Desert Survival Food: Mesquite/Making Primitive Cakes and Coffee
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2020
- Today we gather ripe mesquite pods and process then into cakes and coffee.
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My grandmother used to shell the beans and use the pods in soup and stew for flavor and thickening. For the drink she would roast the beans and then grind them in a hand crank coffee grinder then brew it like coffee in a percolator and serve it hot or cold. The flour was added to corn meal for an amazing mesquite cornbread. We could only get it rarely when relatives from the four corners would visit. Very special. Thanks for the video.
Do you have a recipe to make Mesquite 🧼 soap
That sounds really cool Mr Middleton!..... When you say she'll the beans you mean take the beans out of the pods??.... Did she use the pods themselves or just the beans?.... Ahhh the stories your Grandma could tell I bet! I've heard of chinle from my dine friend, sounds like an interesting place.... TBH I've always been interested in native American stuff... especially survival and crafts....I would like to go to a powow. LOL yeah I'm quite the character...in my drinking days whenever 'dances with wolves' would come on I would cry.... because I felt like that was me!.. anywho thanks for sharing
Yes I mean remove the beans from the pod (she called it shelling the beans just like peas and lima beans etc.) I only ever saw her use the beans and not the pods. I wonder if that was to be sure to remove any mold that may have started on the outside of the pod. Unfortunately I was very young and didn't ask the questions that I would today. She had spent a large chunk of her childhood in Oklahoma and in the four corners living with relatives and then returned to Missouri in the winters for school. She and my grandfather knew the last of what were then called "wild indians" which were mostly indigenous men who lived on the edges of society on their ancestral lands. According to my grandfather the last of those men died in the late thirties in the part of northwest Missouri where the lived. As a child the stories were great adventures to me but most adult conversations centered around farming and current events and I never got the chance to ask adult questions but the memories are very precious.
@@jamesmiddleton6464 .....the last of the 'wild Indians' ....and living on ansestostrol lands sounds like something else....a time before time....I hear ya on not being able to ask the adult questions you would have liked to ask....I hear ya ... especially when you say the memories....to me Sir, that's the real Gold,....if they gave you something, it could have been lost or stolen, but the memories they can't take that from you....mine are my great grandfather.... learning about God and about Jesus!.... May God forever bless you and your people, as cliche' as that might sound, may your descendents stand before the living God!
Shalom friend
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@@davidschmidt270People used language in the 1970's that we would find insensitive but it wasn't always meant that way. The term "wild indian" meant a person who lived mostly in a way that resembled pre-European ways of life but they used modern tools etc and lived in the fringes of society. When I say they lived on ancesteral lands I mean usually wooded areas that were difficult to farm but usually owned by farmers whi used these areas as wood lots for wood for heating and cooking. My grandfather said that the few he knew were careful about who they had contact with and would have small cabins as in difficult areas. He said they would trade labor or furs for bullets and clothing or blankets on an occasional basis. That was about the only contact these people would have with their neighbors and by the end of the 1950s they had all died of ild age or disease. They were some interesting stories. Especially when my grandparents would show us places where camps had been (some seemed to predate first European contact) it really fueled the imagination to walk and play as a child in those places. Blessings to you and your people as well.
We used to eat this as kids back in mexico 🇲🇽 we was so poor that even a pop/soda was something special and enjoyed like it was the best thing ever. Every season me and my brother would pig out on them, it was like dessert for us 🐽🐷... RIP baby brother 😿
I would eat so many that I would end up with chorro 🤣 love them mesquite beans
We pound and grind the whole beans and the seeds to get all of the nutrients from the pod. We made mesquite cakes and a beverage from them also. We used honey mesquite, screwbean mesquite, and sometimes velvet mesquite. Now we make mesquite pancakes and mesquite bread. Highly nutritious and delicious!
awesome! we have screwbean mesquite over here as well. ill experiement with those in the future.
You guys are opening a whole new world to me!
Mesquite bread :)
Hi! Do you cut the mesquite flour with all purpose or exclusively use the mesquite? All of the recipes Ive seen people use a bit of the flour only for the flavoring.
Can you post a video of you making it so I can learn how to make it?
If you run them through a grinder when they are still soft and then spread the ground stuff on trays to dry, it makes it MUCH easier.
Don't forget another drying method, "String Beans" needle and thread them on a good strong string and hang them anywhere dry and warm. My mom used to hang string beans in her attic, cooked them in a pressure cooker, YUM!
