Same here. My friend and I saw some in a pond. I mentioned that you could eat them but we were unsure. I'm glad we didn't eat them because the water was very stagnant with evidence of cows going in the water.
Just the stems though. Apparently the pollen and the roots can be used for cooking as well. Also the flowering part but only when its not fully mature, otherwise its a pollen explosion.
My favorite part is the flower(Cigar Part) because I give them to my kids and watch them try to beat each other with them. It keeps them occupied. Soak them in kerosene and light them on fire and they're even more fun; the cattails, not the kids.
@@Someone-tf1tk well only the seeds will kill you. The other parts of the plants probably aren't good for you but it's only at the seeds that kill you, if you spat out the seed no wonder you were fine
My son and I made stuffed pillows out of the fluff from dry brown Cattails. It was fun and the fluff makes great down that can be used for other clothing.
@@LifeIsOhana This was years ago. The pillows were very comfortable but they were lost in our move. So I never had a chance to wash them. We also tried to make pillows with the fluff from wild Thistles growing all over our yard.
*sebastian schott* I've had a "fantasy* end of the world team for a long time now. I'd even take a few worthless people who would be like *guinea pigs* to test questionable foods on. I know... it's harsh. 😐
I've made a point of acquiring knowledge about wild edibles and a habit of snacking on them over the course of my life. The only part of the cattail I have ever tried is the pollen (which can be gathered by hand from above the seed cluster from mid spring to midsummer). The pollen is at the very top of my favorite wild edibles list. In season, it is truly stellar! Even a little past season, it is still good. It has a sort of nutty flavor with exotic hints and highlights; truly unique. Also, in all the information I have acquired on this plant (almost every part is edible if prepared correctly), I have never had anyone or any source mention the usefulness of the slime or point out the need for caution regarding where it is harvested. Thank you so much for this new knowledge!
I love cattail! The pollen for enriching pancake flour, The unripe, green, cattails for stirfrying like corncob or scraped from the stem, the dried leaves for crafting projects: baskets, rope, little boats Love that there remains more to explore with this species!
I know its a year old. However. In New Zealand the maori collect the flowers just before they release the pollen. The pollen is collected, pressed into loaf shapes and wrapped in cloth before being steamed. Its eaten like bread.
Since you asked... I love the whole plant. The roots, shoots, and pollen for food, the outer leaves for basketry, the inner peelings with the slime for wound care, the fluff for tinder and insulating clothing, and the fluff mixed into pine sap as a binder if you need a temporary filling for a tooth. I've personally used it in all those ways, and can attest to it's efficacy.
I think the corn dog part has the pollen in spring? Which you can shake into a bag to take it home & use for nutritous flour :) But like he kind of describes, it can sadly be very hard in most areas of this overcivilized, polluted world to find cattails in non-polluted places which are safe to eat from. I think it's worth searching for some though.
+Niemcy Flour is high in carbohydrates (carbs, basically sugars) which are blamed for a lot of health problems (like tiredness and obesity to be general). Diets like keto mentioned above are about avoiding carbs, and I haven't tried it myself, but I know someone with difficult illnesses (that weren't caused by their diet) who said it helped them feel better, though you have to be careful about it.
@@brandoncobb4646 I think the best way of collecting pollen, is by cutting off the stalk heads when you can see the pollen. Put them in a paper bag, close it the shake it. Volia! Pollen flour.
as a kid, I ate the bushy part on a dare. It was rather dry but I soldiered through it. eventually I got a really bad stomach ache for an hour, followed by some of the worst farts i've ever had.
Awesome vid. During military training we were educated on cat tail jelly. Such a simple solution to aid in wound care. The jelly can also aid in sleep, and works great on bug bites, especially scorpions.
Deadlyaztec27 - Oh man, the mental picture of someone lubing up a cattail, sliding it up their ass, and therefore calmly falling asleep... best comment in a long time.
chicken permission to harvest it you simply need a container to hold the jelly. Then simple rub it on wounds, bites. For sleep aid you ingest it in small amounts in your water.
I have never ate a cattail core before but it looks kind of good. I am a Native American Woman of The Northern Tribes. I am a Oglala Lakota Sioux. I live in Rapid City, S.D. I think that I may go up into The Black Hills to a not Very Public Lake to ensure some in contaminated cattail shoots. Thanks for the recipe and info. I liked the info on the slime of the plant. Thank You for sharing Your knowledge.
I lived in Rapid City back in the 50’s. Dad was military. Even though I was a little kid I got to see Mt Rushmore. Beautiful country but coooold country! I’m partial to my birthplace in AZ.
I love everything about this video , i was so captivated and fascinated that i felt like i was watching a 30 min video, this was so educational that we can do this ourselves and safely while also being very entertaining. Im deffinetly obssesed with foraging now.
Oh yes great video. Love these cattails! The lower parts of the leaves can be used in a salad; the young stems can be eaten raw or boiled; the young flowers (cattails) can be roasted. Yellow pollen (appears mid-summer) of the cattail can be added to pancakes for added nutrients. Love when you do these edibke plants episodes.
Yep same here. Usually when i get colds, i feel fine except for a stuffed nose and a sore throat, but when i get really sick like a fever i would have horrible headaches and watching videos like these would feel rlly nice. I would just lay there and watch it till i fall asleep
Patrick Kendall While it doesn't grow in the wild necessarily, if you live near any bog in England or coloniail areas of the United States with bogs you could search for barrels that people used to preserve butter and cheese. These barrels can keep for hundreds of years and can very technically be found in the wild.
