You have a new fan. I'm on Maui currently...plandemic be damned...yucca abundant and overlooked. I'm originally from Texas and a veteran; I learned something new today.Mahalos.
Love your videos. I would like to see some West Texas informational videos. I married a West Texas girl and we will be returning to Texas soon. Great stuff. Can't wait to get back and experience the Texas outdoors.
+DV11b Ill be in West Texas here in a week for a bit, Ill try to make a vid or two at that time, but I've other obligations this trip. Plan on seeing a few in the next year though. Have a few excursions in the works
Bob, Just subbed, saw that I was right, it's Texas! Made my day. So many survival/skill demo vids are from dif environments, so glad to see a Texas boy & resources in here. Love & blessings to you & keep on, do please, one foot in front of the other & giving it away, proud of you.
Another great video! I find these very relaxing to watch for some reason. 9:10 an onwards I am amused at how your little buddy leans his nose closer and closer till the end of the clip; presumably fishing for cuddles.
Waited the 1.5 months and cooked the fruit with onions and garlic and bacon. Diced it up. Pretty tasty. I skipped the stone oven though.......still amazing how much food a yucca can produce.
I love that you have that knife. With all the fancy stuff out there, you carry the knife my dad gave me as a kid and do way cooler things with it than a lot of these "survival" channels. I just found your videos today and I've been watching non-stop. Keep up the good work!
The insect is evidence of the symbiotic relationship yucca has with a certain moth. Yucca needs it to propagate and yucca provides home and food for moth
bud you have my favorite channel. I am trying to complete my app to be on ALONE... you have shown me many tips and tricks that might help me out!! thanks a million!
i planted several yucca 20 years ago.they have always hurt me.i try and stay away from them.i just love your stone ovens.im gonna make one but im gonna cement the rocks together.ill send u pics.they call stiks and stones.
If you cut the stock of the seeds off and start to hammer the seeds pods while still on the stock and dip the enitre branch into the stream behind you , you will temporarly stun the fish for just a moment and net them easy fishermens trick
Not real sure how I missed THIS one. Glad I saw it, since it IS getting to be about that time of the year. I wonder if a fresh piece of mesquite or oak put in there on the coals, just before you capped it over, would have been a good thing. Might have given them a nice smokey flavor. Good tip about the mulberry leaves. LOL! You're hard on a good knife blade, brother!
+Edmond Dantes I encourage their propagation across the property, there are a few places that they do quite well. People do not realize that they produce these edible bounties almost yearly. Just another food producing "tree" out here.
@2-3 mins, building onto the fire pit, was that wet sand or dirt packed around the river rocks that circled the rim of the pit? Was darker than the sand, seemed to pack in place, why I asked. Guess to seal up spaces that would let air/heat flow, in order to contain steady environment for the baking process? Thanks
I have lots of yuccas in my yard and they've never fruited before. Maybe it's has its flowered twice but nothing significant. Maybe because I ate the flowers!!😝
We bake acorn bread in a similar oven when we camp away for a week or two when they're in season. You seem very in tune with your environment down in southern TEXAS , Im in NE Arizona at about 8000ft alt, lots of edibles....Im a big fan of squirrel and fawn! Thanks for your ongoing input of educational lore towards saving the totally ignorant fools and idiots that our nation has become! Keep up the good work, those of us that live it understand.
We try to watch all your videos and we really enjoy them. Quick question for you. We live in SW Kansas and the yucca here aren't as large as what you have down there are the blossoms and seed pods still edible or are some varieties not okay to eat?
You bake agave heart for 24+ hours. Yucca stem and blossoms do not contain toxins. Yuca cassava root is something very different, I think they boil those.
Very cool. Going to have to look in to the availability of Yucca here in my desert. And yeah... I always cringe seeing the abuse you put that poor Bowie knife though. Dog a Heeler?
