what is hickory milk? not milk that is one thing for sure.
@SamVasta1911Күн бұрын
New subscriber here! Really enjoy your content and style/approach. I’m just getting started (live in southeast Kansas) with a frontiersman impression. I find that the hard part is discovering what events to go to, especially the ones you go to. Would be great if you showcased a series of them that you recommend. Also would love to meet like minded individuals in my area. This weekend I’m attending my first event at Fall River park near Toronto KS. It’s a mountain man rendezvous. Will try to make a video presentation of it on my channel for others to evaluate if they are interested for next year. Thanks again! Best. Sam
@thedeerskindiaryКүн бұрын
That’s a great suggestion. I will look into the idea for sure. Have a great time at your first event and thanks for stopping by!
@SamVasta191119 сағат бұрын
pleasure, looking forward to more of your content! You seem to be a natural at this. I’m still trying to get over being on video and hearing my own voice 😅
@bushcraftua12 күн бұрын
Very interesting 👍
@thedeerskindiary2 күн бұрын
Glad you think so!
@larryreese61463 күн бұрын
Im very familiar with the value of hickory nuts. Theyre still used somewhat today by some of the older Cherokee. But it is beginning to be a thing of the past. A tree stump is hollowed out and the hickory mm nuts are beaten, shells and all, into a type of mixture that can be formed into "kunuchi" balls for storage. For use the balls are dropped in boiling water then run through a cloth or sive to separate the shell bits. Its mixed with hominy, or in modern days, rice. A little salt, a little honey or sweetener and youve got yourself a first rate hot cereal. But I'll warn you, eat enough kunuchi it'll make you fat as a pig.
@thedeerskindiary3 күн бұрын
Thank you for that! I so wanted to discuss kunuchi in this video but decided to stick with how it was described through their eyes. Maybe this video will help one more person bring it all back to life and it won’t disappear from our cultures.
@littleriver88593 күн бұрын
My Grandpa told me about helping his grandma to make hickory nut oil. He also loved hickory nut sofkee. When he passed away, my great aunt made sofkee and I pounded up the hickory nuts and added them to it and put it in his casket.
@thedeerskindiary3 күн бұрын
That is very touching. Thank you so much for sharing that. Hickory nut sofkee sounds delicious.
@creek_camper3 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I’m going to have to try this. 😀👍✝️
@thedeerskindiary3 күн бұрын
Hope you enjoy!
@robertcole93913 күн бұрын
Frunny. But in today, they still use the Nipa Bamboo in the Philippines to carry water, cook and many other things. Not in the baragays or cities, but in the providences. In fact.. basically cook 18 Century. I go once a year and have for several years now. excluding the lock downs that is.
@thedeerskindiary3 күн бұрын
Fascinating. It’s amazing how much of the world still uses the old ways. Thanks for sharing!
@carlmcintyre6314 күн бұрын
Nice video. Good historic insights.
@thedeerskindiary3 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@HistoryOnTheLoose4 күн бұрын
Very industrious, ambitious, and clean work. Over the years, I started with edge seaming my tarps and found the seams to far outlast the tarp itself, i most often use a half-under-half-over style and ground exposure takes its toll. Due to this, I leave edges raw now (they self-stop ravelling after a quarter inch or so, and I also gain overall the three or four inches I would have folded over). For attachment points, I use pebbles, rolled up pre-cordage bark, balled up dry grass, etc. gathered into the fabric and tied off. This allows complete customization choices. This is what suits my needs and may not meet others' needs. If we camped next to each other, the quality and time you've put in would clearly stand out. Beautiful work, and maybe one day you'll camp next to this old bum and show me up lol.
@thedeerskindiary4 күн бұрын
Our campfire conversation is something to look forward to. Thanks for your experienced insight.
@drunknnirish5 күн бұрын
The best part of your videos is how your family gets involved.
@thedeerskindiary5 күн бұрын
It is for me. I hope they feel the same way.
@AlecKelsey-g3u5 күн бұрын
Awesome videos, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us pilgrams
@thedeerskindiary5 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for giving us a glance.