My favorite part is the pollen. It's wonderful in biscuits and pancakes, or muffins. The flavor is wonderful and gives the baked goods a beautiful yellow color and richer flavor.
I find it more like green onion, with that same kind of spiciness, but with an unpleasantly slimy okra-like mouth-feel. I'll usually grab a whole stalk and chew it up while hiking, spitting out the woody parts and eating the tender inner parts. It helps keep you hydrated, too.
oh man, this new governor is blocking off hundreds of thousands of acres to everyone. Vert der ferk!?! I feel like my Great Grandfather did in Slovakia when he shot a deer and then shot the "game warden", because he knew he'd be going to Siberia for the rest of his life for poaching. Just trying to feed his family! And it was his land before the communists (read democrats) took it over. Where will I run to when I shoot a government official on my land? People get your collective heads out of your collective asses and stop looking at your lap!!!! Vert der ferk???!!!????
3:08 woah dude, is that Prank Invasion? His bracelet game is strong, the game is rigged, he must be taking all the pussy for himself with that many bracelets! XD
As the price of groceries has skyrocketed, this year, I’m going to focus on cattails as a food source. Thank you for showing us how to cook the stems. I usually pull up the shoots in the spring and eat them raw as I’m standing by the patch. Onto your next video
Cattails being the pond leek: confirmed. Cattail cuisine would be popularised if they were grown as a crop (with no hassle of having to pick wild cattails and run afoul of the law), like rice paddies. Also the roles of cattails as cleaners would probably mean having to plant more and more, if the seeds are easily harvested, or not.
That would be cool. Nice starchy roots. So getting the rice is illegal or something? Or getting the cattails? If it's on public property or something right? Private would be fine though.
Why would the law care? You can find cattails everywhere, including public areas like lakes, ponds, etc. I work around canals, I know nobody would mind someone picking them.
Just remember reciprocity. Be a symbiote, not a parasite. Any time you harvest, make sure that you have contributed in some way to ensuring what remains thrives even stronger. Whether it's cleaning up garbage, planting trees or helping heal the mycelial network.
Their called Bullrush here in Australia. Aboriginal people have been eating them for thousands of years. Try crushing the base into a mash then (keeping the starch in it) mix in the actual flowers (the catail after removing from the stalk. The fluffy bits that is) mix together for an awsome veggie patty. Then cook on a hot plate over the fire. Nutritious and tastes great.
Interesting. North American Natives sometimes roasted the immature seeds and ate them like corn on the cob. I never heard of a way to eat the mature phase of the seeds. Worth a try. Having once chewed mature Cattail fluff into a paste to try and lure ducks closer to me, I figure there's no way a person is gonna get them down without some sort of preparation.
Ben Payne Yes i believe so. They look exactly the same. However preparing them this way you use a lot more of the tender part the base than the flower / fluffy part. Its also better to use the flower while young. Not to old as they tend to collect alot of dust and other contaminants. A rough ratio would be about 3-4 plant tenders to half a flower. But it depends on the yield. Sort of trial and error for your own personal taste i suppose.
Broderick Elliott I agree they would be definitely hard to swallow. But preparation is the key. Off the topic aboriginal people found a way to eat cycad nuts which are highly toxic and will kill a person. The way they do it is to crush and pound them into a past then rinse in water more times than you could imagine. Not sure I'd like to try it. But it all comes down to the preparation. (You can find documentarys about cycads on the internet for further information) Didn't know you could roast the immature seeds though might have to try that. Thanks
Kim Willetts most of the cattail is edible. The tuber is good in the spring or fall, the small sprouts can be pickled like capers, the shoots are ideal in the spring around 6” tall and are treated like asparagus, the green flower head can be sautéed in butter, and finally the pollen(my favorite) can be collected, sifted and mixed in equal parts with flower to make some of the most awesome pancakes and muffins! It’s also extremely useful for raw materials.
Oh man, really important information about cattails. I never knew they produced an very helpful medicinal substance. Also that looks good, want to try some cattails now.
Interesting! I've never eaten cattails, but, when I was living in the American Southwest, years ago, I heard that some native peoples there used the pollen like flour to make a kind of bread. Thanks for another great wild edible video!
I absolutely LOVE the idea of foraging and using the goods to cook my own meals, but I'm very young, so I obviously don't have the means to go out and do it myself, nor the permissions. I do enjoy living vicariously through these videos, and they help me be more prepared for when I AM older, so I can more safely follow my passions.
Yea like literally every part of them is edible you just need some basic knowledge, I come from river and mountain country and we call them river weiners where I grew up.
Great video! One of my mom's friends used to make pancake with the flower pollen when I was very young. I remember they were delicious! She also made a fig compote to put on them, from wild figs that grow here!
Every part of the cat tail is edible. In the spring, the young shoots are amazing greens, when they fruit, the 'cob' part can be fried and eaten while young. Or you can wait till it grows colder and beat it into flour. The deep tuber can be peeled and boiled in deepest winter and is almost starchyish. The way he is showing is just using a tiny part of a year round almost wholly edible plant. The only part ever inedible are the old leaves... which are great for baskets, and even yield fairly long plant fibers when properly prepared if you have a talent for spinning.
