Tequila is asparagus juice! (kinda)
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This video feels like Adam found a midpoint between his regular videos and his old podcast.
The podcast was so great. I hope every few months or so he will release some more. Very fun listening, I will always crack a smile at some point during one of them. Lauren’s gregarious voice is equally missed from the feed. All in all, still ever so happy to see Adam on TH-cam! He’s looking and sounding great these days.
@@wordytoed9887 If he evolved the podcast into a semi-regular "Adam and Lauren Talk About Stuff and Are Cute Together", I'd listen to every episode.
I really love that his “soft retirement” is leading to much more engaging, enjoyable videos.
To me it feels like his underlying interests haven't really changed and some downtime has helped him replenish the pluck to (lite) pursue them in spite of the accompanying adversity.
@@paulhammer4941 Yes, he seems much more relaxed and happy, which communicates so well to us.
Asparagus grows so funny like it just comes straight up like how a kid draws plants growing
It took me a while to accept that fact
asparagus comes up like a prank
@@OrigamiMarieAsparagus comes up like it wants to be the knife on that old Metallica "Metal Up Your Ass" T-shirt.
They grow like someone stuck them in there to prank people into believing that's how they grow.
6:29 In Mexico we DO actually eat the flower stalks of agave: it’s called “quiote” (pronounced kee-oh-teh) if you are interested. It’s usually baked in an oven until it becomes sweet. It’s like an oversized sugar cane shoot in terms of texture (and taste).
Don quiote?
@@pelletrouge3032 fetch me my barber's basin!... I mean helmet
But does it make your pee smell?
Me encanta que cada vez que hay que explicar una palabra nueva en inglés hay que explicar cómo suena. En español es como "esto es un quiote, se pronuncia qui o te y se escribe quiote".
@@cfv7461 De acuerdo, Es muy obvio cuando se aprenden los sonidos del idioma
`How can you look inside a chicken and not notice we are all part of the same lineage of life!` Some real Diogenes of Sinope energy there Adam.
Never before has Adam sounded more like a wizened old sage driven mad by the knowledge of the universe 😅
What's up f#ckers? Hey check out this person I found!
@@azayles lmao i would argue that the vegetable soup video covered that base already
Plenty of Americans have never opened up a chicken. They only know of chicken as chicken fingers and (when feeling fancy) boneless breast meat.
@@appa609 Thankfully even less of them opend up a human :D
Adam Asparagusea over here.
Why I taxonomize living things, NOT liquor
😂
is that what he calls it
I got really high once in middle school and literally watched asparagus grow before my very eyes. It grows fast
Damn sounds like a trip
Such a beautiful story.
That is such a diplomatic way to say: "cool story bro".@@aragusea
Some places here pick it twice in a day!
@@davidbeddoe6670I think you might not be reading my intent? Have I not sufficiently outed myself as a weed dad?
I love that your example of a cactus @ 3:00 is a milk tree which isn't technically a cactus but just another very good illustration of convergent evolution!
Came to the comments looking for someone to point that out. It’s in Euphorbiaceae. Same family as yuca (the cassava kind, not the soapweed kind)!
Didn’t we knew that he would eventually do that? 😂
Based pro evolution Ragusea feels like my favorite side effect of semi-retirement aside from you looking and feeling happier! LOVED this one Adam, keep up the good work as long as you wish, and I apologize in advance about these comments❤
That flower is the national flower of El Salvador, here is called Flor de Izote. And we eat it, sometimes combined with scramble eggs
mmm sounds good
As a Botanist I have annoyed my friends for years by saying Tequila is asparagus juice.
Also for fun here’s some more surprising members of the Asparagus family:
Monkeygrass
Hostas
Spiderplants
The Dragonblood Tree
Snakeplants
Stealing that for a better headline
@@aragusea it’s an honor to have my dumb joke in a video title
My snake plant sprouted an asparagus the other day
Vodka is tomato juice.
I recently learned young hosta shoots are edible and I almost dug into my moms flower garden
bro is not beating the 'not retiring' allegations
Your evolution rant seems to be a reaction to what probably filled your comments section in the Easter video. Great content, as always.
I'm so glad there are smart people like you on the internet. We need more intelligent videos like these.