@AlecKelsey-g3u5 күн бұрын
Man I like your jacket,or short 💯💪
@thedeerskindiary5 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@AlecKelsey-g3u5 күн бұрын
My friend Ron Nail, has a you tube series you can watch on dry scraping. Also has the whole process from skinning to fleshing to brain tanning,to smoking. I thought you might be interested in trying this method next time. Love your videos 💪💯👍
@thedeerskindiary4 күн бұрын
I want to try dry scraping one day. Maybe this year!
@Blrtech775 күн бұрын
What an interesting and informative video and thanks for sharing!
@thedeerskindiary5 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@wootang92925 күн бұрын
I get about a million hickory nuts on my property every fall. I had no idea this was even a thing. I know what I'm doing with my kids this fall now. Great video Anthony!
@thedeerskindiary5 күн бұрын
Thank you. It’s worth the time to show the kids something they can eat in their own yard!
@tylertapp1315 күн бұрын
Good stuff, really love this kinda stuff, just curious if you have any idea what kinda velocity youre gettin from stuff like these and what grain weights are those round ball?
@thedeerskindiary5 күн бұрын
I do not. Based on shooting an almost round series of round balls in .50 out of a .54 yesterday I am guessing the velocities vary. I was not using a patch. A couple hit the dirt in front of the target by a few yards. 50 yards distance. Others hit the steel with a good twang. Some might have been me but I don’t quite think so.
@jeffs50935 күн бұрын
what an interesting and informative video. I look forward to everyone you post, thank you .
@thedeerskindiary5 күн бұрын
Thank you so very much for the kind words.
@standingbear9986 күн бұрын
just call anything milk or waht ever ya want now days.
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Maybe but that was the term they used then also so it fits well in the historical context I think.
@karlharrelson10916 күн бұрын
Although not known to be historical, hickory syrup can be produced by processing shagbark and other hickory barks. There are a few modern producers who sell several flavors. It is quite tasty and adds a true hickory flavor to foods. Falling Bark Farm in Berryville, VA is my local source.
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
I got some from Mt Vernon and it is delicious. It’s also expensive and I let the boys have some so I’m even broke-er lol.
@timberdrifter82256 күн бұрын
Very interesting. Thats a lot of oil. I can see where it would pretty quickly cause a sasiation response.
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
It was weird how quickly it became filling without much of a filler. I remember a documentary I saw one time from South America, where students were making some of the same dishes that South American indigenous people were making, but didn’t quite understand all the ingredients. The one thing they were missing was fat. The students were starving while thinking they were eating the exact same foods. That one missing ingredient was the difference between thriving and failing.
@wanderlustjake6 күн бұрын
Thank you for another great, enlightening video. Again, you are inspiring us to get out and try what you are demonstrating. The foodways with first person accounts are interesting, please keep them coming. Looking very forward to your next video.
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
I appreciate the kind words and the next one is underway! I may be a little louder than this one though….
@TextileGeorge6 күн бұрын
man i really want to try some hickory milk now
@WyattRyeSway6 күн бұрын
Me too
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
You won’t be disappointed I don’t believe.
@DaveCollierCamping6 күн бұрын
Great content, have an awesome day
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Thanks! You too!
@DaveCollierCamping6 күн бұрын
Outstanding share
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Thank you so much
@DaveCollierCamping6 күн бұрын
Very interesting video
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
I appreciate your time
@vyderka6 күн бұрын
I love your channel, greetings from Poland!
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Greetings! And thank you for tuning in!
@farangarris25986 күн бұрын
Great video.😊 Hickory nuts are good. Thank you.
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Glad you like them too
@1summerflower6 күн бұрын
❤
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Thank you
@shoot2win5066 күн бұрын
Passing it on!...awesome! Quality time...priceless! Great video!
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Trying to extend their childhood as long as I am able.
@jayburton24756 күн бұрын
Another great video about history from that time. I'm going to have to try this myself
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
I am going to try it in corn mush this morning.
