Green Kentucky Coffee Beans
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Green Kentucky coffee beans are one of the coolest wild edibles I've eaten yet. I break down some of the key points here. I have a very detailed, campanion blog post on them too that goes even more in depth I recommend you look at if you're interested. Link to that in comments.
That's so interesting! It always surprises me when people take information about toxicity to other animals, and apply it to people. So much misinformation gets spread that way. I like your blog post that goes with this video, too, especially tracking down which compounds are the ones to be concerned with. At least that information is easier to track down nowadays, although it still takes effort to find and interpret it!
As a kid, we played with the hard ripe seeds. The "fun" was to rub the side of the superhard, ripe seed on cement sidewalk, really fast, and then put that on your arm - and it would burn, it would get so hot. I'm not saying we were smart kids, but that's what we did, over and over, just with the Kentucky Coffeetree, lol. Anyway, I'm looking forward to trying this when I'm back in their range at the right time of year. Learning the right processing is so key for so many plants and fungi. Thanks!
I really appreciate the work you put into this and your blog post. I've been fascinated by these for a while now but haven't ever tried them green until today, and your post was by far the most comprehensive thing I've seen on eating them in one place. Hopefully one day we can get a comprehensive food safety test on them so they can be more widely used as a food rather than just letting all of that wonderful fruit go completely to waste
I'm excited about this, I found some in a city park and I'm going to try growing some as well as relatively few food producing trees survive in my climate
There is a lot of hearsay about wild edibles, thank you for sharing your first hand experience with these trees.
i dont understand how Its possible that you dont have more people here ... Its awesome!
Wow! My daughter and I had a lot of fun gathering and shucking brown pods earlier this spring. She looks at the beans with an eye toward crafting beads while i am just waiting to discover an appropriate edible use for them. Love this video and will now be revisiting those trees at the end of summer. Thank you so much for this delightful video.
I’m very grateful for your video, since watching it, I have started gathering pods around where I live, and will be canning the beans soon for long storage. They are delicious.
Glad it was helpful for you. I’m here if you have follow up questions.
@@foragerchef4141 I actually stumbled upon the pods before seeing your video, and ate one raw, just to see what it tasted like. It’s very tasty, even raw, just like fava beans. I then got home to do some research, and the first sources I found told me it was poisonous, I immediately began to feel symptoms like nausea, sweating, and increased heart rate. But these were from shock and fear, and not because of the bean itself. I managed to calm myself down, and continue researching, your video helped a lot. And the symptoms immediately began to clear.
@@foragerchef4141hey - we ate some unripened beans raw. Just want to clarify.... Are we going to be okay?
@@adamfavrin385 I’d assume you’d be fine, but I wouldn’t eat a bunch raw.
@@foragerchef4141 we induced vomiting immediately out of fear lol... We had 2 each. You're for sure?
I Just Found Some In Chicago and Im Trying To See What I Can Do. Thank You For The Informative Video.
I was hoping you'd have a link to your page about how to prepare them. Well, at least it didn't yammer, on right ?
Beautiful pods, thanks you Chef!
I'm glad I watched to the end. I was wondering how you managed to reach them from way up at the top of a big tree. I'll check out parks with younger trees next summer.
I found some at a park it was my first time seeing them
They're such a fun plant.
foragerchef.com/kentucky-coffee-beans/
Anybody know if you can make paint out of these? I roasted some and made coffee for friends and none of them liked the coffee.
I can’t speak to that. I can speak to not liking the “coffee” as well though.
Youd Have To Mush The Beans Into A Paste Adding Slight Water and Likely a Cohesive agent. Just based on my offhand knowledge.