CHOCOLATE VINE - Getting Advanced with This Alien Looking Fruit (Akebia Trifoliata)
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Get started at www.drinktrade... and let Trade find you a coffee you’ll love.
Episode 669: Chocolate Vine
Species: Akebia trifoliata
Location: New York City, USA
special thanks to www.wanderlust... for sending me this amazing fruit!
---
+ See EXCLUSIVE videos! Get REWARDS! Help the channel GROW!
Patreon: / weirdexplorer
---
+ GET A SHIRT:
www.weirdexplorer.com/shop
---
+SEARCH through a complete database of all my fruit reviews on my website: www.weirdexplo...
---
+ Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA:
IG: @weirdexplorer
Twitter: @weirderexplorer
FB: weirdexplorer
Reddit: / weirdexplorer
---
+ MUSIC:
"Nonstop" By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons...
---
+ SPECIAL THANKS:
Smarter Every Day, Loftyrex, JMac
Check out my Top Episodes Here: th-cam.com/play/PLvGFkMrO1ZxJldWKpSAhhnxuPYVeCt8oj.html
6:34 Just as a reminder to everyone, *THIS IS NOT A COOKING CHANNEL.*
--Jared, probably
Your suppose to place it in a bowl of salt in water to take the bitter taste away lol.anything with a bitter taste place in salt in water for minimum of 20 minutes then rinse out with fresh water. hope you do another one this way to see if you like it better love your videos merry Xmas take care.
I'm confused and very surprised. This channel resonated with the dark and strange corners of my soul. Thank you very much for your creativity. This is truly art.
There is nothing like this in my native language and in my country. Thanks again.
how blunt that knife is hurts my soul, fantastic work as always though Jared. I just wish I earned enough to be a patron ;-;
Fruits I hope you review soon if you get the chance
- Mexican Mountain Papaya (and/or maroon variety)
- Chempejack (Chempedak + Jackfruit)
- Cacao de Mico (Theobroma Angustifolium)
- Theobroma Speciosum
- Theobroma Stipulatum
I just wanted to say. I love this channel. Thank you, sincerely, for your work. It’s honestly an adventure, being shown that the world is so much interesting and diverse through fruit and your travels! I have so many fruits I want to try!
its such an invaluable archive. so much information about plants that isn't available in many other places, it makes the archivist in me very happy
@@amelade absolutely! I love his passion and the descriptions, history and culture something as simple as fruit can have.
The flowers smell great but we never got fruit in the UK in the years I lived with that garden. Edited to add: I just checked and it needs two genetically different individuals for cross-pollination to produce fruit. We only had the one vine.
I bought one vine and after doing my research I found these plants need to cross pollinate to reproduce any fruit so I am going to buy my second vine sometime this spring.
Oooh stuffed stuffing, now that's the stuff!
I cannot believe I have never thought of using spaghetti as a toothpick. Brilliant. I never have any toothpicks around when I make something like that.
I just use my knife 🤷
@@cerberaodollam I mean to hold food together. Not to pick your teeth.
Akebia is such a cool plant! I watched your first video about it and I was like "Yoo this looks too cool to grow in central Europe climate", then I found out it actually grows here! I once was buying bamboo from one hobbist and casually when talking about cool plants in gardens I asked her about Dead man fingers, and Akebia. And for my surprise, she had one Akebia trifoliata flowering! I ate flowers and it was tasting like unripe strawberry with a bit of bitterness. Gonna plant it this year for sure! it looks soo exotic yet it grows in 7a!
Be careful because they can be easily become invasive
So if you do I'd probably recommend doing it in a pot or something
You need to grow two vines to get fruit. Different genetically, not just cuttings. If you don't have space, perhaps give one to a neighbour as a present.
Finally, the long-awaited sequel to the Akebia Episode 1.
"Fists of Rice:
Akebia's Revenge!"
I'm liking the sound of that tea.😋
One thing to keep in mind when comparing peppers and akebia for stuffing is the growing seasons. Peppers are ending their season when akebia is just starting to ripen, so there would only be a few days where you could choose between the two rather than be stuck with one or the other. This is, of course, only an issue if you were limited to local growers.
if its so like eggplant, I wonder if salting resting and patting it dry could help with the bitterness?
The stuffed Akebia is certainly darling, maybe the minty-tingle-astringency is an acquired taste! Great video Jarod, love the choice of music too.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS REFERENCE WOOOOOO
would be weird if you have an obscure mild allergy with the seed and pod tingly reaction
To quote plant explorer Dan Hinkley, "It looks like slime, but it's snot." (He was actually describing the fruit of a related vine, Holboellia. Another one in the same family is Stauntonia. Hopefully you can taste those some time!)
Love your video. Perfect sponsorship too. You should do a weird explorer take on different varieties of coffee.
*Fun Fact:*
You can Stuff Stuff in Stuff, but you can't Thing Things in Things.
in passing, I thought your cat was a skunk and I thought to myself “wow, interesting pet and very brave owner”
They come descented , for pets .
