"green flavor" is a strangely recognizable description
@WeirdExplorer9 жыл бұрын
it just seems to make the most sense. I guess I could say chlorophyll flavor :)
@--Paws--6 жыл бұрын
Reviewbrah...
@Doom2pro6 жыл бұрын
Green Flavor, green beans, unripe or early peppers, also known as "grassy" flavor.
@udiddet14986 жыл бұрын
Have you ever heard of certain meat being “gamy”? It’s just something that’s understood ya know?
@yummyapplestroodle5 жыл бұрын
I got what he meant by green flavour right away, I hate it
@ManiKumar58008 жыл бұрын
In India, where I live, almond trees grow in the wild. They grow everywhere. You could just pick up the fallen fruits, eat the pulp on the outside and then smash the seed to get the almonds. It is fun actually.
@WeirdExplorer8 жыл бұрын
sounds great!
@D5quared917 жыл бұрын
It sounds so good!! I wish they had fresh almonds in the USA!
@WeirdExplorer7 жыл бұрын
They do! I got these at a swanky ass NYC market.
@darsnider74297 жыл бұрын
those almonds are in the tropics at well we used to eat those a ton when i was younger, they skin is edible then it has a fibrous layer then you crack open the stone for the nut, the sweetest part of the nut is the fibrous layer especially if it is bright red as kids we chewed and sucked on that layer how sweet it used to be
@TheSexydeeva7 жыл бұрын
Mani Kumar thats how we do it here in Jamaica
@bumpty98306 жыл бұрын
Intro keeps me expecting an early 1980's educational film on an obscure local language. Then you show up in high def talking about fruit.
@Ryan6.0224 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of the opening of M.A.S.H for some reason
I think it also looks like an intro from an amateur zombie movie, from the early 80's.
@noneofyourbusiness46163 жыл бұрын
@@iomeliora9430 the theme music is from an early '80s Italian horror movie called "The Black Cat."
@TheInkPages6 жыл бұрын
You get these a lot in Nigeria, we had an almond tree in many of our homes, but we wouldn't eat them that green! They turn yellow and that's when they're best to eat as the flesh is softer, white and a lot more juicy.
@Doom2pro6 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Almonds are wild peaches! We know this because the plants are very similar and they cross together, and the crosses are more almond like than peach like. Fun Fact #2: You can eat peach pits, they are more bitter than almonds but taste just like them.
@landonconway792 жыл бұрын
Actually, CA almond trees are grafted onto peach trees. I live here in CA and my family are almond growers.
@SMCwasTaken Жыл бұрын
But why do they split open but peaches don't
@redpandah330923 күн бұрын
@@SMCwasTakenAlmonds ancestors were probably regular fruits (maybe closer to apricots). Fruits exist to entice animals to eat them (with the seed). Since seeds are protected with a strong thick shell, they passing through animal guts undigested and leave with poop. That's how many plants spread themselves. But almonds are like "i need no animal, i can spread on my own". That's why the fruit is small and not sweet, since there's no point to invest energy in it. And when fruit becomes ripe, it opens up and releases the seed. But noone can outgrow their ancestry, so that's why almonds are like that. You have a third eyelid and a tale inside your body, and an almond makes fruits it doesn't need.
@SMCwasTaken23 күн бұрын
@@redpandah3309 I wonder what would happen if we crossed an almond and a peach fruit
@amirsoleymani29795 жыл бұрын
We Iranians love them. We eat it like that with salt like you said. We call it Chagale Badum.
@lalineaa5 жыл бұрын
Amir Soleymani interesting .. in Serbia, we call them Badem, very similar spelling
@antonisatwork4 жыл бұрын
Yes and the Greeks.
@pralta49394 жыл бұрын
@@antonisatwork and Turks. also green plums are our favorite
@antonisatwork4 жыл бұрын
@@pralta4939 Yes
@aashifkhan53314 жыл бұрын
In India we call it "Badam".
@thelonelyrogue37272 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad your audio quality has so drastically improved.
@olucky118 жыл бұрын
I have a almond tree and I never knew! Thank you
@crg2332 жыл бұрын
For years I have imagined almond fruit as being simply a dwarf apricot. Today the subject came up in relation to the water situation in California and I decided to find out for sure, and was led to your excellent video, which answers all my questions and some I would never have thought of. Thanks, and I subscribed.
