He's got me all excited to try some now! I've been waiting for years for mine to get established and grow, and I think I am ready to do a little Harvest. Thank you for making this video, it helps us when we are going to try for the first time. :-)
Wow! I'm so excited about your videos. As a forager, I find your site to be very informative and replete with new ideas. Thank you for your videos. By the way, I too watch "Eat the Greens" with Green Dean.
They sound delicious! I have acquired some for planting and want to try eating a couple. However I tend to have a sensitive gut so i'm a bit nervous about it. I was told that they are like sunchokes which can cause gastro distress if you don't boil them long enough before consuming. At least 1/2 hr boil is what I was told. I think you mentioned only boiling yours for 10 mins so i'm wondering if you noticed any digestive issues after eating them?
Groundnuts are not like sunchokes. They are related to beans and they need to be cooked to destroy similar compounds found in beans. As far as I know, they only have to be cooked until "done" like you would a potato. A lot of the gastro upset reports are from those eating them raw, or having some adverse reaaction (which is largely unknown) at this point. I cannot eat sunchokes either. :)
@@feralkevin I've recently become obsessed with Oikis, lol. Did you mention what variety this is, or have you tried others and do you have a favorite? (I am in zone 5 though, not sure if all varieties are similarly ok up here...)
It's hard to say. Seems about a little less productive than potatoes I have grown in the past, but easier and tastier. I think it's best to think of these as a perennial patch rather than a one year crop.
@@feralkevin A lady on UA-cam made mashed hopniss with parts of the skins. Thanks for your video man, it has inspired me to order some! There is a strain that LSU bred to have big tubers up on ebay that I wanna try.
@@-whackd I'd like to try the famous LSU strain as well. However, these that I got from Oikos tree crops have been quite large! They grew even bigger than these in the video a couple years previous when I had them in all day sun.
He's got me all excited to try some now! I've been waiting for years for mine to get established and grow, and I think I am ready to do a little Harvest. Thank you for making this video, it helps us when we are going to try for the first time. :-)
Wow! I'm so excited about your videos. As a forager, I find your site to be very informative and replete with new ideas. Thank you for your videos. By the way, I too watch "Eat the Greens" with Green Dean.
Wow these look bigger than the ones I dug up this year.
I wonder if you could make a fufu with these like you would plantain or yuca.
This is also my favorite root crop, I cannot imagine why these are not commercially grown.
They sound delicious! I have acquired some for planting and want to try eating a couple. However I tend to have a sensitive gut so i'm a bit nervous about it. I was told that they are like sunchokes which can cause gastro distress if you don't boil them long enough before consuming. At least 1/2 hr boil is what I was told. I think you mentioned only boiling yours for 10 mins so i'm wondering if you noticed any digestive issues after eating them?
Groundnuts are not like sunchokes. They are related to beans and they need to be cooked to destroy similar compounds found in beans. As far as I know, they only have to be cooked until "done" like you would a potato.
A lot of the gastro upset reports are from those eating them raw, or having some adverse reaaction (which is largely unknown) at this point. I cannot eat sunchokes either. :)
@@feralkevin Ah ok, thanks for explaining. I ended up planting them all but that's good to know for next year if I get a decent harvest.
Awesome! Always wanted to grow and try. I am in Northern California as well. Where did you pick up your seed crop? Thank you for the video!
I picked up the tubers to plant by ordering from Oikos Tree Crops.
@@feralkevin I've recently become obsessed with Oikis, lol. Did you mention what variety this is, or have you tried others and do you have a favorite? (I am in zone 5 though, not sure if all varieties are similarly ok up here...)
@@natashas.3119 I think it was an unnamed variety from Oikos
Looks very productive. How many were you getting around from each tuber planted? I'm planning on growing these this year.
It's hard to say. Seems about a little less productive than potatoes I have grown in the past, but easier and tastier. I think it's best to think of these as a perennial patch rather than a one year crop.
I bet those would be amazing as a potato pancake. Add egg and bread and fry them.
Same as earth chestnuts?
No, earth chestnuts usually refer to small plant in the carrot family, Bunium bulbocastanum
Might try boiling in the jacket then let cool. Peel then saute'.
How many tubers did you plant to get that amount?
probably only 3 or 4 medium small tubers plus a dozen or so super tiny ones
Where you get your seeds from?
Where did you buy the tubers? Do u have any for sale or trade?
Oikos Tree Crops
Which variety from Oikos was this?
Don't know. Got it from them years ago it didn't have a varietal name.
Just went back and saw my invoice from 5 years ago. Called "Nutty Groundnut"
@@feralkevin You're Awesome, Thank You
Have you tried the peel yet?
No, I am not entirely sure if it's edible.
@@feralkevin A lady on UA-cam made mashed hopniss with parts of the skins.
Thanks for your video man, it has inspired me to order some! There is a strain that LSU bred to have big tubers up on ebay that I wanna try.
@@-whackd I'd like to try the famous LSU strain as well. However, these that I got from Oikos tree crops have been quite large! They grew even bigger than these in the video a couple years previous when I had them in all day sun.