"hey can you eat cat tails?" "oh wh what? yeah, you can eat the core raw" "oh ok" " *a disturbance in the force* " "wait Jimm- oh JIMMY NOT THAT CAT- *JIMMY* YOU BLOODY GET THE KNIFE OUT OF THE CAT TAIL"
I've seen these in a river in my old town - I doubt the water's severely polluted, but I wouldn't trust those cattails! Please don't ever stop making this series, because people in Australia and the rest of the world are going to need to know this sooner rather than later
I believe that in at least one U.S.A. state cattails are endangered and might be on a protected list. So make sure to look up your local regulations. Of course in a survival situation these rules are put aside.
they are.... i took a class and i think it ,somehow, had something to do with the Weevil (that bug that likes to eat purple flowers) being an invasive species somewhere in the west .....(*purple loostrife sp?)
Bro, the only sad part is the giant cats sleeping under the rivers and ponds having to go on knowing some human just pulled it's tail out while foraging.
I mean it's good information. If the economy ever crashes or something and there's a lack of food I can just strut my way down to the riverbed, fry myself some udon noodle cattail stalks with a side of roasted wild onion and a buttery dandelion-pepper presto sauce on top. Then sip my pine needle tea after dinner while sitting and reading the newspaper.
exroyalcanadian there are tons of them where I grew up and while out playing us kids would pick the younger plant, peel off the outer skin, and then eat the white part of the stalk. Then go back to playing. We knew were all the wild berry bushes were and honeysuckle plants. Maybe cause he picked an older one, but he stripped off a lot of plant.
LOL.. You forgot to add the truffles and fois gras to the saute pan.. and finish it with a sprinkle of gold dust. BTW: you can saute ANYTHING in butter and it will taste good.
I very much enjoy the pollen spikes boiled and dipped in melted butter. Tastes like corn. The inner leaves when pulled out of the young plants taste exactly like cucumbers. I am eating the pollen spikes now.😋
i used the cattail as what we called punks here in Bristol pa, We used tham at night to keep mosquitoes away, after you try them out in the sun for a few daysm we yusesed a low roof , when fone we lit the tip like a cigar, when it lit and stayed lit we would post them around and the smole kept the little buggers away
That's right...In Wisconsin we would collect them before a camping trip dry them out in the sun and then burn them. We called them ******PUNKS****** Also. They burned and smoldered for hours keeping mosquitos away.
Every part of a cattail is useful. The flower heads can be used to make an emergency blanket, the grass like leaves can be made into mats, shelter roof and walls or even a nice hat to keep the sun off your face. Both root and core are edible, the roots can be boiled and eaten like rutabegas
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the forbidden sausage
dothog
Forbidden glizzy
WILD GLIZZY
forbidden corndog
Ok
My favourite part of the cat tail is the part that’s connected to the cat
Omg wisp
Cool beans
Wtf wisp!?!
Yikes..
But food is f o o d.
I honestly didn't expected to see you here, but your assesment is more concering
Thank you for this vid. What I learned:
How to identify cattails
How to prepare cattails
Cattail jelly has medicinal uses
How to cook cattails
Same here. My friend and I saw some in a pond. I mentioned that you could eat them but we were unsure. I'm glad we didn't eat them because the water was very stagnant with evidence of cows going in the water.
Just the stems though. Apparently the pollen and the roots can be used for cooking as well. Also the flowering part but only when its not fully mature, otherwise its a pollen explosion.
@@PatManDX The pollen can be used as flour
Respect to that dude helped me learn another thing a day without even trying
Yessss
I once took a bite out of a cat tail and ended up inhaling the seeds and vomiting then violently coughing for 5 minutes. Bad idea.
Oof
I'm so sorry for laughing
are you special needs? Im not trying to offend or discriminate you, I just want to know whether i can laugh or not
@ YAY I can laugh at this person's misfortune, without fear of public retribution or political correctness
@@Onii-chan_2465 we live in society
My favorite part is the flower(Cigar Part) because I give them to my kids and watch them try to beat each other with them. It keeps them occupied. Soak them in kerosene and light them on fire and they're even more fun; the cattails, not the kids.
Eh, it works both ways for me.
Instructions not clear, firstborn is now dinner
Soak those kids in kerosene! That oughta keep them occupied!
k got it, get my kids and set them on fire
Jim Garrison oops, forgot to read that last part. Now the kids I put on fire are in emergency :/
I thought he would eat the forbidden sausage.
E T he be eating hotdogs on grass
Wt?
Instead he ate the forbidden pasta
Same xD, I just imagined him ripping the brown part off and just biting into it
Is this a dick joke
I want to sleep. I need to sleep. But I can't. I must learn the ways of deep-frying the forbidden sausage.
I can relate to one’s situation
S a m e
Never have seen anything more true.
Same, speaking of which im gomna sleep right now
Relatable
When I was a kid I got cattail seeds in my eyes..and I've been terrified of them ever since
I see I am sorry
@@FirebaII0 but he doesn't
@@floofitoaster2168 😂😂😉
@@floofitoaster2168 this made me laugh
Didn't expect to see you here.
[Walking around in the swamp]
[Uproots a cattail]
"Spaghetti"
*nom*
Madness Combat for life
I love that vine
WUT ARE YE DOIN IN MAH SWAMP?!!!
*starts coughing out fluff*
*Ten cubic metres of hair spews out of your mouth*
Me, wanting to try this:
My cat's tail: *Don't even think about it.*
Underrated comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@dustcat420 it ain't much, but it's honest work
STOOPPPPP ✋😭
@@pekaisphat get some help 😩😭
Why you both crying?
