Join Jody Gzhadawsot for Indigenous Food Friday as she shows you how she processes Staghorn Sumac. More information on Staghorn sumac's uses at www.mrinconranch.com/post/pro...
Hi from Czech Rep. I looooove sumac!!! Only now I found out how the tree looks like and can't believe we have this tree in the garden all my life and I didnt know about the spice! I just loved the colours and blossoms of the tree and even the Czech name škumpa for the tree. Now I find it strange we have never harvested it for sumac spice or for a lemonade at all, but now I will. Thank you for your lesson! Kind regards
Growing up in Michigan we have this growing abundantly in the wilderness. In boy scouts when I was a kid our handbooks had different vegetation that was useable. I learned to use it to make tea/sumaclade (lemonade). So I've always been fond of this plant, it's near and dear but I've never used it as a spice. I have a new adventure ahead of me!
I have one in my garden in Scotland, our family have had it for over 50 years, every few years we grown on a new one from the shoots that come up through the grass around it, it's very hardy, survives scottish weather with no problems
Growing up in the middle east we always use it as a spice to decorate different dishes or sprinkle it on top of our kebabs and rice which makes it so delicious
Stag horn grows everywhere on my 2 acres in Kawartha Lakes Ontario. It’s almost invasive but we love the tree and feel honoured to have it. I’m about to go get me some for spice.
This is the video I’ve been searching for! I’m in northern Minnesota and recently learned all the benefits of this beautiful tree in our yard. Thank you!
Yes very good I'm just Gathering Staghorn sumac for the very first time and I've made the lemonade. I'm keeping the red berries seeds dried in the oven low heat method. Wonderful channel to begin a new year for 2024 thank you happy Gathering and foraging for wild edibles. Watching from Canada🇨🇦🇺🇸🕊💓Nova Scotia
Hi to you, we use sumac a lot in the middle east area to prepare our food specially the mix called Zaatar ( a mix of Thyme, sumac, salt, roasted sesame, nuts, spices) . My advice to you : Use a very powerful coffee grinder to mill the sumac's grains...greetings
Do you find that the grains/seeds have the same taste when ground through a coffee grinder? I'm contemplating if it is worth my time to do it that way, versus removing the husk and discarding the seeds
@@tavvy9861 The taste of finely ( powdered ) sumac is just amazing , we used to finely mill sumac especially that the modern professional coffee millers contain a stone grinding discs, those modern miller will turn the most hard dried food ingredient into a real powder like wheat flour.
@@briankraemer7375 We grind the sumac grains all by using a very powerful grinder that leave it totally as a powder then it's ready to be consumed in food preparations.
Sitting here processing fresh picked sumac berries... watching You Tube just like you said. 😅 We have it growing all around us and I tincture some in 100 proof vodka, put some into our own honey... and dry it and such for cooking or winter beverages ~ thank you.
I had always been buying Sumac from Middle Eastern Food Stores to sprinkle on Salads. And I also had been admiring the gorgeous Fall red color of these Staghorn Sumac trees for years; my jaw just dropped seeing this video to find that this wild plant is the source of our favorite Sumac powder. Will not buy Sumac from stores any longer. Thank you so much.
I was introduced to sumac many years ago as a seasoning at a middle eastern restaurant and can't wait to harvest the sumac I recently discovered in my mother in law's backyard!! Thank you for your video.
My landlady dug up and brought home a sumac a few years ago and now we have babies popping up everywhere. We live in Arizona. I can't wait to harvest the beautiful blooms and create some dishes with it and lemonade. Thanks for sharing how you harvest this awesome tree.
You can but it might be a bit bitter- you can just add a bit more maple syrup or sweetener. If you give the berries a good pinch and then taste your fingers it should taste very citrusy when they're ready.
Just a clarifying comment: it sounds like you are saying Halic acid, but the sour flavor is from Malic acid. (Halic or halogen acids are toxic to mammals) I enjoyed watching you process your berries and felt you got a lot of product for the effort! Some don't go through the effort of removing seed, but I think the process you use would yield a more refined end product and spice.
Thanks so much for the excellent step-by-step demonstration of processing staghorn sumac for spice! Just what I was looking for--best RUclips demo on this that I could find! I'm subscribing. Love the foraged and indigenous food content.
recently found out about Sumac - it is great for acid balancing cooked dishes in place of citrus or vinegars and adds brightness to my bean dishes. Haven't tried the lemonade yet but will give it a go!
