Who is going to forage for wood sorrel now? 🙋♂ Seriously, try out that wood sorrel tea. It tastes amazing!
@WillSurvive2TheEnd
3 ай бұрын
when I was homeless for the first time in Asheville North Carolina, 2005-2009, not able to work due to mental, emotional problems (for which I now receive a disability check which is what got me off the streets), I use the knowledge I had of wood sorrel and dandelion. I was drinking from a creek that emptied into the French Broad River, play some miracle I never got sick. before I became homeless I learned that combining dandelions and sorrel tastes like green plums. the dandelions are slightly bitter and the sorrel sourness offsets them wonderfully. so I was eating a lot of that along with a few other wild edibles I found. I survived for 2 weeks straight eating off the land and drinking creek and rainwater I gathered. now I'm in an apartment in Alabama. I've got a huge patch of pink sorrel to the right of my door surrounded by other flowers I bought. I'm growing italian dandelions, stinging nettles, bunching onions, tomatoes, eggplant, purslane, russian red kale, and jerusalem artichokes around my place in pots and raised beds I made. trying to grow extra food for the economic collapse coming, honing my green thumb. 99% finished compost pile in the woods, making my own free fertilizer. life is pretty good now...except for my literally clinically insane, irritatingly elderly and criminal neighbors. sometimes they make me feel like I want to be homeless again lol. but I'm positive the catastrophic economic collapse just around the corner will rid me of them soon! 😉
@Julia_USMidwest
3 ай бұрын
So glad to learn I can make bit into tea! I have returned to replay how you made the fresh tea. Thanks!
@WillSurvive2TheEnd
3 ай бұрын
@@oculartremorssourgrass is ridiculously easy to identify.
@sharonkaywhitson
3 ай бұрын
I just ate some at my daughters house n I grew up eating sour grass. LOVE it!!!
@darcieclements4880
3 ай бұрын
I'm not sure what world you live in, but there's absolutely no comparison. Wood sorrel is nice and if you get it with the pods on it it's like pop rocks in your mouth, but Skittles I mean come on man.
@worshipwormking2327
3 ай бұрын
I've made some 'lemon bars' with wood sorrel leaves and buds. I ground them to a paste in a mortar and pestle and then replaced about half the lemon juice in the recipe with the pulp. they don't look very pretty, but they taste great!
@acbeaumo
3 ай бұрын
I wonder if there's a way to make use of wood sorrel that is more appetizing.
@10thletter40
3 ай бұрын
@@acbeaumo Probably just find a way to normalize the look of wood sorrel in food? I think it looks good
@oakmaiden2133
2 ай бұрын
I agree, flecks of herbs and flowers look delicious to me😊 I made a salsa last night but was out of cilantro. I subbed spicy nasturtium flowers and young leaves, chopped fine. Mmmm😊
@jennasjams
3 ай бұрын
Purple Oxalis (purple leaves) is my favorite plant. It goes to sleep at night, closing its leaves and then opens them hours later as it wakes up with the sunrise. 💜☘️
@CricketsBay
3 ай бұрын
I have a giant Purple Oxalis. It was on clearance at the grocery store floral department after St. Patrick's Day. It's beautiful and it's finally getting more leaves, albeit slowly.
@jennasjams
3 ай бұрын
@@CricketsBay the flowers on mine are a light lavender color. So pretty. I'm glad you got one; they're much larger than the wood sorrel.
@brandon9172
3 ай бұрын
I grow Oca (Oxalis tuberosa) and it does the same.