@McPlaySpot8 жыл бұрын
It's very popular here in Syria. they're tasty with salt :)
@vondabarela89945 жыл бұрын
Always wondered about this. Thanks! If I see some unripe “almonds” again, I will definitely give them a shot. My mom told me they were poison.
@fiber31344 жыл бұрын
everything people don't normally eat is poison :p duh
@Sturmischer2 жыл бұрын
Well almonds normally contain a tiny bit of cyanide so she’s technically not wrong
@GeorgiaGeorgette Жыл бұрын
Bitter almonds are poisonous, maybe she got them confused.
@HalaAQ1236 жыл бұрын
Coming from the middle east, Palestine it feels really weird that people don't know about green almonds. They're DELICIOUS ❤ I always wait for spring just to eat green almonds 😍😍
@bakerfresh3 жыл бұрын
Stateside all you get to hear is don't eat the almonds and apple seeds. You'll die instantly craze. It's as if they imagine spies just carried a bag of almonds in a special bag in case they were caught and needed to poison themselves. I'm sure the glass cut, bloodstream and probably reagent had to do with something. Never seen a special on it, but never looked as well.
@landonconway792 жыл бұрын
I live in CA. My family in involved with agriculture and we are Californian almond growers. I never knew anyone would eat an almond like this but I always knew what it looked like when it was unripe. CA produces 80% of the world's almonds. My grandparents own a almond processing plant and my aunt and uncle own a sucessful almond hulling and shelling buisness. The whole process of harvesting almonds goes as follows... We shake, wait one to two weeks, then we "sweep" the almonds (windrow). Then, we pivk them up. Very dusty job. I used to work the elevator where we dump almonds from a cart and dump them into a trailer. It's a very itchy job becuase all the fine hairs on the almond come off and accumulate. Then... they get sent off to be hulled, shelled, and processed. The hulls are typically eaten by cows, turned into cow feed. The shells can be used as mulch. They are also finding many new uses for almond hulls including to generate electricity I think. There's also a joke that when we shake the trees, we shake the "L" out of almond. Then we call them "amonds"
@3enjoy39 жыл бұрын
Very interesting episode Jared. I have picked and eaten almonds from a tree in Spain and remember how much sweeter they tasted being fresh but I had no idea about the nut and fruit in its green state. Thanks for sharing.
@WeirdExplorer9 жыл бұрын
+3enjoy3 I would love to try one fresh off the tree.
@mattc825 Жыл бұрын
What a great concise piece of info. Thanks man.
@buckingtonhassleshire91366 жыл бұрын
I REALLY wanna try this. I’m a huge texture guy and I feel like this would just be amazing!
@JohnLeePettimoreIII4 жыл бұрын
The first question I have is, "Do you think that this could be steamed, then perhaps served with sesame oil and salt?"
@keetrandling45306 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the education I'm getting by watching you!
@simonejohnson19939 жыл бұрын
Shame you can't get nice fruits in the UK. I've just discovered the purple mangosteen.. that's about as exotic the UK gets lol
@WeirdExplorer9 жыл бұрын
+Simone Johnson That's a great one though, keep scouring the Asian markets. You might find some more!
@simonejohnson19939 жыл бұрын
Well I do try my best but they arnt very many of those! I do keep a look out though. I do love my fruit! :)
@YJ-74 жыл бұрын
If u go east London ull find everything . It's my local area and the people there are southern Asian and exotic fruits are available widely
@simonejohnson19934 жыл бұрын
@@YJ-7 thanks for the tip, although East London is about 3.5 hrs drive for me. A bit far for a bit of fruit! 😂 But if I'm ever in the area, ill be sure to check it out 👍🏻
@Sherirose12 жыл бұрын
You do know almonds grow in UK right? I found a few ripe ones fallen from a tree.
@sandangels735 жыл бұрын
Your intro music reminds me of the 1970s, lol. Good times.
@pedrohenrique-kn5cy4 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the song?