Just started getting into foraging. There are a few of these near my work in PA. There is also some smooth sumac growing at my house, but no fruit yet. Looking forward to getting some of the staghorn, might plant some of the seeds in relatively nearby area so I can forage closer. Thanks for vid :)
Hello from Canada. Last year I harvested some sumac, like what you've got there, and dried it. There's not much, I just wanted to try it. But I was afraid to use it because I knew there was also poison sumac. Now that I know the difference, (thank you), I can go ahead and use it!
I grabbed two for Summacade earlier today. Now I need to harvest and dry them as well. I bet they add a wonderful lemon flavor in teas and would be beautiful in there as well.
I have just learned about sumac as a spice. I live in rural Ontario and we have it everywhere around here. Will be trying to make this this fall. Thanks!
Oh wow, this is way better than when i tries to use water to separate the berries from the stems. More time consuming but way better, thanks for the tip! Subbed.
I am just finding your channel. Thank you so much for sharing. I love sumac but due to life I haven’t done much with it. I am from Oklahoma and I have a dream for sumac and it’s beneficial superfood qualities. 😇even you can use the leaves in moderation.
I assumed that sumac grew in the Middle East, never knew that it's grown right here in the U.S. I never tried sumac before but since watching this video I will give it a try. Thank you for sharing.
Nice video. I made this tea. To me, it tasted like the Lipton lemon tea that you buy in a can. It was good. I never thought about saving them though. Thanks.
Thank you. Useful vid. I think it's malic acid. I especially appreciated that from watching your video I realised you can make 'sumac lemonade' from the dried berries. So I don't need to stress to make and enjoy from a freshly picked harvest
@@BossLadyAnish I made the mistake of picking blackberries from roadside once 😑 😂 I learned quickly. Before then, I didn't even realize they were doing it because I'd never actually seen it done.
I wish you would have talked about what you like to use it for. Or if you had specific family recipes that call for sumac. I'm thinking many people may not know much about it. It would be very helpful for them.
Aiy hiy!! I just this year discovered a patch of staghorn sumac in my area in central Alberta, Canada. I didn't know that it could hand the climate here, though it's in a very sheltered and warm microclimate.
I think most of the sour malic acid. Malic acid is a mild acid that is also found in very ripe grapes. It does not have the bite that citric acid, tantric acid or acetic acid has. Cheers
I just recently heard about the uses for sumac and am anxious to try. Thank you for this video. Tho I may have a bit of a late harvest I’m giving it a try. (Nothing to lose) We have a wooded lot and there is a whole area of endless sumac bushes. Also having someone tap maple trees in our yard next year so I suspect we’ll receive a bit of the bounty there too. Maybe a swap?! 🤷🏼♀️
If I can see a caterpillar(s) are making a home I usually leave it for them and move on to the next. Of course you can't always get away with not taking some guests home with you, buy after I clip a cluster, gently shake to try to send any guests away, then before processing I rinse and let air dry.
The seeds are super strong and stay in tact, so they're easily sifted out. You can use the seeds for making beanbags, cold/hot packs, or other filler. Great question!
Hey! Great vid. How is the sumac prepared as lemonade, do you have a ratio you use? It seems like it is potent and not much is needed to make a gallon for example
I just pack a gallon jar or sun tea jug with the berry's (stalks and all, I rinse them first and that's it). Cover with water and set in the sun for a couple hours or let soak over night on the counter. Sift out the berries (keeping them on the stalk helps this process). Add maple syrup, agave, or sweetener to your liking and enjoy!
Thank you for this video! Exactly what I was looking for. Approximately how long did it take to dehydrate in your oven? Thanks in advance for any feedback.
What time of years is good to harvest? And I seen some that looks a little red and some of it was brown. Does that mean I missed harvest? Or not ready to harvest? TIA
some videos I've watched never mentioned washing the berries. Given they grow by the roadside and are exposed to vehicle exhaust, I would prefer to wash them, but no one says how best to do it so they don't take forever to dry. Suggestions?
I suggest to never harvest along roadsides especially sumac because washing with water isn't advised. If there's webs or debris on the drupes I use a soft paint brush to wipe away. Other than that I don't "wash" them.
Hi there! Thanks for your video. Im having teouble getting the little hairs to go through my seive: maybe the holes arent big enough? They seem to really stick to the seeds. Hard to separate. Any tricks appreciated!
