble opinion, the old way is poised for a comeback!
Big pharma 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮
@@NavajoGrandma well what's sad is that big pharma has a lot of cures but they've figured out that instead of curing you it's better and more economic gain to slowly give you the medicine.... imagine that, charging you for something God gave us!!!!!.... I'm white ...I grew up in Phoenix AZ ....I want to study this stuff Grandma...how to heal the people...with God's blessing of course....the Bible talks about when He told the prophet to boil figs and apply it to the wound of the king so he could recover!!! See.... it's even in the Bible! 👏👏👏
I want to do this...make my own medicine and yeah barter or trade or sell the medicine, and if they have nothing but need it ....take it!!!
Let's see big pharma do that!!
I wish to do this because the system has become so gross that it's just sad.... meanwhile things/opportunities are all but drying up....I say let's waive good bye to the system that can barely take care of it's own citizens but what celebrity has just hooked up with whomever seems more important....we can even take care of our elderly, we can't take care of our children, we can't afford to provide for homeless but we CAN afford to bomb other countries 😠😠😠😡😡😡
May God bless you and please pray for this thing for me...thank you and may God enrich your life and your seed, and your seed's seed!
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@@davidschmidt270 David, I seriously thought you went by Joseph. Am I wrong? I am amazed at what you are saying. Sorry if I am mixing you up. So with your desire to make this grid change and to do this medical herbal healing stuff, well the big pharma is shutting down everyone who is practicing this. Did you know that several of the heirloom companies with seeds had the Feds come and take everything and threatened many in Washington state and Oregon and some in Utah. I say what in H... is going on? I use to buy from some and now they are telling me they were threatened and they don't have the money to sue them or even to question them. Just silently go about what you desire. You need an herb garden and yes there are ways to share and trade. That is what is going to happen again soon having a bartering system because of prices going thru the roof. I use to have chickens and now the feds are saying "having chickens will cause illnesses, heart problems, diseases that are so fetching crazy. So now you see a lot of videos backfiring on these media lies. The feds want pure dependency on them more communistic and they are not winning but spreading. That is why I say we need to stand together and do for ourselves. They will not come to save you. Neither will the Navajo Nation. Our Pedophile Prez is sucking up to Biden and anyone who will give him money under the table. So anywho, make a herb garden, decide what you want to make and grow. There are herb books, I love the book called The Lost Herbs, She has pictures so you know what you are looking for, the longitude and latitude of where to find herbs, food, and foraging stuff. It takes preparations. It is also good to research how to use juniper, sage, yucca, etc that is pretty accessible there. Its quite an undertaking. But great idea. Navajo Grandma
"Grandma loves you" I'm taking that to heart ❤ (I needed that),, I love you grandma 😊
Grandma always says, even though I got a little excited here in my bloomers, I see this misinformation online, by WIKI no less, and it became troubling to me. So in my excited condition, setting the record straight I was in a Yucca Country and made this. Happy that many who watch this realize there is a difference and it is miles and miles apart. Happy you are being receptive. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
Thank you for putting this info out there!
I am grateful that you appreciate this and the information that is important to be out there. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
You are so knowledgeable
Joyce grandma loves you and hope you day was wonderful. Thank you for believing in gma and for your support. Hugs galore. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day. Love to all, peace
Thank you dearest one. From Navajo Grandma
Hi Navajo Grandma!
You are so lovely!
I have a yucca plant in my yard and I live in Ohio. I love it!! I grew up in Arizona. So it reminds me of being out west. Stay Blessed sweet Grandma!!
Ooooo beautiful
Thank you! Cheers! Is it smokey there now, here we are having the HEAT man oh man. Gma
I grew up with Yuccas. I love baskets made with Yucca. Happy Mother's Day Navajo Grandma.
When you realize all the wonderful ways the Yucca plant can serve us it is truly amazing. I edited out the long list as I should not have. I am still learning. Thank you for your kind thoughtfulness again. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day Navajo Grandma Thanks for another great video Have a Beautiful day
Edward another wonderful grandchild wishing grandma Happy Mother’s Day. Love you so, as you go call or cook for your Mom. You can cook for me too. Smile. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day! Great clarification! 😘💕💝🙏
Thank you sweetheart and the same wish to you as I say, we are all mothers. Love you always. Navajo Grandma
thank you! and Happy Mothers Day! love your jewelry!!!!