@@davidarundel6187amazing
Now I know where they got the inspiration for AUDREY in Little Shop of Horrors.... "Feed Me"
If it's like eggplant, you would need to cook til it's v soft, no stiffness at all, like the pepper. Like eggplant maybe then it turns magically tasty. But bitter until then. (?) Just a thought.
"Feed me" LOL. One my favourite movies and the only musical I've watched several times. Love it!
I just wanted to say thank you for your channel it’s been a huge help to me I’ve always loved weird fruit and your videos are basically a checklist of seeds I need to buy
stuffed stuffing might be my favorite recipe
I love your videos by the way. You're always giving me new ideas of new types of plants to buy. I'm a plant hobbiest.
wanderlust definetly seems to have an interesting variety of plants to grow. definetly interested
Great video! As a collector of antique bottles, I really like your choice of condiment bottles (7:20), lol.
That's a fun collection to have. Any prized items in your collection? I just keep antiques in general but there are a few bottles kicking around.
@@WeirdExplorer Antique poison bottles (and any quackery medicine bottles which contained toxic substances) are some of my favorites to collect. One of my favorites in my collection is a late 19th century Fraser's Tablet Company bottle of "Chocolate Coated Iron, Arsenic & Strychnine" tablets. The original label suggests taking one tablet "three times a day, ten minutes before meals".
My collection also has focuses in 18th century free blown utility/black glass bottles, mid-19th century blob top (rounded applied lip) soda bottles, and early-late 19th century flasks (including some like your soy sauce bottle, lol).
Just last night, I won an auction for an 1870's Carl Schultz Central Park Mineral Springs, New York mineral water bottle (an early blob top version of their distinct 'ten pin' shaped bottle). The company has an interesting history and actually operated a Mineral Springs Pavilion in Central Park (at the north end of Sheep Meadow) starting in 1867.
That filling you made up looks delicious 😍
This is a very common vine in the deep south of the USA. I think it's actually considered invasive or at the least very aggressive growing. I didn't know it was edible. It's planted for the ornamental blooms which smell of chocolate, hence the name "chocolate vine".
Yes I agree. They should definitely use those in an alien movie.
"Stuffed... stuffing" What you made is basically a fritter. I'd slap that on a burger bun, myself.
Ok your measurements had me dieing with laughter!... But I got better.
I live in Japan and have never seen nor heard of this fruit, however, I'm really interested in trying it. LIke with most good fruits here, i'm sure they're only available for a month of the year while it's in season, which means I'll have to do some research and hussle between markets to find it
Or go hiking?
@@erikjohnson9223 I wouldn't know where to hike to find these. It's pretty vast and I'm ignorant with foraging, so I'm scared to eat random pods i find on the side of the road lol
@@IRLTools: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebia#Akebia_in_Japan
Northern hemisphere would be ripe in August - September.
I have another Akebia species called Akebia longracemae, I like the pods after microwaving them for 3 m
To make it tatse best, microwave for 3 minutes before prepare it
Jared you are awesome!
Using the piece of spaghetti in place of a wooden toothpick reminds me of the Columbo episode where Leonard Nimoy was the culprit, a doctor who used dissolving sutures in place of non-dissolving to slowly effect the murder of an adversary, Dr Heideman, during a heart operation.
Would be great if there could be more herbs/spices tests as well :)
To get rid of the "grassieness" put the fresh leaf's(any fresh green) in a jar and let them simmer @ 120F /50 C for a few hours. Enzymes will deconstruct all that chlorophyll, who makes up for the grassy taste.
Love the Hoosier cabinet in the background. Great versatile pieces of furniture!
You are correct... except Marsh Cinquefoil sometimes has 7 and looks like a weed leaf.
I think they're called leaflets. The 3 leaflets make up the whole leaf :)
Maybe you can use the inside of the fruit the same way you might make a desert out of passionfruit?
Love your channel
Two fists of rice sounds like a Kung Fu movie title... Or a food documentary
Pretty sure you just ate your pod-person doppelganger pod.
I love this channel so much, that now I have to try this fruit
Wow. Didn't expect you to get the other variety
I planted an Akebia quinata last spring. It is in good, supplemented soil but is only growing sluggishly. Maybe that is typical for the first year as it needs to get established. I hope it takes off this summer.
good luck with it
I planted a ton of these along my fence. They took over. I haven't eaten any yet.
This fruit is so cool looking! Loved the "stuffed stuffing".
I never saw bell peppers split vertically for stuffed peppers before and now I'm wondering why I don't do that cause it seems -way- easier
That is the only way I have seen them made.
I love wanderlust. My black Chilean guava, luma, Himalayan honeysuckle and strawberry guava from them are all sprouting. The owner also bought a kadsura off vine off me thru ebay several months ago. I hope it's doing well for him.