5:40 Bacteria do not reproduce through spores. Bacteria generally reproduce through simple binary fission. Bacteria do produce endospores, which sound very similar, but these are non-reproductive structures and are instead used for survival in extreme conditions. Spores are exclusive to plantae and fungi kingdoms (and some other plant-like or fungas-like eukaryotes).
Also came to the comments to say this lol, thank you
For a curiosity, King Crabs are more closely related to Hermit Crabs than Dungeness Crabs.
Ah yes "crab", the most and the least meaningful word at the same time
@@gabry2558 Multiple lineages of crustaceans developing into “crabs”
@@tomhalla426 yeah that's what I'm referring to, most lineages have specimens that look like crabs but if you follow the taxonomy they're very very distant from each other
@@gabry2558we [every species] are but passengers on the ride of the inevitableness that is becoming a crab. We are all crabs somewhere along our journey of eventuality
Yes and there is no such thing as a 'fish' www.youtube.com/@NSTAAF
Who else wondering how that giant asparagaceae stalk tastes 🤤
its called quiote, it is baked before eating and it is very sweet, it is very similar to sugarcane in both texture and taste but a bit bitter
Ayo you gotta pause that
what a lovely botany themed story jampacked with interesting information and a sweet rant at the end infused with some philosophy. love it.
I think it's fascinating that we have so many foods that can be grouped into the same categories. like all the brassica family. There's so much variety!
For the brassica its even more crazy as cabbages arent just related but most are the exact same species and are just a different cultivar. So while agave and asparagus are like humans and chimps, Brussels sprouts and broccoli are like poodle and corgi.
To say nothing of how many of our fruits and vegetables are all a variation on Roses.
and if you have a bottle of herbs mix (like italian seasoning or herbs de provence or something like that) probably like 90% of its contents comes from the same deadnettle family (rosemary, thyme, mint, basil, sage, oregano, marjoram, etc)
I’m not sure of the exact numbers but something like 90% of the worlds non meat food supply comes from just 11 species of plant
As a non-American, I recognized some of the plants mentioned here because they appear in Fallout New Vegas. Particularly because you can pick yucca and agave plants and use them in recipes. There are joshua trees around too.
🎵🎶i got spurrrrs🎶
My favorite thing about animal taxonomy and the weirdness of common ancestry is that dolphins and whales are in with the even-toed ungulates despite not having toes.
I mean 0 is an even number...
Well, they don't have toes, but the analogous bits that WOULD be toes in the flippers are still even.
@@herebejamz my joke was, that having 0 toes is technically also an even number of toes
@@thebestdamager7400are you sure…seems a bit Odd to me
I am aware, @@thebestdamager7400 , and it is a good joke. This was more a note on the original statement in this tread that they don't have toes. They do, they're just not functioning as "toes".
I saw the same thing when I went to New Mexico to visit my sister. I'd say, Oh look at the asparagus trees and she'd say no, those are not asparagus trees, those are agaves.
I like these trips to local places it’s really neat. Had no idea that asparagus and agave had so much in common
i lived in texas my whole life and i learned about the agave life cycle after the freeze. my neighborhood had a ton of agave plants and they all sprouted at once after the freeze brought all of them to the brink of death
im all here for adam's new youtube phase
i wouldn't get too attached lol
Adam's "retirement" gives me a semi. (Please never quit)
Yes, Adam, please more like this! I'm a mycologist/forager, and learning about the whole range of foods we eat, from wild to cultivated, is fascinating to me. Of course, I'm a big fan of _Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't,_ which is in a whole different register, but he goes all over the world to share his unique insights with us. Following you to botanical gardens and other locations would be great.
Hurray for asparagus season - we're in a growing region here, and it's such a treat.
So the ferns we can see reproduce with spores but as a plant biologist, i'm not sure saying ferns reproduce by spores is quite right. Anyone who is interested in this topic look up alternation of generations.
But for a quick summary the ferns we see growing are a type of organism that is called a sporophyte, it has two chromosomes and reproduces by spores. The spores grow up to become their own living organism that only has one chromosome that we call a gametophyte. Fern gametophytes are about the size of a fingernail according to google so we don't really think about them when we think about ferns because they are just so small. but that gametophyte makes gametes that combine and make the ferns we normally think of.
What he's saying is fern have sex. Just like all living thing does.
Fern reproduction really threw me for a loop when I learned it in my plant biology class.
Muscadine grapes would be an excellent video. They are native here in the South and make amazing wine.