@EnergeticSloths4
3 ай бұрын
My stepmother has some growing and I love to joke about how I can eat them all away lol
@jennasjams
3 ай бұрын
@@EnergeticSloths4 OHMYGOSHNESS!! You remind me of when I brought my personal plants into a local bakery/cafe where I worked on the Big Island. I took great care of all of my plants and because the purple oxalis were edible, we had two of them on a long "family table" (I mean, come on, they look like dancing butterflies and a baby might grab one and put it in their mouth and we knew they were edible and safe on the table). But after a few weeks had passed I noticed they were looking sparse and saw their stems were broken off in several places. I couldn't figure it out and kept looking for a hidden slug or an insect culprit, but come to find out...some young woman had been eating them! She had the audacity to approach the barista who was on shift one day and asked her, "Can you wash these off for me"? The barista told her that the "plant lady" was very upset with her and asked her to not please come back. The mystery was solved! A pest had indeed been grazing on my lovely, huge, purple oxalis...but it was not an insect 😆
@dannyturner7967
3 ай бұрын
We used to eat this as children. We called it pickle grass
@ThisGuy76
3 ай бұрын
Yes! Pickle grass was everywhere in my neighborhood (West Riverside in Jacksonville) when I grew up in the early 80s.
@dannyturner7967
3 ай бұрын
@@ThisGuy76 early 80s south west Missouri for me
@danaclear5630
3 ай бұрын
We called it Pickel weed.
@kimberc813
Ай бұрын
@danaclear5630 we did too!
@friedoompa-loompa2876
3 ай бұрын
Oxalic acid looks like a balloon dog
@jennasjams
3 ай бұрын
😂 right?!
@FeralForaging
3 ай бұрын
I love this... 😂
@unicorn.mushroom
3 ай бұрын
Reading this comment before seeing the molecule was very confusing. It very much does 😂
@andrewhooper7603
3 ай бұрын
Has the LD50 for balloon dogs been established?
@amandasunshine2
3 ай бұрын
I read this as the graphic came up and it was perfect 😂
@choccolocco
3 ай бұрын
Finally someone refers to it as “sour grass”. I think you’re the first person I’ve seen use that term. That’s what my grandfather called it when he taught me about it in Alabama. We ate quite a lot as children, and my favorite are the “tiny okra” seed pods.
@bobbyboergerhoff9648
3 ай бұрын
I grew up in Minnesota, calling it sour grass
@duxdawg
2 ай бұрын
We call Wood sorrel "sour clover" here in Wisco. Taught to eat it in the 1970s.
@BushcraftingBogan
3 ай бұрын
I love making Iced white clover and wood sorrel tea. Soooooo refreshing on these 90 degree days. 1 cup of white clover tops 1/2 - 1 cup wood sorrel Add to 1 quart mason jar. Add boiling water and fill jar. Cap and let cool. Leave the jar in the refrigerator overnight. Work in the yard. Come in abd strain your cold tea into a glass and love it! ❤
@marybillups4822
3 ай бұрын
Long time ago, back in the early 1970s, as a young girl, I had a small wildflower patch that I called my flower garden. My Mama & Daddy, mowed over my beautiful flowers, telling me that all they were was weeds. I never forgot that small plant with the pretty little yellow flowers. Now, I know that was Wood Sorrell. ❤
@Chris47368
3 ай бұрын
Thats so sad! I hate how any plant on a lawn that isn't monotone grass is somehow a 'weed'...lawns are also pretty bad for the environment and strips away plant biodiversity too! If/when i get a house im not going to bother maintaining a 'lawn'...wild plant/flower patches seem way more appealing to me both appearance and maintenance wise.... The only "garden maintenance" i will be doing is for any shrubs or vegetables/plants i might want to grow! 😂
@marybillups4822
3 ай бұрын
@Chris47368 I'll keep a strip of grass 4 ft wide X 10 ft long, for my little dog to do her business on, but the rest will have to be regulated to garden space, with short fencing around it...to keep my little dog out of it. I'll have to put winding pathways throughout my garden.
@Chris47368
3 ай бұрын
@@marybillups4822 Fair enough! And sounds a good layout! I think the winding pathways are a great idea! 👍
@valethewolf49
3 ай бұрын
@@Chris47368💚🍀🌱
@lambocomrade6487
3 ай бұрын
The violet wood Sorrel is so common here in Taiwan, since I was a kid I have been eating them and convincing my friends to eat them as well. I will be trying the yellow ones this summer in America. Thank you for this amazing video!
@markbrandli
3 ай бұрын
That is the first wild plant that my Grandfather taught me in 1961 and it is usually the first one that I will show someone else. I'm still eating it mostly because of its abundance and flavor.
