(The Northwest Forager) Ep. 14 Dock Seed Flour
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2015
- On this episode we learn how to make flour using seeds of the wild edible Curly Dock - Rumex crispus. Please hit the thumbs up if you liked this video. Also be sure to share any of your experiences making flour. Of course your subscriptions are always appreciated!
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According to Wikipedia:
The plant produces an inflorescence or flower stalk that grows to about 1 m high. It has smooth leaves shooting off from a large basal rosette, with distinctive waved or curled edges. On the stalk flowers and seeds are produced in clusters on branched stems, with the largest cluster being found at the apex. The seeds are shiny, brown and encased in the calyx of the flower that produced them. This casing enables the seeds to float on water and get caught in wool and animal fur, and this helps the seeds to spread to new locations. The root-structure is a large, yellow, forking taproot.
Rumex crispus has a number of subspecies with distinctive habitat preferences. Rumex crispus ssp. crispus occurs on waste and cultivated ground. Rumex crispus ssp. littoreus has a coastal distribution, and Rumex crispus ssp. uliginosus occurs on tidal estuarine mud. The species hybridizes readily with other Rumex species including Rumex obtusifolius, Rumex obovatus, Rumex palustris and Rumex maritimus.
Curly Dock grows in a wide variety of habitats, including disturbed soil, waste areas, roadsides, fields/meadows, shorelines, and forest edges. It is widely naturalized throughout the temperate world and has become a serious invasive species in many areas, including throughout North America, southern South America, New Zealand and parts of Australia. It spreads through the seeds contaminating crop seeds, and sticking to clothing. It is classified as an "injurious weed" under the UK Weeds Act 1959. It is often seen in disturbed soils at the edges of roadsides, railway beds, and car parks.
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Thank you for this wholesome video!!! Let's all harvest our local dock seeds and prevent famine!
Very pleasant and helpful video. I realize I am fortunate to have a grain grinder for these fun activities. Thank you
Never stop the pursuit of knowledge! Love the video!
Yellow Dock helped healed the open sores on my son when he was a newborn. I
Have given several folk suffering from poison oak....itching went away with in 10
Minutes....love this plant & grow it in my front yard.
It's always nice to find a motherlode of good wild food plants! Thanks to your video, I'm gonna go get some dock seed. I eat a lot of the greens, but I'd best get to the seeds, too! Thanks!
HChrisH200 - Haphazard Homestead There's a forager by the name of Pascal Baudar who lives in California. Him and his wife do a lot of wild seed foraging amongst many other "primitive" style meals. His work is a source of inspiration for me when it comes to trying new wild foods. You may want to check him out by googling his name. And thank you for watching my video!:]
TheNorthwestForager Well, your suggestion was a major distraction - in a good way! Thanks!
This was wonderful! Great job! Curly Dock (Yellow Dock) is extremely common around here in MA, and I have experimented with the seeds as well.
No way that is amazing! Good work! Thumbs up ! :)
Thanks for your help Tuvok
Loved the video. Big Cheers from India 🇮🇳
Dude, great video. Gonna have to check all your stuff out tonight. Subbed.
ScrambledO Woo Hoo! Thanks man :D What's your name? I just subbed your channel not too long ago and I get a kick out of your style.-Henry (Hank)
Subscribed just because of Geordi!!
I knew someone, someday would appreciate that ;]
Same. Got one with Worf? Worf is hot.
i need to learn more about what is in my area
LCJ farms A book that's really inspired me to try new 'wild food' is called Nature's Garden by Samuel Thayer. You'd be surprised how many so called weeds are not only edible but in some places considered a delicacy :}
Sam Thayer is the man...I have his book Forager's Harvest and love it!
Is dock basically "wild plantain"? I have it in my yard in pa, and I wonder IF I can use it like many use Comfrey leaves. The seeds look just like what I know here as wild plantain weed.
I have located a dock plant with odd leaf diagram. Would love to have your opinion/classification of the plant. Is it actually a dock?
I'd be interested to see it. Do you have an Instagram account?
So the outer paper is fully edible, or is it just considered insignificantly indigestible?
I'd say it's the latter. Not choice but this method is easier than husking and winnowing the seed.
@@TheNorthwestForager great, thanks