Just if u didnt know yet, some infos. :) The inner bark is also called "phloem" and its where the tree is transporting mainly sugar (produced by the leaves) down to the roots. (Xylem=wood brings up the water from the roots). Im very interested in survival food and study botanics. If u cook the phloem, the sugar dissolves into the water -> sugar water. I wouldnt eat tooo much directly, cause u cannot digest the fibers -> constipation. I have an assumption, would be interested what you guys say. I think you could eat every phloem, of plants that arent toxic. (the taste is something different). What do you suggest? greets :)
thank you for the info. PS more then calories you should mention that those barks have amazing "nutritional" and medicinal properties, like healthy polyphenols like procyanidins, catechins, and phenolic acids. These plant compounds appear to have antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects on the human body. Calories are relatively important.🙏
🌲🍬 PINE CANDY Y'ALL!! Shred the cambium (inner bark) into bite size pieces then soak in maple syrup or honey over night in a mason jar, lay out to dry on wax paper, while still wet, spinkle with salt, cinnamon, cocoa powder, tiny bit of tumeric (optional), then let dry. U can do any variety of spices u want, u can do meat rub spices to make it more savory like jerky (I've even used smokey bbq sauce 🤤) or the syrup or honey with sweet spices for sweet pine bark. I've even made a salted caramel one that came out delicious! Enjoy nature & only try to take cambium from recent fallen trees or if u do it to a tree that's still healthy don't peel in one big spot do it in little sporatic spots so the tree can recalibrate its health. 🌲💚 & Remember to walk lightly in the spring 🌱 Mother earth is pregnant 🌍
Thanks for your video! The outer bark is also edible. It does not have any calories but it does have a lot of nutrients, vitamin C and fiber ;) You use it to make flour. Linden tree bark is also edible.
Thank you! This is the answer to the question I had on my mind. I’d heard of chines zen monks living on the mountains eating bark and today decided to try eating some birch and oak bark that I had in front of me. I was pleasantly surprised that it tasted pretty good to me, kind of like crackers, without the salt. I’m not a fan of salt at all. So yay, thanks again and cheers!
I think my favorite part of this video is the rating of flavors. Most people just talk about the nutritional value. I live in southern california tho so I'll have to do my own taste tests on local trees
WOW! I had my doubts about the flavor of pine, but it's great! No piney taste at all, very thick and high-value, and I could see eating that on purpose as much as possible when a tree is coming down anyway. If the piney taste is stronger in other trees, perhaps it's because the tree I targeted is dying of water fluctuations; otherwise I wouldn't risk weakening it by chopping a big hole in its defenses. I tried out the yellow birch, and it's good, but dang, dry and woody compared to the others. I think I'll leave that for syrup in another month. I also tried linden bark, leaves of which are delicious in springtime. I think you can add this one to your list, if basswoods are common in your area. The linden bark is slimey, but nutritious; it's definitely improved by the cold, because it's not as slimy as it is during the growing season. It tastes just fine, no bitterness; I'm going to cut down a couple of the saplings around here and try it out as a soup additive, because that's what people would be eating in starvation times; soup made of whatever they can find. The linden seeds hang on through most of the winter, so it's easy to identify. Also tried mulberry, and it's okay. Sweet, slight undertaste that's not great, but it's very slight. Since those are growing where they don't belong, I can probably get quite a lot of cambium and try it out in quantity.
Just made slippery elm tea from the inner bark for the first time. AMAZING how naturally sweet it is. Seriously, the closest thing I can compare it to is rose hip tea. Didn't add anything to it at all, it came out amber rose colored and had a slight sweet flavor
Greetings from Greece, i am eating the bark of the pine tree the last 4 years everyday many times a day, i read it in a book about Native Americans of the forests who ate it. I have eaten different kinds of pines, of the native plants grown in Greece, they are all good. The bark of the palm tree is good too, i had one planted on my house, but we cut it down 10 years ago, i didn't know the barks of the trees are edible. Calories are not the main advantage of the plants, the main advantage is vitamin C, and the minerals they have. Animal meat for example is absent of almost any important minerals, green leaves and other plant matter like the barks have these in abundance. I never eat any kind of meat it is useless. Good video nice information.
@@EatThePlanet I have eaten a lot of wild plants. I researched them for their medicinal properties. The cambium layer of the pine tree, i consider it the most clean food on the planet. I feel pity for all the people who don't eat it. Once a year you harvest it, and it stays fresh in the freezer forever. I eat it raw, i blend it in a good blender. Anyways, i don't know your name, at the start of the video, it would be a good idea, to just say your first name, so as people know how to address you. Cheers from Greece.