Im pretty sure you can cook almost any edible plant in butter and it'll taste fantastic
I ate some moss and I fried it up in butter. It tastes like moss, but with butter. 3/10 don’t
I have consumed lettuce with butter yet I it was merely a 5/10.
@@regrekechi-kan7097 That's French cuisine. Seriously. A French Swiss friend fixed it for me.
I fried grasshoppers and some crickets in butter and put them in pancakes with some mountain berries, it wasn't bad
Ate some carrots with about a quarter bar butter 2/10
This is stuff they should teach us at school.
That would be such an awesome class idea, going around outside to gather plants and then you cook lunch with them at the end
@@brynnplant Brilliant idea. Teach a whole survival course.
Good idea but too many people would die eating the wrong things
That’s the whole point of a class
@@JohnnyReb can't do that, the slaves, I mean, lower class would become self dependent if we taught that!
thats not a cattail its a wild corndog
In its natural enviroment
Liz this is beautiful. Omg
Liz WHERES THE WILD KETCHUP AND MUSTARD
Whoo wheeeee you know much I like a corndog
You gave me the best fucking idea for the next bbq.
I remember I'd eat random berries and plants as a kid, cat tail included.
It's a wonder I was never hurt.
Science could benefit from taking a look at your stomach
@@pigeon1923 lol
I ate a yew berry.
@@Someone-tf1tk well only the seeds will kill you. The other parts of the plants probably aren't good for you but it's only at the seeds that kill you, if you spat out the seed no wonder you were fine
@@rowanheart8122 I did eat a seed but my parents stopped me from eating any more. Luckily it takes more than one seed to kill you lol
My son and I made stuffed pillows out of the fluff from dry brown Cattails. It was fun and the fluff makes great down that can be used for other clothing.
Interesting
can you wash them or does it cause them to get matted?
@@LifeIsOhana This was years ago. The pillows were very comfortable but they were lost in our move. So I never had a chance to wash them. We also tried to make pillows with the fluff from wild Thistles growing all over our yard.
Why does he stuff corn dogs in a pillow?!?!!?
@@ratdestroyeralpha You break the cattails open and it has fluff inside
remember y'all, be the person you would want on your apocalypse survival team
I know how to start fires out of rocks, sticks, and leaves. I also know how to make weapons... I will be fine
Words to live by
You will need this knowledge in the future
Mark my words and stop doing bad stuff and you will not be scared of the things that will happen in 2022
@@karrotizhealthy what will happen :0
*sebastian schott* I've had a "fantasy* end of the world team for a long time now. I'd even take a few worthless people who would be like *guinea pigs* to test questionable foods on. I know... it's harsh. 😐
This guy sounds like an advanced version of Siri...not even sure if this video was made by a real person
Mark Zuckerbergs cousin but half related to Prank Invasion cause of all those bracelets. I think mommy make out day is around the corner boys!
I want to bang a hot mom
It's the guy that reads the audio text portion of a standardized test
Lmfaooo for real😂
ekul Z, yes absolutely
i found some wild glizzies!
*muffled screaming
OI I TOLD YOU NOT TO EAT THAT!
*screams as insides turn into fluff*
"I ain't no glizzy gobbler!"
Delete this shit
Those are how the corndogs grow in the nature.
Toxic Chomper It's obviously a joke...
So that's where they come from! lol
I just want to go outside and start eating everything now. So hungry
I always used to call them Nature's corndog
knightof1990 best comment I've seen all day, I'm definitely using it haha
You are the most wonderful forging channel .
Your a natural teacher.. I am making sure that my grandsons will see this and granddaughter
This is what my friends think my diet is like when I say I’m vegetarian
Underrated comment.
Why are you vegetarian
@@evanreloadingbazookagaming1699 because he is?
Sorry that someone spilt your beans ☹️
@@renceljamesmateo8081 why are you human?
You: because I am?
At 2:20 you can hear the death cry of the cattail.
Lol
o no
Omg that’s so funny. If plants cried when you pulled them I’d feel so bad
hoaian1 2:25
They do. You just can't hear it.
I've made a point of acquiring knowledge about wild edibles and a habit of snacking on them over the course of my life. The only part of the cattail I have ever tried is the pollen (which can be gathered by hand from above the seed cluster from mid spring to midsummer). The pollen is at the very top of my favorite wild edibles list. In season, it is truly stellar! Even a little past season, it is still good. It has a sort of nutty flavor with exotic hints and highlights; truly unique. Also, in all the information I have acquired on this plant (almost every part is edible if prepared correctly), I have never had anyone or any source mention the usefulness of the slime or point out the need for caution regarding where it is harvested. Thank you so much for this new knowledge!
Broderick Elliott this was a great comment... I love to see the "entire" cattails processed
Look up AlfieAesthetics for more info like this.
Alfie is the Bomb!
Broderick Elliott lol
Broderick Elliott haha you ate flower nut
I love cattail!
The pollen for enriching pancake flour,
The unripe, green, cattails for stirfrying like corncob or scraped from the stem,
the dried leaves for crafting projects: baskets, rope, little boats
Love that there remains more to explore with this species!
I know its a year old. However.
In New Zealand the maori collect the flowers just before they release the pollen.
The pollen is collected, pressed into loaf shapes and wrapped in cloth before being steamed.
Its eaten like bread.
Really? Does it have a sweet taste or more like a bland taste
@@ScienceTHE-RULER87 tastes like bread with a tint of honey.
Would ❤ to try that.