No… they don’t. They taste like feet. 🤢😂
So what you're saying is... Asparagus Tequila?
Asparagus mezcal
Find someone who looks at you like Adam looks at asparagus
I whole heartedly agree with the 2nd way of taking that reminder!
REALLY happy to see Adam stepping back and getting the help he needs. The quality of the videos since then has been 'through the roof' excellent, and this one is no exception! Our Sunday morning routine is to make breakfast, then watch the newest Adam videos while eating. I've loved cooking for decades, but Adam's videos have really helped me branch out! Keep up the good work!
Loved the Editorializing there at the end. Do More!
Love the channel. Me and my partner watch literally every video. Probably one of the best channels on this site! Thanks for everything Adam!
The tag-team on the HelloFresh ad was very entertaining. 🤣
I adore the new style of content ngl, Ragusea's finest
this is a bit out of left field but since you have that steak with asparagus there and you are, after all, "that steak guy" you might be interested in the dish i made a week ago:
steak au poivre with sauteed green asparagus, fresh strawberries, and some mafaldine coated in pureed strawberry & red wine. it was the absolute best steak dish i ever had.
Really enjoying your make-a-video-about-whatever-whenever-I-feel-like phase.
The episodes where you get to really nerd out about a topic has always been my favourite. Like the Monday videos you did at a stage. I watched those far more religiously than the, usually related, recipe video that would come out later in the week.
Green asparagus is one of the most delicious veggies out there. Absolutely love it.
So that's how you get white tequila, you bury it😂
Pretty much every liquor distills over clear. Colors come from additives, or aging.
Great video as always! Definitely scratches the curiousity itch with those tangents
Thank you adam I always learn something new when I watch your videos❤
Hope you had a good time in NC Adam!
really cool to see plant to table stuff like this
Great video and it’s always great to learn about these things!
I am fucking loving your vids lately! Thank you mate ❤
I'll be visiting a local garden this weekend. One of many since I live in Florida, land of flowers. I've not been to this garden before, but another garden relatively local to me has a whole section devoted to edible and medicinal plants, which I find fascinating. I highly encourage everyone to take a day trip to a local botanical garden!
Loved this one, never knew that but it makes perfect sense!
God damn it that was a hella fun video!!! Adam, thank you for continued content even though you are semi-retired. We love you! ❤
I really appreciate how passionate Adam got at the end of this video haha
Ha! Love the rant that makes up the end of this. 100%.
loved the ending rant
Just yesterday I had some cilantro with a curry that I had made. The stem had a distinct taste of celery, looked it up and funnily enough they are related from the Apiaceae family.
I've never broken down a raw animal but I have studied many animal skeletons and mammals all have very similar bone structure. That's why it's so easy to anthropomorphize mammals (making them stand on 2 feet, for example).
Not even mammals. Birds, reptiles, hell, even fish! Ive butchered a ton of fish and you start seeing how exactly fish evolved into all the tetrapods. After all, all of us (humans, birds, lizards, snakes, amradillos, horses) all fall under the classification of bony fishes. You see how the bones link up with the pectoral and the anal fins, and how just a bit of thickening could turn those into proper limbs, and especially how many similar organs there are.
pls show more edible curiosities from the carolinas, this was wonderful!
In México its actually edible its called "quiote" kind of fermented candy
I love this man so much. Who makes such amazing content?
Yes! More edible curiosities from the Carolinas!
I was walking in the north bay and saw a massive agave flower that I immediately thought was a 10ft wild asparagus. I went down this rabbit hole to find the connection and I am delighted that you have dug so much deeper for us to enjoy.
First aquarist content now botany content. This guy just gets me
This was great!
Really like this kind of videos, thanks 😊
Nice! 1 of 2 of my Texas Red Yuccas just shot up it's flowering stalk!
This is like the fourth time Adam has made a video investigating/explaning/answering a very obscure observation/question that I have been contemplating for years before he ever mentioned it.
This pod/vod hybrid format is definitely working pretty good. I hope it's as much easier to produce as its new frequency would imply.