You may have not processed them long enough in your food processor to losses everything up. It also is a long process to filter through the sieve. I put on a good podcast or have an audiobook going to help keep my mind active.
I love to eat Sumac@Sumak since I am used to eat Turkish, Balkan, and Middle Eastern foods, especially for the ingredients of the Salad. Do you all reckon the tree is suitable to grow in the tropical region? If so, I want to do it👍 Thank you very much for valuable video.
I must have missed it, did you already steep the berries you processed in the blender? Or should berries used for lemonade be considered "used" and disposed of?
The house I moved into has an ornamental sumac in the back yard. The cobs look just like staghorn sumac, but the leaves are lacier looking. Is this okay to process?
Yes- you probably have smooth sumac. Harvesting time for the drupes are the same, roll a berry between your fingers and then if your finger tastes citrusy they're ready. 🩷
I'm a lazy guy. Would it work if I just simmer the whole seeds or the pulverized ones in water to extract the essence and then freeze the extract in ice cubes for later usage?
Do you take the soft velvety hairs off? I found some really ripe sumac. Tangy taste on them. I didn't wash them but removed the berries, processed in a processor and allowed that to sit out overnight. Then I sifted and got the sumac powder but it is still soft and fluffy from the velvety hairs. Should I have removed the soft velvety hairs, from berries? This is my first time.
You did this perfectly! The processed sumac will feel velvety and soft. It's the phenolic acid that's on the hairs that give it the citrusy flavor so don't remove those. You did this perfectly! Enjoy! ❤️
@@BossLadyAnish something else. The berries themselves tasted tangy. I tasted a few before cutting from trwe. The processed soft velvety powder tastes tangy too but the smell isn't there. In fact, I'd say it smells moldy. Not normal right? I imagine that when processing in the food processor, once removing the lid it would smell good but mine doesn't. Should it also smell tangy once processed? Thank you for answering my question. Very much appreciated.
@@K.I.M.7777 it shouldn't smell moldy at all. It should smell slightly tangy/fruity. I wonder if some of the berries were moldy prior to processing, even a little bit of mold can sour everything unfortunately. I always gently rinse the berries and inspect for mold/spider webs but occasionally some sneak in. I would toss out that batch and try again. You're on the right track though!! Keep going. ❤️
Hello I'm Kathy from West Virginia. I do believe that I have a tree of that on my place. I'm afraid to go harvest any I'm afraid that it is the wrong tree. Other then lemon aid and spicy up fishes. Can you use is as a herbal tea? If so what is it good for? Do you also sell it or any other herbs? Thanks for the video please have a great day. Thanks from Kathy in West Virginia 😂🤣😂
You can always look it up online to run a leaf and Berry comparison to confirm what you have. Remember white berries are not Staghorn or smooth sumac. You'll want Ted berries that grow upwards in peaks. When you squeeze the berries and then taste your fingers you should have a citrus taste. I use it for seasoning on eggs, corn mush, meat dishes... you can also put whole or processed berries in your hot tea mixture as well. Loaded with vitamin c and it helps ease sore throat pain.
There’s even some of these trees growing up here in Toronto. I picked a few or maybe a bunch because I wanted to fill the container I took with me and was getting tired of looking for haws. Should either one be refrigerated? If you have a Facebook I could send you a picture of the ones I picked off the tree 🌳 I’ve got loads of music to listen to or RUclips videos to watch.
@@BossLadyAnish I take it you mean in the same cupboard as your other spices. Hopefully having been refrigerated for 10 hours hasn’t hurt them. Will a Tupperware container suffice, because that’s what I’ve been keeping them in. Lastly for now, should haws a.k.a hawthorn berries be prepared the same way?
@@ErgortanguperPolice Tupperware works great, and yes, n the cupboard is fine. For hawthorn berries I just dry them then crush with a mortar and pestle. Then store in a jar (Tupperware is fine).
Is there something else that can be used to mash it up, because I don’t think I own a mortar and pestle or mochi pestle as the original Animal Crossing mistranslated it.
You don't want to wash the stripes because you'll just wash the acid away. Just inspect and if there's any spider webs, buggies, or debris just gently brush off. Hope this helped!♥️
Thanks! Confusing, because you (and others) say the sumac has been washed and dried in the video. Do you ever find worms in the sumac? If so, is it still usable-any suggestions?@@BossLadyAnish
Oh no, you don't want to use that amount of heat. You can dry them just by air drying in a well ventilated room or in your oven on the lowest setting, 150-170 with the door propped a tiny bit open, for about one hour.
