How to Make Pine Bark Candy
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- How to collect the living layer (cambium) of the pitch pine and make candy with maple syrup and spices! Please note: this pine is alive but fell due to river erosion. A beaver also previously came and chewed about a third of the bark off along with many branches. Please forage responsibly and never girdle a tree! Always know what plant/fungi you are harvesting to eat.
Outside of foraging, I ask that you do what you can to minimize your impact on the environment. Please try hard to minimize (or completely eliminate) single-use plastic, vote for the environment, and respect all life forms as equal to you.
A very old Romanian lady told me that as a child they gathered the pine tips, the new spring growth, put them in a jar with sugar, left it in a sunny window, so it turned into pine honey.
Ooh, imagine doing that with actual honey or maple/birch sap!
I eat the really yellow to greenish growths of new pine alot.
It's strong In flavor but I know that it's not poison so i eat.
We still do that, in the early 2000s I was gifted a bottle by a very nice gentleman at an open air history museum. It's called pine buds syrup. Sirop de muguri de pin.
Mugolio
There is also a soda you can make from the needles, supposed to be kind of like Sprite if I remember right.
I had no idea I could do this with pine trees, that's amazing. Next time in walking the trails I'll look for a down pine
My pappaw made these when I was a kid. Try fig jam or any kind of jelly.....My favorite is muscadine or blackberry. You take an open fire and a black skillet and kind of candy them so they won't be sticky once dried. Kinda caramelizes the sugars. I'm 52 and that was when I was a teen so, play with it. I can't exactly recall how he did it. Don't burn them! There's a happy medium to it. LOL. Also, you can use brown sugar.
Been eating pine for years.!
I did not know of this.
DEFINITELY going to make this.
Try a few recipes and give it away to friends for the holidays.
Thank you for this wonderfull gift of food from the woods.
I WILL report the results.
Did you make it yet
Mate I've loved this survival recipe and what I've done is after you seasoned I baked on low heat for a couple of mins and they are like toffee, absolutely amazing
I was watching an old western with my Dad and they were in a famine. One family had a bunch of veggies and fruit and another had scurvy. They were trying to guilt the one family into sharing but every time they switched to footage of the town it had a bunch of Pine trees. I was so annoyed that they didn't just use the pine trees by the end my Dad was laughing at me!
I take my knife and cut vertical lines about an inch apart and slide my blade under the cambium layer from one side to the other and slice down or up, releasing a 1" strip however long you want to make it. Also, you can take the strips and fry or roast them and eat them in a survival situation. Not very tasty but it's some starchy vitamins in your belly. You shouldn't eat a lot because of the undigestable cellulose contained in it
Thanks a lot for this video. I'm always looking for things that "wow" my grandsons and keep them involved with learning to love the woods. This is a new one for me. We will have fun experimenting with different flavors/seasonings. I think we can learn a lot from you so I subscribed.
Random thought: you might find it a more effective use of your seasonings (the salt, cinnamon and so on) if you put it in the syrup before you head out collecting. The seasonings will infuse into the syrup, and then be glued onto your pine chips as you slosh em around. Less waste than sprinkling it on at the end.
Thanks for the fun video!
I love pine cambium, as a poor child I ate a lot. FYI wax paper isn't actually wax, it's toxic as is any high temp treated baking paper..
Is it petroleum wax or sumn?
Lol wax paper is fine. Its made with food grade wax. TikTok isnt science...
I’ll definitely try your recipe. Thank you for posting.
treef jerkey
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Try nutmeg, allspice, cloves, ginger, pecans from a blender or walnuts(stay clear from oilier nuts that want to turn into butter such as peanuts, almonds, ect), honey in with your maple syrup, anise extract for you licorice flavor loving weirdos, sassafras leafs for juicy fruit gum flavor, ground root bark for root beer flavor, sprinkle a little vanilla protein powder on it.
My excitement is unmeasurable from finding your channel. Im going to try the pine bark candy this weekend. Blessings, brother...from our woods to yours.❤❤❤
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"bottoms are a little bit more wet then the tops, but that is how I like em"
Thank you. Much research but I never understood "inner bark" until 30 seconds into your video
Wow. That’s cool. I’m excited to make my own and try!!! Thanks for sharing man!! Have you heard the good news?? Jesus has risen!!! 🤜🤛
Not gonna lie, it was kinda easy to spot you guys. Appreciated the wildlands sound effects.
Thats a neat idea. No maple around me but ive made ponderosa flour and sometimes use the sap as sweetner.
