Wild EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL? Black Nightshade (Solanum Nigrum)
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2020
- This plant is one of the most common wild edible foods in the world. But it does have that deadly lookalike. We will look at both and share a little on how to differentiate the two. It is always wise to compare wild edibles with at least two to three different wild food guidebooks before eating.
Black nightshade leaves are an East African staple, especially in Kenya. We eat it with ugali, which is a cornstarch meal. Usually we'll mix with other 'weedy' vegetables like amaranth and others. I had it for dinner last night.
Thanks Susan. It is interesting that in much of the world it is a common to eat it but in the US it is almost unknown.
Thank you for sharing!
Thankyou for that. Comments are a great source of information.
We had a question about the leaves, can you eat them raw?
@@yoshomizuno4428 the leaves are quite bitter, I'm not sure if they can be eaten raw, we never do. Actually they are best mixed with amaranth to neutralize the bitterness
I’m going to school to become a herbalist right now but the thing I really want to learn more about is identifying common “weeds” that a person can eat from their backyard if necessary. You have already made some videos about some of these herbs but there has to be lots more out there.
More will be coming! Thanks
You can learn it all on your own. You don't need school. I did it
In South india we used the leaves for making chutney.
Some onions, tomatos, garlic, green chilli, tamarind. Will fry all together then grind it.... Its taste good if u eat with rice.... Good for mouth ulcer and kills stomach worms.
Sounds delicious - many of the best medicines are also foods - food is medicine
these are less sweet than a good fresh tomato...but they take sugar easily and make excellent pie and dumplings....and the colour is like none other
Thanks to google lens i finally found out what this is. I love eating the leaves just boiled with salt and crushed red pepper. It makes a great soup with the perfect hint of bitterness.
How long do you boil the leaves for
Good convincing communication skill you have along with knowledge.
Thanks for the information. Thry appeared in my garden all of a sudden
Mine too. Well at least on my property.
me too
Same here. I thought at first it was a peppee plant growing on my planter.
The leaves and berries yoiu can make soup or fry so tasty
Hello! Thanks for this vital information. Can you please share the (3) Book References that you mentioned here?
These berries r growing wild n my yard. YEAH. I eat the black berries and find them quite tasty
Berries don't taste like tomatoes. When it's well ripened, it's blue tone black and a bit sweet without much of scent or acidic at all. Very nutritious. What I didn't know though, leaves are edible as well. I have so many sprouts growing in my backyard now, I will sure try some leaves this year.
Leaves are cooked and eaten I grew up eating this
Thanks for the information in your video, I have a black nightshade that all the sudden popped up in my flower garden, I'm definitely keeping it as it's beautiful and perhaps I'll try a berry as it matches perfectly the safe and not deadly form 😀
My mom used to use edible black night shade greens for congee but stopped when I told her the existence of the poisonous lookalike. I miss eating the edible kind :(
Please convince her to try again, its very easy to tell the difference between Atropa belladonna and Solanum nigrum (black nightshade) im growing some right now!
I agree with tomatoes. I like them cooked but not really in the raw
I thought i had potato berries but upon further research it seems to be black nightshade. Grew potato & tomato in the same planter last year , this plant came up on its own this year..i assumed it was potato returning but the flowers & berries threw me off. When i read potatoes can have berries i thought that was it but upon further investigation my berries seem much smaller than potato berries & definitely fit the black nightshade appearance. Small berries in abundant clusters roughly similar in size to blueberries. If thats what they are id love to utilize them somehow
Nightshades: Can never have too many
In india, we call it "makoy" - we make tasty dish with the leafs.
Nice.
Dang !! I have arthritis in my neck and joints but I make a point to eat a lot of fried green tomatoes every summer, they are soon good.
( Not giving up my green tomatoes so I guess I'll just have to deal with the pain ! )
Does cooking reduce the harmful ingredients ?