@asammahina3 жыл бұрын
@@pedrohenrique-kn5cy Its the intro music to film Black Cat (1981), and the music is by Pino Donaggio
@clivesnova84703 жыл бұрын
I have never eaten them green. I traveled to Dominican Republic and there is a road that heads to the beach in a place called “Bani” , that these fruits are grown on both sides of the road. I used to walk to the beach and on the way there ,we would pick them up and eat them ripe and save them til we arrive to the beach and crack them open for the fresh almond. They are fantastic tasting fruit and very different from the taste you described.
@griffinc32633 жыл бұрын
You are probably talking about the indian almond
@matthewodonnell69064 жыл бұрын
I like green beans and I like almonds. I now have to try this.
@chotunab4 жыл бұрын
You need to wait until it gets a little ripe and turns "red" and the flesh tastes very good and you can still get an almond from it, very common in India
@LivingWithTheGuzmans3 жыл бұрын
Looks good
@originalman65999 жыл бұрын
you should have tried roasting it, that sounds like it would be pretty good :) also maybe do more episodes with roasting or other ways to cook fruit, those are my favorite
@WeirdExplorer9 жыл бұрын
+Oh dear Lots of cooking will be happening in a few weeks!
@maniacram9 жыл бұрын
There is also another variety of almond tree, at least here in India, that they use for planting on the roadsides. It produces a small kinda semi-soft almond looking nut. But it produces a bright red fruit, although the the taste isn't anything to mention about. Just children collect the fruit. BTW please tell me the name of the theme music in this video. I really like it, makes me think of Malaysia.
@WeirdExplorer9 жыл бұрын
That's Interesting, I'll have to look next time I'm in India :). The theme is from the 1980s version of the horror movie "the black cat"
@AuntyM669 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@samgod4 жыл бұрын
Whoa dude, went overboard with the salt there. But it's cool watching someone enjoying being a human being.
@hosseinebrahimi34513 жыл бұрын
That thing you are eating when it first pop up in the market in early season can pass the price of caviar for each pound of it. You can practically set any price you want for it and someone would pay that amount.
@dukelornek Жыл бұрын
intro felt like it came out of the 70's
@williampatrickfurey Жыл бұрын
Picked a fresh walnut recently (looked similar to a lime in a couple ways), sliced off the outside layer which was covering the shell of it and cracked it open with a nutcracker after washing the shell for grip. It was delicious, juicy, soft, and i think it's actually how we're supposed to eat them to heal. Even the membrane holding on the juice, which i think turns into that dry skin on them, was great! Consider making a video about those as they're native to our states. I don't think people should be unaware of these seeing as the inside of the shell looks like healthy bone.
@peaceandlight7 жыл бұрын
i am just eating it with salt now! delicious. This is how we eat green mango in senegal
@reginaldmaisonneuve75945 жыл бұрын
Love exotic fruits. Nice find.
@critterjon40614 жыл бұрын
I used to work in a park in Ann Arbor Michigan that was frequented by the Middle Eastern community and I was constantly picking up the skins and uneaten flesh from these
@icurhuman2jorgensen6793 жыл бұрын
not too long at all... always enjoyable watching your vids... I'm glad I found you fairly recently... I get to savor your past work...
@blackmberАй бұрын
It looks so much like an immature peach. The juicy seed inside is like that too. I used to crush them when they fell off my parents tree. I learned later that you can eat them, but I’ve never tried. Apparently some people pickle them.
@ikreate4u2 жыл бұрын
So interesting! I would never have known this. I love your channel ❤️❤️
@bradsuarez26839 жыл бұрын
Great video. I never knew these things about almonds and I eat them almost everyday!
@SmokinjoewhiteАй бұрын
You can also pickle them or honey/candy them to preserve them and they are so freaking good, both ways, sweet and savoury.
@huntabascan9 жыл бұрын
Dulcis, in the Latin name means it is sweet. Cultivated almonds are rather awesome in all form, but the wild forms are toxic with bitter cyan taste . Walnut and almond both have husk, but almond actually part of the Prunus genus, that include cherry, peach, nectarine. We used to preserve green walnut, and green almond, before the pit hardens. It is indeed tasty with salt, but even tastier in a sweet syrup or just in sugar. Mind me, prunus species are stone fruits with drupe flesh. Almonds are one of the first cultivated fruits and were popular snacks through history. If the preparation is right, it can be the Food/Snacks/liquor or brandy of Gods.
