Just subscribed to your channel and have caught up to your posts. You’re doing an excellent job of being succinct. As there are a multitude of Alaskan Homesteaders to select from, I appreciate your superior building skills, intelligence
We would love to try these! We missed it last year and this year tmwe only had about a day before they opened up and were too late. 🤞 Hopefully we will get some next year!
Thank you! The Fireweed is definitely a fantastic one to try. Basically, in shoot form, it tastes very much like asparagus. We can't wait to try some recipes once it blooms.
Another excellent video! The wife...carries a firearm, excellent foraging skills, amazing cooking skills...one could make the argument that she is a Kansas girl!
HI, I think you can eat dandelion leaves better es a salad. Bevor you can eat it, you had to lay it for 10 Minuten in handwarm water to get the bitter substances out. After that, wasch with cold water. And serve with balsamiko, oliveoil and sunflower seeds. Greetings from the north of germany
We have loads of wood ferns. But we found a lot of conflicting answers on whether or not they are edible. I'm sure they can be consumed with minimal negative reaction.
@@northtoalaska2022 my mom, dad, 2 sisters and ate them every spring/summer and she passed away at 98 years old. didn't hurt her. she lived 30+ years after she left alaska. she may have made it to 100 if she hadn't eaten them thar ferns. enjoy alaska as much as possible.
I'm sure someone has already mentioned it, but there's an app called, picture this, that will help you identify plants. Not sure if you have cell service while wandering about, but you could always upload them when you get back to your rv
We will have to try that app! Thank you for the information. We've been using a few books that we have specific to Alaska foraging as well as Google lens, but we will check that out. Sometimes, we do have to take pictures and compare them later as we don't always have service when wandering around.
I'd be calling Tyler for pizza delivery.... LOL Seriously though, have you walked and mapped out most of the property? I'm guessing it looks much different without the snow cover...
Haha!!! We've walked pretty much the entire property. Definitely look SO different without the snow. But, funny enough, it was easier to snow shoe on top of everything than pushing through brush. At least it is easier to visualize where we can and want to build.
New to channel, going thru all the videos comments… saw you mention drone and you are new to having a channel. Note on drones. I watched a guy a few years back that got into problem posting drone videos. It seems you need a license from FAA that requires some studying. Might only be if monetized - not sure. Maybe law has changed but might want to check into it. 👍
I do believe you are correct! Thanks for bringing this up. Aperently, the law just changed again on this very recently, and it looks like we will need to get a pilot license. I'm looking forward to it!
That meal made me hungry. Sure looked good.I have to try that Fire Weed dish next time we're in Alaska. I love Asparagus! Well, on to your next video. You do a nice job with editing. Love the scenery. Are you in to drone photography? All the best! B&B from E.R. Wi.
Thank you so much! If you love asapargus, it is definitely worth a try! It's like a milder version of it. We do have a drone and have some nice shots of out here. Unfortunately, it rained for nearly 2 months straight, and we couldn't have it out hardly at all. We hope that changes soon and we can get some awesome footage!
A acquired taste, but if your starving it's ok , get some black seeded Simpson lettuce ,first fry 1lb bacon ,once crunchy take out of fry pan , rinse lettuce a big bowl full will shrink so put a lot in a big bowl , crumble bacon up pit in bowl with lettuce. Reheat bacon grease pour of over lettuce and stir till all grease is wilting lettuce. Add pepper salt a little or what spices you want .. It's called wilted lettuce!!!
I have a mushrooms of Alaska book you would love it’s great, you can find one at the Zoo in the gift store, I’d love to forward copies but wouldn’t know where to start and the book is amazing for just 12 bucks
Oh, that would be amazing! We have Alaska foraging books, but none on mushrooms, and we have so many popping up right now! We definitely need to grab ourselves one.
@@northtoalaska2022 yes very soon you’ll be able to put up so many great shrooms for the winter,, i dry them in. My dehydrator I find so many, and they last all winter, the morels come out early May till oh June 15th, i really love them, best place to find them is in an old burn
Hello 👋 glad you are enjoying the videos! We do have brown and black bears that move through the area. They had a moose kill on our property this spring. Bears can be very defensive of a kill. Sometimes, moose decide to stomp humans and pets as well. We like to take precautions to prevent being mauled or stomped to death unexpectedly. Thankfully, all of our interactions to this point with nature have been peaceful in alaska 🙂
Thank you for the tip 😀 Do you happen to have a tip for stainless steel? That's the pan that gives us a sticking problem, even with oil or butter, and we haven't found a solution that works yet.