@MeretrixTricks
3 ай бұрын
In Poland, we have a traditional spring /summer dish - soup from wild field sorrel. We serve it with hard-boiled eggs. I'm not sure is it true, but egg is supposed to neutralise oxalates. I've eaten this soup hundreds of times and I love it.
@wmluna381
3 ай бұрын
What is the name of the soup?
@MeretrixTricks
3 ай бұрын
@@wmluna381 It's called "szczawiowa zupa" literally "sorrel soup". There is a good recipe on polishfoodies site. It's close to the most common / traditional version. You can use any broth base you wish if pork doesn't suit your taste or diet. Even vegetable one is a great choice.
@joannathewlis8402
Ай бұрын
O jakiej roslinie mowisz? Szczaw?
@littlemissyjo8550
3 ай бұрын
Wood sorrel! One of my favorites! I've been eating it since I was 3 so more than 50 years. I also taught all 4 of my kids and both my grands. I didn't know it came in purple or pink. Thank you for that.
@DraftingandCrafting
3 ай бұрын
White too.
@littlemissyjo8550
3 ай бұрын
@DraftingandCrafting oooh! I'll have to watch for that one too
@kraziecatclady
3 ай бұрын
All I've ever had were the purple ones.
@Emprivan
3 ай бұрын
lol, but did you ever teach them the sour dance?, big wad of the yellow flower ones just the stems folded up, lol
@MariaGonzalez-ok3dg
3 ай бұрын
Man I’ve been looking for this plant for over a decade. We would forge for it in Mexico but I was 4 so I couldn’t remember what it looked like or its name but I could remember how good it was
@industrialgoose4756
3 ай бұрын
I didn't know this was a thing. As a small child I would eat these when no one was looking, or as a gag if others were around(well pretending it was a gag anyway since that was less embarrassing than just admitting to enjoying eating random plants) I clicked on this video excited to see a new thing only to be hit with the nostalgia of one of my guilty pleasures growing up that I had completely forgotten about. Recovering lost memories is always interesting.
@Yeehaw0588
2 ай бұрын
SAME I did this is camp and I got called a cow for the rest of the week
@victorialw1
3 ай бұрын
I used to eat them as a kid. We called them pickle flowers.
@Eiroth
3 ай бұрын
My parents showed me wood sorrel when I was a child, and since then I've been unable to resist picking a few whenever I see them. They're so tasty!
@TaneKarnes
3 ай бұрын
All over my yard and my chickens love it. Ive always compared to shamrocks. ☘️
@6AxisSage
3 ай бұрын
I put sourgrass into some fish soup for a sour component this week and it worked great! Sadly ive only been snacking on them and could have been putting them in my dished
@czerniana
3 ай бұрын
I was literally just in the yard a week or two ago going ‘huh, that’s a funny looking clover’. XD. It was totally these leaves! I’ll have to see if I can find where that was at.
@Toddis
3 ай бұрын
This channel had such a small subscriber count not very long ago, glad to see it taking off so quick 🚀 People like quality content, this stuff is undeniable, well done! 👏
@objective_psychology
3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for combating the misinformation surrounding oxalic acid. As usual, the fear response is NOT proportional to risk and is rather proportional to people's irrational fear of foraged food.
@mariakasstan
3 ай бұрын
This was the first green I ''foraged'' in childhood...such a refreshing treat on hot summer days. My nibbling was brought on by curiosity as I noticed the resemblance to clover and wanted to know how it was different...flowers, color, scent, ...taste as the obvious next step. It may be a wonder that we live to grow up but I don't seem to have killed my self yet at 74.
@bluesioux9538
3 ай бұрын
I guess the good side of the fear-mongering over the oxalic acid, the morel mushrooms, etc is that the less # ppl eating these items, the more there is for the rest of us! Yay!