Running to the river now, but can you elaborate? Are you suggesting putting the tin in there or stoking it, adding your material, and then cutting off most of the air... Thining about it now, you might be on to something. Another day or so and it should be dry enough for me to begin test runs. See if we are on to something here. Primitive made charcloth.
I was referencing charcoal, but cloth might be possible. Yes, primitive. I read long ago that people would go out into the woods and construct earth mounds and monitor the ventilation to produce charcoal, but I haven't tried it myself yet. A quick search, but lots of references out there: www.fao.org/docrep/x5328e/x5328e06.htm#chapter 5 earth pits for charcoal making
+Bob Hansler For something more delicate like char cloth, I suggest a clay pot, possibly while firing it. I wonder if yucca and agave type fibers would work. Dogbane or mulberry (Chinese made paper with mulberry).
Great video ! Always thought yucca pods resembled okra , never tried to eat them though. I hear the yucca root is edible as well , ever try them ? Thanks for sharing !
+WH Yucca root is not edible you are thinking of yuca or cassava a very different plant. Roots contain saponins and can be used as a soap/shampoo. Ive several other yucca vids and need to put them into a playlist.
Bob Hansler Well, glad I talked you before I dug one up ! lol. Used to eat cattail roots in boyscouts many moons ago, maybe that is what I was thinking of ? Thanks Much 8)
Agave and sotol look similar, but must be baked for 27+ hours. Looking for a decent stand of cattail right now actually. Good memories, once a scout, always a scout.
+keeperofthegood I think that pickling would be the only option. The development of the seeds is incredibly isolated and will proceed even after being removed from the stalk. If you chop the stalk off when it is flowering, the pods will still develop over the course of the month, it is pretty incredible. Within a week or so the pods will be too dry, becoming brown and brittle... which allows for another survival food, which I'll be making a vid over this next month.
Wild bananas is what we called them as kids here in Arizona. The root of that same plant was also used as shampoo by Apache women. Meanwhile Apache men only joke about it.
great videos ! I have learned some good stuff from your channel. do you have any advice on improving upload speed to youtube ? My 5 minute vids takes 3 hours to upload. I'm new to posting.
go outside Most of this has to do with your rendering quality and format. You might look at some higher end editing software. A ten minute video takes me close to 30 minutes to upload, and I am on some slow satellite out here.
This seems like bad advice, to use mulberry leaves/branches. An unripe mulberry is poisonous, seriously poisonous, so most likely the branches are as well. If I am right, I think it contains cyanide, and is why many will not eat mulberries, though when the fruit is fully ripe it is supposed to be harmless to eat. Just a thought... Be careful with things of this nature, and study it first.
You have a new fan. I'm on Maui currently...plandemic be damned...yucca abundant and overlooked. I'm originally from Texas and a veteran; I learned something new today.Mahalos.
I’m going to improvise and use that oven idea with some aluminum foil and cook up some corn 🌽........
I can already taste it.
Thank you for sharing.
This is probably one of the most underrated channels
xGerbil most definitely
xGerbil this guy deserves so much more
are you vietnamese or mexican
Great video!
Very useful plant right there! Great and informative video as always.
Love your videos. I would like to see some West Texas informational videos. I married a West Texas girl and we will be returning to Texas soon. Great stuff. Can't wait to get back and experience the Texas outdoors.
+DV11b Ill be in West Texas here in a week for a bit, Ill try to make a vid or two at that time, but I've other obligations this trip. Plan on seeing a few in the next year though. Have a few excursions in the works
I don’t even go outside but bob’s video gets me hooked
This is the BEST channel there is...watching all his videos. Not only great information, also a good person. May God heal you.
Bob, Just subbed, saw that I was right, it's Texas! Made my day. So many survival/skill demo vids are from dif environments, so glad to see a Texas boy & resources in here. Love & blessings to you & keep on, do please, one foot in front of the other & giving it away, proud of you.
Great method Bob. I like watching your videos, you are doing all the things I never got to do when still lived in Texas. Thank you.