Hello thank you for the step by step on how to make this delicious seasoning, is there any way you can hook me up with one of the sumac plants please I live in California, thank you so much
Good evening! I did pick my sumac today, it's really red but the inside is whitefish, so, I put it on cookie sheets, put my oven on 170 degrees and put them in there for 2 hours, they leaked some fluid and didn't really seem to dry. I ended up putting them on racks and now have them in a small room to dry. Is this a correct procedure or should I be doing something differant?😳
It all sounds good - did you test for ripeness by tasting the berries first? Just rub the berries between your fingers and taste. If so, did it taste super citrusy?
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Hi from Czech Rep. I looooove sumac!!! Only now I found out how the tree looks like and can't believe we have this tree in the garden all my life and I didnt know about the spice! I just loved the colours and blossoms of the tree and even the Czech name škumpa for the tree. Now I find it strange we have never harvested it for sumac spice or for a lemonade at all, but now I will. Thank you for your lesson! Kind regards
I love this! Even across the world we have much in common! ♥️♥️
Yes, there are here in France too! Thanks you for your video.
Growing up in Michigan we have this growing abundantly in the wilderness. In boy scouts when I was a kid our handbooks had different vegetation that was useable. I learned to use it to make tea/sumaclade (lemonade). So I've always been fond of this plant, it's near and dear but I've never used it as a spice. I have a new adventure ahead of me!
I love this! Thank you for sharing. ♥️
I have one in my garden in Scotland, our family have had it for over 50 years, every few years we grown on a new one from the shoots that come up through the grass around it, it's very hardy, survives scottish weather with no problems
That is great! They are super hardy
Growing up in the middle east we always use it as a spice to decorate different dishes or sprinkle it on top of our kebabs and rice which makes it so delicious
Stag horn grows everywhere on my 2 acres in Kawartha Lakes Ontario. It’s almost invasive but we love the tree and feel honoured to have it. I’m about to go get me some for spice.
This is the video I’ve been searching for! I’m in northern Minnesota and recently learned all the benefits of this beautiful tree in our yard. Thank you!
Yes very good I'm just Gathering Staghorn sumac for the very first time and I've made the lemonade. I'm keeping the red berries seeds dried in the oven low heat method. Wonderful channel to begin a new year for 2024 thank you happy Gathering and foraging for wild edibles. Watching from Canada🇨🇦🇺🇸🕊💓Nova Scotia
Hi to you, we use sumac a lot in the middle east area to prepare our food specially the mix called Zaatar ( a mix of Thyme, sumac, salt, roasted sesame, nuts, spices) . My advice to you : Use a very powerful coffee grinder to mill the sumac's grains...greetings
Do you find that the grains/seeds have the same taste when ground through a coffee grinder? I'm contemplating if it is worth my time to do it that way, versus removing the husk and discarding the seeds
@@tavvy9861 The taste of finely ( powdered ) sumac is just amazing , we used to finely mill sumac especially that the modern professional coffee millers contain a stone grinding discs, those modern miller will turn the most hard dried food ingredient into a real powder like wheat flour.
If you’re grinding it that fine, you are not sifting the seed out?
@@briankraemer7375 We grind the sumac grains all by using a very powerful grinder that leave it totally as a powder then it's ready to be consumed in food preparations.
@@zeoarmada8650 How fine do you set your grinder?
Sitting here processing fresh picked sumac berries... watching You Tube just like you said. 😅 We have it growing all around us and I tincture some in 100 proof vodka, put some into our own honey... and dry it and such for cooking or winter beverages ~ thank you.
That sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing ♥️
I had always been buying Sumac from Middle Eastern Food Stores to sprinkle on Salads. And I also had been admiring the gorgeous Fall red color of these Staghorn Sumac trees for years; my jaw just dropped seeing this video to find that this wild plant is the source of our favorite Sumac powder. Will not buy Sumac from stores any longer. Thank you so much.
There's so much we have right in our own yards that we don't know about- I still have so much to learn too and I love it. ♥️
Great video. This just adds to the beauty of these trees.
I was introduced to sumac many years ago as a seasoning at a middle eastern restaurant and can't wait to harvest the sumac I recently discovered in my mother in law's backyard!! Thank you for your video.