@Call-me-Al
3 ай бұрын
Good for you. My mother's constantly feeding us this baloney was probably part of why I had so much anemia even before puberty. And then she constantly made me feel bad for having health issues she caused in me. I hope you only gorge yourself on these and don't abuse your kids with malnutrition. Edit: and yes, this was more common than similar high oxalic stuff for my childhood than stuff like spinach, rhubarb, and even parsley.
@ReapingTheHarvest
3 ай бұрын
@@Call-me-Al You're just assuming and blaming your mom. Not cool.
@Call-me-Al
3 ай бұрын
@@ReapingTheHarvest She deserves it, so that's fine (literal abuse, physical, mental, medical neglect, etc). Homeopathy and DIY herbal treatments are not a valid replacement for professional medical attention, and in my country medical costs had zero to do with it because it was free for kids. She even got pissed off at me if making me drink herbal tea or similar didn't rapidly cure me from being sick, as if I was intentionally being sick despite me fearing being at home and loving being at kindergarten and later school.
@crusher9z9
3 ай бұрын
@@ReapingTheHarvestMHMH!! YOU ARE BUGS, LET YOUR KIDS ROT ITS YOUR FAULT, FEED THE KID THE VITAMINS AND **COOKED** SPINACH
@TheWanderingFinnegan
2 ай бұрын
@@Call-me-Al... Wow. You sound like you are a very miserable human. I wish better for you.
@samrappl9011
3 ай бұрын
I've been cultivating wood sorrel that I domesticated for about 6 years and it is one of my favorite herbs!!!
@averykempf9164
3 ай бұрын
How do you use it besides snacking?
@samrappl9011
3 ай бұрын
@@averykempf9164 in a spice mix for sauteed meats; though I add it on right at the end so I don't burn it!
@averykempf9164
3 ай бұрын
@@samrappl9011Thank you!
@TaLeng2023
3 ай бұрын
How do you mean domesticated? Did you start breeding them?
@samrappl9011
3 ай бұрын
@@TaLeng2023 I did! They're much larger than most of the ones I see in the wild. I don't think I've bred the most sour and sweet flavor though. Mine taste somewhat milder. Maybe I'll integrate some more flavorful ones back in!
@hughaskew6550
3 ай бұрын
I avoid oxialates to whatever extent possible. I used to love baby spinach in my salads, using little or no other greens. However, three rounds of kidney stones surgeries later I finally learned my lesson. I've been stone free for over ten years since I dropped baby spinach salads.
@AlsanPine
3 ай бұрын
oh, i love woodsorrel. i have encouraged them in my orchard and enjoy them often. their flowers are so beautiful also. it is one of the most happy plants around 🙂 i also cook with it. gives a nice tangy taste to my stew.
@Rayne_Storms
3 ай бұрын
It's so cool to hear someone talking about this! My brother and I called them Sour Grass growing up and I loved to snack on it. Now I encourage it to grow in my lawn and garden. It's so tasty!
@Nachiebree
3 ай бұрын
When I was in elementary school at recess someone showed me "the clovers with the yellow flowers are tasty". We went around and looked for them and ate a few and then when I was older I was confused to see clovers with ball-like white flowers. Now I get it lol
@Pooch1953
3 ай бұрын
I learned about this plant when I was a young kid, over 60 years ago. I learned it from old timers, all my friends and myself would grab a bunch while out playing to eat. I still do so as well as having showed my children when they were young and now my grandchildren. It has always amazed people how flavorful they are when I show people. Glad to see this video and it's detail explaining the safety in eating it. Another great video, thanks.
@iamdigory
3 ай бұрын
I think the best name is lemon clover!
@mamaAimEC
3 ай бұрын
That's what I called as a kid
@lauriemclean1131
3 ай бұрын
Loved this. I do indeed have a bunch of this stuff in my yard. Calling it "nature's skittles" makes sense. 🤔😉🤣
@carrieonly5638
3 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness!!! I was just telling my bf the other day about eating this as a kid, but I couldn't remember the name of it. Thanks!
@GazB85
3 ай бұрын
Is it really as nice tasting as he says in the video?