Thank you so much! I have a wonderful daughter. Hugs to you and thank you for supporting gma. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's day grandma!!! 🌸🌸💘🌼🌼
Thanks so much, Gee we need Mother’s Day every day. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Thank you Navajo grandma
Love you and you are welcome. Navajo Grandma
love your content! so informative and I love how you pulled out your notes ahahah you did NOT come to play!
Sam, grandma wishes she could play, I miss that. But yes, grandma always has her notes and I hope each of you subscribers at times will review some of these videos and see why grandma has notes to help you remember what it is she is trying to teach you. I learned that way, I kept notes that mattered. Love you Sam. Have a great weekend. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day to you Grandma. The jewelry is beautiful!!!
Thanks so much. Cheri grandma loves you very much and don't you forget that. Sleep, relax and pray always. Be nice to my Cheri. Hugs. and Goodnight.Navajo Grandma
Beautiful gift...HAPPY MOTHERS DAY SHADI
Your awesome great job on defending our YACCA...
travel safe
God bless you
Hi Jackie, thank you for wishing me a Happy Mother's Day and your use of the word Shadi was perfect. I laughed thinking here I am ranting over Yucca on Mother's Day. Oh well, it does really matter to me and glad many have listened as most don't know the difference. We are in Indianapolis, Indiana, leaving here for Kansas, then Minnesota, then on our way to youuu!! I am so excited to come to meet you and your family. I look forward to talking with you and getting to know you. So happy. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
Thank you navajo grandma for another great and interesting video! Love you!
Glad you enjoyed it! I so appreciate you comments and especially for taking the time to watch, listen and learn. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
Thank you, I have had to explain this before. I have yucca in my yard.
Happy Mother's Day, Navajo Grandma!
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Love you so!! Navajo Grandma
And Happy Mother's Day to you Navajo Grandma!
THIS IS THE WAY for sure…thank you Mando. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma This is most definitely The Way ❤
Grandma knows her plants ,I trust Grandma!..Thanks for your videos Grandma . God bless
Well its time to learn more about foraging and hopefully my traveling will allow me to make a video for this. Hugs from Navajo Grandma
Here in central Kentucky the yucca grows very well and blooms just fine around mid to late June.
I have one in bloom right now.
Great low maintenance plant for erosion control on really steep hillsides.
Do you know how many people here are envious of you commenting this. Most are hunting for this Yucca and trying to find it to use on their hair. Thank you for this lovely comment. The beauty of this Yucca is so picturesque and the leaves that the Dine' survived upon is also lovely. Thank you so much. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank-you, Grandma. I googled the image for the yucca root which looks a lot more gnarly than the torpedo looking ones connected to base of the yuca stalk. We had this plant growing on the corner of our house for years and we didn't know what it was except for the prick at the top of the leaf when we ran into it.
YUCA has a gnarly huge exploding potato or round root with leaves. YUCCA has spikes. I hope you meant that. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma Only found one root photo online of the Yucca Grandma. Looked like it did a curlicue. Don't recall what ours looked like when I replaced the sewer line that ran directly past 2 feet below it. Always remember the spiked leaf tips and the flower. We owned the home for 53 years. Safeway the other night called the one I bought a Yucca. It looked more like your Yuca. No note on it about the cyanide. Peeled, sliced lengthwise and frozen next the round, sliced celery root now. A side-by-side photo of the roots of each plant would be valuable for marketers and safer for the public as you intend.
@@b-f-e Sorry but I won't even touch that stuff. I am afraid I would get sick. I know many eat it and love it. I just feel it is pretty self explanatory the way the pictures represented the Yucca with sharp sword like spikes and the green leafed round potatoe like Yuca. If you can't tell the difference I say, something is wrong with your eyes. Two distinct separate items here. I do get alot of folks appreciating this video though. Thank you for your comment I really do appreciate it. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother’s Day grandma!
Thank you sweetheart. Navajo Grandma
I bought a place in MO, but haven't moved there yet. I think I have Yucca in the woods. I am excited to one day explore with this plant. Love you!
