Greenbriars are Edible - ID, Harvest, Cook & Eat
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2020
- Greenbriar (Smilax) vines have tender young growth at the tip that is easily snapped off by hand. This tender portion is edible and the topic of this video. We harvest some and saute them in a little butter. They taste a bit like fresh, cooked green beans; mild and pleasant.
There are three important identification features for Smilax/greenbriar.
(1 & 2) They have BOTH thorns and tendrils.
(3) They have palmately-veined leaves - the main veins on every leaf come out from a central point where the leaf meets the leaf stem.
[Do NOT eat any plant unless you know it is safe to do so.]
We only recently learned that the new-growth greenbriar tips can be eaten from watching a video by Bob Hansler. He has an awesome channel that is a great resource for anyone interested in down-to-earth primitive survival.
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Bob Hansler video with information on greenbriar edibles (starts at 5:00-ish minute mark): • Beetle Grubs and Wild ...
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Identifying and Sustainably Harvesting Smilax (greenbriar): foragedfoodie.blogspot.com/201...
Foraging Texas information on Greenbriar: www.foragingtexas.com/2008/08...
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I’ll be looking for this vine in our yard. I need it for my joint pain.
I have been munching on these since I was a kid , I had an old trapper back in the 1970s teach me about these and many other wild Edibles in the South Eastern Ga area . I don't know about bean flavor , I have found it has an Asparagus Flavor and as such I have always fixed them like you would asparagus.
So cool! Now that you mention it, I do taste the asparagus resemblance.
Cool!
I know, right?
@@wobblyotteroutdoors Have you ever tried plantain? I don't eat it , but if you ever have an emergency, you can find it in most backyards like dandelion, chew it and put it on scrapes, bee and wasp stings and it will take the pain away. Most people dry it and make a salve. But you can chew it, too, and mixed with your saliva- put it right on the spot of the injury. Just fyi, Jb
Thanks for this Jb. Was aware of plantain that looks like a banana, but did not know about plantain the herb - until now. This is cool. There is so much to learn. Appreciate your sharing this. Now back to reading about the plantain herb...
I'm clearing damaged trees from a tornado in preparation for building a turkey/chicken run since I lost my turkey enclosure in the storm.
While cutting away dense vines to get the broken trees out, I came across a bunch of black colored berries. I did a Google search, and it came back as greenbrier. I also read the berries are edible, but I'm nervous about eating wild berries that I've never eaten before. I often pick wild blackberries and know what they look like quite well, but growing up around pokeberries and knowing those are poisonous to humans has always made me more cautious of other random berries.
Interesting. Like you, I am leary of eating berries, or anything else in the wild, that I can't identify for sure. Always better to be on the safe side.
Theyre delicious
Yes! So good.
What about the tubers they are edible too
Yes, they are. I haven't dug any of those up yet to try them out. Have you? Any tips on how to best process and eat them.
@@wobblyotteroutdoors dry them out grind them up use just like flour
@@wobblyotteroutdoors kind of like cat tail root flour but you can do either like a Potato boil,bake,fried
Thank you, Bryan. I'm looking forward to trying out all these things.
I enjoy it raw. I think it tastes like a very tender asparagus.
Aww. Nice.
Doesn't it make your mouth black?
No, it doesn’t.
@@wobblyotteroutdoors I must've had the wrong kind I'm good though
Oh my. I'm so glad you are okay.
It tasted a bit sour to me. I hope I didn’t eat something wrong
Me too. It can help to have someone with you who knows for sure what they look like when foraging.