Foraging Fiddleheads and Wild Plants | From the Forest to Our Kitchen
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2021
- Summer is near and the Alaskan forests are coming alive. We head into the vibrant green forest to harvest a variety of wild plants including tasty fern fiddleheads and fireweed shoots.
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Saw Bo and Bandit looking out the truck window in traffic today in wasilla, had a silly grin on my face for an hour. It was a beautiful day to be out and about.
Living on the edge of a river in Vermont, I eat a LOT of fiddleheads in spring. I actually sold them at the end of my driveway one year, as I have a little field of them in my front yard. Pickled fiddleheads are really a treat, canned up. To clean them, just put them in a big tub, swish them around several waters, and the last time you wash, rub each fiddlehead between your fingers, they'll be clean.
I love watching you guys!! It's like watching a cross between national geographic and the cooking channel!!😀😃
Bandit cracks me up! He never gets tired of digging and sniffing in the pond! 😂
Oh ! Those mushrooms, firweed and fiddle heads look so good on the home-made bread!!!!!And the eggs, merrel mushrooms!!
The most healthiest guys I know.....on U tube!
Live in Maine and here fiddleheads are a seasonal delicacy... We have a huge patch down behind our house and we pick 30 plus pounds every year. Just an FYI, they are much easier to clean when they are dry. Just rub a bunch together between your hands to loosen the papers, then use a winnow, toss them in front of a fan, or hit them gently with an air compressor to blow the papery skins away. Once you get the paper wet, it sticks to everything. Love your channel! Happy foraging!
I look forward to fettle head's every spring here in Maine )
Fiddleheads, darn auto correct lol
Oh yea love some fiddleheads
I too live in Maine and fiddlehead season just got over.... I found that after I let them dry, I used my shop vac to pull off the dry stuff. ( Don't ever put them in the clothes dryer to get that stuff off, did that years ago when I was dumb and stupid... heheh had to clean the dryer for weeks.) They preserve well by blanching & vaccum sealing or bagging and freezing, canning, pickling. We have always thought of fiddle heads as a spring 'vegetable' that you pick in the woods :)
Great show today!
The problem is wanting to eat them right away and not waiting for them to dry. When you got 30 pounds i suppose its easier. Wow thats a lot of fiddled heads I just paid $10 a pound for the delicacy, your haul is worth $300
Very glad to see that you are both carrying pistols. Makes my heart relieved. Love your show here. God bless you both.
Thank you so much Ariel and Eric for sharing the videos with me it really helps my anxiety to see a good program thank you for sharing your lives with me
I have zero interest going off grid, but these videos are so relaxing and interesting to watch.
Taking me back. Years ago a buddy and I hiked most of the John Muir Trail across the high Sierra's. We ate fiddle heads, and tender young skunk cabbage, and freshly caught trout almost every night. It was sooooo good.
I love that you grow, hunt and forage so much (what seems like 99.9%) of what you and the dogs and cat eat. Your lifestyle is so much healthier than so many of us. You are putting the work in and it's awesome!I Bravo!!
Bo and Bandit are just too cool. Bo just melts my heart!
As a 58 year old woman living in Rhode Island whose idea of living off grid is losing power for a few hours, I want to thank you for taking me on your journey. You guys are really badass, and your videos are entertaining and informative. Keep on doing what you’re doing, and for taking us along.
We need to all start being as badass as we can. Also known as being self sufficient!! ❤️🙏👏🏻
Agree wholeheartedly with E wood
Are you in Little Compton? Edit: whoops I thought you said you were living off the grid and LC is the only place I would think but re-read.
we old girls may be sowing down but we still kick ass just not as often as we used to remembering when i was their age and worked just like they did. Now I am using raised beds and growing from home not just the farm
@@maceycornell - indeed. I have everything in containers inside a fenced area to keep the wildlife out and inside my greenhouse. My back kills me after working in the garden for hours, but it’s still so rewarding. ❤️
I love fiddleheads. They grow on my property so I am right there for the harvest. Like the idea of making them in an omelette. Well done.
