Meeting a Rare Fruit Collector in Costa Rica - (& Tropical Olive Review!) - Weird Fruit Explorer
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- Tropical Olive - Weird Fruit Explorer
0:00 Traveling through the hill of death
1:35 Meeting A Rare Fruit Collector
2:48 Raw Tropical Olive Review
4:52 Pickled Tropical Olive Review
8:50 Parting thoughts
Special thanks to Don Carlos. For Seed trading he can be reached at: duzicha@gmail.com
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Really like hearing from the growers with a passion for exotic and difficult to grow species. Bananas in Iceland, durian in Costa Rica, etc. Gives me hope for my paw paw in Minnesota.
If you manage to grow paw paw in Minnesota let me know please. Im dying to try it before I die ;)
As long as you protect it from the severe cold, mulch it very well, you might be good. Hopefully you've got more than 1 tree, gonna need 2 for fruit.
Wow, what a challenge! I grew up in northeast Alabama and managed to never try it! Now I live in Minnesota and my only hope for fresh paw paw may be to raid your garden. 😆
It seems like that would be hard to do. Paw Paw only grow down to zone 5 and require a lot of chill hours. Only way I see you doing that is in a pot in the garage or a heated shed. Even when it fruits it needs a decent season at around 150-180 frost free days. It needs a lot of water too.
@@ericlivingston8027 A third of the state is zone 4B. Getting paw paw to fruit here has been done, but honestly the deer are a bigger challenge than the climate. I’m not even the only one in my neighborhood trying!
Don Carlos sounds like a jackpot for you! Very cool that he was willing to share his collection with us.
Carlos is a cool dude, I would like to watch more footage with him if you have it. Plus was that a homemade dam?
I love the Hill of Death!, I loved it so much that when we went on a ecology field trip I was desperate to buy land and make a house up there (by the fruit we saw), also Don Carlos grows so much amazing things! Also met him through Lindsay for the last durians of the year, I hope my farm grows as good as his in years to come!
I'm excited to see more videos about this collection
That “tropical olive” looked very similar to Elaeocarpus floribundus, which is known as “jalpai” in Bangladesh. They taste sour with a hint of sweetness when ripe; can be eaten as is or as a pickle. Thanks for the awesome video, mate. Cheers!
I feel happy watching this
Wikipedia is saying Jalpai is Elaeocarpus serratus, either way, it's my favorite olive like fruit. It's sweet and sour without any bitterness. When unripe, it's just mostly sour, good in lentils and fish curries. We pickle it with sugar, spices, and mustard oil. The pickle is delicious!
Right bro....from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
I have prayer beads made from those seeds, and wondered what plant they were from. Thanks for solving a long-held mystery for me.
In Thailand the pickle olive is used not as a fruit but as a condiment especially in Somtum (papaya salad).
The Cerro de la Muerte is called like that because it is one of the coldest places in Costa Rica! Usually the temperature goes below 0° C in the night, and that is also part of the reason why people died crossing it before the road existed.
Exactly! I don't know when people came with the crazy idea that people walk themselves to death today. Also the road is dangerous if you are a reckless driver. But again, what isn't?
So happy you got to meet Don Carlos.
Hoping for more vlogs with him.
I can totally relate to don carlos! As someone who is collecting rare and exotic fruit trees I just love to give tours and talk peoples ears off 😂
He has such a beautiful fruit orchard! That must have been so much fun to see!
120 species? Nice! I've got over 50 species, but I live up near Chicago, so growing tropicals is tough here. lol
I've got potted durian trees, though. :p
well... I can clearly see my future self being like Don..😜im a fruit lover too. Its like heaven being around so many fruits!😋😍love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 a beautiful country which is under an economic crisis.
I remember readig someones comment about you visiting this person. So awesome you actually take the time to read our comments and use the information! 😊
I really love when you're able to connect with growers and other ppl in other countries. It adds another layer to your content, and it's neat to see other countries' experiences. Also Carlos is awesome. And I love that you're like "hill of death? Did you mean any road in Laos?" 😂
In Thai, we call Ma-Kok (มะกอก). We also call western olive as Ma-Kok. Besides, the name of our capital, Bangkok, also comes from this plant as in the past it was full of this plant.
If you've never been, there's a huge international supermarket in the Cincinnati Ohio area called jungle Jim's. So many interesting finds. When I lived there I loved to go after you released a few videos to see what I could find. I've found a decent amount of what you've shown on your channel. I highly recommend the store. It's gigantic!