My landlady dug up and brought home a sumac a few years ago and now we have babies popping up everywhere. We live in Arizona. I can't wait to harvest the beautiful blooms and create some dishes with it and lemonade. Thanks for sharing how you harvest this awesome tree.
Can u still eat them if they are not ripe? Love that your son is in the background and doesn't care and just does his thing lol wholesome
You can but it might be a bit bitter- you can just add a bit more maple syrup or sweetener.
If you give the berries a good pinch and then taste your fingers it should taste very citrusy when they're ready.
Just a clarifying comment: it sounds like you are saying Halic acid, but the sour flavor is from Malic acid. (Halic or halogen acids are toxic to mammals) I enjoyed watching you process your berries and felt you got a lot of product for the effort! Some don't go through the effort of removing seed, but I think the process you use would yield a more refined end product and spice.
Malik acid for sure. Maybe the sound wasn't good or my lisp took over lol. Definitely Malik acid though. ♥️
Learned about it years ago. That the wood can be used to make a hood pipe too. Only cooked with it once but I love to nibble them.
We have them in New York in the Bronx I was able to get 6 flowers of sumac I'm in the process of drying I'm very excited love the flavor
Thanks so much for the excellent step-by-step demonstration of processing staghorn sumac for spice! Just what I was looking for--best RUclips demo on this that I could find! I'm subscribing. Love the foraged and indigenous food content.
Just saw a big patch walking along my local trailway yesterday. Yours is the exact video I was looking for. Thanks🙂
That's wonderful! ♥️♥️
Sumac is from Middle East. In Iran we eat every day in kebab and soup and we make sumac soup for digesting infections
It grows wild here too, plan to try that this year.
recently found out about Sumac - it is great for acid balancing cooked dishes in place of citrus or vinegars and adds brightness to my bean dishes. Haven't tried the lemonade yet but will give it a go!
gorgeous jar
Thank you ♥️
I have this tree growing in my garden. Never harvest it as didn't know I could. Now I will try. Thank you 🇬🇧 I'm in the UK
I bet this would go great with my dried black trumpet mushrooms I processed last year!
OMG yes!!!
I wont that recipe😁👍👍
Just started getting into foraging. There are a few of these near my work in PA. There is also some smooth sumac growing at my house, but no fruit yet. Looking forward to getting some of the staghorn, might plant some of the seeds in relatively nearby area so I can forage closer. Thanks for vid :)
Thank you very much indeed for posting this. I really appreciate it.
Hello from Canada. Last year I harvested some sumac, like what you've got there, and dried it. There's not much, I just wanted to try it. But I was afraid to use it because I knew there was also poison sumac. Now that I know the difference, (thank you), I can go ahead and use it!
It grows wild all over my property in SE TN. I'm so excited to know what to do with it. Thank you!
Oh thank you so much! We picked some of this sumac but I had no idea how to process it!!
I'm so happy this helped you out. Enjoy!
I grabbed two for Summacade earlier today. Now I need to harvest and dry them as well. I bet they add a wonderful lemon flavor in teas and would be beautiful in there as well.
I have just learned about sumac as a spice. I live in rural Ontario and we have it everywhere around here. Will be trying to make this this fall. Thanks!
I was so excited to find it here in the Pacific Northwest! Thank you for the tutorial.
Needed this video!!! Thank you for a very thorough tutorial on processing it😊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you ♥️
Migweech for sharimg this plant wisdom.
Oh wow, this is way better than when i tries to use water to separate the berries from the stems. More time consuming but way better, thanks for the tip! Subbed.
Thanks for the info. I will try it.
literally this plant popped up in our garden last spring cant wait for it to flower
I am just finding your channel. Thank you so much for sharing. I love sumac but due to life I haven’t done much with it. I am from Oklahoma and I have a dream for sumac and it’s beneficial superfood qualities. 😇even you can use the leaves in moderation.
I assumed that sumac grew in the Middle East, never knew that it's grown right here in the U.S. I never tried sumac before but since watching this video I will give it a try. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful! I think you'll like it.
We planted staghorn Sumac & now we love harvesting it, right out of our own yard!
Can I please ask how long did it take to grow and start producing? 😊
Thank you for this video, just saw tons of this growing down near Athens Ohio.
It looks like a flower sifter would do a really good job.