Killing it on the production quality with your unique angles, story telling B-roll, and eye for visually interesting composition.
Loved the way you ended the video. The editing from the previous day mentioning you would finish the veggies with the next meal at breakfast the next day. Straight into a shot of making the breakfast to finish the video off. Just well done story telling and something I find a lot of similar channels miss the mark on.
It’s the four star restaurant Alaskan wilderness homesteading channel.....with puppies and kitties and chickens and gardening and building and mechanics and a tiny house!!!...what more could you want!!!???
Glad to see Arielle packing some protection. Spring, when the bears are coming out of hibernation, is always a little touchy. They are are hungry and in dire need of food to replenish their body fat.
I think that's the first time I've seen her armed. Glad to see it since the bears are awake and looking for brunch.
Fiddleheads are good for pickling as well, especially with a pickling mix with a lot of red pepper.
I lived in Alaska for years and never knew about the young Fireweed and Watermelon berries. Sounds amazing and I let all my friends know. Always learning more from the channel!
I really enjoy the way you deal with each other. Affectionate, considerate. Much to admire.
We love fiddleheads on the east coast of Canada
I am glad that your showing us how to cook with the plants you had gathered. I live in Nc so all of the fiddlehead are gone. I am learning about all kinds of things. I love your channel
Ariel packing!!!! AWESOME!!!! 🥰
Love watching you two forage for things most of us wouldn't even know we could eat. I do know about Fiddleheads, my mom was from Northern Maine on the border of Canada, and Fiddlehead hunting is huge up there, I know I've had them, but don't really remember them, though my daughter LOVES them, she'd be terribly jealous of your finds. Thanks for taking us along.
It's crazy how fast Alaska changes from winter to spring to summer! Ariels wearing shorts and Bo is hot, I feel like the snow just melted😲
Yep, it’s like one day it’s ice and snow and a couple days later it’s all green. Wish you could get a bit of how lovely it smells!
@@susanapplegate9758 It's on our bucket list to go to Alaska some day, but even when we do it won't be the same as seeing (or smelling) Her in all her four season glory...
Is Alaska less likely to have snow at this point because of the longer days? Friends of mine in Canada had snow recently and had to rush to protect their garden. And when I moved to Colorado many years ago, it snowed on the first day of summer!
It’s hot/warm to them since there was set to it being really cold. Summer probably hits 70 maybe a lil hotter. But it depends on where you live in the state.
Colorado snows since it’s high in the mountains.
Alaskans are acclimated, I just moved here and at 60 degrees people are out sunning in bathing suits, going shirtless, wearing shorts....
Just the bit at the end with the ground moose and fiddleheads makes me love this channel all over again. Beautiful photography.
Arielle with a GP 100 and picking the local edibles, along with some challenging driving.
Then cooking with Eric and making all of us watching hungry.
Another fun video to watch.
I always seem to end your videos with my mouth watering, lol. You have such creativity in the kitchen.
Got me drooling 😃👍..it has been years since I had fiddle heads! Great piszzassss on this posting guys, thanks 👍👍👍👍
Love fiddleheads! Growing up in Midwest, seeing them on menus indicated spring was here and seasonal produce was upon us! Very deserving after long Chicago winters.
You guys have the prettiest flock of chickens.
Something new about ur filming, idk but i like it ❤️🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳 Alaska seems very rich in terms of nature
Your cooking is not simple it Has to be a science at times. Today is a science day video. Complicated, time consuming, with amazing patience on your part overall. Great job, happy for you.
Your videos are literally that best! So calming for me
Your cooking videos make me so hungry.
FYI, my morels were amazing! Thanks for letting me know what they were.
You guys should do TH-cam Shorts, we all would love to see a daily short. It’d probably be a lot more money too.
You two are artists with your beautiful videos with the peaceful animals and scenic intros! Wonderful
During spring the new light green fir tree tips are soft and packed with vitamin c.
That's what we use in Finland
In western NC we'd have ramps (wild leeks) with the fiddleheads and morels.
@ Stephen Peek, I have been trying to get ramps we do not have them here in Alabama.