Loved when you pulled out the molcajete 👍🏼the traditional way
Indeed
My molcajete is still in it's box, i have not used yet, it will be in my bug out definitely! Pestle & mortar are good also.💗
@@lisaslay-z8342 you need to cure it.
I used rice and pepper corns.
Rinsed with water...
Then garlic.
Water.
Then rice again.
And water and soap again
I have 3 mátates the larger hollowed out stone and the grinding stone that the Native American tribes in the western areas of Texas would use. They are such a treasure to have and pass down to future generations.
Grinding your own food and coffee drink you get an extra star 🌟 on your Man Card bro! 😎👍
The first vid i saw of yours was the cactus one. Your way of explaining things is so informative but also captivating. Love it James!
thank you very much, glad you enjoy our stuff!
Same xD
My Grandmother and her people made a syrup out of the beans she was a native American by that since I was born and raised in nm most people assume pueblo but she was from mexico any indeduous person from South America Central America ect is a Native American. We used to go to banks of the rio grande and collect wild Asparagus. Prickly pears and other things. She came from the copper canyon area of mexico. We collected pinon from packrat nests but she made us leave corn so they could survive the winter. You never know in times of desperation you need all the allies you can find.
Same for me. Been a subscriber ever since that video. I was surprised a lot of people did not know cactus petals were edible. They’re extremely common in Mexican dishes.
@@robertmtz94 nopales 👍
Great video! Growing up, I remember seeing my dad pull down one of those beans and start chewing on it. He grew up in Mexico. I remember very little about that memory because I was about 5, but this video triggered that memory. Thank you for that, and I also learned a lot!
Very cool!
That's pretty cool actually.
Once I lived in a mesquite tree and mimosa forest.
4:52 I love tarantula hawks. An amazing predator.
@@therielab9564 I've watched many paralyze and carry tarantulas to their burroughs
@@therielab9564 second most painful sting in the world, only the bullet ant surpasses it in the most painful sting in the world
Everyone gangster until they turn into cazadors
@@craigthemonke794 I've got spurs.
They’re amazingly terrifying when they frequent your backyard hunting for tarantulas. Awesome creature though
I bake with mesquite meal. Mesquite is full of minerals and nutrients, tastes like caramel and is naturally sweet. I use it in muffins and pancakes. I use 1/3 mesquite meal with 2/3 other flours. The natives used to make a mash out of it.
Thanks for sharing!
I may order that flour from a catalog that I get.
Please do more on mesquite, more recipes. How do you tell the different mesquite from each other? Love your videos!
Will do!
This is my first video and I just became a fan. I hope you did make that video 🙌🏼
You have great screen presence and deliver exceptional content - way more than run-of-the-mill bushcraft channels. Nicely filmed, too. Thank you.
Thank you very much! i very much appreciate the kind words!
I live in Tempe, Arizona; Them beans are prevalent around here.
wewantdem *beenz*
If you live in Arizona, Velvet mesquite pods are sweet, but definitely not as much as honey mesquite. Some of mesquite species are edible, but a few species(and many hybrid-cultivars) might have flavorless, astringent pods.
One year later I have perfected the coffee making of beans I now roast them in a smoker with mesquite wood an maple ooooo mah gawd this stuff is the best THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING ME THIS KNOWLEDGE 😍😋😋😋
Great video, my grandmother and great grand mother used to make tortillas out of the “pechitas” (mesquite pods). They also use to make “atole” de pechita. I really enjoyed your video! 🌵🌵🌵🌵
Id like to see a video on that.
Do you have a video on that?
It is awesome to see that the ways our ancestors have survived we can learn on the internet. There may come a time when it might be essential for survival. James is awesome! 💗 his videos!
Sounds great! imm still experimenting with mesquite, hoping to make another video soon
Maybe sometime in the future, I will post one on my page on the atole and tortillas. I just started my UA-cam page, but will upload new content little by little.
Excellent video James. My Son-in-law likes it also.
Soon he will be teaching my GRANDchildren all about
the value of Mesquite with your video.
Thank You & your video-person!
I have a mesquite tree in my backyard, haha. I might try this! For those reading, the tree has hella thorns, learned the hard way to always watch for fallen branches on the ground!
Thorns mean something valuable grows on or within! But yes, they have nasty thorns that like to go through your feet!
