Best Primitive Survival Food: Acorn Mush: (Season 2, episode 9)
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- Опубликовано: 28 окт 2023
- The acorn (Quercus) is the best wild edible survival food in this region during the fall months but it must be properly prepared for consumption. These bitter nuts are readily available on many species of oak trees which are common throughout this region. It's a food that can simply be collected from the ground or trees. After grinding it into a flour and leaching it of the bitter tannins it becomes a tasty and nutritious food that native tribes relied on for centuries.
In this video I take you on the full journey of collecting, processing and cooking acorns in the totally primitive way and the result was delicious. Acorns have been a part of my diet for years and every year I anxiously await for the harvest season to begin. Tell me about your experience with acorns in the comments section below.
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I think it's really good to show yourself taking a trip into a mountain forest to collect the kinds of foods that aren't found in the area around your hut. Summer and autumn were traditionally the time for indigenous peoples to travel to the locations of various different wild resources. Not just for a day, but often a handful of weeks would be spent within a particular region.
I experienced my own foraging trip as a child in the company of my grandfather, grandmother, her sister, and my mother; we travelled to the far northeastern corner of our state to gather huckleberries and beargrass in an area my grandfather had known about as a child. The huckleberries were for our own family to eat, but the bear grass was a special request by some of the weavers of the Makah nation. This was a resource that used to be sought high up in the subalpine meadows of the Cascades by berry picking parties, and traded throughout the Coastal Salish tribes. Those berry pickers would spread out across the region (there are a LOT of edible wild berries in Washington State, particularly west of the mountains), and gather up not only the berries, but bark and roots for dyes, roots and nuts for eating, pinecones for their seeds, various grasses and other fibrous materials for basket-making, and more.
It was very common for these trips to be multi-purpose, and when the harvesters returned to their villages, they would often trade a good portion of whatever they got with others who had gone to different areas and had different things to trade. So when the elders heard my grandfather was going to an area where they could get the berries and the beargrass, they asked if he would be willing to pick up the bear grass, and would be willing to trade certain items to him for it in exchange. (This included some rather beautifully woven little baskets made from that very same beargrass, which my family still has to this day.)
You're absolutely right. They would travel and stay for weeks to harvest acorns and other foods, or to hunting grounds as well. September and October are great harvest months in these mountains because there is such an amazing abundance and I couldn't show it all in this video. I collected a lot more than what I showed. I may be going back one more time before winter sets in. In the summer months there is a lot of native trout too.
I love your account of a foraging trip. I would be totally into doing that. Sounds like such an amazing experience. I've read about tribes traveling hundreds of miles on foot just to trade. That's so incredible.
@@ChadZuberAdventures question: did you try to create bread from 'acorn flour' and 'berries' 50/50; Y/N?
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I love lying by the fire. It's my entertainment and it puts me to sleep.
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It's always a pleasure to see a new video is up! Your camera work is fantastic and the angles are so immersive and movie-like. I hope you know we appreciate all the effort you put into them ❤
I'm so glad you appreciate it. Yes, it is a lot of work but I really get into it. I don't plan much before I shoot my videos. I mostly get all the shot ideas right on the spot. That tends to lead me to shoot too much though.
@@ChadZuberAdventures in my opinion it's better to shoot a to much since you have alot more to choose what you want to be seen. Amazing videos as always
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Chad, I'm a huge fan. Your focus, patience, and dedication. On cam or off cam, you're such an inspiration. Thanks for doing this series. It means a lot
I'm so glad that you appreciate it. As I look back on my life I realize that I have really learned the art of "little by little". I never had the patience to do what I do now. There is also so much more that I do that I haven't filmed. Almost every day I'm processing wild foods, especially now that it's harvest season. How about making thousands of feet of cordage? That's just ridiculous!
@@ChadZuberAdventures You do all those primitive crafts AND film it AND edit it by yourself. AND you still put some of your time to connect with us?! Man, that's just... Insane!
For me who has no patience and lack of focus for doing almost anything. This series means A LOT. I wish you always healthy and have all the resources you need to keep doing this!
@@404neverfound3 Yeah, I do all this alone and yeah, it's a lot of work. I am always working seven days a week usually but I really do love learning and practicing these skills and I'm driven to share with all of you. It's important for me to respond to the comments too. Thanks so much for following along!
