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@robsonwilianwinchester9726
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting 🤔 indeed. I'm your Brazilian fan Jared go to southern Brazil states like Rio grande do Sul!!! We have monkey puzzle 🎍 pines and butiás palms 🌴 also try bananas🍌 like caturra etc!!! Is infinity possible in this world 🌍🌎 to try fruits and veggies!!!
@dougs_urbanfarm
Жыл бұрын
Next level Jared, this would not look out of place as a TV show. Great episode.
@alessandromariani3015
Жыл бұрын
It's called corbezzolo .. not strawberry tree xD
@alessandromariani3015
Жыл бұрын
@@ricardohorta7004 Is Aguardente de Medronho a Portugal Medronho variety?
@ICONOCLAST5.56
Жыл бұрын
17:42 Oh I didn't realize there were other visitors in the museum lol
@censusgary
Жыл бұрын
There’s nothing like a liquor review by a man who never touches a drop.
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
haha, I'm glad I had friends there to try it too. They did a far better review than I could ever do.
@robertanderson3310
Жыл бұрын
He did touch *one* drop
@tantamounted
Жыл бұрын
The moment was glorious. I also rarely drink even though I love a good beer or cider, and I would gladly have had that shot of liquor.
@amniote69
Жыл бұрын
Medronheiros (strawberry trees) are being pushed in some parts of central Portugal as an alternative to eucalyptus plantations. The fruit has a reputation for fermenting on the tree before it falls, and for this reason children are warned not to eat too many! I've eaten mildly alcoholic medronhos. They get muskier, heading towards mango, perhaps. Loved this episode. Thank you for sharing all this.
@jannikheidemann3805
Жыл бұрын
Mangos, bananas and kiwis also ferment by themselves. Was never warned about that.
@christajennings3828
5 ай бұрын
@@jannikheidemann3805fermented kiwi is awful. I have a hard time getting my kiwis to ripen, we don't get enough heat. So I leave them on the vine as long as possible. Sometimes I wait a little too long, and we get a frost. When the fruit thaws, it ferments, and is ruined.
@antoniobranco5513
5 ай бұрын
Quando o medronho está muito maduro , o fruto fermenta na árvore ,, e fica alcoólico... Os pássaros sabem disso , é apanham monumentais bebedeiras... também têm direito , coitados... É vê-los voar aos ssss...
@paulo6456
4 ай бұрын
@@jannikheidemann3805 these fruits in particular tend to ferment in the stomach, which makes people drunk easily, 10 or so fruits are enough for that.
@jannikheidemann3805
4 ай бұрын
@@paulo6456 Wouldn't the stomach acid kill off yeast that make alcohol, or do the enzymes from the yeast keep working while attacked by stomach acid and the proteolytic enzymes it contains?
@gingermany6223
Жыл бұрын
I love finding highly specific, hyper local museums like that while traveling.
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
its so much fun!
@Urbangardener1
Жыл бұрын
When I told the people on my garden page that this plant was edible, everybody was really surprised. It is grown as an ornamental plant on most of their properties
@Balls2YourMom
Жыл бұрын
yeah saw these all over berkley and santa cruz when i visited
@markiangooley
Жыл бұрын
In northern peninsular Florida it’s loquat trees grown as ornamentals but almost nobody eats the fruit. I suspect the trees are never selected for higher-quality fruit either.
@awkwardlyrachel5524
Жыл бұрын
I think there's one of these trees in the front of my apartment complex in Northern California. I also had no idea the fruits were edible, though I've always thought it was quite a shame that such pretty fruits were poisonous/inedible. I'm fixin' to try one when they're growing next.
@jeffharper9703
Жыл бұрын
PHAEBRIËL DADDY'O ! ! !
@esmeraldagreen1992
Жыл бұрын
@@markiangooley Loquats are delicious I used to eat them all the time when I was little, but they don't grow or are available where I live now
@evanever
Жыл бұрын
I stand by Arbutus as being genuinely good fruit that should be cultivated more. The outer grit may be unpleasant but, if you leave them for a day, they get this beautiful custard consistency and taste like tangy blueberry and banana.