When doing this to the living trees always slice off bark on the east side so the cooler morning sun heals the tree well. Must preserve and respect the trees that feed us.
I wonder how long the inner bark is viable after the tree falls. There'a number of large dead elms where I hike. No doubt the calories disappear in s season or two. There is also a large downed sassafras which I know has good roots, but I never considered its inner bark.
Yep. As soon as the tree falls, the fungi that live on it and in it start eating, and the first thing they eat is the cambium. Insects go after the cambium, and also after the fungus; and woodpeckers go after the insects. And all the while, the rain washes the tannins from the bark, making the defenses the tree once had disappear.
This is a really great video. I'm located in New England too. I found your video doing some research for a series that I do here on TH-cam too and I wanted to find out about some new edible barks. This video was really helpful. Thanks for posting it.
I found I really like blue spruce and elm cambium, I found as long as I completely kept from touching any of the outer bark and getting that on the cambium, there was no strong spruce flavor. It was actually sweet.
Interesting. Thanks for the info about making sure its separated from the outer bark. The only spruce inner bark I have tried is norway spruce and it was very strong. You've got me interested to try blue spruce now. Also I agree about the elm. I found that Siberian elm has really good tasting inner bark.
I believe so. I think all birches have edible inner bark. I use the website pfaf.org to get a general idea of edibility but you have to know the species.
Very interesting. I am curious to know if it is actual starch. You can do a starch test using iodine and if it turns dark, almost black, it's starch. If so you can convert it into sugar and that can be a bartering tool and also alcohol.
Thanks for the comment. I had always had an interest. But my interest really started taking off when I had formal plant identification in college. Then I was just much more confident in foraging in general because I knew what to look for when identifying plants. I also decided that anyone can learn to identify plants even if they don't have a good intuitive sense of it as long as they follow the identification criteria for a specific plant, and people shouldn't be afraid to say you aren't sure of a plant if they really aren't. You shouldn't claim you know a plant id till your really sure that you do.
The slippery elm looks alot like the regular elm. Is there a difference in the bark on these two trees? Thankyou for sharing, this was very informative.
I've never really sat down and gone over the identification features for the 2 of them. I was under the assumption that in my area the american elm and siberian elm are most common. the elm in the video is siberian. But its also possible that I have mistaken slippery elm for american elm out in the field.
yes. Hemlock tree(tsuga canadensis) not poison hemlock(conium maculatum). they are not closely related at all completely different plant families. Although I think the poison tree that I could actually see someone getting hemlock confused with is japanese yew(taxus baccata)
No but it passes on and grows more pine trees. Corn crops are actually from municipal sewage being sprayed on fields (only part of this statement is false).
I’m just curious to know all the first ppl who went around eating random items to tell if it’s good or not. Cuz umm 🤔 tree bark would be the last thing I thought I could eat. Imagine the first MF who discovered onions😂🤣.. crying while eating🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️. Yet they kept eating.
I don't know where you are but I'm in Illinois and the only Elm trees we have had here for 20 years is DEAD! they mostly died out then from elm disease.
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Just if u didnt know yet, some infos. :) The inner bark is also called "phloem" and its where the tree is transporting mainly sugar (produced by the leaves) down to the roots. (Xylem=wood brings up the water from the roots). Im very interested in survival food and study botanics. If u cook the phloem, the sugar dissolves into the water -> sugar water. I wouldnt eat tooo much directly, cause u cannot digest the fibers -> constipation. I have an assumption, would be interested what you guys say. I think you could eat every phloem, of plants that arent toxic. (the taste is something different). What do you suggest? greets :)
thank you for the info. PS more then calories you should mention that those barks have amazing "nutritional" and medicinal properties, like healthy polyphenols like procyanidins, catechins, and phenolic acids. These plant compounds appear to have antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects on the human body. Calories are relatively important.🙏
🌲🍬 PINE CANDY Y'ALL!! Shred the cambium (inner bark) into bite size pieces then soak in maple syrup or honey over night in a mason jar, lay out to dry on wax paper, while still wet, spinkle with salt, cinnamon, cocoa powder, tiny bit of tumeric (optional), then let dry. U can do any variety of spices u want, u can do meat rub spices to make it more savory like jerky (I've even used smokey bbq sauce 🤤) or the syrup or honey with sweet spices for sweet pine bark. I've even made a salted caramel one that came out delicious! Enjoy nature & only try to take cambium from recent fallen trees or if u do it to a tree that's still healthy don't peel in one big spot do it in little sporatic spots so the tree can recalibrate its health. 🌲💚 & Remember to walk lightly in the spring 🌱 Mother earth is pregnant 🌍
Thanks for your video!