@@northtoalaska2022 gosh, I avoid them. I use cast iron skillets mainly. With my steel pots, I keep the temperature low to medium to avoid that problem. It seems to help. I just keep steel wool to clean them when I get too happy with the fire. I got tired of the food stuck to the iron skillets that had to be soaked to get them clean. I knew to get the pan hot before I made cornbread, but I didn’t know that the reasoning was to keep it from sticking…and I’m your mama’s age.
@@joannabowers1358 We almost solely use cast iron, too, unless we need multiple big pans and don't have enough cast iron pans. We do have some steel wool, and we've used that, but the cast iron is just much easier to clean. I'll certainly be keeping all that in mind from now on so we don't have any more food sticking 👍 We appreciate your input!
@@northtoalaska2022I've seen where they cut an onion and sprinkle salt in the pan and get it hot while swirling the onion in the pan and then nothing stuck to the pan.
Just subscribed to your channel and have caught up to your posts. You’re doing an excellent job of being succinct. As there are a multitude of Alaskan Homesteaders to select from, I appreciate your superior building skills, intelligence
Welcome! We are happy to have you :) Thank you so much for your kind words. It is appreciated.
Dinner looks great. You are correct bacon makes everything taste better. Keep up the great job with your dream adventure.
It was! Thank you, we will 😀
Love your dog!
Benelli is a good boy 🙂
You got some beautiful photos of flowers and fresh plants just bursting through! Thank you~
Thank you! These clips were in early spring when the snow had just melted and the forest was beging to come back to life!
I agree. The videography is A-1🤩
Like the cooking, simple. Thank you.
Thank you! 😀
Keep it up! I expect to see your numbers climb quickly!🎉
😄 We are very busy and have a lot more content on the way!
Wow, you guys are doing really well!
Thank you!
Oh man that food looks tasty and delicious. Yum!!!
The green new sprouts on white spruce taste amazing as well. You can make a tea, add to a salad, or eat the new growth tips alone.
We would love to try these! We missed it last year and this year tmwe only had about a day before they opened up and were too late. 🤞 Hopefully we will get some next year!
All looks yummy - Would love to try fireweed one day - don't have it here - Thanks again for sharing....
Thank you! The Fireweed is definitely a fantastic one to try. Basically, in shoot form, it tastes very much like asparagus. We can't wait to try some recipes once it blooms.
That looked pretty good.
The fireweed was delicious! The devil's club... not so much lol.
I bet I would like devils club,
Haha it tastes like chewing on a spruce tree. I bet pesto made out of it would be pretty good.
You guys are a joy to watch, I have yet to try eating foraged food in Alaska.
Another excellent video! The wife...carries a firearm, excellent foraging skills, amazing cooking skills...one could make the argument that she is a Kansas girl!
Thank you for the kind words! 🙂
Hello 👋 have a good day😊❤
Thank you 😊 you too!
I'm bingeing your vids from the start, and each one so far has been so different from the others.
What a fascinating find your channel is!
Good work🤩
😀 I am glad that you found us! Enjoy! And thank you!
HI,
I think you can eat dandelion leaves better es a salad. Bevor you can eat it, you had to lay it for 10 Minuten in handwarm water to get the bitter substances out. After that, wasch with cold water. And serve with balsamiko, oliveoil and sunflower seeds. Greetings from the north of germany
Hello! Thank you for the tip 🙂
Good old cast iron skillet! I use mine every day and I wouldn't use anything else.
We love cast iron!
Everything is better with bacon….and butter!❤️❤️✌️
It certainly is 😀 thank you for watching!
Heck yeah 😊😊
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my mom and i use to pick every fiddle head fern there was. we just peeled the brown off and used them in salads and stir fry.
We have loads of wood ferns. But we found a lot of conflicting answers on whether or not they are edible. I'm sure they can be consumed with minimal negative reaction.
@@northtoalaska2022 my mom, dad, 2 sisters and ate them every spring/summer and she passed away at 98 years old. didn't hurt her. she lived 30+ years after she left alaska. she may have made it to 100 if she hadn't eaten them thar ferns. enjoy alaska as much as possible.
Thanks.
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I'm sure someone has already mentioned it, but there's an app called, picture this, that will help you identify plants. Not sure if you have cell service while wandering about, but you could always upload them when you get back to your rv
We will have to try that app! Thank you for the information. We've been using a few books that we have specific to Alaska foraging as well as Google lens, but we will check that out. Sometimes, we do have to take pictures and compare them later as we don't always have service when wandering around.
I remember 😂👍🏿💯
I'd be calling Tyler for pizza delivery.... LOL Seriously though, have you walked and mapped out most of the property? I'm guessing it looks much different without the snow cover...
Haha!!! We've walked pretty much the entire property. Definitely look SO different without the snow. But, funny enough, it was easier to snow shoe on top of everything than pushing through brush. At least it is easier to visualize where we can and want to build.