Hi Jared. I’ve heard about Don before. There is another grower on the Caribbean side, his name is Peter Kring, farm called punta Mona I think. I visited his places a few years back and he grows durian , rambutan , pulasan, marang, lanzones, salak and a variety of other fruits. He is an American from San Diego but he has been farming there since the 80s. If you reach out to him he will probably give you a tour as well. Cheers
Sorry punta Mona is a different farm / eco resort. Peter’s farm is called finca La isla.
Amazing video Jared! Would love to see more of these Fruit garden tours👍
Finding people like this must be just as exciting as finding a new fruit you hadn't heard of! Great video :D
Cool Jared. It’s nice to hear the interviews your doing too. Fruit fans and travel meet on your channel. enjoy!
i always get recommend ur videos within minutes of them being uploaded unlike other channels i follow where I won't get them in my recs for months lol the algorithm must love ur channel
It is advertising free real estate. Non the evil harmful things Google doesn't like. So the algorithm will promote it.
that's true @Oliver Kurzweg most of the other channels i follow on yt are political commentary, media analysis, queer creators, & history stuff, brands tend to avoid that stuff
If you click the little bell icon next to the subscribe button, it will instantly notify you when a new one is posted. Waiting for it to show up in the recommended list is kind of hit and miss.
@mahna mahna i have notifs on for lot of channels & it gets pretty hit or miss weather I'm notified lol, but i was talking more generally about how i consistently see this channels videos at the top of my homepage as soon as an upload is made even tho i don't have notifs on for it & even when i haven't been watching any similar content
Absolutely love hearing from locals on your travels. Thanks for sharing Don’s hobby farm! Awesome video!
That was really cool to see the farm that man made, and I also enjoy your editing style a lot lately, it has always been to my taste but you're knocking it out of the park lately!
Have you tried Salmberry? It is a rare kind of black raspberry that only grows in Gotland, Sweden. Mainly it is used for jam to be eaten together with their saffron pancakes. There is a very rare black raspberry growing in other parts of Sweden that some people claim is the same berry but the Gutes claim it is different, not sure about that since I have never found it myself but I tried salmberry and it is pretty delicious. It both look and taste a bit like a mix between a raspberry and a blackberry, slightly more sour.
Salmberry is even more rare and elusive then cloudberry, there is more growing if you actually find a bush but since it is just growing on a single pretty large island (and possibly in a few places on the Swedish mainland and in Denmark). It is generally ready to pick during August. The version growing on the mainland is either called black or blue raspberry. Even the jam is impossible to find outside Gotland (I live in Kalmar which is not that far away and I tried to find it both in stores and on the internet, but no luck besides when I was in Visby).
Salmonberry grows a decent amount of places in America. I would certainly not put it next to cloudberry in rarity. Mine is growing just fine in Colorado and it grows wild in places like Organ and Washington state. Here cloudberry plants are not really sold anywhere because they need cold summers which is not most of America. Meanwhile the salmonberry I know is sold by many online retailers including big ones like Raintree nursery here in the states.
@@ericlivingston8027 Not the same thing. Salmberry is blue/black in color (Salmbär in the dialect from Gotland). Maybe I should use the term Blue Raspberry instead.
Salmonberry does not grow in Europe.
@@loke6664 When you say blue raspberry that grows black raspberries I think those are more common too. Many nurseries sell them here in the USA. I think native foods nursery sells them, Nourse Farms sells variants of black raspberries called things like Jewel, Bristol and Niwot here, Edible landscaping sells Ohios Treasure. I think they just call them black raspberry here.
@@ericlivingston8027 I am specifically talking about "Rubus caesius" and it only grows wild in northern Europe. How they taste in comparison to any American variant I can not tell, neither if those are wild or domesticated versions.
They are exceedingly rare here, I never seen anyone selling them besides as jam in Gotland, any supermarket here have frozen cloudberry.
Hope we see more of Don and his amazing collection!! Thanks!
Don Carlos’ garden looks like this and he only started planting it after he retired??
Wow!!!
(I assume he bought existing trees and didn’t start them from seed, but still, extremely impressive!!).
Maybe it's just so much different because of the tropical climates. Just think how quick things can grow when they don't have to worry about winter!
Was in the middle of a binge watch session and you uploaded a new video! Great timing :D
Thanks for going through so many extremes like the hill of death just to show me weird fruit. Awesome.
This is so freaking awesome Jared! You're new friend seems like such a great person ❤
Don Carlos is living my dream. I don't think I'd like to live in such a hot climate, but maybe for that amazing orchard 😍
most of Costa Rica isn't hot at all. it's 75 year round.
U can live in the tropical highlands where it isn’t too hot at all.
You are right, the roads in Laos are absolutely nuts...
i just found your channel and i’m LOVING it! you live my dream life. just traveling around the world and try mysterious fruits. how amazing!
thanks for your content!