@@sylasviper715 I'm In thanks alot
@@ScienceTHE-RULER87 Darn it, you are making me hungry...
I came here after watching a guy eat this saying "the world's natural hotdogs"
Man I sure do love golfing
Same
Lol me too
Man, are we twins?
i did the same-
Since you asked... I love the whole plant. The roots, shoots, and pollen for food, the outer leaves for basketry, the inner peelings with the slime for wound care, the fluff for tinder and insulating clothing, and the fluff mixed into pine sap as a binder if you need a temporary filling for a tooth. I've personally used it in all those ways, and can attest to it's efficacy.
Im learning so much. The majority of plants here,are very abundant in the Uk too! Ive eaten cattail roots before! Delicious cooked!
I was kind of disappointed when he ment to eat the core of the plant when I thought he would actually eat the corn dog looking part of the plant
Maiko same
Lol. The corndog part is actually a bunch of fluff.
I think the corn dog part has the pollen in spring? Which you can shake into a bag to take it home & use for nutritous flour :) But like he kind of describes, it can sadly be very hard in most areas of this overcivilized, polluted world to find cattails in non-polluted places which are safe to eat from. I think it's worth searching for some though.
@@iahelcathartesaura3887 Yes the pollen can be eaten. The fluff of the cigar is great for a firestarter material.
"Meant"...
If you can collect enough of it, the pollen makes a delightful, healthy alternative to flour. Has a slight honey taste. Scrumptious!
Really? That sounds amazing
"Healthy alternative"
What's wrong with flour, lol?
+Niemcy Flour is high in carbohydrates (carbs, basically sugars) which are blamed for a lot of health problems (like tiredness and obesity to be general). Diets like keto mentioned above are about avoiding carbs, and I haven't tried it myself, but I know someone with difficult illnesses (that weren't caused by their diet) who said it helped them feel better, though you have to be careful about it.
Define pollen. Lol
What's the best way to collect the pollen if I had 30 of these?
@@brandoncobb4646 I think the best way of collecting pollen, is by cutting off the stalk heads when you can see the pollen. Put them in a paper bag, close it the shake it. Volia! Pollen flour.
as a kid, I ate the bushy part on a dare. It was rather dry but I soldiered through it. eventually I got a really bad stomach ache for an hour, followed by some of the worst farts i've ever had.
It's literally like eating a dandelion, it's horrible.
Farts are good for you
This made me LOL for a few minutes
@George Rodriguez, inhale deeply.
@@ubermenschi1459 dandelion leaves are delicious
_"Oh man I do sure love golfing, even when they got the world's natural hotdog..."_
ah that video
hello
Just saw that vid
Forbidden hotdog
When I was about 5 years old, I legit thought those were hotdogs, and that’s how you grew hotdogs in the wild lmao.
"I found some wild glizzies!"
@@Liscinov *scream*
Retad
Omg same
how could you think that what were you parents teaching you
Awesome vid. During military training we were educated on cat tail jelly. Such a simple solution to aid in wound care. The jelly can also aid in sleep, and works great on bug bites, especially scorpions.
Charlie Herrington ya ok chaaaaarrlie
Charlie Herrington how do u use it to aid in sleep? Do u use it as a gel?? Or do u eat it???
Deadlyaztec27 - Oh man, the mental picture of someone lubing up a cattail, sliding it up their ass, and therefore calmly falling asleep... best comment in a long time.
ArsenicDrone
You are welcome.
chicken permission to harvest it you simply need a container to hold the jelly. Then simple rub it on wounds, bites. For sleep aid you ingest it in small amounts in your water.
I have never ate a cattail core before but it looks kind of good. I am a Native American Woman of The Northern Tribes. I am a Oglala Lakota Sioux. I live in Rapid City, S.D. I think that I may go up into The Black Hills to a not Very Public Lake to ensure some in contaminated cattail shoots. Thanks for the recipe and info. I liked the info on the slime of the plant. Thank You for sharing Your knowledge.
I lived in Rapid City back in the 50’s. Dad was military. Even though I was a little kid I got to see Mt Rushmore. Beautiful country but coooold country! I’m partial to my birthplace in AZ.
Dalaine, will you marry me?
no one fucking cares
Great instructions on the cattail.
That slimy medicinal gel is very like aloe Vera. I like to pick cattails flowers and use them in fall arrangements.
River sausage
Native Son of Anarcy that was my nickname in college 😎
Native Son of Anarcy You spelled anarchy wrong, genius.
Chilly Davis And 310 other. "genius' " liked his comment too.
Ham Steaks G-e-n-i-u-s-e-s
Chilly Davis
Joke
Your head.
The roots are my favorite...dried and milled, they make great flour for breads.
What time of year has the best taste, or is it pretty consistent, I'm guessing it builds starch in fall...
Taste like wild hickory nuts ! Eule gibbons
That sounds really good. 👍
i prefer the roots too
He sounds like "hello, Mario."
Oh god. I cant unhear this.
Or Bird person from Rick n Morty
this is my brother luigi now to tell you a whole heapin spaghetti pile of 'informacioné'
I love everything about this video , i was so captivated and fascinated that i felt like i was watching a 30 min video, this was so educational that we can do this ourselves and safely while also being very entertaining. Im deffinetly obssesed with foraging now.
Oh yes great video. Love these cattails! The lower parts of the leaves can be used in a salad; the young stems can be eaten raw or boiled; the young flowers (cattails) can be roasted. Yellow pollen (appears mid-summer) of the cattail can be added to pancakes for added nutrients. Love when you do these edibke plants episodes.