@MariaGonzalez-ok3dg
3 ай бұрын
Same here! We would eat it in Mexico but I couldn’t remember anything but the flavor
@carrieonly5638
3 ай бұрын
@GazB85 It absolutely is, it's sour but in a really nice way
@venidamcdaniel1913
3 ай бұрын
We called it sour grass n chew on it regularly since I was a child.
@blueunicornhere
3 ай бұрын
10:38 Lol. Me too. And shepards purse. But i was a little kid in nebraska. Didnt know not to eat them. Tried a green ground cherry on a dare but spit it out (toxic when unripe) Had my first psychadelic experience eating a handfull of unripened mullberries... again on a dare...
@13_cmi
3 ай бұрын
You know what? I do need to eat plant.
@TakingBack40
3 ай бұрын
They're delicious, and the kids love snacking on them. The violet ones are great as well (we usually only see them in the forest).
@SlabHardcheese
3 ай бұрын
I ate this a lot growing up hiking and I did get bad calcium oxalate kidney stones in my 30s requiring surgery.... Your mileage will vary of course, and I suspect dehydration played as big a role too. Not everyone is as susceptible but if you're prone to stones stay away or be careful to eat dairy with it.
@creatinghanley
3 ай бұрын
Oh! Those weeds that the seed pods explode when touched! Now I have a reason to harvest them; thank you Jesse.
@blueunicornhere
3 ай бұрын
I grow woodsorrel in my flowerbed and at it often.
@blueunicornhere
3 ай бұрын
*eat* it often
@kittyprydekissme
3 ай бұрын
When I was a kid, my aunts called them sheep sorrel. I was confused when I saw sheep sorrel in a book and it was completely different.
@rhodawatkins4516
3 ай бұрын
I was just thinking that we used to nibble on something similar looking when I was a kid, but we were told it was called sheep showers, or at least that's what it sounded like.
@duxdawg
2 ай бұрын
Common Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) and Common Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella) are totally different edible plants with similar taste.
@Secret-Forest-Mushrooms
3 ай бұрын
Check your title :) I think you meant to say 'this plant' Also you timed this nicely with Ze Frank he just had a video about exploding seeds and mentioned wood sorrel. Happy little accident.
@FeralForaging
3 ай бұрын
You know what's funny, all those comments about plant and I still didn't notice until you said that! 😂
@heathbecker420
3 ай бұрын
I taught my boys about wood sorrel this spring, my 14 year old loves how tart it is I am gonna show him this and we will make the tea together and try it. Thanks!
@nooneyouknowhere6148
3 ай бұрын
Dad showed us that when we were kids. Nice lemon flavor
@terrycowley3241
3 ай бұрын
We called it Chaw Chaw Grass… loved it as kids😂
@_Dio_Brando_69
3 ай бұрын
Oxalates are only one compound that can form kidney stones. The formation of stones occurs due to supersaturation, or the increase and subsequent decrease of the saturation point. As temperatures increase, more and more of a compound can dissolve in a solvent, like certain minerals in the water in your kidneys. But when they decrease, those compounds are forced out of solution by means of crystallization. The answer? Meter your intake, and drink lots of water. You would have to eat an inordinate amount of oxalate-containing foods while relatively dehydrated to be in danger of kidney stones. Oxalate kidney stones are the most common because it's the most prevalent compound in foods we eat a lot of, like potatoes. But you're never going to eat enough wood sorrel to come even remotely close to that point, unless you're spending an entire day foraging like mad and consuming your entire bounty at once while drinking no water.
@SepiaSepiaKR
3 ай бұрын
I have very fond memories of eating these whenever I visited my grandma's rural property as a kid. There'd always be plenty, and we'd gather them on the way to the pond where we'd sit for hours watching the tadpoles, looking for their frog parents and eating these. I wholeheartedly agree, everyone should try them at some point. They're delicious!
@morrisl7
3 ай бұрын
these are pretty good but so tiny and low to the ground thus easily contaminated with dog shit, insects, lawn sprays etc.
@emptymannull
3 ай бұрын
We make sorrel tea all the time here in the Caribbean. It's super popular among the Rastas like my stepdad.