So happy for you. Enjoy digging about 2 feet away from the yucca root to gather the root veins about 5 inches or more to was your hair. You will need about 2 inches per wash. Prepare it right. Happy yucca hugs!! Navajo Grandma
Awesome & thank you Grandma!
You are so welcome and hope all is well with you Mike P. thank you for watching my video. Hugs again. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma You're the best! I'm so glad you set this topic straight; my neighbor from Ecuador brought me over some yuca, for a few minutes I thought because of her accent it was yucca.
It was delicious with butter but until I watched your video today I was confused as to what I had enjoyed eating. 👍
I love that you can hear how passionate you are about it, it’s so important to know what plants you’re looking at and talking about so people don’t eat or use the wrong thing but also do plants like the yucca aren’t discarded because of a misunderstanding! Happy Mother’s Day!
It was not just passion gma got a little riled and yes I am very passionate about my dear YUCCA our shampoo plant. There are so many uses for this amazing plant, its my love. So natural and lovely. Glad you understand. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma makes sense to get riled, it’s frustrating when someone says bad things about a plant or anything you care a lot about when it’s something so untrue. Glad you made this video to clarify, it also helped me because it was the clearest explanation I’ve seen so far
Happy Mother’s Day 💐 Beautiful Navajo Grandma ❤️ Thank you for your teachings , Hugs 🤗
And Your Jewelry is Beautiful 🤍
My eldest daughter gave this to me as I was leaving on this trip and so appreciate her kind thoughtfulness. Thank you for taking the time to watch and learn again. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
navajo grandma getting heated, good stuff 👌 👏
I told you grandma was getting riled. But for a good reason. Thank you for watching and learning. Hugs Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day, Grandma! Thank you for this information. Safe travels! :)
You are so welcome with hugs and kisses. Thank you. Navajo Grandma
Love your passion for teaching, you explain everything so well and with so much information!!! ❤ 😍❤❤❤
Thank you so much! I just think you are being so kind to grandma. I get flustered because my YUCCA means so much and here I got a little riled. Sorry. Thank you for taking the time to watch and support grandma. Without you grandma would not exist thus, you can know now how important you are to grandma, and our Navajo Grandma family. Hugs to you both. Navajo Grandma
Glad to see you again Grandma.
This video was kind of those mother bear videos. If you know what I mean. Love you. Navajo GRandma
"HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY" grandma.
Hope ur enjoying ur day. Many blessings to you grandma.😙
Thank you so much Paula, you are so kind to send grandma Hozho. Love you so. I hope you spent a happy day with your mother too. Navajo Grandma
Hope you enjoyed ur day with ur love ones. Me, I lost my mom several years, and my dad. But my children all came around. You asked where I'm from: I'm living in Kirtland, NM, but my home town is 23 miles south of Bloomfield; a place call DZ or Dzil'na'o'dith'hle. Hope you know the area. Anyhow love you grandma😙.
Happy mother's day Grandma!!
You are so kind to send Hozho to grandma on this day. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day ⚘⚘ be safe 🙋🏽♀️
Thank you! You too! Hugs galore. Navajo Grandma
Happy mothers day grandma thank you for the clarification on these plants im from Amarillo tx but now live in Alabama unfortunately,im always having to teach the difference now I have back up from grandma love ya thank you
Buddy, what a smartie you are to know the difference and defending it like riled up NAVAJO Grandma. I pray we always try to be correct in our opinions. Love you always in Alabama. Navajo Grandma
Have a wonderful, amazing epic mother's day grandma ❤
I will sweetheart. Go cook a meal for your Mom now. Love you. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I wish I could :( My mama passed onto the spirit world 3 years ago this October! So today we had a feast and offered our tobacco for her Monidoo (spirit)
Thank you so much. Yucca is eaten many ways here in Costa Rica. One way is to make fries. They are delicious.