@@ChadZuberAdventures Always!🙌
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Appreciate your tedious work and meticulous finish. ❤
Thank you! 😊
Amen on those ending words. Loving your videos ❤
Amen and Amen. 🙏🙏
Glad you like them! Thank you!
I love these videos!
Thank you!
@@ChadZuberAdventures :)
I'm not sure how you found the truth, but it's great to see you've found it and kept it close to your heart. You have a relationship with The Divine that is something special which has been an inspiration to me. Thank you for also reminding us to always give thanks.
Wow, now i need to try it myself someday.
Reconnecting With Nature is Great!
Yes!
Acorns can serve as a foundation for permanent agriculture. I'm super excited to see the massive recent explosion of interest in them. Also, it's crazy how abundant those coffeeberry trees are.
Massive recent explosion of interest? I'm not aware of that interest. I'm the only person I've ever seen collecting them. And yes, those coffeeberry trees had lots of fruit.
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You're videos are the best!
Well thank you so much!
You are real inspiration and never dissapoint, great video as always. All the goods Chad
I really appreciate it. Thank you.
Chad thank you for your wonderful videos, they help me relax and get away from the hustle and bustle of the city. I look forward to the next videos and wish you good luck.
I'm so glad that you find value in these videos. You'll like the next one - small building project.
Good work. Enjoy your meal
Well done Chad. Thank you for sharing this information. I never really knew acorns were edible. Well it's more like I've heard both sides. Some yes, some no but never remembered to check into it. now I know lol
I believe they all can be eaten but some varieties will require a lot more leeching than others due to higher and lower tannin content. Also avoid any that have black marks on them, they've already gone bad.
Excellent ending message, God is good.
We just need to accept His goodness.
Watching from NAGALAND NorthEast INDIA 💕 💕 💕
Hi there! I hope you are well.
Hey bro, I’ve been to Dimapur and Kohima, back in like 2010. What a unique experience.
❤ i do as much wild harvest as i can. This is great to show how to live off the land. Much love ❤
4:07 Coming to a stream feels like getting closer to mother nature, it's wonderful!
I could hear the stream from where I was collecting acorns but I couldn't see it.
That was awesome, thanks Chad for taking the time to do all the little things that make these videos really interesting 👍 additional text explainations of the plants you are utilising is fantastic, as well as all the great camera set ups and the editing work. It makes your videos interesting as well as informative to watch 🙋🥝 its warming up in southern New Zealand finally, although we got a snowstorm yesterday 😂 but the days are getting longer and hotter finally 🙋👋
Thanks for the kudos. Enjoy the upcoming warm weather. I'm getting ready for winter here but it's not as cold as where you are.
I bet those acorns were delicious!
They were quite good actually. Black oak acorns are one of my favorites.
Very nice video
Thanks
Big fan of your videos from Mauritius
Thank you so much!
Great. This is real survival. Good job. 😀😀😀🖖🖖🖖👍👍👍
Thank you
A 23:37 minute video takes me forever because I’m a slow reader lol. I have to pause it so much
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But I love watching this stuff, it’s so informative. To see how the natives lived. Awesome video so thank you for it.
Only re***ds use 'lol' so no wonder you can't read.
Thanks for taking the time to learn all that I share in the video. I hope you always find the information useful.
A thing I've consistently noticed in season 2 is you've improved your sound design a lot. Your videos are as fun as always, but I don't get jumpscared every so often which I thank you for. Have fun on your adventures and know that you've inspired at least one person to learn and improve on those skills!
Thanks. I always try to improve.
I would love to visit you and have this meal with you. Looks tasty even through the screen!
I really do love acorns. They are very nutritious too. It's like I can feel the nutritional difference.
Very cool i need to try that
It's amazing that you were able to survive in the forest for several days, that's great, my brother🙏👍👍👍
Amazing? Not really. There are lots of resources here.
Chad, se nota lo saludable que estas! Estas en excelente forma siendo un hombre adulto, supongo que es gracias a que te ejercitas a diario y comes de maravilla y muy saludable, eres genial, me quede boquiabierta 😅😅❤ saludos desde argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷
Great video Chad, many Socal tribes migrated from desert to mountains for food availability, cool to see you demonstrate that as well!
