AGAVE plant's many uses!

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  • Christopher shares with Mo the many uses of this uniquely Southwestern plant, the agave. Read more about it in Christopher's "Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants." See his schedule of classes at www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com.

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  • @FallofftheMap
    @FallofftheMap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Cool. I’m researching all I can about agave because they are everywhere here in Ecuador. Giving myself a crash course in the local plants and there uses as I set up my homestead. Glad I found your channel.

  • @peacefulscrimp5183
    @peacefulscrimp5183 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video 👍

  • @matthewszostek1819
    @matthewszostek1819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    That sap is no joke. I have a rash for over a week now. It burns like sunburn for days.

    • @greygum4647
      @greygum4647 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      In my case it felt like I was being bitten by a million sandflies and mosquitoes all at the same time. That sap is dreadful! I found the sap of the Aloe vera plant was very good at reversing the symptoms.

    • @zurilove-iamzzlove
      @zurilove-iamzzlove 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@greygum4647that’s what I felt. How do you make something from it?

  • @LatoriaMartin
    @LatoriaMartin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yeah I'm thinking to just use the yucca for fiber and you confirmed for me bc the agave had me itching like crazy and the only way it stopped was I put baking soda and water on my face

  • @luisccontreras9085
    @luisccontreras9085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    No, no the tequilla has another process to make it ... from agave you can get aguamiel, pulque, quiote, fiber an also you can eat flowers from quiote (the shut) and chunks of quiote for boiling and fray that is a good food like nopales. The hard part of quiote can be cooked and eating like sugar Cain (it is very sweet and juicy)

  • @DowntownSound1
    @DowntownSound1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Christopher . Great job!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @shea5542
    @shea5542 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you !!! Very useful

  • @CarChrisMC
    @CarChrisMC ปีที่แล้ว

    Having a garden full of agaves and yuccas... I am a bit blown away atm😮

  • @DownHavenEnt
    @DownHavenEnt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    guy in blue: ok yes this is interesting and all but I only asked if you wanted some M&M's bro...

  • @unechaine1
    @unechaine1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have one in my garden, i enjoy eating it's pulp.

  • @plantsandartemius
    @plantsandartemius 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my god, what a great agave! Super! I have not seen one!

  • @reliablyrandomoutdoors
    @reliablyrandomoutdoors ปีที่แล้ว

    I just made rope from this plant for the first time a couple days ago, and it sure did irritate the skin LOL I had to learn the hard way LOL😂

  • @togodbetheglory3353
    @togodbetheglory3353 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have come across a few people who actually mispronounce yuca/yucca. I don't blame them, they don't know but this is actually a spanish word. Grew up in florida my whole life where there is the most diverse hispanic origins in the whole united states so you can be sure it is accurate. Everyone pronounces it as YOU-Ka. That's what I've known my whole life. We don't have just mexicans here but also cubans, colombians, Columbians, puerto Ricans, dominicans, etc. Just a fun knowledge fact for everyone 😊

  • @trtr5344
    @trtr5344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    during and after filming this you start to realize you have severe itching and burning sensation because Calcium Oxalates crystals on Agave penetrated your skin with toxic reactions.. ''never touched Agave again'' :)

    • @sarahkemp1157
      @sarahkemp1157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      right, what a load of bull! I got rid of these things from my yard and made sure I wore thick leather gloves and washed any skin immediately if it came into contact with the sap.

    • @StopFear
      @StopFear 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      “You”? Are you addressing us? Or the people in the video?

    • @trtr5344
      @trtr5344 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StopFear people in the video..

    • @mementomori9368
      @mementomori9368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ohh Now I Knew it..thank you so much!❤️🙏
      I'am so excited to planting this infront of my house.
      And I feel bit itchy after.
      Just too curious cuz it's looking beautifuI and for fence purpose to avoid drunkard people who want to disturb us cuz it's have torns like free weapon 😅
      I found it first time in the forest nd I even donno the name of this plant.
      Blue Agave plant

    • @greygum4647
      @greygum4647 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree, and for that reason I now refuse to grow any Agave species. The itching is enough to drive any sane person insane.