Recently I read a book called "la gente del mezquite". The author mentions something called "Mezquitamal", you would use the hollowed out nopal and fill it with mezquite flour (including crushed bones and ash) and let it cook on the hot coals, flipping it now and then. It was supposed to be a great source of calories, vitamins and minerals. And it was offered to share during a "Mitote".
Love your videos man!
that is very interstin! i wonder if theres an english version of that book so i can check it out, id love to imitate som e native cooking recipes
Still to this day when someone says mesquite. I think of Louis L'Amour and Zane grey. Both unbelievable western writers. If the younger generation has never heard of them. I'm beyond highly recommend either one. They will transport you back in time to a place in the old west. It is so awesome 💯
I just joined. Shawn Kelly ie: Corporals Corner sent me. I WISH THE BEST AND FAST HEALING, SIR!
I was taught during my military training desert survival to use the desert ephedra or Mormon tea for breakfast, you get the same kick you get from caffeine.
I love this videos 😍I'm so fed up with the city that I'll be soon starting to build a simple adobe "casita"in the beautiful Sonoran desert!😻😺🙌🏻🙌🏻🌵
Thank you. This is the first time I have heard about the mold. VERY important information. Keep up the excellent work.
HELL YEAH!¡🤤I COME FROM MEXICO & MY MOM INDIAN TALK TO ME ABOUT IT SHE EVEN COOKED MESQUITES SHE STILL LIVES SHE'S#70 YRS OLD
I really enjoyed this. I’m a city boy, but I find ur setting eerily familiar. It’s pulling at my Native American ancestry. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for being a comprehensive resource for worldbuilding and writing research!
Wow, I've heard of the bread but not the coffee, this is just awesome, that's right you just made your ancestors proud. Great work guys.
Thanks so much, i hope you liked it!
@@JunkyardFox you kidding James? I loved it!
He’s Mexican
came here from a shout-out by Corporal's corner very different video and nice to hear the good news
James like a fine wine you just keep getting better 😁. Growing up in eastern woodlands acorns where used just like this and also seeing this is definitely going in the tool box.
more to come, buddy! we got so much cool stuff planned
@@JunkyardFox I can't wait
Ur a true inspiration ❤. Many blessings to u and thank u.
First off, I just love your videos and learn something new every time I watch them. Second, since gathering mesquite beans is something I am VERY familiar with, I thought I might share a couple of things (which may have been shared by others - I didn't read all of the comments). We use the beans just as they are ripening to flavor grilled meats. We soak the streaked/spotted yellow beans in water for about 5 minutes then wrap them in a foil pouch, poke a few holes in the pouch and throw it on the coals. Much more intense flavor than mesquite wood!
Also, we've learned over the years that rats like the beans too. So...rats are drawn to the beans and rattlesnakes are drawn to the abundance of rats. USE CAUTION!
Junkyard Fox! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, the education you provided is priceless. All my best to you.
Mesquite beans make an outstanding jelly.
It's really good using only the pods and mixing with corn meal/ corn flour , I always carry corn meal to camp .
You had me at coffee!!!
I have chewed on the ripe mesquite pods when I was hungry and it was a hunger stopper. I’ve read that the natural sugars can bring down diabetes. And curb hunger which may lead to weight loss. I’m going to try making coffee with mesquite pods. Roasting them as you have suggested. Great info young BUCK. I’m watching all your shows from now on. I liked your catch phrase “ GET YOUR BOOTS DIRTY “.
I remember as a kid watching my grandfather picking these when we would go to the river and he would suck on these and chew them so I tried it and they have a sweet nutty taste.
I boil them to make jelly. I have found that if you dehydrate the leftover pods from jelly making, the pods grind up a lot better. I also feed the ground up pods to my chickens, the boiling process keeps the seeds from germinating in the chicken yard.
That's a great idea! i like that you can also use it as chicken food
Those Pods Look Like Like Tamarind Pods. So Fascinating.
A lot of work for a small amount of food, however when you’re hungry and it’s available it’s nice to know. Thanks for sharing
keep in mind, i still had several pounds of pods in the bag that i didnt crush so more food can still be had but it is a lot of work. thanks for watching.
I raised about a hundred ewe lambs on mesquite beans this last summer. It saved me about 4 tons of feed.
Thank you sir, I feel this will be very useful in the coming days.
Glad to hear that
I've made molasses out of the beans also.