@AnoujRajput
4 ай бұрын
I read a lot that they taste of nothing, maybe they need a warmer climate than the UK to taste good.
@trentgraham465
Жыл бұрын
I really liked seeing the reactions of all the performers. They all seemed really nice, and it was kind of nice to get a peak into another part of your life.
@Psilomuscimol
8 ай бұрын
Peek
@Psilomuscimol
8 ай бұрын
Peak is the highest point of something.
@uHaveMe
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: in Italy its called corbezzolo, and some people considered this plant the simbol of Italy, as it has the three distinctive colors of Italy (green leaves, white flowers and red fruit).
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
So interesting! Is the alcohol popular there? I did a bit of digging on how it was used in Italy but didn't find too much information.
@creeper_rrr4437
Жыл бұрын
@@WeirdExplorer its alcohol is only made in few zones and regions of Italy
@wiscopolo44
Жыл бұрын
You mean Italy’s symbolic plant isn’t the rare Neapolitan pizza tree?
@meisteremm
Жыл бұрын
@@wiscopolo44 That's the craziest thing I have ever heard. Everyone knows that pizzas grow as tubers.
@alexny1173
Жыл бұрын
@@WeirdExplorerin Sardinia they make a really nice bitter honey from corbezzolo trees but it’s pretty hard to find nowadays as the production is pretty low due the the short and I believe late flowering season of the tree.
@BSIII
Жыл бұрын
You're out here putting in professional quality content for us, and it's appreciated. The amount of detail you go through for each fruit, including the multiple uses for it, and showing the processes behind those uses is amazing. Better than anything you'll find on TV. Good work
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@jhamk1676
Жыл бұрын
I'm french and I remember very well my sister eating those fruits when visiting family in the south of France, we call them "arbouse" there
@julienhennequart33
Жыл бұрын
Yess! also french here, they are also very common in the pine forests of the oceanic southwest. I was told when I was a kid to avoid eating them as they would give you diarrhea if you eat too many. As you said they are a bit grainy and sometime a bit astringent.
@LittlewhiteTorch
4 ай бұрын
So proud as a Portuguese to see nice people discovering the culture of my homeland 🇵🇹❤🌎
@joaopepa
Жыл бұрын
Portuguese Subscriber here ! Happy to see our Medronho
@Inkwell_Animations
Жыл бұрын
I’ve bine watching you ever since you made your earlier episodes in the 100s. It is incredible to see your channel grow and evolve over the years. You have keeped me entertained for years and I thank you deeply for it.❤
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
So glad to hear it!
@lasagnahog7695
Жыл бұрын
I was exactly in the mood for half an hour of Weird Explorer. I particularly enjoyed this one. It's so cool that there was a whole museum for the fruit.
@ogreenius
Жыл бұрын
As someone who loves both novel fruits *and* spirits (often made from fruit), this was a really fascinating episode! Thanks for delving into this aspect of things despite being a non-drinker! We appreciate your sacrifice. 🙂 And if you ever need a spirit taster to explore more of that side of things, I'm your guy. 😉
@bigjay875
Жыл бұрын
Everyone knows drunken teams are always funnier than one drunken person and would like to offer my service as a drinking pall👍😊
@JessHull
Жыл бұрын
What a fun episode! I have these growing all through my neighborhood in Central California. When they're in fruit I'll pick them and eat them while walking my dog. Several times I've had people stop me and tell me I'm going to get sick because they're poisonous and I have to explain to them they're not and they're an edible fruit that's eaten all over the world and they always either are surprised and want to try it. Or they don't believe me and say I'm crazy.
@Xarlable
Жыл бұрын
as a portuguese guy the way you butcher our words hurts but its understandable and this is probably one of your best episodes, extremely well done and entertaining. here's to more!
@adrianamatos166
Жыл бұрын
Another portuguese here! Its very funny to listen foreign people trying to say portuguese words! I loved this episode, well done!
@carlasantos8996
Жыл бұрын
Had the same reaction...oh please, at least say medronho well. But it had brilliant content. Really enjoy watching it and actually learn new stuff, like the existence of a museum. Great job!!!