Welcome aboard!
Holy Freakin' Jackfruit! Looks like a beautiful place 😊
I came for the weird fruit, stayed for the half-eaten food.
This is truly an amazing video. Like, I would never know this place existed, let alone got to SEE IT, if it weren't for your channel. Seriously superb content as always!!!
Love it!!! Have you tried Paso / iniaku / Gustavia Macarenesis?
It's a fruit that apparently tastes like Nacho Cheese!!!
Awesome. It must have been so cool to meet someone with a similar niche interest!
You make great travel videos. I think you should make farm tours, private collection tours and stuff. You ask really good questions as well!
Hey you are in Costa Rica now? awesome video! i moved to costa rica and the fruits here are amazing, i hope you enjoy youre trip :)
Very cool, Don Carlos is amazing. Thank you.
Great video as usual!
Thank you for this video! 😀🌸
This channel is one of the funnest places on the entire internet
on minute 9:25 you showed an interesting fruit, that i managed to eat only once in Amphawa floating market in Thailand. At the end of the fruit market sat an old ladie, haveing a few of these. She called them "Look Amphawa" which actually means the fruit of Amphawa. it has a slightly sour taste to it, with kind of green bean taste.
That's kola nut. Not something you'd find in Thailand.
What you might have had was actually nam nam! those are even harder to come by, but a really cool one.
Here's the video: ruclips.net/video/oh9ZNsgUJ3Y/видео.html
@@WeirdExplorer yess! that what it was! finaly i got the name for it.
i have tried to contact you, but dont know how, since i have some interesting fruits here in Thailand that you should check our on your next trip to the area. how can we give suggestion for possible new fruits?
Darn I really wanted to see more of Don Carlos's orchard
More on the way
@@WeirdExplorer awesome thanks
Looking forward to it!
Love the adventures you take to get to rare fruits 😀
Great video!!
Really cool fruit. His garden is amazing
Translation problem: the name "Cerro de la Muerte" corresponds to "Mount of Death". Hill would be "Colina" in Spanish which is not what we think of "Cerro de la Muerte". Definitely call it MOUNT, for us 'colina' is way lower than 'monte'.
Dude I hope you go back there that is a massive collection! Make friends with that guy
Jared, you should check out some of popular cooking and food vlogger Adam Ragusea's shows. His angle is different from your's, but like you, he's interested in food very broadly. But he also often incorporates a deeper historical and ecological point of view in his work lately, similar to your travels in Madagascar.
Speaking of which, I'm sure a lot of us are really missing Anthony Bourdain, who, before his tragic death, really was developing and sharing a powerful consciousness of the beautiful and tragic realities of our world with us all.
Don Carlos is an interesting man. Thanks for the video.
The song at the beginning makes me think of the Savannah theme from Little Big Planet.
9 years since he started and there is still new weird fruit to explore.
this guy is living my dad's dream
Cool olives! I’d never heard of either. I’d be curious to learn more about the fruit in the thumbnail.
this guys garden reminded me of our familys garden
My family is from Laos! I never got the chance to visit and I've always wanted to. I'm scared of those roads haha
It's Absolutely beautiful, one of my favorite countries that I've visited... but yeah driving there is intense
awesome video
Dam that guys got his own dam
Very cool video!
Also wanted to ask you if you will consider trying Duguetia species? Closesly related to the annonas but with more interesting looks.
I would love to but haven't found them yet..
oh god Don's yard is incredible. It must be an amazing place to live.
Wish to see more of his tropical fruit trees.
Wonderful
A kindred spirit in Costa Rica! Yay!
Someone needs to do a complete tour of his farm.
Have you tried a salmonberry? Not seeing it in your list with a search. It is an aggregate ‘berry’ from the American Pacific Northwest. Pretty with a large variety in color but little difference in taste.
They are in season right now but incredibly perishable. If you were to come to the Seattle area next year and I would absolutely love to supply you with some.
Omg, you should have told us at the beginning that this olive wasn’t the olive we all know and love/hate… 😂
At first I was cringing so hard, thinking, who the hell would eat an olive straight off the tree?? I have once on a school trip, and it tasted all… bitter/poison-y…
Then the guide explained to us - this is why you pickle olives. 🤷♀️
It took me decades to enjoy green olives, I only liked black ones, then, of course, as all my stories go - one time I over-eat and puke it all, and I suddenly prefer the other olives.🤣
Like what you said about the person who discovered Szechuan… who tried this and said: maybe if I pickle it…? (what came first, the oil or the brine..?).