@@jjhomesteadcottage8842 Check in northern AL, here they seem to grow 3000'-4000' elevation in the rich woodlands. I have successfully transplanted them nearer home.
thx for the subtitles Undestanding the content easier right now .
Yummy! I love to watch your cooking episodes along with ALL your videos!
After cleaning, I always bring the fiddleheads up to a boil, then immediately pour it off and fill with fresh water. Bring to a boil once again then drain. They are still somewhat crunchy but more stomach friendly. I also pickle them.
It amazes me how the chickens can survive outdoors in the winter, there!
same! I guess the straw and body heat keeps them going!
i feel so behind gardenwise then i watch you guys and feel waaay ahead. my fireweed is already hip high
Have you tried covering raw garlic with honey and letting it sit for weeks best at 6 months but good almost anytime. Eat the garlic raw, use the juice to flavor dressing. One clove a day is suppose to be really good for immune system. I sealed my jar and set it on back of oounter then shook it everyday to distribute honey over the ones on top. It offgases when you remove the lid. I LOVE the raw cloves and really do eat one a day or use it chopped somehow. Looses the strong garlic flavor but the honey makes them crunchy, sweet, garlicy-ish, and just plain good. The fiddleheads were the prettiest green and look so fresh. You guys eat so well!
The preserved garlic is wonderful, try it with roasted garlic. There’s just a hint of a background sweetness that comes out in roasting the garlic that compliments greens, especially bitter greens.
I see you do a lot of pickling. I am not sure you know that pickled Fiddle Heads are FANTASTIC!!!! Pick a bunch and pickle and enjoy year round.
Afternoon Simple Living. Greetings from Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲
Me too bro.....
Good ole fiddle heads 😃
Fiddleheads are awesome in Maine also!
They’re also great pickled!!
Thanks for sharing. Onward!
I would love to see videos of you guys making:
Carrot curry soup
Roasted sunflower seeds from flowers
Potato gnocchi
Thr forest to table restaurant didn't disappoint today!
You guys totally make me want to research the native edible plants that grow here in Indiana and go out and forage them. I’ve only been following you for a few weeks and you’ve already encouraged me in my garden and now to learn about something new(foraging)!
You can can fiddleheads in mason jars just like any other veggie. We do it in Maine all the time! 😁
I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your lives with us! Your content is always informative and fun! Blessings from your friend in Oregon, Trina
It’s the first day of winter here in Australia, while you guys are wearing shorts and battling mozzies. Greetings from Queensland, thanks for sharing your amazing Alaska life!
While winter is approaching and you may be experiencing winter weather in the southern hemisphere, you are 20 days away from the solstice.
It's pretty much the same temperature in Brisbane today as it is where they are in Alaska. 23C - which is about 73F.
@@charlesbaldo weirdly in Australia our seasons are done by date not the solstice so today by the calendar is the first day of winter. The weather is only teasing us at the moment.
Down in Victoria the nights have been down to -1 so we’ve been a bit frosty 🥶
@@robyncaddell5269
Interesting, thank you, and I thought we did things different by sticking to Imperial USC measurements
I watched your total videos super 👌
LOVED. Thank you!
That Polaris is a true beast now with the upgrades. Love the foraging for sure. Can't wait to see the morels when you go a huntin`. 💖
Love watching you forage and then cook what you find. Favorite part: Aerial greeting out of the mud!!
Seems like you guys should carry Bear spray. I see you're well armed otherwise, but if you had to shoot a bear and your first shot or two don't drop it, it is going to be rather angry. Anyway, I'd be carrying the spray in addition to other armaments. I've never eaten fiddle heads, thanks for sharing that option. It's super fun to watch you guys having fun and productive days. Then cooking everything up. My mouth is always watering by the end of your cooking episodes!
My cousin in Montana was attacked by a bear when he was hunting. He was sneaking around quietly and didn't know there was a sleeping bear down in a ravine. I would think the bear bells, dogs running ahead, and the Polaris all making noise would be a great alert for any 🐻. Plus they are up on the trail, not walking through bear dens.