@dinnae
Жыл бұрын
MADRONO
@esmeraldagreen1992
Жыл бұрын
@@adrianamatos166 In Italian you vould spell medronho as medrogno Gno in Italian sounds the same ad nho in Portuguese
@ana-wb6dt
Жыл бұрын
also the J is NOT like in spanish. It’s pronounced like the J in jam not ham.
@geomundi8333
Жыл бұрын
worked in the mountains of california and these grow all over in the seirra mountains. first they smell like honey and attrack flocks of hummingbirds; then they have these delicious fruit in copious amounts. The trees are very beautiful in structure, bark, and leaves too; much more imho than the famous redwoods. The wood is purple inside and bark is like painted eucalypts but bit less colorful
@HansLemurson
Жыл бұрын
I wonder how related it is to our native Madrone and Manzanita.
@kylemeyer4266
Жыл бұрын
This was probably the pacific mandrone.
@HansLemurson
Жыл бұрын
I looked it up and Madronho (Strawberry Tree) and Pacific Madrone are both in the _Arbutus_ genus.
@mollyx9120
2 ай бұрын
I live in California and I’ve tasted both type of madrone berries and they taste similar imo, but pacific madrone berries are just smaller. Native people here use the berries similar ways and the bark can be used as well I believe. Not as similar to manzanita but they are related, all are in the same family together with blueberries and huckleberries. I wish we had a museum here for pacific madrone or manzanita!
@saoirsecameron
2 ай бұрын
@@HansLemursonextremely closely. Madrone is in the same genus Arbutus, Arctosaphylos is the next most closely related genus in the family.
@piratarest
Жыл бұрын
Portuguese viewer here, Im glad you visited our little country, its always cool to see our traditions being enjoyed by people from all over the world, next you should visit Madeira Island, it has lots of unusual fruits! For example search for: "Maracujá-banana" its a yellow soft skin passion fruit, very bitter but good
@woahemiee
Жыл бұрын
I love how seriously he took this episode. It actually felt like an episode of a show. Very awesome production value and I loved how this video was long as well. As I said before it's like a TV show. :)
@jorgefortes6674
Жыл бұрын
I am an amateur botanist and I've travelled all over Portugal. I saw the biggest trees of Arbutus unedo on the inner north of Portugal, close to the mountains. Some of them were quite thick and I think also very old. I lived close to Sintra and it was wild there and the fruits were quite bigger than the ones from the south. Also there a person told me that he had climbed this tree to feed on the fruits only to find himself on the ground passing out after eating 0,5 Kg. The effect was sudden and unexpected...
@ncmcdonnell5486
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the warning!
@priscillahernandez8193
Жыл бұрын
From the alcohol content, the fruits were probably fermented!
@jorgefortes6674
Жыл бұрын
@@priscillahernandez8193 Tks, the problem is that part of that alcohol is methanol which has to be extracted.
@eryck123
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Northern Europe and I didn't even know this existed. Thank you! Also what a lovely musem, maybe i'll visit Portugal in the near future.
@danielpirone8028
Жыл бұрын
As a seattlite, I can confirm - these are everywhere in the PNW. I have 4 in my yard. Time to see if I can make some use of them.
@marymcandrew7667
8 ай бұрын
I'm surprised they grow so well there, it seemed like they were good for arid areas. I'm glad to hear it though, I live in the Scottish Borders and it gets a lot of rain! I'd love to try growing one.
@Cesc8170
Жыл бұрын
This is a the next level fruit explorer. Tomorrow I will go and pick the last ones of the season. I've planted a few more than the ones I had in my field because they are very resistant in eastern spain and the fruits taste nice and have antioxidants . Used as a garden plant and in reforestation projects.
@wdwerker
Жыл бұрын
One of the best episodes I’ve seen! A lot of us are curious about your performance as well as the fruit. Showing each of the talents was very gratifying. I’ve really learned to appreciate your ability to taste and describe flavors. I also enjoy how you express your preferences about food and alcohol without getting judgmental or preachy.