@osiyopeaceosiyopeace4807
3 ай бұрын
I use wood sorrel by drying it out for on my fish seasoning. And in my salads.
@kaymojil7669
3 ай бұрын
I literally put the phone down and walked into the yard, picked a bunch, washed and chowed down. They are delicious. I had just one timidly once and I thought it was abrasive. Eating a mouthful makes for such a bright flavor! I know what you mean by “skittles” now.
@SusanStringer-if6yk
2 ай бұрын
I am so happy to know that sourgrass's proper name is Wood Sorrel. 50 years ago, I turned my whole elementary school class onto the joy of sourgrass. It grew under the fence of our playground, where the lawnmowers couldn't reach it. We called the seed pods "super sours." The teachers became a bit concerned about the number of youngsters wandering around eating 'grass.' As for the prior video which linked over to this one, I had no idea that the white clovers we used to make flower chains were also edible. At 61 years of age, I'm still learning.
@Oddbits-5
3 ай бұрын
One should also be aware that Wood Sorrel (Oxalis sp) contain a fair amount of Oxalates, which in excess can damage kidneys. But then too may regular foods contain varying amounts of Oxalates as well. But it is tasty, and is something you can use to settle an upset stomach many times too. Funny thing this year, Lamb's quarter and Plantain have been far more productive than the greens I planted, so they got dehydrated.. Thistle too, but I try tyo not let it get too large before pulling it out so I do not have large enough Thistle stalks for dehydrating, and the Thistle leaves jsut seem to be too much work.
@caragoin7454
3 ай бұрын
I ate these all the time as a kid. Didn't even know what the plant was, just know I loved the tart flavor. Moved a few years ago, and found some growing in my yard. Decided to look it up to see if it was something that was actually considered edible and was pleasantly surprised with what I found! Went out into the yard, and picked a few leaves to munch in celebration of my new knowledge.
@sherryweeks5956
3 ай бұрын
Yes, my grandfather taught me edibles in the woods and grass....sour grass is what we called it....great!
@kennedy67951
3 ай бұрын
I have been eating this plant and many others with no bad problems. Hell, no problems at all. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me.😊
@Pingwn
3 ай бұрын
Here, in Israel, we call it Hamtsitsim (commonly pronounced Hamtsutsim) and children commonly eat them all the time.
@Kittyinshadows
Ай бұрын
Oh man, this was taught to me as the "edible clover" as a kid. I remember being blown away tasting it!
@autumnayer5086
3 ай бұрын
One of my favs! I thought of Trix or Fruit Loops 3 years ago when I started my journey.
@margiechism
3 ай бұрын
Native/wild invasion ■ it appears self seedlings are banding off my annual vegetable/seedlings environment; I do believe it is for the best. M
@Catherine-ty8ss
3 ай бұрын
Grew up eating that plant. When it goes to seed, the pods look like little green bananas. Never got sick.
@danielvest9602
3 ай бұрын
I remember making salads of these, dandelion leaves and wild strawberries with my mom as a kid.
@WellSwolen69
Ай бұрын
These look concerning similar to buttercups which can kill you
@iraadams7459
3 ай бұрын
My dad introduced me to the blue wood sorrel when I was about 6 or 7. It is a lot more sour than the yellow.
@SmarteeeSteve
3 ай бұрын
I want some now. Im also on the hunt to discover staghorn sumac berries and paw paws
@wtliftr1
2 ай бұрын
excellent video about the actual effect of oxalic acid! I'm tired of the fear mongering all over the internet. And I hate to tell you this, but I'm pretty sure you're eating cyanide EVERY DAY. Cyanide is a deadly poison!! :) Also, several species of Oxalis are used as a cultivated flower. I'm living in my grandparents' old house, and Grandma's oxalis ( O debilis) is taking over the yard. This species also produces underground tubers, also edible. And the little spiky seed pods of Oxalis spread the seeds explosively; this is probably how I have ended up with Oxalis in unusual places...
@wtliftr1
2 ай бұрын
I transplanted a bunch of wood sorrel into my flower bed yesterday evening. I have three different species of Oxalis right now, and am looking for as many species as I can possibly grow near Raleigh, NC... I REALLY want to plant some purple Oxalis next spring.