Yes, I have heard that this when prepared properly is wonderful. Thank you for commenting SLM. Appreciate that. Navajo Grandma
Hi and Happy Mother's Day. They need glasses . I have known my whole life what "Yucca" looks like. We always had it in our yard even now; Grandma thanks for getting this info our. Sorry I haven't commented much lately. Helping my youngest sis in law helping mom in law. Lil sis thru her back out so I have been helping them both when I can last 2 weeks. So my mother's day came early spending special time with my special girls. Family it's the spice of life. God Bless you and your family. It's pouring heer in N Central Arkansas today. But plants are very happy.
Patricia thank you for being a kind caretaker. What blessings we receive when we help others. God bless you for helping sister and Mom. Where would we be without them. Happy Mothering Day to you as well. Navajo Grandma
Thank for defending the Yuca and the Yucca plant.
They make bread from the yuca plant in South America, I bet it's the potatoes growers that don't want to see these wonderful foods to market.
The are many health benefits to yuca, as I'm sure there is from the yucca plant.
Thank you for introducing the yucca plant to. I haven't tried and I would like to know where I can buy some in Florida
It is from the southwest, and I might just have to go on vacation and head west to find me some yucca.
Thank Again
Nona.
Alex thank you sweet one, this was indeed a wonderful comment and yes I have to say it sometimes takes a trip and there is loveliness in this lovely Yucca Baccata. Thank you again for commenting. Great job. Navajo Grandma
I'm learning from the best! Thank you so much. Happy Mothers Day! Mama and I love you
Hi Lisa, you are so sweet to wish grandma Hozho and especially during this day to celebrate all of us mothers and mothering by all male and females that probably mothered their siblings for Mom, it just was something we all did in our family. Everyone cared for the next one down. I liked that. Happy Moms day to you as well. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Happy mothers day to you! Thank you for this video. Much love! Ruth
Same to you! and Happy Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Howdy all, I feel as you do Navajo/Dine Grandma, the yucca is a great plant. you are so correct. the soap from the root , food from the blooms and seeds and pods. tools from the stems/, the dried bloom stalk is good for fire starting. I have many on my property. years ago there was a shampoo called yucca dew . here in south Texas we have the Spanish dagger var. and sotol, a smaller less ridged var.. I do not as of yet use my plants for their resources but I like their appearance on the land. in the spring they bloom majestic stalks of white flowers along with our wild flowers and the cactus. what a show. I also have the native agave and lechuguilla here as well and it is a great plant also. salute to all yucca fans.
Are you sure you are not living in the Garden of Eden??? Sounds like it. Beautiful and I need to come visit one day. During the Winter maybe. I have been in some ice storms and they are awful!! Capital awful. But gpa thinks Texas is Heaven. LOL! Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day Navajo Grandma 🧡💐 Thank you for your videos and teachings. I learn something new everytime.
You are so sweet, thank you for learning along with grandma's videos. Thank you for subscribing and making comments that matter. Love you so. Navajo Grandma
You go Grandma! You tell em! Thank you for explaining to people. Great education right here. Amazing!!
You are so welcome and its just good to learn and use good judgement and trying to teach correct knowledge, if you know what I mean and not hearsay. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I’m so glad I found your channel, I watched your Yucca hair washing videos and had to research this myself to learn the difference, I sometimes cook Yuca and wasn’t aware of the difference at first but since watching your videos I’ve learned a lot. I’ve even been using Yucca to wash my hair for several months now and it’s very healthy! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! ❤️ been thinking about planting some!
Hi Miss Laura, I am so proud of you for taking the time to subscribe to my channel. I see you are a valuable teachable soul. Very complimentary. What you are doing is fantastic and yes by all means plant this wonderful Yucca. Just give it boundaries because it spreads wildly which I love. Some folks don't. Great planting. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
thank you. People who call yucca cassava drive me crazy. It seriously irritates me because when I try to find information about growing yucca for food as a wild edible, it always gives me cassava results
Hooray, this also drives grandma nuts. I try to stay calm but it continues. I know what you mean but now we know what we mean and I pray you will find a plant to grow and to use. Its a blessing. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma Thanks for the reply! I have been subscribed for a long time. My wife is Indigenous American and her DNA traces back to the ancient Hohokam people. When I brought her to the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, she said she felt her whole being was at home again before we even did the DNA test, as if her ancestors or her blood knew where she belonged. I have since introduced her to her culture, learned some words with her in Navajo through the duolingo courses and learned how to utilize the wild plants of the desert. I have since fired pottery and learned to flint knap. These to me aren't old skills that are irrelevant to society, these are skills which let you be one with nature, not man vs nature. Agriculture and farming that we are doing with modern tools is what is killing this earth. If we were to use older technology we could undo what we started with industrialization. When you make arrowheads and pottery, you're ensuring your "waste" will be of the earth. When you use chemicals and plastics and use aluminum or other toxic metals to make knives, its very bad for your food and environment. I watch your videos to absorb as much as I can to pass on to my kids when I have them. Thank you so much for continuing to make content!