Worth a try for sure!
Nice video. I made this tea. To me, it tasted like the Lipton lemon tea that you buy in a can. It was good. I never thought about saving them though. Thanks.
You're awesome thanks so much..
Very high antioxidant
Thank you. Useful vid. I think it's malic acid. I especially appreciated that from watching your video I realised you can make 'sumac lemonade' from the dried berries. So I don't need to stress to make and enjoy from a freshly picked harvest
One of my absolute faves 🥰 i used to hide in the woods all day under them when I was a kid and love to make pickled onions with it!!
On a side note. Do NOT harvest sumac on the side of main roads here in the US as they will have been sprayed by highway dept.
You're absolutely right plus the exhaust isn't good either.
And I love the pickled onion idea!
@@BossLadyAnish I made the mistake of picking blackberries from roadside once 😑 😂 I learned quickly. Before then, I didn't even realize they were doing it because I'd never actually seen it done.
That is disappointing and sad for sure.
@@KittyKeypurrit's more about fuels and oils washing from the road surface than it is herbicides. Had they been sprayed they'd be dead.
Awesome! Thank you for you work! I am Spanish and I had never dared to harvest sumac since I knew that it is toxic raw. I think now I have no excuses.
Yay!!
I live in a sumac dense area. I tried making some dye for cloth with it last year. I messed up so it didn't work the best, but it smelled wonderful.
That's a great idea! I bet everything smelled amazing.
I wish you would have talked about what you like to use it for. Or if you had specific family recipes that call for sumac. I'm thinking many people may not know much about it. It would be very helpful for them.
excellent explanation....it grows a lot here in northern Ontario👍😁
Aiy hiy!! I just this year discovered a patch of staghorn sumac in my area in central Alberta, Canada. I didn't know that it could hand the climate here, though it's in a very sheltered and warm microclimate.
I don’t think mine were ready but I’m still going to use them cause I’m sure it’s better than anything from the store.
I think most of the sour malic acid. Malic acid is a mild acid that is also found in very ripe grapes. It does not have the bite that citric acid, tantric acid or acetic acid has. Cheers
I just recently heard about the uses for sumac and am anxious to try. Thank you for this video.
Tho I may have a bit of a late harvest I’m giving it a try. (Nothing to lose) We have a wooded lot and there is a whole area of endless sumac bushes.
Also having someone tap maple trees in our yard next year so I suspect we’ll receive a bit of the bounty there too. Maybe a swap?! 🤷🏼♀️
It grows in old fences here in Indiana. I haven't foraged any yet though.
Perfect..!!
Thanks!
Could you re-plant those seeds?
I have these all over my property.
Chi miigwech!!🙏🏾
how did they know i wanted to watch this video. thanks
Good stuff
Thanks for the tips
I use sumac for chicken rolls my daughter love it
I can give you my recipe if you like
Vandan pranam namskar thank you
Wonderful video. Well prepared info presented well.
What do you do about caterpillars? I find lots in my sumac clusters, and their frass (poop) too.
If I can see a caterpillar(s) are making a home I usually leave it for them and move on to the next. Of course you can't always get away with not taking some guests home with you, buy after I clip a cluster, gently shake to try to send any guests away, then before processing I rinse and let air dry.
@@BossLadyAnish That sounds like a good way to do it. Thank you very much!
It sounds strange, but a whisk does a great job of stirring them around and separating. It works for anything you're putting through a sieve.
So when you ground it in the mixer, didn't the seeds also get ground? Also, if not, did you end up using the seeds? Thank you.
The seeds are super strong and stay in tact, so they're easily sifted out. You can use the seeds for making beanbags, cold/hot packs, or other filler.
Great question!
@@BossLadyAnish Thanks! :)
@@BossLadyAnish 😮 wow what a great idea for the seeds .. I am going to definitely make a hot/cold pack .. Thanks for the great idea 😊
Great! I didn't know sumac is edible. It's growing in my back yard. ThanX!
Different types exist, don’t go nibbling on Toxicodendron vernix - poison sumac - Rhus vernix
Thank you! Is it okay to seal in a jar with food saver and pull from them to process as needed?
Yes, however I'm not sure how long it keeps unprocessed- the seeds may "fluff". But totally worth a try!