The outer bark is also edible. It does not have any calories but it does have a lot of nutrients, vitamin C and fiber ;)
You use it to make flour.
Linden tree bark is also edible.
Thank you! This is the answer to the question I had on my mind. I’d heard of chines zen monks living on the mountains eating bark and today decided to try eating some birch and oak bark that I had in front of me.
I was pleasantly surprised that it tasted pretty good to me, kind of like crackers, without the salt. I’m not a fan of salt at all.
So yay, thanks again and cheers!
I think my favorite part of this video is the rating of flavors. Most people just talk about the nutritional value. I live in southern california tho so I'll have to do my own taste tests on local trees
Fantastic video that does more than others... you actually tested & compared taste and other important issues. Out standing!!!
Great video! I forgot about chewing on red elm when I was a kid
WOW! I had my doubts about the flavor of pine, but it's great! No piney taste at all, very thick and high-value, and I could see eating that on purpose as much as possible when a tree is coming down anyway. If the piney taste is stronger in other trees, perhaps it's because the tree I targeted is dying of water fluctuations; otherwise I wouldn't risk weakening it by chopping a big hole in its defenses.
I tried out the yellow birch, and it's good, but dang, dry and woody compared to the others. I think I'll leave that for syrup in another month.
I also tried linden bark, leaves of which are delicious in springtime. I think you can add this one to your list, if basswoods are common in your area. The linden bark is slimey, but nutritious; it's definitely improved by the cold, because it's not as slimy as it is during the growing season. It tastes just fine, no bitterness; I'm going to cut down a couple of the saplings around here and try it out as a soup additive, because that's what people would be eating in starvation times; soup made of whatever they can find. The linden seeds hang on through most of the winter, so it's easy to identify.
Also tried mulberry, and it's okay. Sweet, slight undertaste that's not great, but it's very slight. Since those are growing where they don't belong, I can probably get quite a lot of cambium and try it out in quantity.
Ya, I agree, no point in damaging the tree but if its coming down anyways... Do you know what species, was it eastern white pine?
Just made slippery elm tea from the inner bark for the first time. AMAZING how naturally sweet it is. Seriously, the closest thing I can compare it to is rose hip tea. Didn't add anything to it at all, it came out amber rose colored and had a slight sweet flavor
Awesome, where did you get the slippery elm. Was it actually Ulmus rubra?
I’m always looking for things plants trees etc for foraging and edibles thank you for this information, more content please mushrooms maybe?
Greetings from Greece, i am eating the bark of the pine tree the last 4 years everyday many times a day, i read it in a book about Native Americans of the forests who ate it. I have eaten different kinds of pines, of the native plants grown in Greece, they are all good. The bark of the palm tree is good too, i had one planted on my house, but we cut it down 10 years ago, i didn't know the barks of the trees are edible.
Calories are not the main advantage of the plants, the main advantage is vitamin C, and the minerals they have. Animal meat for example is absent of almost any important minerals, green leaves and other plant matter like the barks have these in abundance. I never eat any kind of meat it is useless.
Good video nice information.
I love hearing person experience. Thanks a lot, the comment is really appreciated.
@@EatThePlanet I have eaten a lot of wild plants. I researched them for their medicinal properties. The cambium layer of the pine tree, i consider it the most clean food on the planet. I feel pity for all the people who don't eat it. Once a year you harvest it, and it stays fresh in the freezer forever. I eat it raw, i blend it in a good blender.
Anyways, i don't know your name, at the start of the video, it would be a good idea, to just say your first name, so as people know how to address you. Cheers from Greece.
When doing this to the living trees always slice off bark on the east side so the cooler morning sun heals the tree well.
Must preserve and respect the trees that feed us.
Yeah, or just use bark from fallen branches right?
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Great point Bret!
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Silver Birch is good. I've not tried it cooked, but raw it tastes a bit woody at first, then has a lasting aftertaste like jam sponge cake!
oh thats good to know. Are you referring to betula pendula or a different species.
I wonder how long the inner bark is viable after the tree falls. There'a number of large dead elms where I hike. No doubt the calories disappear in s season or two. There is also a large downed sassafras which I know has good roots, but I never considered its inner bark.
I've used sassafras as an edible many times as a child but it's now listed as "non-edible" because of the volatile oils that can be hepato-toxic.
Yep. As soon as the tree falls, the fungi that live on it and in it start eating, and the first thing they eat is the cambium. Insects go after the cambium, and also after the fungus; and woodpeckers go after the insects. And all the while, the rain washes the tannins from the bark, making the defenses the tree once had disappear.
This is a really great video. I'm located in New England too. I found your video doing some research for a series that I do here on TH-cam too and I wanted to find out about some new edible barks. This video was really helpful. Thanks for posting it.