Hey Bob, Just discovered your videos on accident. I've been hooked for the last 3 days! Thanks for the great info.
Great video as always! Glad to see you have started downloading in HD.
Wish i could live in Texas to put to the test all i have learn from your videos.
Greetings from Argentina friend.
Another great video! I find these very relaxing to watch for some reason.
9:10 an onwards I am amused at how your little buddy leans his nose closer and closer till the end of the clip; presumably fishing for cuddles.
Good stuff. We have a lot of yucca here in the Ozarks. More uses than I knew about. Thanks.
Waited the 1.5 months and cooked the fruit with onions and garlic and bacon. Diced it up. Pretty tasty. I skipped the stone oven though.......still amazing how much food a yucca can produce.
I have a huge yucca in my yard.. lots of fruit! Thank you!
Great vid man. You've taught me a lot in the past couple days. Keep up the good work
I live in Albuquerque new mexico so this is very useful as a primitive living enthusiast myself!
I love that you have that knife. With all the fancy stuff out there, you carry the knife my dad gave me as a kid and do way cooler things with it than a lot of these "survival" channels.
I just found your videos today and I've been watching non-stop.
Keep up the good work!
The insect is evidence of the symbiotic relationship yucca has with a certain moth. Yucca needs it to propagate and yucca provides home and food for moth
The dog is so chill
As always, good video ! Have watched a lot of yours in the last few days and not found any that I didn't like !
Thanks for sharing and take care !
I dont live anywhere Close to any desert, but damnnn......I absolutely LOVE watching your videos.
bud you have my favorite channel. I am trying to complete my app to be on ALONE... you have shown me many tips and tricks that might help me out!! thanks a million!
+Jacob Mitchell Throw an application in there for me as well. Wouldn't mind a vacation from the heat for a few months.
i planted several yucca 20 years ago.they have always hurt me.i try and stay away from them.i just love your stone ovens.im gonna make one but im gonna cement the rocks together.ill send u pics.they call stiks and stones.
Thanks for sharing Bob interesting
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I love this. Very detail in explaining how to build that oven.
Nice one Bob ..as usual ..thank you for uploading
Thanks good info Bob !
Thumbs up.
ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE
If you cut the stock of the seeds off and start to hammer the seeds pods while still on the stock and dip the enitre branch into the stream behind you , you will temporarly stun the fish for just a moment and net them easy fishermens trick
Got so much respect for you dude xxx
Thank you. You’re a little further SW than I so I didn’t realize they made fruit
You're channel is really underrated I gotta say, You're amazing!:D
Not real sure how I missed THIS one. Glad I saw it, since it IS getting to be about that time of the year.
I wonder if a fresh piece of mesquite or oak put in there on the coals, just before you capped it over, would have been a good thing. Might have given them a nice smokey flavor. Good tip about the mulberry leaves.
LOL! You're hard on a good knife blade, brother!
I'm with you on how a knife is just a tool. If you know how to sharpen it, no problem. Use what you have!
+3000gtwelder Never trust a man with a shiny knife.
One of the only youtubers who gets 95 likes and 0 dislikes with 811 views, Great videos Bob!
+Potato God I'm enjoying it. Seems like I am doing something right. Thank you for the kind words.
glad i found this channel :D nice survival tips..thanks
you should make a book it would be good
Thanks for posting this interesting and informative post. cheers !
great channel! love your content!
now i know. thats yucca. we have that plant in our garden
+Edmond Dantes I encourage their propagation across the property, there are a few places that they do quite well. People do not realize that they produce these edible bounties almost yearly. Just another food producing "tree" out here.
We used it as landscape plant
more hyper mode ! i got to come down and get you to teach me some stuff i never knew or thought of !
Just watched a similar video from Junkyard Fox. He gave ya a good shout out.
Great video
We have those in the Mojave desert! I would like to try it
yeah the yucca is a superstar plant in usefulness
You deserve to have more subs and views
Great video, thanks!