Then I thought, WOW…
you ate the olive straight from the tree and it wasn’t bad - that’s actually really interesting and probably unheard of…
So now I’m all confused about why it’s even called an olive and it’s a shame we don’t know about it in the rest of the world.
I love trying the “fresh” and pickled version of everything I eat.
They’re exporting those… “extra-green” Italian olives now, that taste like you just picked them off a tree, magically removed all the bitterness and sold them… and I’m absolutely addicted to them.
They’re rather expensive over here, but worth every penny, since all the other olives taste like industrial salt. Even ones you buy from a Muslim vendor whose mom just made them…
Wow I asked for more Rollinia and next episode my wish comes true
Congratulation on exposing a worldwide seed facebook marketer
lol
That is so cool
Interesting!
We have a lake in Wisconsin, just north of Lake Winnebago, called Butte des Morts (hill of the dead). It’s a shallow lake, so it gets rough in windy weather, not safe for people in small boats. 🌊 Tragically there was a Meskwaki (Fox Native American) village that was massacred in 1730 by the French. There are burial mounds near Butte Des Morts, remnants of the many tragedies wrought by European settlers. 🙇🏼
Please be kind to yourself and others today, it’s imperative to learn from our past. 🌌🫂❤️
Dude's so cool, planting every kind of tree imaginable :D
Quick question, to which I never had a clear answer to,,, is durian and jackfruit the same? If not, what's the difference?
thanks! durian and jackfruit aren't related
@@WeirdExplorer do they just look similar externally by chance? What's the term for that, convergent evolution or something?
Hey! Have you reviewed the sugar palm fruit before? I believe it’s called ‘kaong’ in the Philippines.
That olive sounds delicious OMG
that guy's retirement project is epic 👍🏻
what a legend
Don seems pretty chill, I want to shake his hand
Hey the best thing u should find is a mantequilla avocado it apparently is the best avocado there is and I have lived a quarter of my life in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 it’s called mantequillla which means butter because of how rich it is the thing is that it’s quite rare I have never tried it myself so u may have a problem finding it u should also try the double banana it is two bananas attached to each other, u should review the red pineapple it’s red on the outside and white on the inside it is much less sour and strong than most pineapples, it is very sweet and has a bit of a flavour of its own
try that giant palm fruit with the clear jelly inside
The guy making a peace sign at the camera 10 seconds in looks like Adam Ragusea
One time a black lady from Limon province gave my mom a durian and told her they had a way of cooking it, but never explained how so she took it home didn't know what to do with it cut it and thought it was rancid threw it away .now I know It was ripe not rancid I didn't know we had durians in Costa Rica before.if you haven't yet check out: mamon,mamoncillo or spanish olive.
Crack the seeds and eat the white centre. We use to eat that as kids in northeast india.
This is some proper rare fruit hunting. While you have had success finding rare fruits in markets and have made many interesting videos about those finds, I think the only way you are going to continue to find new, rare fruits is by touring rare fruit collectors' collections. Markets, even in other countries, only sell so many types of fruit, and you have made videos on just about all of them already. But, there are many great rare fruit collections out there, both in the US and internationally. I definitely want to see you visit more rare fruit collections like this one (and like you did in the past when you toured Adam Shafran and Steven Wilson's collections).
thank you.
You're welcome
Cerro means peak as in mountain peak. Loma means hill.
I live in a place where jackfruit grows in huge quantity but hate it.
So I was gonna recommend you pejibaye, but you just tried it in the last video I believe. Now you show me a freaking fruit from my own country I had not even yet heard of. And also that weird fruit you showed right before interviewing Don Carlos, that's the true guava, what English speakers know as guava is actually called "Guayaba"over here, and you should really try'em, the true guava I mean.
You know? It seems he hasn't tried a nice red ripe JOCOTE yet. Don't you agree with me RIPE JOCOTES are the best?
@@diegovillalobos5364 yeah, I guess the "tronadores" kind you mean.
@@rigobertohidalgo2487 Exactly!
Great video!
But a bit of clickbait with the spiky yellow annona fruit looking thing as a thumbnail, that’s what I was looking to find out about.
That fruit grows here in northeast India
Your haircut looks nice! ^_^
Now we just gotta get you a pedicure, lol.
Have you checked out " sow exotic " ? They have some fruits you may not have tried before
a+ channel
When we gonna get a Weird Explorer branded shirt?!!?!? I'll buy the fuck out of one of those!
Try bangladeshi Olive pickle.. its the best..
I like the olive it just to salty I wish to taste tropical one what did tastes like and what is the yellow fruit called
I am sure it is like an olive in that every brand tastes totally different due to their version of the pickle.
I appreciated the bite shot, a slice doesn’t do much to show the texture I think.