Thank you so much for making another! I love all these and having been rewatching them to expand my knowledge of native plants. Keep doing what you're doing 👍👍
Just FYI - I had read in a desert survival book specific to the Chihuahuan Desert, that the shin dagger AKA lechugilla is edible (the lower bulb part) if cooked in the ground for a day or so (the primitive method).. maybe faster with modern methods at least in the Chihuahuan desert. So I harvested one once, the bulbus part similar in size to a large potatoe.. I baked it in my outdoor grill for about 5 hours. Tried it and ended up eating the whole thing turned out sweet with a hint of a ginger flavor. Reminded me of a cross between a sweet potatoe and ginger. With the SOTOL (called the Desert Spoon in these parts) the same can be done (at least in the Chihuhuan desert) but needs to be cooked much longer using the primitve method - 72 hours in the ground .
So there are 2 plans called shin daggers, the video covers agave schotii only. Lechuguilla is also called shin dagger, and that may well be more edible. Thanks for the note!
@@KurtPapke Ohh OK a different shin dagger.. lol The Sonoran is so much richer and diverse than the Chihuahuan Desert. I hope to take a few trips out there. Out here we do have some purple to violet in color prickly pear pads as well as purple to violet Hedge hogs
The Prickly Pear cactus :the plant is edible:nopal and the fruit: Tunas or Prickly Pear fruit is edible. Also one can make juice and jellies, jams, and marmalades out of the Prickly Pear fruit
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Thank you so much for making another! I love all these and having been rewatching them to expand my knowledge of native plants. Keep doing what you're doing 👍👍
Thank you so much for your kind, encouraging words!
Always enjoy your videos added this one to my interesting by others playlist so people might find this great information!
Awesome, thank you! FWIW, I've got another couple of cactus videos to do yet to finish the series.
Good informational video , thanks for sharing , God bless !
You're welcome Michael, thanks for the nice comment!
Just FYI - I had read in a desert survival book specific to the Chihuahuan Desert, that the shin dagger AKA lechugilla is edible (the lower bulb part) if cooked in the ground for a day or so (the primitive method).. maybe faster with modern methods at least in the Chihuahuan desert. So I harvested one once, the bulbus part similar in size to a large potatoe.. I baked it in my outdoor grill for about 5 hours. Tried it and ended up eating the whole thing turned out sweet with a hint of a ginger flavor. Reminded me of a cross between a sweet potatoe and ginger.
With the SOTOL (called the Desert Spoon in these parts) the same can be done (at least in the Chihuhuan desert) but needs to be cooked much longer using the primitve method - 72 hours in the ground .
So there are 2 plans called shin daggers, the video covers agave schotii only. Lechuguilla is also called shin dagger, and that may well be more edible. Thanks for the note!
@@KurtPapke Ohh OK a different shin dagger.. lol The Sonoran is so much richer and diverse than the Chihuahuan Desert. I hope to take a few trips out there. Out here we do have some purple to violet in color prickly pear pads as well as purple to violet Hedge hogs
@@bubba7626 Yep, I sometimes see the purple cacti in the wild where volcanic soil is present, like in the Grand Canyon.
The Prickly Pear cactus :the plant is edible:nopal and the fruit: Tunas or Prickly Pear fruit is edible. Also one can make juice and jellies, jams, and marmalades out of the Prickly Pear fruit
You bet!
Sisal is what you make fabric from :coffee bean sacks ? whips ?