Live in Maine and we have fiddleheads, planning on visiting Alaska hopefully in the next couple of years!
That vehicle is a real beast :)
Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Going to watch this video after finishing my study session! A perfect way to end the day :) . You two are so inspiring, thank you so much for sharing!!
Great forging trip!!
Mom used to batter and fry the fern heads. Yours look awesome!
Yum that looks so good
I learn so much from you guys!! So much inspiration!!
There are a ton of cooking shows but yours is the only one I'll watch 😃👍👌 You are usually hunting, fishing, gardening, gathering and cooking and eating, I love it.
Watermelon berry jelly is my favorite. Salmon berry second.
Excellent video! Everything about this video is well done, content, storyline, photography and editing. Thank you.
I would recommend a whistle too. Cougars.
Liked learning about all of the edible plants in your zone,I've seen the fidelhead ferns and fireweed,but the strawberry Vine plant was a new one.excellent video on the best homestead in Alaska,well done guys.
Your food always looks fantastic. You should consider doing a cookbook.
one of the reasons why i loved your vlogs aside from the adventures,the joy of harvesting,is how yoo love your dogs...they are both happy and healthy...fierce dog lover here!❤️🐶 keep safe and God bless you! love from the Philippines💞🇵🇭
That looked delicious!!👍
Both of you are healthy people, Plants your own vegetables and cook your own food. Beautiful summer 😍
We do a quick pickle with cucumbers! We use lime juice and salt
We have fiddleheads here in New Brunswick Canada also, but ours grow higher before they open, making our harvest easier, and the shoots are longer. Some people here also pickle them in a vinegar brine.
You introduce us uninformed Americans to wild treats. Yet another good adventure. Like your holsters. Never know when a bear will show up.
Looks Good guys you Deserve Beers !!
GREAT shot of Ariel getting into the 6x6!!!! Thanks for posting!
Love to watch your videos. Love from India
That omelet looked awesome!
Great camera work. Sequence commencing 1.13 is gold. Quality.
Nice video enjoyed it.
Here we go again!!! 😀 Thank you 🙏🏻
Your channel needs a warning: Do Not Watch Hungry! I am literally salivating watching you two eat that delicious flatbread with veggies and the killer breakfast crepes!
Western Wisconsin here - my Egyptian multiplier onions are already sending up blooms from which I will plant spring onions in a few months. My semi-permanent flat leaf parsley is thick and luscious and the mature plants are about to bloom which will re-seed the plot for next spring. We had frost warnings this past week but it might be safe to plant my tomatoes and peppers - cucumbers and zucchini too. I'm in no way ahead of Alaska in terms of gardening here in western Wisconsin. Excuse my envy, I've only a tiny city lot and after losing a 60 yr old ash tree to the emerald ash borer, my hostas suffered from too much sun so I've converted the flower gardens to vegetables. I owe my inspiration to you guys! Thanks and looking forward to more videos!
Fresh goodies from the forest floor....no better spring tonic!
You are very adventurous eaters. I am envious.
I enjoy your episodes that bring you out into the wild looking for edibles. Your sense of adventure has to be admired. Cheers
Wow. The typical Jeep 4x4 could never get through all that muck that Arielle drove the Ranger through. A lot of the roads (trails actually) would be impassible without the 6x6 Ranger. Very impressive vehicle. Love the outdoor scenes . Arielle's knowledge and easy to understand terminology when describing plant life ( or anything else) is phenomenal!
She missed her calling as a teacher . Eric's creativity and resourcefulness also makes me
curious as to what kind of work they did in their former rat race years ? Just can't believe how relaxing and hypnotizing these videos are ! Keep 'em coming !
I see you Shun. My favorite.
Love you guys and thumbs up from the Dooley Homestead
Thank you for these video's! Not only are they informative to watch, but fun as well.
While the scent of new greens is probably my most favorite thing about Alaska spring, I do love collecting and cooking fiddleheads. And as I said before, I always learn something here. Alaskan all my life and love coming across watermelon berries - but never knew til now that you can eat the shoots! Heading to Meadow Creek next week to hunt morels...thanks for a lovely video today!