New to channel, going thru all the videos comments… saw you mention drone and you are new to having a channel. Note on drones. I watched a guy a few years back that got into problem posting drone videos. It seems you need a license from FAA that requires some studying. Might only be if monetized - not sure. Maybe law has changed but might want to check into it. 👍
I do believe you are correct! Thanks for bringing this up. Aperently, the law just changed again on this very recently, and it looks like we will need to get a pilot license. I'm looking forward to it!
That meal made me hungry. Sure looked good.I have to try that Fire Weed dish next time we're in Alaska. I love Asparagus! Well, on to your next video. You do a nice job with editing. Love the scenery. Are you in to drone photography? All the best! B&B from E.R. Wi.
Thank you so much! If you love asapargus, it is definitely worth a try! It's like a milder version of it. We do have a drone and have some nice shots of out here. Unfortunately, it rained for nearly 2 months straight, and we couldn't have it out hardly at all. We hope that changes soon and we can get some awesome footage!
A acquired taste, but if your starving it's ok , get some black seeded Simpson lettuce ,first fry 1lb bacon ,once crunchy take out of fry pan , rinse lettuce a big bowl full will shrink so put a lot in a big bowl , crumble bacon up pit in bowl with lettuce. Reheat bacon grease pour of over lettuce and stir till all grease is wilting lettuce. Add pepper salt a little or what spices you want .. It's called wilted lettuce!!!
I wish more people made food like, meat vegetables oil spice. No packet or can or box could ever have more flavor.
I have a mushrooms of Alaska book you would love it’s great, you can find one at the Zoo in the gift store, I’d love to forward copies but wouldn’t know where to start and the book is amazing for just 12 bucks
Oh, that would be amazing! We have Alaska foraging books, but none on mushrooms, and we have so many popping up right now! We definitely need to grab ourselves one.
@@northtoalaska2022 yes very soon you’ll be able to put up so many great shrooms for the winter,, i dry them in. My dehydrator I find so many, and they last all winter, the morels come out early May till oh June 15th, i really love them, best place to find them is in an old burn
I bet you could find some mind blowing mushrooms up there 🌈 🍄
We are going to forage for super Mario Brothers fly agaric soon!
Just subscribed and I am catching up on your posts. Looks like your going in the right direction. Can I ask why you wear The pistols please
Hello 👋 glad you are enjoying the videos! We do have brown and black bears that move through the area. They had a moose kill on our property this spring. Bears can be very defensive of a kill. Sometimes, moose decide to stomp humans and pets as well. We like to take precautions to prevent being mauled or stomped to death unexpectedly. Thankfully, all of our interactions to this point with nature have been peaceful in alaska 🙂
Don’t know if you are aware, but if you get an iron skillet hot before introducing food into it, food won’t stick nearly as bad.
Thank you for the tip 😀
Do you happen to have a tip for stainless steel? That's the pan that gives us a sticking problem, even with oil or butter, and we haven't found a solution that works yet.
@@northtoalaska2022 gosh, I avoid them. I use cast iron skillets mainly. With my steel pots, I keep the temperature low to medium to avoid that problem. It seems to help. I just keep steel wool to clean them when I get too happy with the fire. I got tired of the food stuck to the iron skillets that had to be soaked to get them clean. I knew to get the pan hot before I made cornbread, but I didn’t know that the reasoning was to keep it from sticking…and I’m your mama’s age.
@@joannabowers1358 We almost solely use cast iron, too, unless we need multiple big pans and don't have enough cast iron pans. We do have some steel wool, and we've used that, but the cast iron is just much easier to clean. I'll certainly be keeping all that in mind from now on so we don't have any more food sticking 👍 We appreciate your input!
@@northtoalaska2022I've seen where they cut an onion and sprinkle salt in the pan and get it hot while swirling the onion in the pan and then nothing stuck to the pan.
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The dandelion you can eat that raw
When I was younger my parents would make a hot bacon dressing and put it on the dandelion at Easter time
I miss the Alaskan fireweed but not the devil’s club.
Удивительно!Вдвоем ходят с пистолетом в лесу.От кого защита?От людей или животных.
Hello 👋 we have hungry brown bears and moose. Chances of seeing people is near zero.
Brown bears can be dangerous and there are crazy people everywhere, carrying is a good idea no matter where you live.
Very true!
Is it customary to carry firearms in the open and what would you be shooting at?
Hello 👋 yes this is normal practice in an area with large predators like brown bears.
Just don't get those devilsclub stickers in you!!! They hurt like the dickens!!!!!
Haha! Unfortunately, Katie did get stuck a few times trying to pick them 😅