What is ponderosa flour and how do you make it?
Mmmm. Better than a bacon maple doughnut.
I became a fan of pine tea. Fresh growth is best. But I leave the new growth on younger trees and opt for older
Hell yeah!! Gonna make this after my next forage trip!
Great info, great video.
The seeds are good to
Just to get an estimate of the balance of value and consequence of eating pine bark candy, is anyone who has made and eaten the stuff willing to answer a few questions, please?
1) If in a single day you have eaten approximately the baking sheet's amount of pine candy shown in the video, have you ever suffered from constipation afterwards, and how bad was it?
2) I don't doubt the value of eating the sugars held in / transported by the cambium and the sugars from the maple syrup, but does cutting the pine cambium into small pieces across the grain make the candy more digestible (given that the human gut and its normal fauna is not that brilliant at processing lignin)?
3) Would you make and eat pine bark candy again, but this time for pleasure rather than to test a survival skill or to act out of necessity?
It looks very stringy and tough - cutting against the grain seems obvious to me.
I'll answer your third question first:
I've never had pine cambium in quantity but, as a child, my friends and I used to harvest tons of willow and birch (which are naturally mildly sweet). As kids, we weren't getting anything out of it except the flavour - so that's a definite "yes" vote for those options.
As redundant as it sounds, pine cambium tastes "piney" - like the smell of a Christmas tree. Like beer, mint or coffee, it's an acquired taste - but, like those other flavours, those who enjoy it tend to enjoy it a lot. I'm speaking here of the pines found in Northern and mid-Ontario - though I've heard that ponderosa pine carries the taste of vanilla.
Regarding the question of digestion, I never had any problems. Chemically speaking, conifer and deciduous cambium aren't all that different, so I imagine eating a pile of pine candy would be the same as the handfulls of willow or birch we used to enjoy.
It's worth mentioning that cambium (inner bark) is different in structure from wood and outer bark. I've never read any studies, but personal experience handling pine and eating willow and birch would lead me to think that cambium has a lot of dietary fiber - the kinds our body can digest, like in oats or beans. You'd get a certain amount of non-dietary fiber (the kinds our body doesn't break down), but not a ton. Certainly less than if you ate a whole plate of celery sticks.
As to cutting the bark cross-section: this is all about mouth-feel. As with jerky, one might cut cambium with the grain for more "chew" - i.e. the enjoyment of having something to bite into, and a longer taste experience in the mouth. Cutting it cross-grain makes it easier to masticate. Less time in the mouth, and shorter fibers in the belly (again, like celery).
If we're talking survival, where every calorie counts, cross-grain is the method I'd go with, to save the (surprisingly high) energy cost of digestion. If I'm sitting at home, and worrying about my expanding waistline, I'd go with the grain, for more mouth-time, and lower caloric payoff.
Closing note, since I mentioned other species: some kinds of cambium (cherry, yew and others) are toxic. Be sure to do your research before nibbling willy-nilly - but far more species are edible than not.
@@adreabrooks11 Thank you very much for the excellent answers!
@@WeAreAllOneNatureles Amérindiens coupent des.lanieres dans le bas des arbres avec un couteau en remontant soit partir du bas en allant vers le haut. Car c'est par le Cambium que la sève circule partant des racines allant vers les feuilles. Ça permet de de garder la sève dans la partie qu'on prélevé sinon la sève descend . Aussi il faut pas prendre une grande surface et du côté Sud de l'arbre car de ce côté l'arbre guéri plus vite.
C'est très nutritif plein de vitamines et de sel. Minéraux ce qui fait en sorte qu'une petite quantité suffit.
Il se peut que ça noircissent exposé à l'air en raison de l'acidité.
Great tips really enjoyable to watch 👍
This is amazing!!!😊
Quick question... are you in New England?
yes but all pines can be utilized for this food
Surrounded by pine trees the Donner party resorted to cannibalism,🤦🏻♂️
Cambium is a nice flavour treat and a good source of nutrients, but it's not especially high in calories, and takes a fair bit of energy to digest. It'd be like trying to survive on garden salad without dressing.
It's one of those things where, if you're sitting around doing nothing else, and you have the fresh wood around, you may as well strip the bark and nibble the cambium before setting out. It might give you the boost you need to find something to sustain you - but it wouldn't do so on its own.
PS: pine candy like this has more calories, of course, due to the maple syrup. The cinnamon also probably helps the body process the carbs more effectively.