@HeyRaeSunnyDay
Жыл бұрын
Bravo Jared! A wonderful indepth video, so interesting, enjoyable and beautifully edited! I loved meeting your wacky circus cohorts as well as your tours of Medronho museums, distilleries and markets! Above all, I live in Seattle and have a 30-40 year old strawberry tree in my backyard and indeed, we moan and groan about the smushed fruits on our shoes and lawn...but NOW we will cherish, maybe even try to ferment the fruits and enjoy this free bounty in our yard. Thank you!
@gisela1477
Жыл бұрын
In Catalonia we call it "cirera d'arboç" and we also forage it to make jam, liquor, honey, cookies and pies, but usually you have to go to the countryside to find them.
@richardportman8912
Жыл бұрын
One time my co - worker and i had some free time and so we were eating these delicious small sour plums. She was a country person from Jalisco. I asked her what do you call these? She said ciruela. It was a diffferent fruit, but it is nice to see that word again.
@gisela1477
Жыл бұрын
@@richardportman8912 That's cool. Ciruela means plum in Spanish, and cirera means cherry in Catalan (and plum is pruna). Madroño means strawberry tree fruit in Spanish, and cirera d'arboç or arborçer means strawberry tree fruit in Catalan. But if your co-worker was from Mexico and referred to a sour fruit as Ciruela, it seems to me that it was a different fruit he/she was referring to, or at least, a plum variety unusual in Spain, because here in the peninsula plums tend to the sweet side unless unripe. I'm really curious about what fruit it was, as fruit and veggie names might vary quite a bit from American Spanish varieties to the Spaniard one.
@paulus.tarsensus
Жыл бұрын
One of your best episodes ever. Really. The Distillery was A+. It was also great to meet some of the Joes and Betties you work with. From your description of the frozen madrone fruits you had at the distillery--a combination of raspberry and peach--I think you might have found a non-dairy, organic version of Melba Ice Cream. Love your vids.
@christopherbrand5360
Жыл бұрын
I never imagined that this would include the description of tourist migrant labor practices! What an awesome business model. The cameo by your associates was a gem as well :)
@jaimepena5455
Жыл бұрын
I have been an exotic fruit aficionado for the past 15 years, and after finding your channel so many new fruits and culinary horizons have opened to me. Thank you for your great content. I am thankful there is a person willing to go to such great lengths to speak about all of this different wonderful fruits.
@lucracLucian
Жыл бұрын
Funny, I was in Algarve just 2 weeks ago and brought with me a bottle of medronho moonshine. So i had a shot while watching your video. Also, found 1 medronho fruit in the car today and got a few seeds from it that I'll try to grow :)
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Ha what a coincidence!
@lucracLucian
Жыл бұрын
@@WeirdExplorer indeed :) Thank you for your videos!
@jawn6955
Жыл бұрын
What an awesome episode. I remember when you'd just done over a hundred fruits. You've really, really taken this to a whole new level and it's wonderful, even though your older stuff was too. Thank you for making this and sharing it with us
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a ton!
@Psilomuscimol
8 ай бұрын
I remember when the Buddha hand video was newish.
@frankmacleod2565
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic production. Loved this video. I learned about this one in an edible plants class I took in community college in LA area. It is used all over coastal California and I've never seen anyone doing anything with it except step on it and curse. I was just teaching my young nieces about it over Christmas.
@secondchance5914
Жыл бұрын
I like seeing Jared hanging out with his friends, it gives him an authenticity you don’t see with other most KZitemrs
@rachel4483
Жыл бұрын
This was a fun episode, and very high quality. Like a legit documentary. Thanks for it and the work you put into it.
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@SteamingBurito
Жыл бұрын
I can trace my heritage to Portugal and the Azores, I'd love to visit someday
@Ruktiet
Жыл бұрын
I once picked an attractive fruit whilst hiking in portugal, but wasn’t knowledgeable about edible fruit back then and therefore didn’t taste it in fear of it being poisonous. It turned iut to be this one. What a shame, I’m very curious as to what they taste like. Thanks for the great video!