  • @jaysilverheals4445
    @jaysilverheals4445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    is that the agave the indians would roast for several days and where is the pineapple part they did that with--above ground--or hidden down in the leaves if you cut them off. ? The agave roasting pits the indians used I would like to see what it looks like what they roasted but i can never find it.

  • @mmuerte89
    @mmuerte89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks! I'm going to use this in my Spanish class for a question!

  • @mikefriendnz
    @mikefriendnz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well said Mo 🤐🤣

  • @VondaInWonderland
    @VondaInWonderland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was thinking that I really wanted an agave plant, but I don't like itching ♥

  • @mixedaj2791
    @mixedaj2791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Had the plants juice on my hands and I broke out itching red and burning skin whatever part of my body I touched with my hand would soon burn witching 10 seconds. Worst experience I ever had with a plant

    • @mixedaj2791
      @mixedaj2791 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Long long hot shower toook the burn n itch off my back, stomach and arms

  • @ameliadiaz8040
    @ameliadiaz8040 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Agave isn't just for tequila making.

  • @kaikai4254
    @kaikai4254 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agave is high in fructose ,90 percent and 10 percent glucose. The liver is the only organ that can metabolize Agave -- fructose and this puts a strain on the liver , this was what I heard from another source. I'm confuse as if I shoukd eat it or not . Great video by the way.

  • @rbookoo390
    @rbookoo390 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    can the agave be used for soap? Looking for directions on how to process agave leaves for soap. thanks

    • @JoseFloresEC
      @JoseFloresEC ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not like aloe. As mentioned, getting in contact with the juice of this plant can bring an itch/rash to your skin.

  • @jasunsandiego
    @jasunsandiego 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quick video. Must have been all his hands can take before needing a wash and some soap. I did a job today removed a handful of these blue agave. Arms were burning like hell. Felt like fire ants eating my skin while I worked for half the day. Chicken pocks ×20 its intense for about 30 mins at a time.

  • @homie-gtv322
    @homie-gtv322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why the fuck was Moe in the video? He served no purpose.

  • @abdulghanimohdali9702
    @abdulghanimohdali9702 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its look like our pineapple except look big

  • @Dzloof1
    @Dzloof1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is the plant poisonous to chickens when they eat it?

    • @PsychicIsaacs
      @PsychicIsaacs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No. You can boil the diced or grated pith of the leaves and eat it as a vegetable yourself, if you want to. It is sweet and not oxalic (burning) once it is cooked, and has a texture something like cooked courgettes (zucchini). Keep the juice and render it down and it is agave syrup, which is an expensive delicacy in Mexico. You can feed the pulp to your chickens or eat it yourself.

  • @sandileluthuli221
    @sandileluthuli221 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    help to buy agave americana seeds, call from South Sfrica

  • @hearthacker9815
    @hearthacker9815 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hii sir

  • @usernotfriendly
    @usernotfriendly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Moe is not a man of many words 🤐

  • @apebeats6631
    @apebeats6631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's notta knoife...

  • @rodrigolara6733
    @rodrigolara6733 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tequila is a different agave.

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seems that people who may be good at self reliance are really bad at making videos.

  • @Mr29roses
    @Mr29roses 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You talk too muxh. Ibfeel sorrybfornthe other guy beinf left out.

  • @amandachavez5795
    @amandachavez5795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You don’t know Have a clue what you’re saying !!!! Native Americans??? You mean Aztecs ? Los dioses !!

    • @fitrianhidayat
      @fitrianhidayat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don't understand, are you saying Aztecs aren't native Americans? Or that the plants were brought from outside?

    • @LaloToledo
      @LaloToledo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they were used by natives in the "americas" including aztecs and native americans

    • @DG-iw3yw
      @DG-iw3yw ปีที่แล้ว

      "aztec" is an umbrella term, that lumps in many groups of original american people together

    • @vividsoul3773
      @vividsoul3773 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Aztecs are Native Americans. Just like any other tribe or group indigenous to the Americas.

    • @vividsoul3773
      @vividsoul3773 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Aztecs are Native Americans. Just like any other tribe or group indigenous to the Americas. I would say Native American is the umbrella term for all indigenous people of North, Central, and South America. He mentions it was used by Native Americans rather than solely Aztecs because there are other American indigenous tribes and groups that have used the agave plant as it is a widespread plant in the Americas.