@gardeningtheearth
3 ай бұрын
I love oxalis but calling it nature’s skittles is a bit of a stretch
@abivise7756
3 ай бұрын
Could you talk about Lamb's Quarter in a video soon?
@DJCole34
3 ай бұрын
Oxalis is good herb but eating too much of it is actually bad for your kidneys.
We call it sour weed. There are a few types. If you grew up in the 70-80 you know exactly what to eat outside.
@kevinroberts781
3 ай бұрын
I'm subbing to her stuff!! She is fantastic!!!!!!
@BaldDumboRat
3 ай бұрын
I loved foraging these as a kid, but for some reason I haven't been able to find any since then. I remember on a camp trip the tutor told us those plants would give you the runs, but I was confused because I consumed them in mass with no issues. Also, I recommend cooking wood sorrel, I used to put them on the outside of a fireplace to brown them and they tasted like sour apples!
@pablog.3906
3 ай бұрын
Excellent, fighting taboo, watch out!
@uncleirohislegendary
3 ай бұрын
Isn’t oxalis acid the stuff in pineapples?
@MasonJAR
3 ай бұрын
Watching this while I’m eating McDonald’s lol
@sherryweeks5956
3 ай бұрын
Make a toothbrush from a black gum tree...
@MisterSausage614
3 ай бұрын
Have it growing in my potted garden at my apartment
@pokmonx
3 ай бұрын
We ate sour grass all the time as children 😂
@dwaynepierson5269
3 ай бұрын
We in Oklahoma call it sheep shire 😊
@Beyondthefirmament
3 ай бұрын
I found a lot of this today around my garden and was so surprised how good is tasted!!
@AmirH.232
2 ай бұрын
thank you very much for information 🙏
@Julia_USMidwest
3 ай бұрын
Really appreciate the oxylate info!
@ShouldHaveBeen
Ай бұрын
We call it Candy Clover.
@boodashaka2841
3 ай бұрын
New Zealander here! I found a good chunk of the purpurea variety of it growing in a large plant pot here and used that. Wouldn't say it was like lemonade per sé but it had a nice taste and the colour was really neat, like strained rhubarb maybe!
@TaLeng2023
3 ай бұрын
If you liked it, you'd probably also like roselle (another plant that is also called sorrel sometimes). It makes a red tea.
@boodashaka2841
3 ай бұрын
@@TaLeng2023 That's the hibiscus plant right?
@duxdawg
2 ай бұрын
How about trailside lemonade on a hot summer day? Any of the sorrels (wood, sheep, etc) plus the silk from milkweed pods. Sweet and juicy meets sour. Boom! Instant lemonade! And no, Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) does **NOT** need to be cooked, much less in multiple changes of water! We've been eating ALL parts (early shoots, tender leaves, flower buds, flowers, pods and silk) of it raw and cooked for half a century. NEVER did more than blanch or add directly into soup. So sad how many baseless, easily disprovable myths abound in foraging.
@WilliamGlenBatemanJr
Ай бұрын
W/ no input (roots) the leaves will LOSE some WEIGHT... as you know by transpiring water vapor, mostly to cool at a variable rate ( Srfc Area, Temp. RH and spp stomata status). Homeostasis bruh🤙 Rock on - from W central Gulfcoastal Fl USA
@Solarpunk_SciFi
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the advice, sure would've been great to gather them, but we... Nebeprisikiškiakopūsčiaudavome. (To the 0.3% that actually get the joke... No but seriously, if this comment actually gets recommended to somebody who knows what that means, I'm gonna scream so loud my neighbours might call the police.)
@kiddykatnesscorral4613
3 ай бұрын
All my life since I was little Ive been turning people, especially kids, onto tasting what i grew up calling, SHEEP SHEAR because sheep shear it gone LOL!!!