Ooooh I can imagine making dolma with these
So very interesting. great video
I'm an outcast, riding into town alone.
I got wanderlust, branded deeper than the bone
Thanks
Thank you!
Nice to see you reviewing it again!
Mexican Mountain Papaya... 💀
forbidden alien podfruit 😮
it reminds me of a passion fruit
That moment when vegan fruit websites are selling you actual human kidneys.
LoL... "this is for all my ASMR people" heheheh... cool looking fruit and interesting this should show up as I was recently reviewing what unique fruits I still have not yet tried. Thanks! :)
Like others state...salt well and let sit rinse and dry or parboil.
I loved the measurements in the recipe. 🤣
Did you get icecream?
you should try lichas they are common in central america
As many people have said to you before I really think that if you salted and soak the Akebia you would take the bitterness out of it
This man stuffed stuffing!
Well I guess I'm happy mine has never fruited.
Been there for years, but hey, I'll try the tea idea, gawd knows I have plenty of leaves, maybe it's useful for something after all
maybe they mix the Akebia pulp / seeds into the stuffing and just cook it in the skin for presentation?
Damn it, I counted 51 grains of sugar. Guess I need to start all over again
Great video interesting fruit never knew it existed.
Can't wait to get you over to NZ bro 👍🏽
one day!
This stuffing felt like you mixed all the vegetarian stuff into existence except cheese!
And eggs
The white spot on the seed was part of the pulp I think
Never thought I'd comment about an ad, but I use Anodyne at my cafe all the time! How'd you like it?
This is the first time Im watching this channel and im unsure if that kettle has some sort of sentimental value, but man that thing looks like you got it out of a house fire. Btw, great info.
Little purple alien pods that hurt your mouth and taste funny. I think we put this one down to experience.
I agree about the pods! I have tried them the sautéed way and they were too bitter. Not good.
But the real question is, will it ketchup?
Yes, this is the most important question!
Nah will it chilli I love chilli 😅
I bought myself one of these vines on Amazon and right now it's dormant. I'm going to buy myself a second vine in order to reproduce more of them because I heard they're invasive whenever there's more than one vine growing together. They produce both male and female flowers but they need a second vine for cross pollination. I always try to grow invasive edible plants to provide emergency food Incase I am ever in need of emergency food like if I run out of food. Right now I am in no need of food because my cupboards are jam packed full of food including my fridge and freezer. I'm a prepper. I prep for emergency situations.
Should dub a really trippy looking exotic fruit the avatar Pandora fruit you can really ride the wave of way of the water
You need to visit El Salvador. It’s a tropical fruit paradise. You need to try fruits like the sin cuya that looks like an orange durian or the chayote or the cuchamper. Just search on TH-cam frutas Salvadoreñas. 🌺
Just because someone can be eaten doesn't mean it should be. Interesting video as always, Jared!
Definitely don't eat someone, hahahahahahahaha
Please don't eat people
I think I saw that one, Bruce Lee Two Fists of Rice, 1972?
8:01 "wheat gluten"
Me with celiac disease: 💀
Wow, surprised to hear of Anodyne on this channel.
Pretty sure they're in the Bayview neighborhood, but then again I haven't been there in a few years.
Also, I have to ask if you've ever worked professionally in a kitchen, just judging by the knife skills and one-handed egg crack.
I just used to watch a lot of TV 😅
@Weird Explorer That works too.
Definitely looks super interesting even if you aren’t a fan of the pod flavor.
What's the music when you're making the filling? I was digging the organ.
"Feed me, Seymour. Feed me all night long!"
"folia" refers to leaves, so, "trifoliata" is most certainly "three-leafed"
Good video.
I have about an acre of it behind my gardens. lol Plant with caution.
I tried to make the stuffed recipe and it didn't taste good, turns out I only used 49 grains of sugar
yeah gotta count those grains twice to be safe
I tried too but I used 4.93 of sesame oil and I thought there was too much. In the future I will use the 4.92892 I am sure that is the perfect amount.
cat
what were saying?
*rewind*
Anodyne Coffee: Fortified with ballast fluid freshly sourced from Mystery Flesh Pit National Park. ;)
So I honestly have no idea about this plant, but since you said the insides taste a little bit like persimmon, I’m wondering if the astringency of the outside is because you ate one that’s under ripe? Remember how you said the little ones look great well the big one looks like it is going to go off? Maybe the big one is more properly ripe then the little ones were.
I’m wondering if maybe you’re allergic to some parts of the akebia plant? Hard to say though, since maybe your reaction to the seeds and the tingling sensation you got now are completely normal.
how about as a disposable dish?
can you do a video on those purple bell peppers?
I have one in the backlog :)
@@WeirdExplorer thanks :) also if you've got a chance, Schisandra chinensis (aka gomishi, omija or repnihat) or natsugumi (Elaeagnus multiflora) could make for interesting videos in the future.
The inside looks like kiwano melon pulp.