Amazing info. Potentially life saving, especially in the end times. God bless.
I found I really like blue spruce and elm cambium, I found as long as I completely kept from touching any of the outer bark and getting that on the cambium, there was no strong spruce flavor. It was actually sweet.
Interesting. Thanks for the info about making sure its separated from the outer bark. The only spruce inner bark I have tried is norway spruce and it was very strong. You've got me interested to try blue spruce now. Also I agree about the elm. I found that Siberian elm has really good tasting inner bark.
I love the video man keep up the good work
I love this! Do you know if white birch is also edible?
I believe so. I think all birches have edible inner bark. I use the website pfaf.org to get a general idea of edibility but you have to know the species.
Great advice
White pine = 5 needles per bunch. I wonder what the shelf life is for the inner bark.
These videos are excellent! Tha is for posting!
interesting thanks.
Thank you. 🥀
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Very interesting. I am curious to know if it is actual starch. You can do a starch test using iodine and if it turns dark, almost black, it's starch. If so you can convert it into sugar and that can be a bartering tool and also alcohol.
Your content is really good. Thanks for creating! Where did you learn all this?
Thanks for the comment. I had always had an interest. But my interest really started taking off when I had formal plant identification in college. Then I was just much more confident in foraging in general because I knew what to look for when identifying plants. I also decided that anyone can learn to identify plants even if they don't have a good intuitive sense of it as long as they follow the identification criteria for a specific plant, and people shouldn't be afraid to say you aren't sure of a plant if they really aren't. You shouldn't claim you know a plant id till your really sure that you do.
@@EatThePlanet you have the ancient wisdom about trees
Question, was the strong flavor of the white pine, a pine flavor? Basically just like what one would imagine it might taste like?
There's some bark my Shepard eats all the time when I chop firewood. I think its elm, not sure.
Yay tasty tree! 🌲🌳
The slippery elm looks alot like the regular elm. Is there a difference in the bark on these two trees? Thankyou for sharing, this was very informative.
I've never really sat down and gone over the identification features for the 2 of them. I was under the assumption that in my area the american elm and siberian elm are most common. the elm in the video is siberian. But its also possible that I have mistaken slippery elm for american elm out in the field.
Good video, I subscribed
Thanks bro preparing for a survival trip n this may help til I sustain fish or something else at least I won’t starve👍
Get to the fishing quick. There aren't many calories in most wild edibles.
Careful you’ll get a splinter on the out door lol😅
Seriously good info though.
Can you buy inner tree bark in america? Specifically in New Jersey?
Greetings . What happens if you eat all the other parts of the tree?
On the Hemlock, make sure its the "tree: and not the "plant" you eat! The giraffe eat tress, so why shouldn't we!
yes. Hemlock tree(tsuga canadensis) not poison hemlock(conium maculatum). they are not closely related at all completely different plant families. Although I think the poison tree that I could actually see someone getting hemlock confused with is japanese yew(taxus baccata)
What knife is that ?
Hey could you possibly describe the bitterness of the hemlock bark? Anything you can compare it to?
terpentine, lol. Its not like a bitter raddish its more like bitter chemical.
@@EatThePlanet ok thanks! I'm a fan of bitters so I was just wondering if it was a kind of bitter that could be in a liver formula or something
@@billjim334 I actually like it in a tea when its diluted enough, its just way to bitter in the inner bark directly.
bill jim that will kill you
How do i preserve it so the bark dosnt dry
Why not eat the other bark too?
When you poop out the pine cones do they clog up the toilet?
No but it passes on and grows more pine trees. Corn crops are actually from municipal sewage being sprayed on fields (only part of this statement is false).
If you toast it over a fire to crisp it up it's easie to chew.
Thanks, I still have yet to try it toasted.
No more hunger.
If I'm eating tree bark there's not going to be a lot of cooking going on. It means survival thank you for your investigations.
I’m just curious to know all the first ppl who went around eating random items to tell if it’s good or not. Cuz umm 🤔 tree bark would be the last thing I thought I could eat.
Imagine the first MF who discovered onions😂🤣.. crying while eating🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️. Yet they kept eating.
You can tell at 0:20 - 0:30 them trees are good. He licked his lips.😅
Very informative. Much Blessings to you. Thanks for sharing, Lord-Jesus-Christ dot
Is it yummy 😋
I hope you also found edible meow man
Oh naw this crip munchin bark like Verne
I would probably mash up the bark and boil into a soup with wild game fat and organ meats.
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I don't know where you are but I'm in Illinois and the only Elm trees we have had here for 20 years is DEAD! they mostly died out then from elm disease.
White pine is delicious if you ask me 🤷🏽♂️