@tiagobelo4965
Жыл бұрын
as someone that knows this fruit decently well, it'd likely be a bit unpleasant, its one of those fruits that are *extremely* sensitive to ripeness when they are ripe, it's pretty good
@Ruktiet
Жыл бұрын
@@tiagobelo4965 thanks for sharing
@bertbert2725
Жыл бұрын
@@tiagobelo4965 and the taste differs from tree to tree as well
@Psilomuscimol
8 ай бұрын
I taste most fruit I find. Mostly because where I live there's not many poisonous ones, and the ones that are, I already know not to eat because of grandma.
@Psilomuscimol
8 ай бұрын
I really like those berry things that grow on palms and are orange. When unripe they eat you while you eat them lol.
@Gritmonger
Жыл бұрын
Great episode, loved seeing your friends from the cruise, and a sample of your performance :D
@CobraRaptor
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jared, for teaching us the history of a forgotten fruit and traditions
@RAREDRAGONFRUIT
11 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this video very much. This tree is one of the few trees that came with our home. It's a fruit we enjoy.
@nuhuhnope7579
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing those in my apartment complex as a kid, there were several trees that grew them. They always just fell off the tree and left the slimiest mess on the ground.
@aguijohn1321
Жыл бұрын
This is so awesome. When I was in China, that was the first time I learned of this fruit, and I loved it. LOVED IT. I really want to buy some land when I retire (maybe before i retire) and plant a lot of fruit trees. This is one of them along with Mulberry, Lemons, Avocados, etc. This is definitely a video I will save. Thank you! Have you ever thought about discussing the various fruits you've tasted and where they can grow in the US? I know a lot of yoru fruits are tropical, so they can only grow in Hawaii, Puerto Rico or Florida, but a lot are more resistant. I don't think anyone (on the gardening channels) really talk about what you can grow in your own area. They only talk about how to grow certain fruits. I'd love this. I want to hit the sweet spot between hardy lemons and pawpaw. That's probably South Georgia.
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
The ones in china are from a different family of fruit! They look similar are very confusingly often called "strawberry tree fruit" or even "Arbutus". The taste is very different though. kzitem.info/news/bejne/0n-p1necfnOho2k Unfortunately I am not a grower, I think that task is better left for those with green thumbs :)
@wpc456cpw
Жыл бұрын
The world is a better place because you put this kind of content out there! Soooo interesting. Great episode Jared!! Keep it up!
@ShellyS2060
Жыл бұрын
This was a fascinating video. Thanks for sharing. I loved the museum footage and it was great to see you hanging out with fellow performers.
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@pralta4939
Жыл бұрын
this grows everywhere in woodlands of coastal Turkey. In istanbul you can find and collect this fruit easily October-December.
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Interesting! How are they used in Turkey?
@pralta4939
Жыл бұрын
@@WeirdExplorer raw eating only by some people.sometimes for marmalade. its unknown for majority.
@TheMichaelMills
Жыл бұрын
I think this may be my favourite episode on your channel so far. Really like the interactions and the long form nature of the video. I'm sure it was a lot of work for you to put it together, well done! I absolutely love the work they are doing over there to make produce with this fruit and market it. Very cool. Here in Australia I've seen this plant marketed in the nurseries as an "Irish Strawberry". I'm happy to say it is one of the 59 fruit trees I have planted on my property within the last 12 months.
@Medic3000
Жыл бұрын
the journalistic quality of this episode was really well done! structure felt like a show I'd see on television
@emel60
Жыл бұрын
Ahhh, they brings back memories. Handing an unripe one to a friend for a priceless facial expression! We still have a few trees growing in coastal Croatia
@Tarasyoutube
Жыл бұрын
A cruise line with a circus 🤹♂️ sounds like a dream job
@gonzaloholguera
Жыл бұрын
Here in Madrid it is used as a landscaping tree, and in the biggest park of the city, the Retiro park, in summer you can see whole rows of trees full to the brim with this red delicious looking fruit. Most people know its edible but to be honest, it doesn't taste very good 😁
@Barberserk
9 ай бұрын
I am happy you made a new video about my favorite winter wild fruit.