Thanks a TON :) I've heard about eating Mesquite all my life(Desert Dweller), but never saw it prepared.. Only ever saw cattle actually consume :)
mesquite has many uses. hope to film more videos on it soon
It's so nice to see survival and preparation videos in the American SW, keep it up.
thank you, be sure to check out our playlists if you wanna see more like this
I had no idea that bain of my work life (lawn maintenance) and this bean turns out to be a super food I'm so going to try these things out I'm always on the hunt for food that are super nutritious
Hope you enjoy!
We have a honey (or velvet, I never can tell) in our backyard and we made flour out of it and it makes the most outstanding pancakes if added to a bit of white flour. Nutty, caramel, delicious. I tried it in my blender and it scratched my blender so I took my beans to a place in Bisbee and they had a big giant grinder that pulverized them in a flash. Your cake looks like it has quite a bit of "fiber" in it. Nothing better than a good iron skillet!
Can’t wait to try it. ❤
This might be your best video, it made me really want to get outside
This is great I can’t have caffeine anymore but I really do miss the taste of of coffee. Knowing there’s something out there that taste just like it minus the jitters is a god send thanks JF
Chicory coffee made only of roasted dandelion root👍💪.Buy or you tube channels show you how to make
im glad this helps! im hoping ot town down on my caffeine intake so im planning to make mesquite coffee from time to time.
Thanks so much. I'm waiting for them to ripen. Looking forward to picking them and learning.
just dumped two five gallon buckets of mesquite beans in the feed trough for my cows to snack on. Also, the coyotes love mesquite beans, as every pile of coy scat is loaded with the beans this time of year here in Southern NM.
they make a great snack, even the ants are feasting
Our summer rains have already passed!
So glad I found you!! I've been in Yuma for 3 yrs and have wanted to know all you have to offer...thank you!!
I like these type of videos i love learning
In the numerous Louis L'Amour books that I have read over the years, he always seems to bring up the idea of mesquite coffee. Have wanted to try it, but, in the Pacific Northwest where I live we do not have the same or mesquite bushes. Have recently started to save some of your videos, maybe one of these days, I might be able to try these. Have eaten tons of prickly pear fruit, during survival training and just because I like their taste. Have caught and eaten rattlesnake and some of the larger desert lizards as well. Where I live, fresh bullfrog legs are a welcome addition to a meal made after a day of fishing. I am not too shy when it comes to new foods. I ate roast camel in the middle east, eaten horse meat here at home, eaten dog meat while in WestPac. I am still alive and going strong, pushing my 7th decade.
those meals all sounds amazing! i love trying new foods, especially wild foods.
Just a hand full proceeds to dump half the jar haha great video
Hermoso video Mezquite es el apellido de mi familia, la columna vertebral de mi gente.
love your taste in music bro. Very mild. Not overwhelming. Great accent.
I want to thank you once again for being a guiding light for me on my herbalist journey. I just began making medicine videos again on my channel, and have just begun school for Wildlife Conservation. Your videos have led me on this beautiful path that I am now embarking on. Especially since I moved to Tucson Arizona last year. Keep shining your light because you are inspiring many! Soon, there will be a wave of naturalists that will heal all on Earth. I continue to make videos in honor of my teachers, and you are one of them. Sending all of the love and light in the universe. -Jack
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@@JunkyardFox thank you, my friend! I appreciate that so much. And thank you for being such a wonderful teacher! I look forward to more content 🌵🌍🙏🏼
I loved your words at the end. I'm a latecomer to the desert, but I LOVE it. Thanks for a great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow! So interesting. I've seen these all my life and always assumed there were poisonous. Thank you.
O my goodness I accidentally found this video and I gathered some beans an I’m roasting them at 350 in the oven at 30 mins the smell SOOOOOO GOOD
I'm glad that there are still people out there that are willing to go out in the wilderness to actually survive and to use natures resources to make food. Props to you ,Junkyard Fox, for going out and enjoying the wilderness during covid times.
thank you, i appreciate the kind words! hope this video helps
These videos are so relaxing to watch. I enjoy them because when I can’t be in nature you take us there. I appreciate the time you put into this series.
Glad you like them!
Thank you, James for these informative videos. Hopefully many in these areas will take notes. It is essential in survival scenarios. I wish you could travel to different parts of the states to school us on edibles that grow wild and can be eaten. Much appreciated. Stay safe💗💗
Tamarind jarritos 😋 delicious soda!
Glad you enjoyed it! someday in the future, i hope to teach classes and travel more.
1) Thank you for acknowledging the cameraman. Far too many people in front of the camera like to pretend that they're alone, so nodding to the fact that they're there means a lot to me.