What do the roasted flowers taste like?
This the kind of videos i put on the tv while im sick. Just lay there and enjoy it, take ur mind off the sickness.
Same except I get hungry and then sad that I can't taste anything.
@@hoisoynono you got covid?
@@Realjcjammer no? Not being able to taste is just something that happens when your nose is congested from a cold.
Yep same here. Usually when i get colds, i feel fine except for a stuffed nose and a sore throat, but when i get really sick like a fever i would have horrible headaches and watching videos like these would feel rlly nice. I would just lay there and watch it till i fall asleep
Where do you find butter in the wild?
Patrick Kendall in the fridge haha
Patrick Kendall milk a cow, separate the milk fats, put the fats in some sort of container, shake until it's butter.
Patrick Kendall from the butter plant
Amy SmooshyBananas well if you find a cow, you have steaks, no need to eat river weeds
Patrick Kendall While it doesn't grow in the wild necessarily, if you live near any bog in England or coloniail areas of the United States with bogs you could search for barrels that people used to preserve butter and cheese. These barrels can keep for hundreds of years and can very technically be found in the wild.
My favorite part is the pollen. It's wonderful in biscuits and pancakes, or muffins. The flavor is wonderful and gives the baked goods a beautiful yellow color and richer flavor.
if you are wondering what raw cattails taste like, they taste a little like cucumber
Isaac Orchard makes sense since they are high in water
i'd say like overripe cucumber,not very pleasant flavour
Thank You! I was amazed that he did not mention at all how they taste, but is suspected it would be something like cucumber.
I find it more like green onion, with that same kind of spiciness, but with an unpleasantly slimy okra-like mouth-feel. I'll usually grab a whole stalk and chew it up while hiking, spitting out the woody parts and eating the tender inner parts. It helps keep you hydrated, too.
thank you, i was looking through the comments to find out what they taste like
Be careful its illegal to harvest cattails in protected wetlands,which is everywhere in Michigan
You know, some laws are ridiculous! So, if you buy cattail seeds from another state, a seed company, grow them at home....
oh man, this new governor is blocking off hundreds of thousands of acres to everyone. Vert der ferk!?! I feel like my Great Grandfather did in Slovakia when he shot a deer and then shot the "game warden", because he knew he'd be going to Siberia for the rest of his life for poaching. Just trying to feed his family! And it was his land before the communists (read democrats) took it over. Where will I run to when I shoot a government official on my land? People get your collective heads out of your collective asses and stop looking at your lap!!!! Vert der ferk???!!!????
And Florida!
groovy guru wow I live in Michigan and didn’t know this! Its interesting and weird because we have sooo many of them all over but still good to know!
Not too long ago they were threatened with extinction in my country (netherlands) now they arent anymore so could be the same for other places
Guy who named Cattail: Let's call this plant "Cat Tail"...
Everyone else: Oh look! a "Cigar-Plant"
3:08 woah dude, is that Prank Invasion? His bracelet game is strong, the game is rigged, he must be taking all the pussy for himself with that many bracelets! XD
Woah check out those wild corndogs
I call’em corn dog plants.
Sausage plants
Now son this is called the poop chute plant
Are we not gonna talk about how BEATIFUL that scenry looks?
no
The flower on top can be pulled apart and it becomes perfect, fluffy firestarter. If dry of course.....
Coronavirus: I will take over the world!
The outsider: *_laughs in isolation_*
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"that goes for any wild edible"
Stoners: edible you say!?
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@@haze9477 big Truth
As the price of groceries has skyrocketed, this year, I’m going to focus on cattails as a food source. Thank you for showing us how to cook the stems. I usually pull up the shoots in the spring and eat them raw as I’m standing by the patch. Onto your next video
You think that's it cattails LOL zombie , newbie.
Cattails being the pond leek: confirmed.
Cattail cuisine would be popularised if they were grown as a crop (with no hassle of having to pick wild cattails and run afoul of the law), like rice paddies.
Also the roles of cattails as cleaners would probably mean having to plant more and more, if the seeds are easily harvested, or not.
That would be cool. Nice starchy roots. So getting the rice is illegal or something? Or getting the cattails? If it's on public property or something right? Private would be fine though.
Why would the law care? You can find cattails everywhere, including public areas like lakes, ponds, etc. I work around canals, I know nobody would mind someone picking them.
Just remember reciprocity. Be a symbiote, not a parasite. Any time you harvest, make sure that you have contributed in some way to ensuring what remains thrives even stronger. Whether it's cleaning up garbage, planting trees or helping heal the mycelial network.
@@saradanhoff6539 Fantastic comment. 🙂
Gathering wild edibles on public land is ok as long as you have a fishing license.
Their called Bullrush here in Australia. Aboriginal people have been eating them for thousands of years. Try crushing the base into a mash then (keeping the starch in it) mix in the actual flowers (the catail after removing from the stalk. The fluffy bits that is) mix together for an awsome veggie patty. Then cook on a hot plate over the fire. Nutritious and tastes great.
Interesting. North American Natives sometimes roasted the immature seeds and ate them like corn on the cob. I never heard of a way to eat the mature phase of the seeds. Worth a try. Having once chewed mature Cattail fluff into a paste to try and lure ducks closer to me, I figure there's no way a person is gonna get them down without some sort of preparation.
darren renton is it exactly the same though?