Happy moms day to you beautiful ring lovely
Right back at you. If you had siblings you were a mother or you were mothered. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mothers day Grandmother! I hope it is wonderful, we love you.
Thank you for your kind words of Hozho on this wonderful day. Navajo Grandma
Great. will send pictures to you some time next week. You are always welcome here if you and GP ever make it this way . We have a humble place but its home. Last night we watched your pizza video. sure looked delicious. We might try it we love pizza.
Dale it would be wonderful meeting you. Email me your address and see where were end up. Always enjoy your comments. Love and hugs. Navajo Grandma
And colchicine which was used by the epyptians , which we use today for relief of gout come from the colchicum flower which looks similar to crocus.
Thank you for that information and your knowledge. They do seem similar. Amazing how the similarities are straight across this world as you also need to remember that this land was once one land called Pangea before it was divided. Gma
Happy Mother’s Day!!! I didn’t know about the two different plants!
Well it is good to know and I was just again differentiating the two and the positives of Yucca that grows here in North America vs the Yuca plant in South Central America. There is a huge difference. So now you know. Love you and thank you for watching and learning again. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
I seen the title and thought... oh no is my yucca a yuca?😲. But no it is indeed a yucca. Probably an Adams needle but if I google searched right still contains saponin. This summer I will save the seeds then dig a piece of root and experiment 🧪. Thank you again for your videos. And Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.
Thank goodness we don’t want Yuca. Hooray for yucca. Love you and Happy Moms day to you too. Navajo Grandma
Thanks for the explanation using visual aids and correct spelling. I always wondered if they were the same plant and why the roots looked different.
So we have all learned something good about the North American YUCCA plant vs the South Central American YUCA plant and they are two different animals. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
You tell them Grandma!! Mother Nature loves you 💗
Kathy you silly, grandma just needed to differentiate these two plants and thanks for watching and being a cheerleader. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
New subscriber today! You have such amazing vibes! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and good energy!
Oh what a kind compliment of Hozho. Thank you so much for subscribing and believing in grandma. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mothers Day, I know it is late but everyday should be Mother's day! Safe travels and thank you for sharing that important information.
Alicia hang onto your hat, there is a lot yet to be done for you. Thank you sweetheart for wishing grandma a Happy Day and I hope you day was wonderful. Love you. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I am patiently praying, thank you so much Navajo Grandma.
Happy Mothers Day Navajo Grandma
Love you. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother’s Day 💐 I had a wonderful day spent it with my mom and went to visit my grandma (Kokum) in our language. It happens to be her birthday also. So enjoy your day grandma love you 💕🌸
Stay close and make memories as you did. Write them down with a picture or two. Family is so important. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank you for clarifying. I was so confused as well. Happy mother's day Navajo Grandma! 💞
I am happy you watched grandma's video and I hope now you know the difference. I love my sacred Yucca. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Preach it. Happy Mother's Day!
Hey Lori, I did. Love you and I hope you all had a Happy Mother's Day too. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Dear Grandma, I too, have lived in Yucca Valley CA., the Yucca Plants in that area are beautiful. I agrree with you, that plant is sacred. In fact, the oldest pair of footwear found in the area was a pair of sandels that were made out of Yucca Fibers. I can assure everyone that those shoes were not imported from South America. I don't blame you for feeling strongly about this subject. Imagine the genius it took many people over such a long period of time to realize that this plant offered soap, offered fibers, offered itself to the people, in order to make their lives better. Anyway, I am glad that you feel strongly about the plants of the American Landscape. So thank you again for a great video and I know some things are important enough to speak up, loudly and clearly about. So, you go, girl.
