Foraging Fiddleheads and Wild Plants | From the Forest to Our Kitchen
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2021
- Summer is near and the Alaskan forests are coming alive. We head into the vibrant green forest to harvest a variety of wild plants including tasty fern fiddleheads and fireweed shoots.
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Saw Bo and Bandit looking out the truck window in traffic today in wasilla, had a silly grin on my face for an hour. It was a beautiful day to be out and about.
Thank you so much Ariel and Eric for sharing the videos with me it really helps my anxiety to see a good program thank you for sharing your lives with me
It’s the four star restaurant Alaskan wilderness homesteading channel.....with puppies and kitties and chickens and gardening and building and mechanics and a tiny house!!!...what more could you want!!!???
Living on the edge of a river in Vermont, I eat a LOT of fiddleheads in spring. I actually sold them at the end of my driveway one year, as I have a little field of them in my front yard. Pickled fiddleheads are really a treat, canned up. To clean them, just put them in a big tub, swish them around several waters, and the last time you wash, rub each fiddlehead between your fingers, they'll be clean.
Your cooking is not simple it Has to be a science at times. Today is a science day video. Complicated, time consuming, with amazing patience on your part overall. Great job, happy for you.
As a 58 year old woman living in Rhode Island whose idea of living off grid is losing power for a few hours, I want to thank you for taking me on your journey. You guys are really badass, and your videos are entertaining and informative. Keep on doing what you’re doing, and for taking us along.
We need to all start being as badass as we can. Also known as being self sufficient!! ❤️🙏👏🏻
Agree wholeheartedly with E wood
Are you in Little Compton? Edit: whoops I thought you said you were living off the grid and LC is the only place I would think but re-read.
we old girls may be sowing down but we still kick ass just not as often as we used to remembering when i was their age and worked just like they did. Now I am using raised beds and growing from home not just the farm
@@maceycornell - indeed. I have everything in containers inside a fenced area to keep the wildlife out and inside my greenhouse. My back kills me after working in the garden for hours, but it’s still so rewarding. ❤️
I love watching you guys!! It's like watching a cross between national geographic and the cooking channel!!😀😃
Bandit cracks me up! He never gets tired of digging and sniffing in the pond! 😂
FYI, my morels were amazing! Thanks for letting me know what they were.
You guys should do UA-cam Shorts, we all would love to see a daily short. It’d probably be a lot more money too.
Oh ! Those mushrooms, firweed and fiddle heads look so good on the home-made bread!!!!!And the eggs, merrel mushrooms!!
The most healthiest guys I know.....on U tube!
We love fiddleheads on the east coast of Canada
Ariel packing!!!! AWESOME!!!! 🥰
Very glad to see that you are both carrying pistols. Makes my heart relieved. Love your show here. God bless you both.
Bo and Bandit are just too cool. Bo just melts my heart!
thx for the subtitles Undestanding the content easier right now .
Your cooking videos make me so hungry.
I love that you grow, hunt and forage so much (what seems like 99.9%) of what you and the dogs and cat eat. Your lifestyle is so much healthier than so many of us. You are putting the work in and it's awesome!I Bravo!!
Your channel needs a warning: Do Not Watch Hungry! I am literally salivating watching you two eat that delicious flatbread with veggies and the killer breakfast crepes!
Good ole fiddle heads 😃
Glad to see Arielle packing some protection. Spring, when the bears are coming out of hibernation, is always a little touchy. They are are hungry and in dire need of food to replenish their body fat.
I think that's the first time I've seen her armed. Glad to see it since the bears are awake and looking for brunch.
Live in Maine and here fiddleheads are a seasonal delicacy... We have a huge patch down behind our house and we pick 30 plus pounds every year. Just an FYI, they are much easier to clean when they are dry. Just rub a bunch together between your hands to loosen the papers, then use a winnow, toss them in front of a fan, or hit them gently with an air compressor to blow the papery skins away. Once you get the paper wet, it sticks to everything. Love your channel! Happy foraging!
I look forward to fettle head's every spring here in Maine )
Fiddleheads, darn auto correct lol
Oh yea love some fiddleheads
I too live in Maine and fiddlehead season just got over.... I found that after I let them dry, I used my shop vac to pull off the dry stuff. ( Don't ever put them in the clothes dryer to get that stuff off, did that years ago when I was dumb and stupid... heheh had to clean the dryer for weeks.) They preserve well by blanching & vaccum sealing or bagging and freezing, canning, pickling. We have always thought of fiddle heads as a spring 'vegetable' that you pick in the woods :)
Great show today!
The problem is wanting to eat them right away and not waiting for them to dry. When you got 30 pounds i suppose its easier. Wow thats a lot of fiddled heads I just paid $10 a pound for the delicacy, your haul is worth $300
I really enjoy the way you deal with each other. Affectionate, considerate. Much to admire.
You guys have the prettiest flock of chickens.
I love fiddleheads. They grow on my property so I am right there for the harvest. Like the idea of making them in an omelette. Well done.
