I moved in 2015 and the largest tree seen outside my bedroom window is a Linden. It is over 70 feet for sure. The trunk is hollow, which made me think it was a sycamore at first, because I have read people lived in those hollowed out. Once I identified it I found several on the 90 acres. I never got it to taste of chocolate. I settled for eating its leaves in salads. I did for the first time this year get to the chokecherries while they were ripe, mashed them and dehydrated them and tried that as a tea, and it was absolutely delicious. I got a sore throat from it though and felt sick. Not sure from what. I get the same sick feeling from wild black cherry. Maybe the hot water began a chemical reaction. Found that sun drying, and not oven or dehydrator, is best to combat the cyanide in the broken seeds. Likely have to be careful how much you ingest because scientist experiments found residual cyanide traces even sun dried chokecherry like the Native Americans used to do. It is so good though. Hint of chocolate, vanilla, and cherry. I was eating the dried patties for weeks just because I had made them and it was pounding the patties further and then adding the boiling water that really brought out the delicious complex flavors and then a bit of a bad reaction that I got to figure out. I will sun dry the mashed patties and pray that fixes the physical reaction.
Fermentation may reduce the cyanide content, i guess. Fermentation is known to make some toxic substances get converted to lactic acid by the bacteria. Cocoa beans are fermented to make chocolate.
i watched this when you first uploaded and have been mad searching for it ever since. how long does it take the tree to grow to produce the nuts? 10 years?
@@milicarandjic8546 I live in Arkansas and haven't seen any I don't think? When i buy my first property I wanted to get about 5 acres and plant some of these amongst other things
Hey! Where the tree is native or the weather is similar to that place, the little trees grow kinda fast. If you buy a 2m tall sapling from a nursery garden i think you will need 5-8 years to have that tree grow seeds.
Congratulations on your linden berries AKA Faux Chocolate!....Have you tried "Calicao"?...It's the indigenous Faux Chocolate of California that comes from the Nuts of the Bay Tree! Umbellaulria Californica or Oregon Myrtle....you roast the seeds till they are the color of coffee beans and then work with it the same way you would Cacao nibs when you powder it and add sweetener and vanilla , you can spoon it into hot milk as you would Cocoa! and it melts right in and taste like chocolate with a bit of coffee flavor...there is a video on my page...check it out
No, I didn't know about this plant. How cool! Thanks for sharing! I just watched your videos on it, and I'm fascinated. It's so fun to learn about other plants in the same vein as coffee/cacao :D
I am trying to identify a Litlle Leaf Linden that has brown berries that taste like sweet tea or figs. Only the soft brown skin taste like a fig, then you have a hard seed.
This is the first successful attempt that I see! I’m keeping this video to try when our linden tree flowers. Thank you!
I moved in 2015 and the largest tree seen outside my bedroom window is a Linden. It is over 70 feet for sure. The trunk is hollow, which made me think it was a sycamore at first, because I have read people lived in those hollowed out. Once I identified it I found several on the 90 acres. I never got it to taste of chocolate. I settled for eating its leaves in salads. I did for the first time this year get to the chokecherries while they were ripe, mashed them and dehydrated them and tried that as a tea, and it was absolutely delicious. I got a sore throat from it though and felt sick. Not sure from what. I get the same sick feeling from wild black cherry. Maybe the hot water began a chemical reaction. Found that sun drying, and not oven or dehydrator, is best to combat the cyanide in the broken seeds. Likely have to be careful how much you ingest because scientist experiments found residual cyanide traces even sun dried chokecherry like the Native Americans used to do. It is so good though. Hint of chocolate, vanilla, and cherry. I was eating the dried patties for weeks just because I had made them and it was pounding the patties further and then adding the boiling water that really brought out the delicious complex flavors and then a bit of a bad reaction that I got to figure out. I will sun dry the mashed patties and pray that fixes the physical reaction.
Fermentation may reduce the cyanide content, i guess. Fermentation is known to make some toxic substances get converted to lactic acid by the bacteria.
Cocoa beans are fermented to make chocolate.
The only other recipe I’ve seen roasted the berries too
You should try fermenting the fruits. Maybe it will be more chocolatey?
How long and what temp did you roast
i watched this when you first uploaded and have been mad searching for it ever since. how long does it take the tree to grow to produce the nuts? 10 years?
There are so many wild linden trees you don’t need to grow it
@@milicarandjic8546 I live in Arkansas and haven't seen any I don't think? When i buy my first property I wanted to get about 5 acres and plant some of these amongst other things
Hey! Where the tree is native or the weather is similar to that place, the little trees grow kinda fast. If you buy a 2m tall sapling from a nursery garden i think you will need 5-8 years to have that tree grow seeds.
Congratulations on your linden berries AKA Faux Chocolate!....Have you tried "Calicao"?...It's the indigenous Faux Chocolate of California that comes from the Nuts of the Bay Tree! Umbellaulria Californica or Oregon Myrtle....you roast the seeds till they are the color of coffee beans and then work with it the same way you would Cacao nibs when you powder it and add sweetener and vanilla , you can spoon it into hot milk as you would Cocoa! and it melts right in and taste like chocolate with a bit of coffee flavor...there is a video on my page...check it out
No, I didn't know about this plant. How cool! Thanks for sharing! I just watched your videos on it, and I'm fascinated. It's so fun to learn about other plants in the same vein as coffee/cacao :D
Hahaha! You said "little nuts."
I am trying to identify a Litlle Leaf Linden that has brown berries that taste like sweet tea or figs. Only the soft brown skin taste like a fig, then you have a hard seed.