Yes, that's absolutely correct and I can see how important that was for their survival.
so, interesting to watch!
Dear Chad Zuber.
👍👌👏 Another very interesting and very informative video. Congratulations, well done!🎉 I'm simply not able to understand why not more people watch this amazing channel. As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health in particular.
تشاد حاول أن تصنع لك ( جرن خشبي ) من جذع إحدى الأشجار الميتة سيكون الجرن الخشبي أكثر عمقا تدق الجوز أو اي نوع من الحبوب داخله بواسطة مدقة خشبية سيوفر هذا عليك الكثير من الوقت.. تحياتي لك من سوريا 🌷
I really like your videos Chad! Your videos always add new knowledge!:D
Alot of love from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤
Thank you my friend! Blessings to you.
I would probably just strip down and lay in that stream. Just turn the camera off. 😂
The water is really cold. About 50 F.
Still standing. You build it good.💝🙏🕯
I took my time to build it.
I'm from philippines🇵🇭 but I like your video bro ❤ nice and cool 😎
도토리묵 해드시면 더 좋은데...건강최고!
Sinh tồn trong rừng cách làm món ăn từ hạt trái cây rất hay và hấp dẫn quá bạn👍👍👍
guys, chad zuber really is chill like that
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Another good video my friend.
No fish stories for a while.
I know you are busy.
Take care.
Thank you my friend!
sobrevivencia na natureza é uma aventura que exige habilidades 🇧🇷❤❤❤
A verdade!
Great video chad...im watching from Philippines
Thank you!
The scenery is very beautiful
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Have you ever eaten burr oak acorns? They are huge.
No I haven't. Where do they grow?
Very entertaining as always , thanks Chad for your time and efforts 🙏
Thanks for watching.
working to get your own food on your own is some sort of magic
It’s called gardening…😂
what?
@@Heartwing37I bet you meant "foraging".
Lol.
@@spacejihadist4246 another way to phrase it is that I love my garden, it is a place of magic. but it applies equal to foraging
The time laps of the night sky… would be cool nice asmr with acorns and other stuff
I loved this timelapse. It was so beautiful.
Inspired with your faith journey🎉❤
Being in nature really strengthens my faith.
Great video! I really enjoyed it
Thank you!
Maravilloso entorno, la naturaleza es una bendición con todo lo.que provee.Gracias por tus enseñanzas,hermoso vídeo🙌👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥💪
Es una bendicion increible que muchos no aprecian. Dios es grande!
The asmar at this stream ❤
God bless you
Nice
This was great. You got a good supply of wild food. Cheers, Chad!✌️
It won't last long with me though! I will be collecting a lot more.
Fantastic! Thanks 👍
Thank you!
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Hi bro im so happy to see you thank you ❤you
Thank YOU!
God be blessed.
Nice work CZ, great trick using the stick to drip out the tannins.
Thank you!
Thank God; there was a Water-stream put there for you at that time? All because, it’s hard to find 1 nowadays.😋🍽
There are lots of streams here.
Great video sir.
Thank you
The burden basket is invaluable. 23:25 best seat in the house. We all need to eat chemical free like this. Great tips.
I love this burden basket. I made a few adjustments over the past couple months to make it more comfortable and now it's perfect. It's also a great neck exercise. It will make my neck stronger.
In Asia, a burden basket is still a common implement. They do not use the head band, rather they make shoulder straps like a backpack and they are made from bamboo.
Good night my brother🙏
Good night
awesome video
Thanks!
When I was in the scouts the neighbor boy and I made acorn snacks like chopped nuts. We chopped them down then cooked them in water a couple of times, broke them down a little more and cooked them again.
Amazing survive👍
Thanks
I like watching your videos, you can see that you know about survival. Best regards and hopefully more videos
Some things I know, some I don't.
May you always be given health and success🤲🙏👍👍👍
Thanks
Goodjob brother
Thank you so much 😀
❤❤❤❤❤ i Love you
My tribe made something similar called Nupa which is essentially acorn mush, it’s pretty good.