Thank you for agreeing with me and understanding why I got a little riled about my dear Yucca plant. It is a sacred plant given to us by God and to say it is poisonous in such ways just didn't set well with me. So now its over and you have the end result, I am glad I put this together, maybe not as perfect as I wish I had but I think you all understand. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma What you said is from your heart. That being the case, it is perfect. Plus, unlike me, you didn't cuss. I admire that since I've been known to get riled and cuss LOL
Happy Mother's Day and Grandmother's Day to Navajo Grandma! And how right you are to protect the yucca and call out people who make strange claims without researching and not even caring what effects they might have. The Yucca is trully a wondrous plant with gorgeous flowers -- the state flower of New Mexico and the flower that represents my youth to me.
Someday soon I will get some Yucca plants and I will plant one for my mother (who loved them dearly, happy mother's day in heaven mom) and one for my Navajo Grandma! Love to you always, keep on going!
Grandma needs to give you a huge hug. I love you so and thank you for being so wonderful in thought and especially remembering your dearest mother in heaven. She loves you immensely and still watches over you. Know this. Now Grandma too can make sure you are learning good things and becoming stronger in life with love and hugs. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's day Navajo Grandma!!🥰💐💝🙏 Thank you for clarifying. I had no idea there was even confusion about these plants. I have a Yucca variety growing in my yard and I eat cooked yuca very often!! They both have their specific uses.
Laura are you serious, I have to try eating this cooked Yuca. I hear about it. Yes, there is quite a few comments that keep coming and warning people how dangerous the shampoo I am encouraging to use is and I kind of hand enough. So, I thought it was time to get riled for Mother's Day. I thought this would come out tomorrow but oops, I still had a wonderful Mother's Day traveling. Hugs to you Laura. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma try it!! A great way to try it is Cuban Yuca with mojo sauce or Dominican Pastel de Yuca. It is as safe as Yucca hair shampoo!! 🤗 🙏💗
Thank you for the teachings. I loved that you fully explained what they look like and the differences between the two. I dislike when people correct a culture that's been using these plants for hundreds if not thousands of years.
Can you tell grandma was chaffed?? Oh dear, I felt like Mama Bear, Yikes. Yes, we do need to know the difference and hope I made that clear. I had to calm down after. Paw, Paw Paw. LOL!! Navajo Grandma
In the Caribbean we call cassava yuca. The thing is apparently it's a indigenous word of the Taino who came from South America and they brought it over.
Now the island that I'm on, one of the many islands of the Taino. the majority of the people here are are from African descent they have more African ethnic features and we speak Spanish but we still have some Taino words in the language.
we also eat it boiled and fried. You should eat it with cheese even.
You know I have learned a lot about Yuca since this video. It is eaten by so many people here in America by all ethnic peoples. I was surprised how everyone say they eat this very very often. I haven't tried it and probably would not know how to fix it, but it is very well known here. Great information and thank you for telling us about where you live and what your people are like on the island. Sounds so beautiful. I am also surprised how may people are Taino. I had heard they all died out but Wow. Many many people claim this tribal nation. Thanks again. Navajo Grandma
Thank you for this information!
Hope you are able to wash your hair and see for yourself how wonderful Yucca truly is. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Hello! I just found your channel and I love it!
Yay! Thank you! Welcome to Navajo Grandma's Channel, thank you so much for subscribing. Take off your coat and your shoes, warm your feet by grandma's woodstove fire, enjoy watching, listening, learning and enjoying. Make comments and grandma will always answer you back the best she can. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Ama Beehaniih Navajo Grandma!
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"Amá Bééhániih." is absolutely correct. I love it when you all write to grandma in the Dine' Bizaad. Happy Mother's Day to all and thank you again for writing gma. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day!
You are completely correct! I am glad to hear your heart felt defence and explanation of the Yucca to those who are more interested in accusing then learning. I hope they paid attention this time.
I am glad to help us all understand this dear YUCCA plant that the Native Americans have used for food, clothing, shoes, medicine, sewing, etc and etc and etc. Shampoo being the best usage for me. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thanks for the clairification. I am looking for ways to straighten my hair! Hope you are doing well grandma!!!