I would love to see videos of you guys making:
Carrot curry soup
Roasted sunflower seeds from flowers
Potato gnocchi
Fiddleheads are good for pickling as well, especially with a pickling mix with a lot of red pepper.
It's crazy how fast Alaska changes from winter to spring to summer! Ariels wearing shorts and Bo is hot, I feel like the snow just melted😲
Yep, it’s like one day it’s ice and snow and a couple days later it’s all green. Wish you could get a bit of how lovely it smells!
@@susanapplegate9758 It's on our bucket list to go to Alaska some day, but even when we do it won't be the same as seeing (or smelling) Her in all her four season glory...
Is Alaska less likely to have snow at this point because of the longer days? Friends of mine in Canada had snow recently and had to rush to protect their garden. And when I moved to Colorado many years ago, it snowed on the first day of summer!
It’s hot/warm to them since there was set to it being really cold. Summer probably hits 70 maybe a lil hotter. But it depends on where you live in the state.
Colorado snows since it’s high in the mountains.
Alaskans are acclimated, I just moved here and at 60 degrees people are out sunning in bathing suits, going shirtless, wearing shorts....
Something new about ur filming, idk but i like it ❤️🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳 Alaska seems very rich in terms of nature
Years ago, I was listening to a radio show where a guest was explaining how wearing bells in the bush was the easiest way to avoid a bear encounter as they generally want to avoid humans. Then this guy called in and explained how you really want to know what kinds of bears are in the woods you travel. He went on to explain that you want to know if there are Grizzly bears or just black and brown bears. He said the easiest way to know is to search for and examine the bear scat you find. Grizzly bear scat will often have bells in them.
I love the tomb raider look!
A knife necklace. Badass.
Got me drooling 😃👍..it has been years since I had fiddle heads! Great piszzassss on this posting guys, thanks 👍👍👍👍
I watched your total videos super 👌
Afternoon Simple Living. Greetings from Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲
Me too bro.....
That vehicle is a real beast :)
I have zero interest going off grid, but these videos are so relaxing and interesting to watch.
Killing it on the production quality with your unique angles, story telling B-roll, and eye for visually interesting composition.
Yummy! I love to watch your cooking episodes along with ALL your videos!
During spring the new light green fir tree tips are soft and packed with vitamin c.
That's what we use in Finland
I am glad that your showing us how to cook with the plants you had gathered. I live in Nc so all of the fiddlehead are gone. I am learning about all kinds of things. I love your channel
You introduce us uninformed Americans to wild treats. Yet another good adventure. Like your holsters. Never know when a bear will show up.
Thr forest to table restaurant didn't disappoint today!
LOVED. Thank you!
Loved the way you ended the video. The editing from the previous day mentioning you would finish the veggies with the next meal at breakfast the next day. Straight into a shot of making the breakfast to finish the video off. Just well done story telling and something I find a lot of similar channels miss the mark on.
i feel so behind gardenwise then i watch you guys and feel waaay ahead. my fireweed is already hip high
Arielle with a GP 100 and picking the local edibles, along with some challenging driving.
Then cooking with Eric and making all of us watching hungry.
Another fun video to watch.
Taking me back. Years ago a buddy and I hiked most of the John Muir Trail across the high Sierra's. We ate fiddle heads, and tender young skunk cabbage, and freshly caught trout almost every night. It was sooooo good.
Thanks for sharing. Onward!
I see you do a lot of pickling. I am not sure you know that pickled Fiddle Heads are FANTASTIC!!!! Pick a bunch and pickle and enjoy year round.
There are a ton of cooking shows but yours is the only one I'll watch 😃👍👌 You are usually hunting, fishing, gardening, gathering and cooking and eating, I love it.
That omelet looked awesome!
I lived in Alaska for years and never knew about the young Fireweed and Watermelon berries. Sounds amazing and I let all my friends know. Always learning more from the channel!
I see you Shun. My favorite.
Watermelon berry jelly is my favorite. Salmon berry second.
Just the bit at the end with the ground moose and fiddleheads makes me love this channel all over again. Beautiful photography.
I freaking love morel mushrooms!!
Your videos are literally that best! So calming for me
Love watching you two forage for things most of us wouldn't even know we could eat. I do know about Fiddleheads, my mom was from Northern Maine on the border of Canada, and Fiddlehead hunting is huge up there, I know I've had them, but don't really remember them, though my daughter LOVES them, she'd be terribly jealous of your finds. Thanks for taking us along.
Looks Good guys you Deserve Beers !!
I always seem to end your videos with my mouth watering, lol. You have such creativity in the kitchen.
Love fiddleheads! Growing up in Midwest, seeing them on menus indicated spring was here and seasonal produce was upon us! Very deserving after long Chicago winters.