More "Adam nerds out about a thing" is always good, and if you are enjoying it more this way, I'd call that a win-win.
oh man, the best family reunion possible, i'm very fond of both species😁
Hey Adam! Great video! I honestly was wondering if you could do a video on how you organize your kitchen! Maybe inspire us home cooks to get more organized! Thanks!
thank you for explaining mezcal terminology! I was a craft bartender for almost 3 years and I never knew that mezcal is an umbrella term over tequila. I thought mezcal had to be mostly espadin. So interesting. :D
Adam great video as ever and very well explained! 🙂😎❤
Thanks Adam! I appreciate your comments about the realities of our relative position in the grand scheme of things. Also, I hope you enjoyed Raleigh. I know that I have.
Great video! I'd love more videos about plants. Especially foraging
Have you ever thought about doing a video on citrus taxonomy?
they're such a mess (in a good way), at least half of the citrus fruits that are sold in grocery stores are hybrids, that's so wild
this vid hits the spot
6:25 we eat the “flower stocks” of agave in my home town near Jalisco where tequila comes from. We call it “quiote” and it’s cooked underground. The texture is surprisingly similar to the bamboo shoots Japanese add to their ramen.
Would love to see you tour random botanic gardens
I used to work in a botanical garden. Once a professor from a music academy asked me multiple times to cut off and bring him a flower stalk from an American agave plant (Agava americana). Apparently they have amazing accoustic properties when used as guitar necks or something idk.
Love videos like this.
I just came back from Nazas, Durango, Mexico (Eclipse!!!). I did see quite a few cacti that may have been agave.
Also, as I arrived at the airport, there was a couple of men chopping down the stalk from a plant in the median. I had presumed they didn't want it to fall onto the road, but maybe they were harvesting for themselves.
Awesome video! Thanks ❤
When you see how asparagus grows for the first time it looks like somebody's trying to prank you
I desperately want to see Adam make some kind of giant asparagus dish using those flowers. Even if its just as like a casing for a roast or something if it’s inedible
Excellent video! More botany videos!
We used to have so many blue agave at my childhood home.
I loved watching their stocks pop up every year or so.
Now looking back and thinking how much money must have been just in the ground from those decades old plants
All lost in the fire of 2003 😮💨
In México we indeed eat the flower stalk of agave plants, called quiote and make a candy out of it!
I have to say Adam, your videos post 'retirement' are giving me a huge amount of joy and hope they're doing the same for you! ❤
Spider plants, Chlorophytum comosum, are in the Asparagus family too. They also produce flower stalks with propagules (or "spiderettes" as I call them) that totally look like asparagus now that I think of it.
The family asparagusea was my favorite part of this video
2:56 fascinating video as always. If I remember correctly, the "leaves" of cacti are actually the stems botanically speaking, and the actual leaves evolved into the prickly things (I don't know if thorn is the correct botanical term for this).
I really enjoyed the part about a hello fresh please tell me more
A fun ramble :D
I very much like the idea of little rambling talks about edible curiosities. Especially if the greenhouse and fish tanks get involved too, which since Adam is experimenting with aquaculture just MIGHT be a possibility -
And while I know foraging is absolutely not his usual thing, if he happened to go poking around a local forest and found some wild food it'd be cool :P
I did not know that agave was in asparagaceae! Neat!
That was great. Prong energy
didn't expect the rant about creationism and similar fundie pseudoscience but i'm here for it
I learned about agaves in Oaxaca, then noticed my aloe and other succulents flowering basically the same way. Made the same realizations as Adam. Joshua tree looks exactly like the cuishe family of agaves 😂
Went to those same botanical gardens in Oaxaca...incredibly hot!
Love your content :D
You should try the West-Norwegian dessert Queen Maud fromage (Dronning Maud)
5 eggs
5 plates of galantine (ca 8g)
5dl of heavy cream
7 table spoons of sugar
1 table spoon of powdered sugar
150-200g of chocolate
0,5 dl port vine
Whip up cream with a bit of powdered sugar to stiff peaks
Shred chocolate
put the galantine in cold water
Whip up eggs and sugar until it turns very light yellow and thick
Dissolve galantine it in a bit of boiling water
add the dissolved galantine to the eggs
add port vine to the eggs
fold the eggs and cream carefully together
add the fromage in layers between shredded chocolate in a see through bowl
I love the science history food explainers
This video is giving me a trip 😅 I'm from Raleigh and work for an IT company who has Tony Avent as one of our clients...so weird to hear Adam talking about things I deal with in my life every day 😂
LOVE U ADAAMM