@RoyHolder
3 ай бұрын
We chewed sour sob flower stems as kids for a mouth freshener, interesting times. (Bermuda Buttercup, Oxalis, Cape Cowslip. Origin South Africa)
@fleeb
3 ай бұрын
For whatever it's worth, consuming calcium with spinach or wood sorrel should help you excrete any resulting crystals that your kidneys might collect through your feces instead. Because I'm one of those folks negatively impacted by oxalates (I consumed a lot of spinach, and had to have two operations to remove kidney stones), if I were to try this, I'd probably drink a lot of milk. Although, I'm interested in the magnesium substitution. That seems interesting.
@notreallymyname3736
3 ай бұрын
Huh, I always thought that was just a different variety of clover. Luckily for me, I have it growing all over the place! No joke, I could probably fill a gallon pail without much effort in my yard. Between that and all the goose foot, my salads are going to get cheaper 😂
@PureU0Artificial
3 ай бұрын
You need to do a video on pineapple weed, just discovered this tasty weed last week. I love wood sorrel. I’ll have to look up it’s health and medicinal properties too. Food is medicine, so I’m always trying to find out what ailments “weeds” are also good for. Interesting fact, my son is a “severely allergic individual “ so he is allergic to most things outside, dust, mold, and several animals . This is very difficult to navigate. But the one thing he seems to not be affected by is poison Ivy. Pretty crazy, huh?
@beebop9808
Ай бұрын
Funny. I've never known it as anything except sour weed. Eaten the stuff since I was a small kid after my mom turned me onto it. Turned my chickens onto it and showed them where to find it. Mistake...... Now I don't see much of it around the place. lol
@bloodlove93
Ай бұрын
now I'm really wondering if this is what i remember from my childhood, i could swear it is...but I'm used to chewing on the stem and it being kinda lightly crunchy,and here everyone is talking about leaves...so idk if it's same or similar, i want it to be what I'm thinking.
@teddy-behr
3 ай бұрын
I have firsthand experience trying two different species of woodsorrel! Creeping Woodsorrel and Bermuda Buttercups :) the buttercups have a nicer taste imo, more lemony and less green tasting than the creeping woodsorrel. Due to the warning about oxalates plastered everywhere, though, i would only eat one or two leaves every so often, and now all the buttercups in my yard have died back so i can't eat as many as i want :( i hope to make woodsorrel-ade next year when they come back!
@Swishy_Blue
3 ай бұрын
In the Puget Sound we call it Logger's Lettuce. My mom called it Sparkle Clover, but I think that was just her being silly.
@brandon9172
3 ай бұрын
I'd recommend everyone to grow oxalis tuberosa. It tastes just like Sorrel but is incredibly easy to grow and is quite vigorous, at least in the PNW.
@silversoultheimp9928
3 ай бұрын
We have tones of the yellow ones around where I live and my grandma would always say "oh those are sour flowers eat as many as you like" and they were like candy for me as a kid we'd also suck on Purple Dead Nettle and Henbit flowers for their nectar and my sister liked Clover flowers we'd also collect wild Blackberries and Pawpaws with our dad(grandmas son) it's so awesome seeing you covering things I always knew were edible but in school they'd always say eating wild plants of any kind would make you sick or kill you thank you so very much for teaching people about foraging especially the local and easy to find plants most just think are weeds
@colbyjames7255
23 күн бұрын
I was introduced to sorrel 40 years ago and am apt to eat it as long as it's not growing right next to a much traveled road... Vehicular exhaust and other pollutants transferable via drive-by baptisms after a rain can make things unpalatable.
@rushodai929
3 ай бұрын
As kids in the 70s, we used to flick the seed pods to watch the seeds fly out. Didn’t know it was edible until watching Les Stroud’s Survivorman episodes.
@marxtheenigma873
3 ай бұрын
Big patch of these in the yard before I had to move. Big juicy pink flowered ones. Ate so much as a kid. Called them juicies. Was fortunately able to take some with me.
@LightInnDmountain
3 ай бұрын
Not from your yard if at some point treated with pesticides or souch, remenber plants are water and absorb.. And as rule of life and logic... In the middle is perfect, no to much or to little, mix, variation, we are ovmivurus and Smart ..dont we?
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