I also use green tomatoes when canning chow-chow each summer. 🌷
You should try a bit of sea salt on your fresh tomatoes I like maldon sea salt it's think and flakey so you get a good texturing of the flavours
Yeah, not a big fan of tomato either. Though the older I get (I'm getting pretty old) the more tolerant I get of them, especially mixed with things (sandwiches, salads, etc.). Still have a hard time eating them solo. Love just about anything cooked down for sure (except stewed).
Have a bunch of wild plants in one of my little garden areas that has a lot of water. Ate three ripened berries. Was disappointed that they don't taste like sweet berries, but they weren't bitter or nasty tasting. Just not sweet like a blueberry, etc... I'm still alive, BTW, so I'm pretty sure I got the good berries. Gonna see how well they taste when they are fried up with onions and garlic.
I'm a college student, is it possible for you to compile a list of books you recommend for plants?
Can you please list those books you mentioned?
It is a pity that you didn't show also difference between Solanum nigrum and Solanum americanum.
They are very similar but not same. It would be very nice to know the difference.
are the red ones good to eat ?
Sir i have mild liver scarring and liver inflammation.
Does this plant help for liver scarring and liver inflammation?
You can also take a photo and use Google lens.
We call it njama njama and it's a staple in my mother's area
I came here cuz in one of my pots it grew wildly or idk how.. but we let it grow and saw it bearing fruits.. i took the google photo and found out its name, but then it was confusing when google stated benefits and on the other side it said, toxic..or even fatal..
I'm an Indian.. our ancestors used this plant leaves and fruits for curries and fryums... But I'm afraid to use it bcz of this kind of look alike
From what I've seen so far pretty easy to tell the difference. The good ones grow in clusters while the poisonous berries grow singularly .
Can you please post the names of the books/authors that you mentioned ?
Thank you
Samuel Thayer has three books that are some of the best out there. "Nature's Garden," "The Forager's Harvest," and "Incredible Wild Edibles."
Another book that is a great for beginners book is by John Kallas. He wrote a book called, "Edible Wild Plants." These books will not have as many plants in them as a standard field guide but they will have many more pics and much more detail on each plant. They will generally tell you if there are poisonous lookalikes also.
@@HealthAndHomestead thank you
@@carrieteal4886 You are welcome.
I enjoy the berries and just eat the berries. I've heard of people in other countries that eat the leaves mostly.
Typical of the tomato family, grow, die, look horrible until you disturb the soil or replant again, and yes, they are tasty little guys!👍
Its consumed in India. Its used to treat ulcer in south india. Just curious, if the black nightshade microgreens are edible? usually nightshade microgreens r not. if u ve any info, pls share.
I do not know, sorry.
@@HealthAndHomestead no worries.. thanks for the reply!
In Hippocratic medicine it's hydrosol is used
Wonder berries as if I wonder if I can eat it
They do have a tomato taste.
I’m like you, Chad, I don’t like tomatoes. I can’t even eat them. I gag. lol
Kenyan, most of East Africa as vegetables. India too
Thanks for sharing.
If you started a school teaching people to come learn, identity and eat herbs from the land, I am guessing you would have lots of people signing up!
Great thoughts Janna. Maybe I will do a class sometime in the future about wild edibles. Blessings.
In Sundanese they're called Leunca.
Do you live in Sudan?
@@HealthAndHomestead no. Sundanese is ethnicity from Java, Indonesia.
Just ate some while watching this, I'm a smoker and have bronchitis and it immediately made me cough flem up and I can breath deeper... no I'm not a rat lol
Erigeron anuus tea can help cough things up too but be careful because it can also make you vomit
i find that they have a fruit loop flavor
We call this one hybrid we have an indigenous one with smaller seeds.
Interesting.
Idk if you'll see it, but are the seeds green? I have some growing on the fence with some red berries instead of green and i opened the purple/black one it had green seeds in it
I don’t care if you don’t like tomatoes, you need show us it’s edible by eating some.
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