@Zeerock28
Жыл бұрын
I love these plants, they grow all over Southern California as a ornamental, no one knows how good they are. I'm going to try and add some of these stops to an upcoming Europe trip in the works! great vid!!
@pattheplanter
Жыл бұрын
Fire-resistant and hardly need irrigation? California needs to learn more about them. There are _Arbutus_ species native to the USA, I think.
@ASMRGRATITUDE
Жыл бұрын
@@pattheplanter I'm guessing you're not from California. They're absolutely everywhere in Cali. Basically every street corner. They are used ornamentally. They are also really common in landscaping in Washington as well.
@pattheplanter
Жыл бұрын
@@ASMRGRATITUDE But not the better fruiting varieties, obviously.
@Synochra
Жыл бұрын
thank you so much for doing this channel, I loooooove your style, your delivery, all of it
@Meeviche
Жыл бұрын
Your regular reviews are nice, but the occasional mini documentary is also good. :)
@hernandoprophe2071
Жыл бұрын
The icon of Madrid City is "The Bear and the Madroño". Madroño fruit is not sold usually in Madrid, but you can find it growing in public parks and private gardens. People say you might not eat too many fruits at one time, unless you want to get drunk.
@Em-nq5ey
Жыл бұрын
I had to pause the video in shock when you took a sip and LIKED IT
@NazoCrystal
Жыл бұрын
this is the fruit that introduced me to this channel! there used to be a tree next to my old elementary school!
@josebustorff7652
4 ай бұрын
Portugal nunca esqueceu o medronho. Desde tempos. Ancestrais, Portugal é o país mais antigo da Europa (900 anos de estória), sempre se saboreou a aguardente de medronho especialmente no sul do país.
@tiagotimoteo4004
4 ай бұрын
A Dinamarca é mais velha. Aliás a Dinamarca foi o primeiro país a reconhecer o Reino de Portugal, ainda mesmo antes do Papa.
@charlesor1023
Жыл бұрын
dude i just wanna say that i love your job, traveling around the world investigating fruits and all related, what an interesting way of living!
@arisspyrou1163
4 ай бұрын
Here in North Western Greece it is called Koumaro and it grows wild. It is a beautiful tree. Up until the '60s they use to collect the fruit, ferment them, and produced an alcohol similar to Grapa. I never tried it but apparently it gave strong hangovers and head aches the following morning... For this reason it is not a spirit that got established in this region and to my knowledge it is not produced anymore. Instead they produce Tsipouro which is made from fermented grapes. I love the taste of the fruit. Your description of the taste is very accurate. In a visit to New Zealand a year ago, to my surprise I saw a strawberry tree in the wild. I am curious to find out if it is an indigenous species of New Zealand or if it was taken there a few centuries ago by a European colonist.
@TrustworthyFella
Жыл бұрын
This is some of your best content to date! I love the in-depth-ness, the length, the cuts and the variety of people that appeared :) I hope you will do a whole series exactly like this!
@Starfish_Duder
Жыл бұрын
I love these videos where we see the history of the fruit and the culture surrounding it. Makes me want to pack my bags and head out to Portugal.
@raffikkiz
Жыл бұрын
The format of this video is neat. Good job! I enjoyed watching and learning. 😃
@quas-r
Жыл бұрын
My girlfriend and I have come across a street vendor in Turkey who sold these under the name of "dağ çileği" or "mountain strawberries" in English about a week ago. Since she loves regular strawberries, we bought some and tried them. I thought to myself, "I wonder if Weird Explorer has a video about this fruit" but never looked. It feels so strange that you uploaded this a week after that happened lol. Love your channel!
@pattheplanter
Жыл бұрын
Did they taste good and how big were they? I expect there is a lot of variation considering the huge area it is native to.