Hey! Great vid. How is the sumac prepared as lemonade, do you have a ratio you use? It seems like it is potent and not much is needed to make a gallon for example
I just pack a gallon jar or sun tea jug with the berry's (stalks and all, I rinse them first and that's it). Cover with water and set in the sun for a couple hours or let soak over night on the counter.
Sift out the berries (keeping them on the stalk helps this process). Add maple syrup, agave, or sweetener to your liking and enjoy!
Is there anything that can be done with the seeds afterwards?
Спасибо за видео из России! Очень полезно.
Thank you for this video! Exactly what I was looking for. Approximately how long did it take to dehydrate in your oven? Thanks in advance for any feedback.
Not long at all. About one hour on the lowest setting. ♥️
Thank you. Can’t wait to try this. Just discovered Sumacade this summer ❤️ better than lemonade
Its wonderfull that seme is gron in USA but i wold like to know if it could grow in Mexico i live in Lebanon so i can have it every were .
Believe it would grow just fine in Mexico
Very informative-I wonder if the sumac is good on fish since lemon is?
It is very good on fish ♥️
What time of years is good to harvest? And I seen some that looks a little red and some of it was brown. Does that mean I missed harvest? Or not ready to harvest? TIA
some videos I've watched never mentioned washing the berries. Given they grow by the roadside and are exposed to vehicle exhaust, I would prefer to wash them, but no one says how best to do it so they don't take forever to dry. Suggestions?
I suggest to never harvest along roadsides especially sumac because washing with water isn't advised. If there's webs or debris on the drupes I use a soft paint brush to wipe away. Other than that I don't "wash" them.
Hi there! Thanks for your video. Im having teouble getting the little hairs to go through my seive: maybe the holes arent big enough? They seem to really stick to the seeds. Hard to separate. Any tricks appreciated!
You may have not processed them long enough in your food processor to losses everything up. It also is a long process to filter through the sieve. I put on a good podcast or have an audiobook going to help keep my mind active.
@@BossLadyAnish thanks :)
I love to eat Sumac@Sumak since I am used to eat Turkish, Balkan, and Middle Eastern foods, especially for the ingredients of the Salad.
Do you all reckon the tree is suitable to grow in the tropical region? If so, I want to do it👍
Thank you very much for valuable video.
They're pretty hearty so certainly worth a try.
It also is sticky when ready to harvest.
I must have missed it, did you already steep the berries you processed in the blender? Or should berries used for lemonade be considered "used" and disposed of?
The house I moved into has an ornamental sumac in the back yard. The cobs look just like staghorn sumac, but the leaves are lacier looking. Is this okay to process?
Yes- you probably have smooth sumac. Harvesting time for the drupes are the same, roll a berry between your fingers and then if your finger tastes citrusy they're ready. 🩷
Thanks
So the seeds aren't pousinous? I want to use the whole thing
I'm a lazy guy. Would it work if I just simmer the whole seeds or the pulverized ones in water to extract the essence and then freeze the extract in ice cubes for later usage?
I have no idea if that would work. Maybe? If you try it let me know ♥️
Do you take the soft velvety hairs off? I found some really ripe sumac. Tangy taste on them. I didn't wash them but removed the berries, processed in a processor and allowed that to sit out overnight. Then I sifted and got the sumac powder but it is still soft and fluffy from the velvety hairs. Should I have removed the soft velvety hairs, from berries? This is my first time.
You did this perfectly! The processed sumac will feel velvety and soft. It's the phenolic acid that's on the hairs that give it the citrusy flavor so don't remove those. You did this perfectly! Enjoy! ❤️
@@BossLadyAnish something else. The berries themselves tasted tangy. I tasted a few before cutting from trwe. The processed soft velvety powder tastes tangy too but the smell isn't there. In fact, I'd say it smells moldy. Not normal right? I imagine that when processing in the food processor, once removing the lid it would smell good but mine doesn't. Should it also smell tangy once processed? Thank you for answering my question. Very much appreciated.
@@K.I.M.7777 it shouldn't smell moldy at all. It should smell slightly tangy/fruity. I wonder if some of the berries were moldy prior to processing, even a little bit of mold can sour everything unfortunately. I always gently rinse the berries and inspect for mold/spider webs but occasionally some sneak in.
I would toss out that batch and try again. You're on the right track though!! Keep going. ❤️
@@BossLadyAnish okie dokie! I will try again!!! Cheers!
How long do you dehydrate them for?
It doesn't take long at all, usually just 45 minutes to one hour in a 170 F oven or dehydrator.