Ben Payne Yes i believe so. They look exactly the same. However preparing them this way you use a lot more of the tender part the base than the flower / fluffy part. Its also better to use the flower while young. Not to old as they tend to collect alot of dust and other contaminants. A rough ratio would be about 3-4 plant tenders to half a flower. But it depends on the yield. Sort of trial and error for your own personal taste i suppose.
Broderick Elliott I agree they would be definitely hard to swallow. But preparation is the key. Off the topic aboriginal people found a way to eat cycad nuts which are highly toxic and will kill a person. The way they do it is to crush and pound them into a past then rinse in water more times than you could imagine. Not sure I'd like to try it. But it all comes down to the preparation. (You can find documentarys about cycads on the internet for further information) Didn't know you could roast the immature seeds though might have to try that. Thanks
darren renton thank you
God: finally vegan hot dog
Lmao
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Since chickens don't really need their wings, do the wings count as vegan meat?
@@HerMoisture
Well, cows don't really need their milk, yet it isn't a vegan product.
@@HerMoisture Whatever comes from an animal isn't vegan
Who else randomly got a bunch of cat tail related content in their recomendations?
RUclips: ah yes yes cat tail... Hmmm forbidden hotdog yumm
Me
🎶Me want bite🎶
🎶Me want plant corn dog delight🎶
🎶 Me want deep-fried 🎶
🎶 Me think water twinkie nice 🎶
i first saw a dude eating the sausage part of a cattail and now i’m in the cattail rabbit hole
Indeed
this is awesome, i love knowing what can be eaten in nature if lost in the woods etc too.
Kim Willetts most of the cattail is edible. The tuber is good in the spring or fall, the small sprouts can be pickled like capers, the shoots are ideal in the spring around 6” tall and are treated like asparagus, the green flower head can be sautéed in butter, and finally the pollen(my favorite) can be collected, sifted and mixed in equal parts with flower to make some of the most awesome pancakes and muffins! It’s also extremely useful for raw materials.
Oh man, really important information about cattails. I never knew they produced an very helpful medicinal substance.
Also that looks good, want to try some cattails now.
Interesting! I've never eaten cattails, but, when I was living in the American Southwest, years ago, I heard that some native peoples there used the pollen like flour to make a kind of bread. Thanks for another great wild edible video!
Here in Australia and in New Zealand too. It's incredibly bland though
*i mean the bread
Yep. You can also take the old roots that are too tough to eat and pound them to extract the starch and use that as a flour.
I wonder what mixing this pollen with pine tree pollen would taste like
Has anyone seen that meme where someone eats a “wild glizzy”
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@@LYRISNSD 10 MINUTES AGO!?
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Uh no?
Had a nightmare about it. Now looking one makes me want to gag
The Outsider: I then fried them up with butter and salt and pepper for taste..
His Inner Demons: PAHSTA
*pastae
I absolutely LOVE the idea of foraging and using the goods to cook my own meals, but I'm very young, so I obviously don't have the means to go out and do it myself, nor the permissions. I do enjoy living vicariously through these videos, and they help me be more prepared for when I AM older, so I can more safely follow my passions.
_How_ young? This is the most articulate RUclips comment I've read in a long time
Someone has awesome parents and was homeschooled
Beautiful location. Had no idea these were edible, fond memories of collecting and picking at these at my parents home
I have hundreds of those things around my home! I never knew you could eat them though!
Puma Bear I always knew they were edible, but I was too afraid to try
Puma Bear Same
I have tons of banana hearts in my area!
Yea like literally every part of them is edible you just need some basic knowledge, I come from river and mountain country and we call them river weiners where I grew up.
PUMA BEAR Well. Now is your chance to start eating them.
I just like how the flower bud explodes into a bunch of fuzz when you open it
This dude legit sounds like “Hello Mario.”
Great video! One of my mom's friends used to make pancake with the flower pollen when I was very young. I remember they were delicious! She also made a fig compote to put on them, from wild figs that grow here!
I learned this when I was a boy while reading the book, My side of the mountain, Beautiful story. Great video very informative. 👍
That was my favorite book.
@@preppy890 Me too!
Loved the book; didn't care much for the movie. (Although Theodore Bikel was good in the role of "Bando.")
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This was a very calming video on top of being interesting, engaging and informative
the seeds also make AMAZING fire starter. Burns just like dryer lint.
Interesting. I've been around cattails my whole life and never knew they were edible!
Every part of the cat tail is edible. In the spring, the young shoots are amazing greens, when they fruit, the 'cob' part can be fried and eaten while young. Or you can wait till it grows colder and beat it into flour. The deep tuber can be peeled and boiled in deepest winter and is almost starchyish. The way he is showing is just using a tiny part of a year round almost wholly edible plant. The only part ever inedible are the old leaves... which are great for baskets, and even yield fairly long plant fibers when properly prepared if you have a talent for spinning.
@@saradanhoff6539 why does everybody make baskets from fibre they can be used for so much more.
The "down" in the head of the cat tail can be used in an emergency for a wound dressing. Apply the "down" then wrap the wound....
"hey can you eat cat tails?"
"oh wh what? yeah, you can eat the core raw"
"oh ok"
" *a disturbance in the force* "
"wait Jimm- oh JIMMY NOT THAT CAT- *JIMMY* YOU BLOODY GET THE KNIFE OUT OF THE CAT TAIL"
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Rolling over laughing so hard tears are running down my face. Lordy that was funny!
@@lyndajones4061 Rolling over laughing so hard tears are running down my face. Lordy bots aren't funny.