@quas-r
Жыл бұрын
@@pattheplanter The ones we tasted were at max the size of a thumb nail and they had a texture similar to a soft apricot. A little gritty but not crunchy. Most of them had very mild flavor but the riper ones strangely had a brief but not weak taste of figs. Especially at the spots which were the softest and the ripest. They did not at all taste anything like strawberries :D
@pattheplanter
Жыл бұрын
@@quas-r Thanks. The ones I had in Spain were about two fingers width, like the Portuguese ones in this video. I can't describe the taste, unlike anything else I have had.
@Sleebers
Жыл бұрын
I loved this one, seeing your day job and your other interests. Just lovely.
@chaoton
Жыл бұрын
I’m your nomad fan and I enjoy this episode a lot. Thank you for sharing another of your many fascinating tales.
@ericschrdr
Жыл бұрын
Great video, I used to eat these as a child in california - I had no idea they were valued as a food/alcohol, so gritty, reminds me of dental tooth polish. Love your series!
@pattheplanter
Жыл бұрын
I was twice blind-sided in Spain by people insisting that I try their wine. I don't normally drink, but I was their guest and it seemed impolite not to try their home-made wine from their own grapes. Both wines were excellent, they could have stood against any commercial wine. When I asked why they were not drinking it themselves, both said they had liver problems and their doctor had told them never to drink. They loved making wine and seeing others drink it. One of the wines had a very delightful strawberry taste which I later discovered probably came from the leaves. The local variety had leaves that, when cooked, tasted of strawberry jam. I was short of vegetables one day and tried the leaves out.
@ysf-psfx
11 ай бұрын
I really, really love your channel and videos. Only a few days ago did I ever see one of your videos. As a fellow lifelong fruit-lover and self-described weirdo, your videos are scratching every itch I didn't know I had, and you and your friends seem absolutely lovely.
@erich1394
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see another long format video from you, thanks for this!
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
More to come
@chucksanders5515
9 ай бұрын
love this guy.........if I had the means to travel like him this is what I would be doing.......great show.
@starlightela
Жыл бұрын
Ohhh! I'm going to Portugal in the Fall, I'm going to have to try to hunt this down!!
@SamiZouad15
Жыл бұрын
A lot of work went into this video ! Thank you, it was very entertaining
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@elenakhusanova2814
Жыл бұрын
Wow! this is probably can become my favorite epizode! So cool that you share so unique fruits which is no so complicated to try compare to super exotic asian fruits.
@nanmam7771
Жыл бұрын
This was a particularly delightful video!
@ababababaababbba
Жыл бұрын
my grade school had a bunch growing at the front, the we didn't realize we could eat them, but we did pelt eachother with them, excellent fruit for that, really explodes on the clothes
@atlasaltera
Жыл бұрын
I'm so happy you featured the madroño!!! I have longed to try the liquor distilled from its fruit, as I feature it in the lore of my worldbuilding project. I first came the madroño tree when reading about the PNW's iconic arbutus species, Arbutus menziesii--do you know if the fruit of this species is edible btw?
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes, I believe it is edible. I reviewed that one a while back. kzitem.info/news/bejne/pJusr6aZh6dpYIY
@atlasaltera
Жыл бұрын
@@WeirdExplorer ah fantastic. sorry, i'm embarrassed that I didn't try looking it up with your videos first.
@JakeEpooh
Жыл бұрын
This is awesome! I love your friends man!
@FoodwaysDistribution
Жыл бұрын
Widely available in the south mediteranean coast where they dont make alcohol just farm it and eat it as a fruit 1000 kgs is exactly one metric ton.
@lannguyen-pu1db
Жыл бұрын
Looks like they don't have enough of those trees in the US and Canada... Trees that stop 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 wow.
@mtgAzim
Жыл бұрын
That temple looks like something built by PactSworn.
@RaskylC
Жыл бұрын
WAIT i didnt know you were a circus performer! that is amazing! your friends are also very cool!
@jmaico
Ай бұрын
i first saw the strawberry tree in seattle too. It was around 2010 and the tress at the park were already fairly mature, but I had never seen one before... or at least didnt know it. I saw it in full fruit, and it looked magical. I tracked it down and planted it in my gardens ever since.