Well I am doing well and making my way toward Indiana. My husband and I are so happy to do research and traveling along this beautiful country. I love my Yucca plant and sorry grandma got a little riled. Thanks for watching and hope you are doing well yourself. Why would you straighten your hair? That is silly, I bet it is beautiful. Allow it to be natural. I don't know if you have tried the yucca shampoo? Its amazing. See ya soon. Hugs. Navajo Grandma
Thank you.
You're welcome! Hugs, Navajo Grandma
Thank you for clarifying this, Navajo Grandma! 😊 I actually bought some yucca and was able to wash my hair with it and I absolutely loved it! Got rid of the oil and dirt in my hair and left it really soft! I soaked it for 24 hours in water but was wondering what you recommended for length of time?
-Moriah
Wonderful! You did it perfectly, how awesome are you? Glad to know you had a great experience with the shampoo. It makes my hair bouncy, soft, strong and my little hairs are growing out and looking forward for the thinning to improve.. You can't imagine that cuz you are too young. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Hello grandma. Love that you care about truth! There's a sufix in Kichwa for "hearsay." Yuca is very good food. Its our potato. Potatoes are poisonous if you eat the eyes which are bitter. That is why you learn from your elders, so you eat and live to tell about it. Honestly, the potato when first exported to Europe didn't catch on, because it was bitter. The buds had grown on the ship voyage and they rightly threw out the bitter food. We boil our yuca and after its soft, if you want, you can deep fry it. Our fry bread. Peel, boil, fry! Enjoy. Thank you for the new , important, word. I think I'll put it on the wall, for when someone tries to insult anyone. "What do they know?!" We who know you, know better.
Hi and thank you for your great comment. Its amazing how we all prepare foods that seem so different but so much the same. I have never tasted Yuca and thank you for telling us more about it. That word that means "well I heard, its not fact, it is hearsay so don't quote me." The word in Dine' Bizaad is "jini." Not jenny, but Je-neh, kind of sound. I hope you understand how I said it on the video. Well grandma sends her hugs to you. Thank you again watching and learning and supporting gma. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I am trying to learn Navajo sounds. There are more vowels than any language I know. ♥️!
Happy mother day that late .but ❤
Same to you always. MAKE IT MOTHER'S DAY TODAY!! Navajo Grandma
Cassava is a very popular food in South America. My husbands family is from there and he loves it deep fried like a french fry.
Yucca is a great plant that can grow in many climates. I've even seen it in the Netherlands as a garden plant and it still flowers! Strong plant!
This video is clarifying the difference and I am happy to have made this and yes is amazing. I am happy to know some of my subscribers eat Yuca and maybe one day grandma wants to try it. ??
@@NavajoGrandma definitely try it once just to experience it. There are lots of recipes that use it. The only one that I like is a recipe from Suriname called pom. Its the root grated and mixed with herbs, tomatoes and chicken then baked in the oven. It needs to look almost burnt to be good, the top sorta caramelized. It's a dish they serve at special occasions like birthday parties.
To be honest I'd never heard cassava called yuca so it definitely was informative to hear the differences and understand why some people confuse the 2 plants. I grew up in AZ so yucca has always been a plant I knew about, mostly as a garden plant but also I knew it was used as a resource and was a useful plant.
❤️❤️❤️❤️ U ...my dad used to cook the white blossoms .. they taste like cabbage .
Yes Jimmy this is true and so did our grandparents. Except we ate it fresh at times too. White traveling in our wagons. There were also tiny 5 inch bananas on these that I don't see nowhere anymore. That was a real treat!! Great comment. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma thank u so much ❤️
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HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT MOTHER'S DAY!
I sure did Tina, driving and meeting my subscribers you can't have a better day than that. Love you. Navajo Grandma
This is me doing my homework. Thank you. Now, could you help showing how to prepare and eat it?
If you are talking about the Yuca, Navajo Grandma has no idea how to prepare it and I am so sorry. I have never seen it and I know some people have talked about it but I never have. Sorry Grandma is of no help. Navajo Grandma
Thank you so much for clarifying! The cassava root is sold at our international store and I was thinking it was the same thing. I am so glad I haven't spent my money! Yakoke!