You two are artists with your beautiful videos with the peaceful animals and scenic intros! Wonderful
Have you tried covering raw garlic with honey and letting it sit for weeks best at 6 months but good almost anytime. Eat the garlic raw, use the juice to flavor dressing. One clove a day is suppose to be really good for immune system. I sealed my jar and set it on back of oounter then shook it everyday to distribute honey over the ones on top. It offgases when you remove the lid. I LOVE the raw cloves and really do eat one a day or use it chopped somehow. Looses the strong garlic flavor but the honey makes them crunchy, sweet, garlicy-ish, and just plain good. The fiddleheads were the prettiest green and look so fresh. You guys eat so well!
Fiddleheads are awesome in Maine also!
They’re also great pickled!!
Bandit is still searching for the swamp monster... but, Bo Knows.
Good to see that both of you are packing out in the bush. Remember, if need be, kneel onto one knee. Bears accelerate SOOOO fast, you may shoot over his back if standing. Kneel, so the trains collide. Great food, as always.
We do a quick pickle with cucumbers! We use lime juice and salt
Both of you are healthy people, Plants your own vegetables and cook your own food. Beautiful summer 😍
Your food always looks fantastic. You should consider doing a cookbook.
Great camera work. Sequence commencing 1.13 is gold. Quality.
I would recommend a whistle too. Cougars.
There's a Korean dish made from fiddleheads so you can definitely find some Koreans picking fiddleheads in Oregon. We always dry them and when we wanna eat them we hydrate them then boil then stir fry or mix with sauce
Yum that looks so good
That looked delicious!!👍
Great forging trip!!
You can can fiddleheads in mason jars just like any other veggie. We do it in Maine all the time! 😁
A good quality pair of seamstress snippers/ thread nippers would be perfect for alot of that wild harvesting
It amazes me how the chickens can survive outdoors in the winter, there!
same! I guess the straw and body heat keeps them going!
After cleaning, I always bring the fiddleheads up to a boil, then immediately pour it off and fill with fresh water. Bring to a boil once again then drain. They are still somewhat crunchy but more stomach friendly. I also pickle them.
Yum
Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Love watching your videos, the scenery is awesome and they're always soothing. Happy pride month btw 🏳️🌈 :)
Seems like you guys should carry Bear spray. I see you're well armed otherwise, but if you had to shoot a bear and your first shot or two don't drop it, it is going to be rather angry. Anyway, I'd be carrying the spray in addition to other armaments. I've never eaten fiddle heads, thanks for sharing that option. It's super fun to watch you guys having fun and productive days. Then cooking everything up. My mouth is always watering by the end of your cooking episodes!
My cousin in Montana was attacked by a bear when he was hunting. He was sneaking around quietly and didn't know there was a sleeping bear down in a ravine. I would think the bear bells, dogs running ahead, and the Polaris all making noise would be a great alert for any 🐻. Plus they are up on the trail, not walking through bear dens.
Lady with the Gun, now that's what I love about her 🌻
Enjoying nature with a beautiful woman wearing a neck knife and packing heat. You have hit the jackpot , my friend.
Wow. The typical Jeep 4x4 could never get through all that muck that Arielle drove the Ranger through. A lot of the roads (trails actually) would be impassible without the 6x6 Ranger. Very impressive vehicle. Love the outdoor scenes . Arielle's knowledge and easy to understand terminology when describing plant life ( or anything else) is phenomenal!
She missed her calling as a teacher . Eric's creativity and resourcefulness also makes me
curious as to what kind of work they did in their former rat race years ? Just can't believe how relaxing and hypnotizing these videos are ! Keep 'em coming !
Love to watch your videos. Love from India
GREAT shot of Ariel getting into the 6x6!!!! Thanks for posting!
It’s the first day of winter here in Australia, while you guys are wearing shorts and battling mozzies. Greetings from Queensland, thanks for sharing your amazing Alaska life!
While winter is approaching and you may be experiencing winter weather in the southern hemisphere, you are 20 days away from the solstice.
It's pretty much the same temperature in Brisbane today as it is where they are in Alaska. 23C - which is about 73F.
@@charlesbaldo weirdly in Australia our seasons are done by date not the solstice so today by the calendar is the first day of winter. The weather is only teasing us at the moment.
Down in Victoria the nights have been down to -1 so we’ve been a bit frosty 🥶
@@robyncaddell5269
Interesting, thank you, and I thought we did things different by sticking to Imperial USC measurements
That omelet!
I learn so much from you guys!! So much inspiration!!
Nice wild food
Nice video enjoyed it.
We have fiddleheads here in New Brunswick Canada also, but ours grow higher before they open, making our harvest easier, and the shoots are longer. Some people here also pickle them in a vinegar brine.
Eat al those yummy stirfry vge with steamrice is wonderful
Cool
Love your videos
Love watching you forage and then cook what you find. Favorite part: Aerial greeting out of the mud!!
Yum!
Maybe you should try to make little patch gardens around your property with the wild stuff you like!!!!💞💞💞💞🐈🐈🐈🐈
Seems a lot more fun to let Mother Nature do her thing and just go out exploring to find her delightful secrets!
Live in Maine and we have fiddleheads, planning on visiting Alaska hopefully in the next couple of years!