Very awesome Tarzan you working hard on the harvest keep on putting that work in
Thanks Amauri
@@ChadZuberAdventures you're welcome can't wait to see the next vid
Amen brother! Everything comes from God. There is an abundance of food out there. Unfortunately, th knowledge of recognizing and processing it has largely been lost. Thank you for yet another educational and interesting video.
I'm actually glad that hardly anybody knows about this. Even less are willing to put in the time and work to do it. More for me I guess!
@@ChadZuberAdventures 😂
a very good place with many seeds and fruits. Wish you always healthy❤
Thank you!
Hey! Nice Physique Dude!!
Thanks!
Put dried acorn powder in a bowl and boil it with an appropriate amount of water to create a thick acorn porridge. When cooled, it becomes elastic and delicious acorn jelly.
I wonder if the shells from the acorns would make a great necklace, and even a bracelet?
It is true, most people have no idea just where their food comes from, or how it is produced. If thrown into a survival situation they would most likely starve, with food all around them. An excellent "story" example of this is John Steinbeck's book "The Grapes of Rath", The folks in the story were FARMERS and still could not find the food all around them, in their camps, nor how to obtain it.
These skills and knowledge, which Chad shows us, are important to know, even if we never need to use them. Privative skills and knowledge in a modern society, are you as nuts as the acorns? No, but not knowing is. Great job Chad. ;-)
I am nuts! Haha!.... I haven't read that book but I can relate. I just need to look back on my life ten years ago when I knew only a few edible plants. Now I walk through the same hills as back then and I find so much food.
Hiiii Chad!!! 👋👋👋😀
Helloooooooo
In Tennessee we have more acorns this year than any other year of remembrance. I'm gonna try to make something out of them now ❤
Do it! Get those acorns while they are there. Some years they are scarse.
video idea: perhaps you could do a very extreme and dangerous primitive task of going into Canada during the winter and trying to survive there , this could some what simulate the experience of being in ana ice age that our ancestors did thousands of years ago
I would need to take supplies for that. 10,000 years ago I don't think people in temperate climates rushed to the north to experience winter without a tribe and lots of supplies. That would be suicide.
@@ChadZuberAdventures good point
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Hey there
You’re the real chad
I try!
You can do a video where you make something out of clay from scratch and go through the process and that will get you lots of views with a good catchy title !
My past clay videos didn't do well. I need a more interesting and creative project to make with clay.
Do you not worry about rock powder getting mixed in when you pound stuff? I was thinking about that in the prickly pear processing video too
Yes, I was concerned about tiny pieces of granite rock and dust getting into the flour but as long as there is enough flour in the mortar hole and I'm not hitting rock on rock but rather the pestle is pounding just the flour then the rock of the mortar will not wear. I was very careful about this.... When I processed the prickly pear fruit I was less concerned because those stones are a different material and very smooth.
Oklahoma has the biggest acorns i have ever seen. Maybe a tropical place would have bigger one's?
You're lucky! I never seem to be able to find acorns on Black Oaks. The leaves are always huge, but devoid of any signs of acorns....
Only about 20% of the trees here seem to have acorns. I had to hike and search.
Jangan sampai sakit lagi ya.. 🇮🇩
Fitting that his name is Chad.
Isn't it?? Hahah!
“O” well?
All I have to say is; that whenever Christmas holiday comes around my parents will give me Fruits and Nuts whenever I receive my Gifts.
There will be Acorns, Walnuts, Peanuts, and other kinds of Nuts that day.
Acorns? Are they leached?
You should write a book about the edible plants
I'm actually working on a wild foods recipe book. I've been doing lots of experiments lately with acorns, wild fruits, wild fermentations, etc. I have made some really incredible tasting drinks and I'm hooked on them!
Great video, as always! I live in CA so it’s great to see native plants. 🙂 Question for you - do you store the leached acorn flour? If so, how do you dry it to keep it from getting mold?
Great question. In the next video you’ll see me drying some acorn flour. I just dry it in the sun. I place the wet acorn flour on a plate or rock in the sun on a warm dry day and it fully dries in one day. Then it can be stored for a long time. I have acorn flour stored since early this year.
Saludos desde san Luis Potosí México
Saludos amigooooo