You are so welcome! We all are learning throughout life and I hope we learn about all things like this. Just being aware. Love you. Navajo Grandma
Oh wow i've been eating yuca since i was a little girl....but i'm still alive ;) . I loved this video grandma 🌷
Mari this video wasn’t about eating Yuca, it was the misunderstandings of both. Spelled similar, Sounded somewhat similar, but looked nothing the same. Somehow many confused the two and started spreading incorrect information about our Native American Yucca as being the same plant as Yuca. It was important for me to correct the misconception. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma thank you Navajo Grandma, i didn't know about Yucca so your video shows important facts about both plants :) 🌷
Bazaar, How could anyone confuse these 2 very different plants??
Fabulous ending Navajo Grandma! Enjoy your travels 🙏💕
Oh, An interesting little tid bit about the yucca is that their flowers are edible!
Yes Kris, I goofed and took out all the many ways of using Yucca such as the flowers that are edible because the wind was so strong and blowing awful. I still don't have a microphone and that is my next goal. Thank you for commenting, grandma so appreciates your watching and learning and commenting. Love you. Navajo Grandma
You are completely correct you can buy yucca root in most Asian markets.
Hopefully everyone boys yucca and not yuca.
buys. Sorry I dislike spell check
Happy Mother's Day💐
Getting Happy Moms Day from the best of the bestest! Hugs and the same in return. We are all mothers one way or another. Who had siblings is all I have to say. Navajo Grandma
great video...thank you
Hi Dwayne, gee you saw another side of gma didn't you. Mother bear but oh well, I love my yucca and glad you all seem to understand that you need to do your best to inform people with truth not hearsay. Anywho, thank you for supporting gma. Navajo Grandma
Hello Navajo Grandma! You look just like my auntie by the way. Hope you had a nice mothers day (my birthday falls on mothers day most of the time). I wanted to chime in with the Yuca. I am of Taino decent (the natives that first found columbus lost at sea). To us Yuca is a sacred plant given to us by Yocahu (the supreme creator) and it was and still is a staple of our Taino peoples. It was grated and strained by sibukan (strainer) to cleanse the cyanide from the root and then prepared as a tortilla (frybread) and eaten. My grandma still made it this way and added vegetables and seafood (cod fish, or shrimp, or crab) on top of it. Basically an "indian" taco. We also boil it with other root vegetables and plantains and bananas adding sometimes salted cod fish with some olive oil. It's delicious! If you have ever bought the terra chips in the groceries you have eaten this yummy root as it is one of the root vegetables they use in their chips!
Felix, thank you for telling us all about your Yuca plant. It is highly confused here in America with our mother plant Yucca. That is the reason I had to make this. I have heard many here eat Yuca and amazing most of my subscribers eat this but never knew the difference. Navajo Grandma
@@NavajoGrandma I agree, the name us just one letter difference and can be confused unless you know what they look like. I'm glad you showed pictures so people don't start eating something they should be washing with and washing with something toxic, lol. Nice informative video. 👍🏼
Yuca is great to fry .
I suppose so, I have never tried this. Oh I lied, yes, I am reminded, my Bizhi apparently made this and yes I remember like it was a little slippery and there was some jam type something. But it was really good. Hmm I hope I am describing this right. Oh well, I know I ate that stuff when I was little. Navajo Grandma
I grew up in So Utah and was introduced to yuca when I lived in So Florida. I have always wondered whether they were the same or similar plants. It would be fun to learn some of the uses of the yucca. I do love yuca fries with curry dip and boiled yuca with mojo sauce and a banana (something about the yuca, mojo, and banana together..mmm). Thanks for clarifying for me.
Glad you are familiar with both. Grandma could write a book oh how many uses for YUCCA there is, clothing, shoes, thread, food, rope, needles, basketry, there is so much more as I read from each tribe how they make use of the YUCCA. So culturally traditional. Navajo Grandma
Happy Mother's Day💐💕🌹
Thank you so much. You are all so kind to send such loving Hozho to grandma. It is deeply moving and appreciated. Hugs always. Navajo Grandma