He knows how to have a feast in the desert.
The yucca fruit kinda looks like okra to me..
Totally agree. This species at least.
A bit too thick 😂
@2-3 mins, building onto the fire pit, was that wet sand or dirt packed around the river rocks that circled the rim of the pit? Was darker than the sand, seemed to pack in place, why I asked. Guess to seal up spaces that would let air/heat flow, in order to contain steady environment for the baking process? Thanks
I have lots of yuccas in my yard and they've never fruited before. Maybe it's has its flowered twice but nothing significant. Maybe because I ate the flowers!!😝
We bake acorn bread in a similar oven when we camp away for a week or two when they're in season. You seem very in tune with your environment down in southern TEXAS , Im in NE Arizona at about 8000ft alt, lots of edibles....Im a big fan of squirrel and fawn! Thanks for your ongoing input of educational lore towards saving the totally ignorant fools and idiots that our nation has become! Keep up the good work, those of us that live it understand.
Your videos are good. You're a bad ass!
We try to watch all your videos and we really enjoy them. Quick question for you. We live in SW Kansas and the yucca here aren't as large as what you have down there are the blossoms and seed pods still edible or are some varieties not okay to eat?
Bob, I thought you had to boil yucca first to remove toxins? Let me know. Is that only for certain breeds?
You bake agave heart for 24+ hours. Yucca stem and blossoms do not contain toxins. Yuca cassava root is something very different, I think they boil those.
Bob Hansler right! I got confused there. That’s for the info!
I'm drinking coffee not tea yet lol
They sure do look tasty 😋
awesome bob great video and information :)
+dylan caldwell I waiting for the seeds to dry. Looking forward to making this years black yucca bread.
sounds good to me
I have some of these in my backyard
the calmest red heeler on the planet.
+lunkydog He was getting hot and telling me that it was time to go and find some shade. Still wet from laying in the creek.
another excellent video, bob!
cool stuff. How does it taste?
What knife are you using, is it an uncle henry?
Keep up the great work!
What kind of yucca is that and is it the same kind of yucca in all your videos.
Do the fruits keep if you pick them all? & how would you store them
Very cool. Going to have to look in to the availability of Yucca here in my desert.
And yeah... I always cringe seeing the abuse you put that poor Bowie knife though. Dog a Heeler?
+AZ Patriot Red Heeler. That Bowie is so beefy, Its been sharpened regularly for close to 60 years. Love the blade.
nice video
That style oven should be great for making charcoal. Please consider this a video suggestion.
Running to the river now, but can you elaborate? Are you suggesting putting the tin in there or stoking it, adding your material, and then cutting off most of the air... Thining about it now, you might be on to something. Another day or so and it should be dry enough for me to begin test runs. See if we are on to something here. Primitive made charcloth.
I was referencing charcoal, but cloth might be possible. Yes, primitive. I read long ago that people would go out into the woods and construct earth mounds and monitor the ventilation to produce charcoal, but I haven't tried it myself yet.
A quick search, but lots of references out there: www.fao.org/docrep/x5328e/x5328e06.htm#chapter 5 earth pits for charcoal making
+Bob Hansler For something more delicate like char cloth, I suggest a clay pot, possibly while firing it. I wonder if yucca and agave type fibers would work. Dogbane or mulberry (Chinese made paper with mulberry).
Great video ! Always thought yucca pods resembled okra , never tried to eat them though. I hear the yucca root is edible as well , ever try them ? Thanks for sharing !
+WH Yucca root is not edible you are thinking of yuca or cassava a very different plant. Roots contain saponins and can be used as a soap/shampoo. Ive several other yucca vids and need to put them into a playlist.
Bob Hansler Well, glad I talked you before I dug one up ! lol. Used to eat cattail roots in boyscouts many moons ago, maybe that is what I was thinking of ? Thanks Much 8)
Agave and sotol look similar, but must be baked for 27+ hours. Looking for a decent stand of cattail right now actually. Good memories, once a scout, always a scout.