Hello I'm Kathy from West Virginia.
I do believe that I have a tree of that on my place.
I'm afraid to go harvest any I'm afraid that it is the wrong tree.
Other then lemon aid and spicy up fishes. Can you use is as a herbal tea? If so what is it good for?
Do you also sell it or any other herbs?
Thanks for the video please have a great day.
Thanks from Kathy in West Virginia 😂🤣😂
You can always look it up online to run a leaf and Berry comparison to confirm what you have. Remember white berries are not Staghorn or smooth sumac. You'll want Ted berries that grow upwards in peaks. When you squeeze the berries and then taste your fingers you should have a citrus taste.
I use it for seasoning on eggs, corn mush, meat dishes... you can also put whole or processed berries in your hot tea mixture as well. Loaded with vitamin c and it helps ease sore throat pain.
There’s even some of these trees growing up here in Toronto. I picked a few or maybe a bunch because I wanted to fill the container I took with me and was getting tired of looking for haws. Should either one be refrigerated? If you have a Facebook I could send you a picture of the ones I picked off the tree 🌳 I’ve got loads of music to listen to or RUclips videos to watch.
I don't refrigerate mine, I just keep them in an airtight jar with my spices and herbs.
@@BossLadyAnish I take it you mean in the same cupboard as your other spices. Hopefully having been refrigerated for 10 hours hasn’t hurt them. Will a Tupperware container suffice, because that’s what I’ve been keeping them in. Lastly for now, should haws a.k.a hawthorn berries be prepared the same way?
@@ErgortanguperPolice Tupperware works great, and yes, n the cupboard is fine. For hawthorn berries I just dry them then crush with a mortar and pestle. Then store in a jar (Tupperware is fine).
Is there something else that can be used to mash it up, because I don’t think I own a mortar and pestle or mochi pestle as the original Animal Crossing mistranslated it.
Hi,
Thank you for your helpful video. Could you explain how to wash the sumac without losing the flavor of the berries?
You don't want to wash the stripes because you'll just wash the acid away. Just inspect and if there's any spider webs, buggies, or debris just gently brush off.
Hope this helped!♥️
Thanks! Confusing, because you (and others) say the sumac has been washed and dried in the video. Do you ever find worms in the sumac? If so, is it still usable-any suggestions?@@BossLadyAnish
I've never found worms. The occasional spicer but no worms.
Should they be washed before dehydrating?
Just gently shake and/or dust off to remove any critters or debris so that the acids aren't washed away by using water.
How do you wash it before drying it?
Just rinse with cool water, air dry, and then proceed to your method of drying/dehydrating
@@BossLadyAnish thank you so much for your reply❤👍👍
How do I grow this?
How do you dry? Can I speed up the process in a ninja airfryer? If so how long for?
Oh no, you don't want to use that amount of heat. You can dry them just by air drying in a well ventilated room or in your oven on the lowest setting, 150-170 with the door propped a tiny bit open, for about one hour.
Did you add some chemicals to preserve it?
No chemicals or preservatives added
Hello thank you for the step by step on how to make this delicious seasoning, is there any way you can hook me up with one of the sumac plants please I live in California, thank you so much
Good evening! I did pick my sumac today, it's really red but the inside is whitefish, so, I put it on cookie sheets, put my oven on 170 degrees and put them in there for 2 hours, they leaked some fluid and didn't really seem to dry. I ended up putting them on racks and now have them in a small room to dry. Is this a correct procedure or should I be doing something differant?😳
It all sounds good - did you test for ripeness by tasting the berries first? Just rub the berries between your fingers and taste. If so, did it taste super citrusy?
@BossLadyAnish not really strong, but it smelled citusy when I had it in the oven😊
Can I havest Sumac berries for spice in the winter if they are still on the tree?
They will likely lose the desirable taste at that point.
How do you dry it?
She said she doesn't have a dehydrator so she laid it in her (electric) oven, on low heat with the door slightly open.
Can you plant the seeds?
yes, however I suggest you plant them in your garden or in a pot so that you can manage where they grow. They can become invasive.
hello mem 🙋🏻♀️
can i mix this sumec powder with my hot tea?
Yes ♥️ it will give your tea a nice lemon flavor as well as give you vitamin c and antioxidants. A little goes a long way!
@@BossLadyAnish thank you very much for the explanation 😁👍 have a good day mem!