@WeirdExplorer9 жыл бұрын
+Angela Goodwin always insightful Angela. I'll actually be doing an episode discussing wild almonds and apricot kernels. It was going to be in this episode, but was running too long. What amazes me is that eating cyanide filled bitter almonds is supposed to be good for you. Do you have an opinion on this? I remain skeptical of anything that can kill you, being good for you.
@mistymalibu96807 жыл бұрын
Weird Explorer Markus Rothkranz on KZbin eats them. He might even sell the kernels on his website.
@cerberaodollam2 жыл бұрын
@@WeirdExplorer you mean the amygdalin/Vitamin B 17 scam? Yeah that's a scam.
@technoholican4 жыл бұрын
Here is a little tip for eating these properly: put a handful in a bowl of cold water and then let them soak for about an hour. Then while still in there grab them in your hands and rub them together gently for a about a minute. The fuzzy texture will be gone almost entirely. Take them out, rinse them but don't dry. Back in the bowl put no more than a small pinch of salt and shake them around. Take the stems off and pop the whole thing in your mouth. You could also chop these up and add them into your fine chopped salads like tabouleh or shirazi salad. Remember these are only available from early February to late April, don't miss your chance to buy some.
@technoholican4 жыл бұрын
Also if you are into pickle making, these are great for pickling along cucumbers and carrots for some extra crunch.
@marcosmusixpcmusicam7 жыл бұрын
Last year I tasted some green (but ripe) almond fruits from one of my trees and some of them had a nice yellow juicy pulp, better than others... similar to peaches, but they were not sweet... anyway, it was interesting. I really didnt knew that some people used to eat them so unripe!!! fascinating...
@piperfox745 жыл бұрын
This intro music sounds like something from the original Wicker Man. Willow is about to lure Sergeant Howie in the Green Man pub.
@pedrohenrique-kn5cy4 жыл бұрын
Do you know the name of the song?
@kappn47483 жыл бұрын
I’ve had these in Sicily, they are very very nice with lemon, actually!
@nicholellpoiuuftghists59215 жыл бұрын
Awesome. I didnt know this about almonds.
@cynthiajohnson67473 жыл бұрын
I ate these in Turkey. They sell immature green almonds and they are eaten whole with salt. It’s a good I could develop a taste for if I had access to them
@mrminer0711668 жыл бұрын
One of the peach trees at Roger's Community Garden turned out to be a seedling peach, non-grafted. The fruit was basically a tennis-ball in size, shape, and fuzz, about half-way between a real peach of a nice variety, and the green fruit of the almond that you show. I ate it, and the sour and bitter flavors overwhelmed the little sweetness that there was -- and this after a BLISTERING hot Summer that would have ripened any peach! SO foul. Did NOT want your green almond near my face. If you want WEIRD GRAPES, swing by the Munson memorial vineyard in Denison Texas in August. T. V. Munson collected ALL the weird native American grapes and bred with them. By all accounts, a tasting of his collection is a real walk on the wild-side of weird American flavors.
@mrminer0711668 жыл бұрын
+mark miner Here's an account of a trip to Denison. vintagetexas.com/blog/?tag=munson-home And here's a cheat-sheet for the wacky flavors you'll find: V. vinifera -- wine-y V. aestivalis -- spicy V. labrusca -- Welchy (methyl anthranilate) V. cordifolia -- herby, mint & dill V. lincecumii -- blackcurrent/burning electrical insulation V. candicans -- peppery, tongue-burning
@WeirdExplorer8 жыл бұрын
+mark miner Very interesting! Next time I'm in that area I'll check it out. :)
@Graham5673 жыл бұрын
These are very common in Mediterranian Turkey, but the most wholesome part is that little kids earn pocket money out of almonds by selling it to those who relax on the beachside. Their scale is usually "1 full of fist is 1 Lira!" and considering the size of their fist, it is so cute!
@hamidirn16866 жыл бұрын
I'm actually eating a bunch right now . It's sooo good
@Nonshannonical3 жыл бұрын
The fruits looks very similar to the plums my parents and grandparents had growing in their yards growing up, albeit green. Google tells me plums and almonds belong to the same genus, I never knew that. Cool!