Been putting off cultivating a few of the numerous cattails around here far too long. Your video has inspired me to get moving! Thanks :)
I've seen these in a river in my old town - I doubt the water's severely polluted, but I wouldn't trust those cattails! Please don't ever stop making this series, because people in Australia and the rest of the world are going to need to know this sooner rather than later
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@@rockoyhead I am so confused... context please?
I believe that in at least one U.S.A. state cattails are endangered and might be on a protected list. So make sure to look up your local regulations. Of course in a survival situation these rules are put aside.
+Friday Fox Great advice! Thanks for sharing that info.
That would be my home state of PA.
they are.... i took a class and i think it ,somehow, had something to do with the Weevil (that bug that likes to eat purple flowers) being an invasive species somewhere in the west .....(*purple loostrife sp?)
Also in Michigan you are not allowed to touch them.
they're rare here in the Midwest near lake Michigan. There's these purple flowered invasive garbage plant that's choked them out. forgot the name
Bro, the only sad part is the giant cats sleeping under the rivers and ponds having to go on knowing some human just pulled it's tail out while foraging.
When i was a kid i genuinely thought this were how hot dogs grew
LOL
Hahahahahaaha
Wait you mean its not?!
Lol
did you ride the short bus too?
Been a long time since I've had them and I have tons with in a couple hundred yards of my house. Thanks for reminding me.
Bill
I prefer eating the entire cat. Not just the cattail
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Kirina Yuuko lol genius
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Kirina Yuuko must be from asia
Kirina Yuuko HAHAHAHA same
It all started with the man eating these cattails and i keep having this kind of recommendation
Ah yes, beneath the wild glizzy plant is where they harvest the cheese stick
This is the best comment
Do you ever just have a moment of “why the hell am I watching this”
but you don't want to stop yet
Yep
It's interesting honestly, I probably won't put this knowledge to much use but having more information is always great.
I mean it's good information. If the economy ever crashes or something and there's a lack of food I can just strut my way down to the riverbed, fry myself some udon noodle cattail stalks with a side of roasted wild onion and a buttery dandelion-pepper presto sauce on top. Then sip my pine needle tea after dinner while sitting and reading the newspaper.
Supposed to be studying for an anatomy exam. Glad I know how to properly harvest cat tails now, forget a college degree xD
With your new-found knowledge, you might be able to impress a girlfriend & make it for a dinner side dish!
Kyle Rebelo you learned about cattail anatomy, did that count?
I appreciate your knowledge and sharing with us. Wish more people would take it seriously as it may become a lifesaver some day.
I've ate the cat tail stock raw and it seemed to taste like cucumber. Definitely a good source of food in a survival situation.
exroyalcanadian there are tons of them where I grew up and while out playing us kids would pick the younger plant, peel off the outer skin, and then eat the white part of the stalk. Then go back to playing. We knew were all the wild berry bushes were and honeysuckle plants.
Maybe cause he picked an older one, but he stripped off a lot of plant.
So this is how people get corn dogs
For fucks sake Justin
Your most unnoticed comment
Justin Y. You have truly mastered commenting, from lists to tech to GORDON RAMSEY and WILD CORNDOGS, you are truly the legend.
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@@helliox2487 Don't be rude
I love making baskets with the cattail leaves. They dry really well then I put a layer of polyurethane over them.
Nice, can you tell me how to do this???
Oh man, really important information about cattails. I never knew they produced an important and very helpful substance.
LOL.. You forgot to add the truffles and fois gras to the saute pan.. and finish it with a sprinkle of gold dust. BTW: you can saute ANYTHING in butter and it will taste good.
pesto12601 tru dat
When he said thanks for watching i thought, no thank you dude this was very informative
Crunchy Udon noodles? Damn! That sounds fricking amazing!
I very much enjoy the pollen spikes boiled and dipped in melted butter. Tastes like corn. The inner leaves when pulled out of the young plants taste exactly like cucumbers. I am eating the pollen spikes now.😋
I'm supposed to be cleaning my house. Why am I here
iTheGeek I'm sorry, maybe he doesn't like fucking pineapple haircuts. Stop judging people smh..
ExxCaliberr 901 Why don't you stop being a little bitch, little bitch, little bitch.
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SJ Gee Why the fuck are you asking us?
Then why u watch this video
In Brazil we call it "Taboa"
And i didn't know it was edible! Nice work man!
i used the cattail as what we called punks here in Bristol pa, We used tham at night to keep mosquitoes away, after you try them out in the sun for a few daysm we yusesed a low roof , when fone we lit the tip like a cigar, when it lit and stayed lit we would post them around and the smole kept the little buggers away
That's right...In Wisconsin we would collect them before a camping trip dry them out in the sun and then burn them. We called them ******PUNKS****** Also. They burned and smoldered for hours keeping mosquitos away.
Every part of a cattail is useful. The flower heads can be used to make an emergency blanket, the grass like leaves can be made into mats, shelter roof and walls or even a nice hat to keep the sun off your face. Both root and core are edible, the roots can be boiled and eaten like rutabegas
I was thinking frying, yes?
@@mikejay9838 you could fry if cut thin enough or if parboiled first
@@Shnookie3.14 Ahh, interesting, boil FIRST then fry?
@@mikejay9838 the roots not the cores
"You'll likely be able to find them almost anywhere."
Me, who has never seen one in real life:
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same
same, although it's maybe cause I live near the equator.
Used to whip each other with them when walking home from school.