2) Never let anyone take away your man card for liking cream in your coffee. When I was a little kid a grizzled old WWII vet once told me "If a man makes fun of the way you drink your coffee, he ain't worth having coffee with." Mind you, my mom was pissed that he not only let me have coffee but that he let me add inhuman amounts of sugar to it, but that's some wisdom that I'm only just started to understand.
great advice! thanks for watching!
Nice to see u doing survival videos again.
You were right. That was a good one. Not just good, but great!
thank you susan!
Growing up in the pacific northwest and moving to Tucson I feel like I just landed on Mars lol. Thanks for the videos, makes me feel a little better about my surrounding and food/water sources
Glad to hear it!
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Very good. Tons of Mesquite pods in the Arizona deserts this year. 👍
Always sift those dang seeds out before you use the mesquite flour. You can add it to regular flour and make great pancakes or use it in other baked goods. Because it does have a high sugar content, humidity can cause the flour to cake up and get real sticky. There was a place in Arizona that milled mesquite flour that you could order. Mesquite flour is expensive to buy. The taste is kinda like molasses.
yeah ive heard you can buy mesquite flour at fancy stores like sprouts, ill have to check to experiment with more recipes during the months theyre not growing.
Hey James glad to be part of the video production!!!(= Had fun with this one buddy thanks for you're response!! Lol 😁✊🔥
Outstanding work.
I really enjoyed this one. Very useful.
I love mesquite beans. They taste like honey to me. Maybe why the trees are called 'honey mesquite'....which I didn't know before this video. I've only ever eaten them raw, and sometimes off the ground. I guess I've probably just gotten lucky and never gotten sick.
Great video, primo!
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Whheeeoouuuwee man. Good thing he gave a Lil bit of back info about them ehy? I'd sure take heed to what he says about them being precautious. 👍🏿
Honey Mesquite is one kind of mesquite.
Love you!
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This was a great episode
I just bought Cuervo Negro latest album which I found from this video. Thank you for supporting and sharing such a great artist. Hopefully his reach will increase even further. Greetings from Berlin, Germany!
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I've heard about this. My grandma and dad talked about it. Great content
a food source from the older days that is overdue for attention again
Excellent video bro! Both the coffee and the mesquite cake look delicious!
thanks for watching, dude! ill be taking you your bandana next week!
Nice work James! I had some at a Native American gathering years ago. It is delicious! Cheers from CA!
Very cool! thanks for watching!
I have a Titanium Spork that looks exactly like the one used here and it's a great piece of kit for sure!
GREAT VIDEO!! Currently Drying my mesquite , cant wait ti grind it up ❤
This is so awesome. We’re planning on moving to Nevada and, having been an herbalist on the East Coast, I’m absolutely fascinated by your videos. Thank you for making them.
That is awesome! im glad theyre helpful to you!
Just found your channel. Very much impressed with your subject matter and presentation. I live just east of Tucson Az. and plan to try the mesquite recipes! Thanks.
You summed it up at the end Bro! Beautiful
I used to gather and eat mesquite beans walking home from work in Nevada. I love them !!
Yes the connection with nature and God is just amazing! Thank you for sharing.
This is amazing! Thank u 🙏 😊
I live in SE and this channel is super interesting. Bushcraft is so unique to your region. So much to learn and enjoy. This guy is growing on me. Great channel!!
2024 and this guy got another sub,
What goes on the ground belongs to the animals. We have honey and velvet mesquite growing in the garden a la ancestors, who always planted mesquite for shade. We use a blender to grind the beans. Mind, if the flour gets into the shaft, it'll freeze the blades.
I need to try the coffee. Yo, mesquite is equal to kidney beans (anything that came from the tepary bean is a kidney bean) for helping a diabetic.
We got little rain for 2 years (Arizona) but the mesquite still made beans. Not many, but some. The spring some came on, then the rain started. We got 3 crops, but the last one was moldy on the tree. Ah, well, God bless. Next year!
Very resourceful
I'm an old hunter, camper, and ex- scouter, and have watched your vids for a while now. You're good, I've even learned some tricks from you that I didn't yet know! I'd thought of using mesquite for flower and coffee and enjoyed your video very much. Thanks for letting me live the act through you in this video.
Awesome, thank you!
Coffee roasting tip keep your beans moving don't let them sit you will have a better roast this way great video thank you
I love this. I.I'm so glad I found your channel!