@CosmiaNebula3 жыл бұрын
In China, both apricot seed and almond seed are commonly called "杏仁“, and people regularly confuse them.
@moayadmyro20912 жыл бұрын
I am from middle east and I confirm all we really love them but you also have to try to put them in fridge for 2 hours they must be cold Also we eat ripe apricot And check out pistachio
@cyruskhalvati7 жыл бұрын
We typically like a bit less ripe almonds and damn your vid makes me want se rn...
@cyruskhalvati7 жыл бұрын
Some rn*
@1hayes14 жыл бұрын
In Turkey, they are called Yesil Badem, and are often eaten while drinking raki.
@simplyorganicoils84043 жыл бұрын
I love your reactions while trying out the fruit. Real
@simplyorganicoils84043 жыл бұрын
FUNNY TOWARDS THE END
@altheapjones78434 жыл бұрын
Hello I really liked the video. I just bought a home 2 years ago with 2 almond trees this year is the first year we have almonds so Im excited. Thanks a lot!
@mariavasquez9504Ай бұрын
Their great with chicken fish n steak as a steir fry...or just as a snack with chili n lemon salt yummie ..or a a dried almond just amazing
@shinebrightandbethelight10 ай бұрын
So cool to learn this after starting my new lifestyle of only eating real foods from the earth only thank you so much
@rockaway0beach3 жыл бұрын
It's funny, around here most of nuts (walnut, almond, chestnut, cashews, etc) are called "dried fruits". Even peanuts, which aren't actual fruits.
@johnbeaty31914 жыл бұрын
I'm fully willing to spend money to hear the intro song
@davidlovesrecess62433 жыл бұрын
almonds are in the peach family! amazing! it has similar seed structure as the peach.
@ashah86563 жыл бұрын
Music choice iconic as ever :)
@rooseveltisaac36403 жыл бұрын
A amêndoa é do gênero Prunus, o mesmo dos pêssegos, nectarinas, ameixas e cerejeiras. O fato é, que a amêndoa perdeu em sua trajetória evolutiva o seu fruto e sua mucilagem, ficando apenas a semente, que é bem semelhante ao caroço do pêssego
@Gothemo959 жыл бұрын
Have you ever found your way to a cashew apple? While on the subject of a nut's fruit
@WeirdExplorer9 жыл бұрын
I haven't found one yet. Though I have been looking. I even made my way through one of India's largest cashew growing regions, but it wasn't in season at the time.
@Gothemo959 жыл бұрын
+Jared Rydelek Alright, because I have yet to leave the greater Cleveland region as far as fruit exploring goes, so I try to get a first opinion on as many fruits as possible. I, also, use your videos for finding out the rarity of some fruits
@WeirdExplorer9 жыл бұрын
+Gothemo95 cool. well I'll do my best for you. I'll be posting some interesting regional fruits soon, that grow in Ohio.
@Gothemo959 жыл бұрын
+Jared Rydelek Oh, awesome!
@OLskewL Жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks.
@SheSweetLikSugarNSavage5 жыл бұрын
Amazing information thank you.
@justmegawatt3 жыл бұрын
That looks so good
@partyinthecloudkingdom4 жыл бұрын
when i was a kid i would take the raw almonds off our tree, bite open the green fruit, and eat the inside of the nut. i didnt realize other people do it!
@activityaccounts5975 Жыл бұрын
I was really hoping your video would come up for almond fruit :)
@rogra20873 жыл бұрын
Used to eat these green and recall it tasting like an unripe apricot, with a neutral gel , to kinda milky flavor...yum...
@marialiyubman3 жыл бұрын
In Israel we used to eat it before lunch after school because we were hungry and it grew on the trees. It’s awesome! Try it with salt and olive oil.
@otakonjunkie2 жыл бұрын
The unripe almond almost looks like pistachio. Neat information.
@Jpow9154 жыл бұрын
I always thought raw almonds were poisonous
@dannyboy27ish7 жыл бұрын
I love those growing up in Vietnam it was very common
@befafoundation4 жыл бұрын
This is different from the almond in West Africa. In West Africa, you pick almonds when they are ripe. You eat the fleshy part and then crack the inner shell seed open to reveal the seed which is also yummy. I wish they have those in the US.