Thanks
Can it be canned, salted, brined, dried, smoked or pickled? Or is it just too delicate a plant for any of the standard forms of food preservation?
+keeperofthegood I think that pickling would be the only option. The development of the seeds is incredibly isolated and will proceed even after being removed from the stalk. If you chop the stalk off when it is flowering, the pods will still develop over the course of the month, it is pretty incredible. Within a week or so the pods will be too dry, becoming brown and brittle... which allows for another survival food, which I'll be making a vid over this next month.
I just put some of these in the airfryer.
Is that a aloe yucca? I see these yuccas along with Adam's needles all the time in Louisiana. But I would not mind eating the fruits and flowers.
Wild bananas is what we called them as kids here in Arizona. The root of that same plant was also used as shampoo by Apache women. Meanwhile Apache men only joke about it.
What is your favourite knife
that dog
which variety is on your property? I am heavily into permaculture and would love to get my hands on some seeds.
+Jonathan Williams Ive not positively identified it thus far, I should though. Some sort of Spanish Dagger.
Be sure you don't use rocks that explode with heat.
cool i live in the dewese area next to poth you live close that is cool by kennedy
+Minimal Survival very true.
yay yucca! :3
Thank you for your videos :) Any idea what temp that oven might be at?
I live in Texas and it looks way different from where I am
+Joseph nguyen It's definitely a big place.
+Bob Hansler what knife do you use
+Four wheeler Fever it's an old 60's German EDGE Original Bowie.
Bob Hansler how much would one cost
I knew it looked like a Bowie
There is one that call yucca fruit and taste like jam you know which one.
who could possibly downvote his videos?
Do you have to cook it? Or is that just a bit of a safety precaution?
Cook it. Cellulose is a bit much for our digestive system. Have to cook it so that your body can access the calories.
could u eat them raw
You could, but it would not give you the calories you need and will likely make you sick. We bake potatoes for the same reason.
hey bob great vid, but could u do one about make rope with the fibers if you haven't already
he has
+Slicky Brit ua-cam.com/video/VWPfls3pWUw/v-deo.html
+Bob Hansler oh thanks, iv always wanted to know how to do this
is the fruit juicy?
Was wondering if the yuca plant in Wyoming is the same time?are they all the same?
Hey Bob, do you know if it's alright to eat red yucca? Online I'm getting mixed reviews whether specifically red yucca is alright to eat.
Funny dog
where in the environment do you find yucca? like are they in proximity of water?
Deserting plant. St of North America actually. Start looking, you’ll start seeing them.
wow
Does yuca grow in Florida grows?
great videos ! I have learned some good stuff from your channel. do you have any advice on improving upload speed to youtube ? My 5 minute vids takes 3 hours to upload. I'm new to posting.
+go outside What is your export or rendering quality. What program are you using for editing?
i edit with windows moviemaker and then compress file with handbrake software.i guess i have a lot to learn. dont know what rendering quality is.
go outside
Hmmm,, and the camera you are using?
for now im using my Iphone 4s. could that cause problems ?
go outside
Most of this has to do with your rendering quality and format. You might look at some higher end editing software. A ten minute video takes me close to 30 minutes to upload, and I am on some slow satellite out here.
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Fallout: New Vegas brought me here
Me too.
Same lol
This seems like bad advice, to use mulberry leaves/branches. An unripe mulberry is poisonous, seriously poisonous, so most likely the branches are as well. If I am right, I think it contains cyanide, and is why many will not eat mulberries, though when the fruit is fully ripe it is supposed to be harmless to eat. Just a thought... Be careful with things of this nature, and study it first.
what is the name of the company were you got your knife from its badass
+Roberto Mora It was made in the 60's, German Solingen. Brand is EDGE, original Bowie 400 series.
+Bob Hansler thank you
My yucca fruits I picked where extremely bitter and completely inedible. Does anyone know why?