Hi Tim, Just an FYI re your channel. I tried to save and comment on your acorn series but YT won’t let me, says content is for children only! I have never seen that before. Comment section is missing on the other videos. Enjoyed what I was able to watch and let YT know that I think they are incorrect and your acorn videos are for adults or at least a general audience.
Is this white pine? The pines here in East Texas taste like turpentine!
Yummy sounds good
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One the most positively interesting vids I've encountered. I can only assume the organic health factor must be off the charts. So we don't have to be slaves to processed cancer and carcinogens after all. Isn't that crazy. Mother Nature's grocery store and pharmacy is right there at our fingertips 24 hours a day. Free your mind. Educate yourself. Get Woke Up !!!
Oh, there are plenty of carcinogens found in nature too, don't you fret!
Not that I'm pro-consumerism or anti-foraging - quite the opposite; I just advise understanding, and not making blanket statements.
To use the "organic health" benefits of pine cambium as an example: it is a good source of vitamins C and E, dietary fibers, and causes dilation of small blood vessels - which can be good, bad or neither, depending on one's cardiovascular situation. It has an immunomodulatory effect - which can be beneficial for people with allergies or autoimmune conditions, but harmful for those who are immune-compromised. There's also been a lot of exploration into the effects of turpines (good and bad) on lung health - and most pine products contain turpines in one level or another. Pine can mix poorly with diabetes medications, and is best avoided if you have blood sugar conditions.
Relating to your comment: pine sap (which is carried through the cambium contains small amounts of phenol - a known carcinogen. Of course a barbecued steak (or woodsmoke in general) also contain carcinogens. It's all about moderating one's intake.
Of course, like any medicine or food, it's best to research deeply before adding it to one's diet. As a side-example: stinging nettles are an amazing and delicious source of nutrients - but could potentially kill you if you eat too many, harvest them late in the year and/or have kidney problems. Know your foods (whether they come from the store or your local biome), know your body, and choose what's right for you.
Can you gather the inner bark any time of year or only in winter?
yes! all year!
Cambium gathered in the dead of winter is likely to be the most pleasant to eat.
Thank you ❤
I bet it’s delicious! However, I bet it’s really high in oxalates too! So no for me.
I cant wait to add honey locust pod powder with a little salt to this! Natural East Coast cacao...
Honey locust pod sounds FAB! I shall look that one up. ❤
@@suechandler8162 ONLY the pod is edible on honey locust! And on Black Locust, ONLY the flower. Be sure to check contraindications..
The turpentine always gives me a headache.
Will any species of actual Pine work?
A lot of other species/genera work too! Do your research, of course (some cambium, like yew and cherry, are toxic) - but a Google search for "edible cambium" or similar should give you a wide variety of options.
Can this be made with any kind of pine? I have Eastern pines where I am. Second question: Is this a diuretic like pine tea is?
Yes to most pines
Thanks
I like Kit-Kats.
Hi Tim it’s me Lucas I miss you a lot
HI LUCAS!!!! I hope you're doing okay!!!
Sharpen your draw knife
Add powdered cayenne.
How do you get Pycnogenol from the pine bark. ?
What part of the country are you from
What tool is that you are using please?
Drawknife
I thought humans could only consume white pine. I guess every source who claimed that was wrong
Adirondack
Did you fart sawdust?!😂
He craps particle board
Same stuff killed Euell Gibbons.
Gibbons died on December 29, 1975, aged 64, at Sunbury Community Hospital in Sunbury, Pennsylvania,[7] of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, a common complication from Marfan syndrome.[8]
@@stephanhilber4931 yep. Sure did.
If you need expensive maple syrup, then its not the free candy I imagined.
Thanks for telling me in advance so I don't have to watch this insidious clickbait till the end.
@@apokalypthoapokalypsys9573its hardly clickbait, he did exaclty what the title and thumbnail said lmao
@@nealjamison6133 He’s mad because he thought he could get chocolate bars from his tree
He was joking, being sarcastic
@@nealjamison6133
I believe you need the species Pinus pinaster, native to Europe
Who cares how the tree fell. I heard a woman at the grocery store saying that she did not want a receipt because she wanted to save a tree. Newsflash!! Paper is farmed exactly the same way as vegetables! People are pathetic. I would rather hang out with vegetables
Lol looks like he got caught killing the tree...
You look high af
Chomping like a horse, not for me.
Great video is it just pine trees you do this with in the hemlock? Family?
Weird if u axe me