@peterott-tn6pf6 күн бұрын
That was an amazing video my friend!! I can not wait to try this myself. I've had quite a few nut milks and I would love to add this to the list!! Thank you for sharing this gem with us, keep up the great content and glad to see you children enjoy they ways of old as well!!
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
I hope you enjoy it when you try it out. Family makes this hobby even better.
@kennethreece5026 күн бұрын
Great info! Wish we had some Shagbark hickories here. Most of what we have are pig nut hickory.. I may still give it a try.
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
It will work fine it will just have that woods twanginess to it.
@robertshuffelen91726 күн бұрын
👏 👏very well dun sir 👏 👏 !!! Good to see yer children involved 👍
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Thank you sir
@lusolad6 күн бұрын
Good video.
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@martykitson34426 күн бұрын
🤠👍👍
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Thanks
@lusolad6 күн бұрын
IIRC.... there was an account of hickory nut milk being used as a baby formula by an Indian mother....
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
I feel like I have read that somewhere also although didn’t recall it until you just said it. Thank you.
@WBrownIII7 күн бұрын
Another informative video. The hickory milk you shared with us at Panther Creek was very good.
@thedeerskindiary7 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s such a unique thing. I want to try it with more side dishes.
@Scottmiller1974ohio7 күн бұрын
Just like ( almond milk ) ...lol u can't milk anything without nipples but I guess some would be offended if u kept it real and called what it is ...nut juice...
@thedeerskindiary7 күн бұрын
12 year old me had a lot of giggles with this one but in the end I decided that their (historical) words were the best ones for this one.
@earlshaner44417 күн бұрын
Good evening from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing this information
@thedeerskindiary7 күн бұрын
Good evening and thank you for tuning in!
@earlshaner44416 күн бұрын
@@thedeerskindiary you are welcome brother and I also shared your videos with other black powder shooting groups
@dwaynewladyka5777 күн бұрын
If I was in that part of the United States, I would love to try that. I'm in Canada, and that doesn't grow in Alberta. This was a great episode. Cheers!
@thedeerskindiary7 күн бұрын
I forget that hickory trees aren’t common. Here they are everywhere. You have birch trees and chaga so you have something we don’t!
@CarlieWinegar7 күн бұрын
This was a great one! Wild to think how calorically dense hickory nuts are. Good to know if we ever run out of food in the woods!
@thedeerskindiary7 күн бұрын
We will just have to remember the old food processor.
@seleckt660010 күн бұрын
Those skins are also why we call dollars "bucks"
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
True!
@scottrobinson749010 күн бұрын
Thanks
@thedeerskindiary6 күн бұрын
Thank YOU!
@milliebanks720911 күн бұрын
Loved your presentation!
@thedeerskindiary10 күн бұрын
Thanks so much!
@kathieclark121412 күн бұрын
You are an inspiration to our youth desperate to know more about our history in a way they are excited to learn. Thank you!
@thedeerskindiary12 күн бұрын
That’s so very sweet. Thank you! I will always endeavor to try.
@jackcook861315 күн бұрын
Good one
@thedeerskindiary14 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@jamesellsworth967315 күн бұрын
I keep thinking you should call this 'The Buffalo Robe Diaries.'
@thedeerskindiary14 күн бұрын
Probably true lol.
@dakotafochs547016 күн бұрын
Absolutely killer!! I love it. Thanks a bunch for the awesome videos
@thedeerskindiary14 күн бұрын
Thank you for the support.
@Rwhitesell7417 күн бұрын
Im curious if you were planing on doing anything on 18th century first aid out on the frontier. How would a long hunter treat there aches pains and minor emergency.
@thedeerskindiary16 күн бұрын
Yes actually. I have started the research but am focusing on frontier medicine and working my way through the Draper manuscripts forces.
@kren110120 күн бұрын
I'm 40 years old and still play with broken sticks
@thedeerskindiary20 күн бұрын
Hahahahaha. Well me too. Still in search of the perfect one.