@grt124z7
8 ай бұрын
We have it in Albania. It grows in the mountains not far from the sea. I was working in one of those regions and I had a lot of free time so I found these fruits on the side of the road, so I started eating. It turns out that if you eat a lot of it, it kind of gets you drunk.
@WelcomeToDERPLAND
Жыл бұрын
I've heard Strawberry tree fruit called something completely different which also is called a Jamaican berry. I actually have a few of these trees in my grandpa's yard, never knew you could eat them until your previous video about it.- funnily enough I was always told it was poisonous to eat growing up.
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Strawberry tree confusingly refers to three completely unrelated species. Jamaican berry is different, its Muningea calabura. I have a really old episode on it: kzitem.info/news/bejne/xZeY1Wh8cHOmo3o
@acolyte1951
Жыл бұрын
this might be my most favorite fruit reviewed on the channel. I like the variety and reliability of the fruit.
@changrenyong7616
10 ай бұрын
You're right, we have this in Seattle! In fact, there's one such tree that still bear fruits just a few blocks from my house. My wife incorrectly thought it was Hawthorns.
@culi7068
Жыл бұрын
Landscapers LOVE this tree in two suburbs I've lived in in both norcal and socal. They grow quite well and they fruit when few other things are fruiting and can be quite prolific. I LOVE going for a walk and picking these as I go along Another great landscape forage planted everywhere in socal is natal plum
@WeirdExplorer
Жыл бұрын
Natal plums are great 👍
@katieschooter9953
Жыл бұрын
I’m so happy I decided to click on this video today. I have these strawberry fruit trees outside my work and I’ve always been so curious of them. I think I’m going to harvest some when they grow back! :)
@knightforlorn6731
Жыл бұрын
I live in washington. my research into the strawberry fruit tree first led me to you so, viva strawberry fruit tree. Love your channel.
@robertdrake9991
Жыл бұрын
A really close friend of mine just got back from Lisbon. She brought me a beautiful hand made tile and a beautiful scarf for my wife.
@milolivell
6 ай бұрын
These bad boys are all over redwood city, love pulling them off trees and making jam from them.
@susansparke3462
Жыл бұрын
I have a Strawberry Tree in my yard in the Central San Joaquin Valley of California. I live on an old ranch property that my Basque immigrant great-grandfather purchased back in 1917. I'm not sure if he planted the tree or if it was already here. Same goes for the old loquat tree. There are other fruit trees, but those are the less common specimens. I researched both trees some years ago and so I've been eating them fresh and the tree is heavy with blooms at the moment, so perhaps I shall have to look for a baking recipe or two. I recall reading that the strawberry tree is extremely hardy and basically thrives on neglect and that it is one of the few trees that bears fruits during the cold winter months, so many hundreds of years ago, it was a very important food crop.
@familyfruit9833
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. We have planted an arbutus and had my first taste about a year ago. Found it pretty pleasant. My tree/shrub is still tiny, and they're slow growing, but looking forward to getting more in future.
@zachcain2639
Жыл бұрын
In Seattle Area or Bay Area CA, we have Arbutus Unedo but also Arbutus X ‘Marina’ (aka Madrone) both as common landscaping plants. Unedo has gray scaly bark and spherical fruits, Marina has smooth red bark and more heart-shaped fruits. I eat lots of both every year but I’ve never met anyone else who eats them 😂 my favorite is to bake them into a cake, I like that the fruits get super tender. If I eat too many raw, the rough grainy texture bothers my guts
@austintrees
Жыл бұрын
I live in usda zone 5b, and have been planning to get a tall green house to try to grow this and a few others... Nice to finally learn about it.
@Magmafrost13
Жыл бұрын
Apparently this tree should grow pretty well where I live (which is extremely rare for obscure fruit trees), so I've been trying to get my hands on one for a while, but no luck (and I dont think Im prepared to grow one from seed). There's one growing at my university, but I've never been there at the right time to try the fruit from it.
@RonStochler-oz1qk
4 ай бұрын
I truly enjoyed this video. BRAVO!!
@marcusjochum
Жыл бұрын
YAS! The Evora Chapel of Bones is on my bucket list, too!
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