@terryh.92386 жыл бұрын
They look tasty, I wanna give it a try...
@robertlangford51704 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. I have learned something new today.
@jacobalcaraz64014 жыл бұрын
Idk why but my brain is telling me it tastes like edamame beans.
@WeirdExplorer4 жыл бұрын
A bit like that! But more like green beans
@Dreadtheday3 жыл бұрын
What Almond trees produce a "drupe". Drupes are technically not fruit. You can say that The Drupes contains flesh, referred to as fruit, but the drupe itself is not a fruit. The almond Drupe contains a pit which is what we refer to an almond.
@ashah86563 жыл бұрын
Today was the day I realized your yet name isn’t weird fruit explorer :O
@ejpak1452 Жыл бұрын
I used to have a Tropical Almond (Terminalia cattapa, unrelted to true almonds) on my compound when I lived in West Africa that would have green fleshy capsule fruits that ripen to yellow-green with an "almond" seed at the core that you'd smash against some stones like a real almond and it would have a fleshy yellow rind... i've never eaten the flesh of the fruit or seen any of the locals eat them and I've wondered why. I regret not trying them because the flesh smelled sweet, better to err on the side of caution. Wonder if youll ever do a video on that fruit. The "almonds" do taste really good, superior even, especially cooked. They can be eaten raw as well and it is equally great.
@Booozy30503 жыл бұрын
The opening music reminds me of so many filmstrips back in the day.
@deenzmartin6695 Жыл бұрын
super interesting.
@julianvargo99973 жыл бұрын
I get them at a local middle eastern market in California. I love the lemony flavor, and prefer them to regular mature almonds
@marulazzaroggi62993 жыл бұрын
looks very similar to baby green mangos!
@indianoladave3 жыл бұрын
I love boring but the intro is awesome ! Great show
@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde2 жыл бұрын
We eat these dipped in sea salt (and a bit of water to stick) and afterwards drink with beer 👌
@damonopz6 жыл бұрын
Where I lived as a kid there were tons of almond trees, I would always collect a bowl of them and eat the fruit cause the middle part isn’t good raw
@drogoburrows88054 жыл бұрын
It seems to be similar in texture to preserved red peach, however preserved red peach is distinctively salty and sweet.
@kylemeyer42667 жыл бұрын
Love these... probably prefer the immature plums. In Turkey some kids were also eating green peaches which were good too. The ones I have tried here are usually bitter, but not always.
@nenben87593 жыл бұрын
Looks just like an underripe peach or apricot. And it sounds like it tastes like it too
@Sherirose12 жыл бұрын
I saw a tree , waited until ripe, tried breaking with my trainer, won't break Left it where I found them. In Tunisia, the locals eat these. Also found cob nut, squished a few ,nothing inside but I see the squirrels go for them. What's with that? I had issue with this while growing up Terminalia catappa - or we called it 🔨 nut as one is needed to break it and very disappointing inside.
@curiousgemini3 жыл бұрын
I can see now why growing almonds takes a lot of water. The young fruit is very juicy.
@landonconway792 жыл бұрын
They do require a lot of water. Here in CA, we flood irrigate the orchards every two weeks.
@ai-man2124 жыл бұрын
"Green Flavor" = chloraphil. Seems like these would be good fried and salted.
@equitissingularis9656 жыл бұрын
How weird and fascinating... when u bit into and i heard the crunch, i thought u were due for a dentist visit! Gotta try one
@askhowiknow5527 Жыл бұрын
Probably best resembles the ancestor of all Prunus fruits
@udiddet14986 жыл бұрын
Try Spanish limes(mamones) or cashew fruit! A lot of people don’t know where cashews come from lol. (First video I see if you so if you’ve done it I’m sorry!)
@WeirdExplorer6 жыл бұрын
Yep I've done both. they are very interesting fruits! :)
@KonaSquid3 жыл бұрын
Used to have an almond tree right to my house. Never knew if they were edible though.
@treneicewalker54342 жыл бұрын
Wow...I didn't know that. The more you know. I thought it just come dried
@Traster_Bean4 жыл бұрын
What was the music in the intro? I enjoyed it quite a bit.