Cattail Harvesting With Sergei Boutenko | Foraging for Wild Edibles

Cattails have one major advantage over other wild edibles… Relative to other foraged foods, cattails are high in calories. This makes them a great energy food. When you’ve been working hard or hiking all day and your body starts to lack energy, cattails can answer that call and replenish your muscles with power. Watch this video to learn how to harvest and eat cattails.
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[@memoreeze]

There's a certain ASMR quality to this video that is pretty relaxing.

[@shean7890]

Thank you so much, for your thorough teaching, and wonderful video all together

[@BoutenkoFilms]

shean7890 thank you for watching! Tell your friends. :-)

[@amberly707]

Thank you for making your foraging videos I myself am an avid forager living somewhat a gypsy lifestyle , and loving nature your videos are right up my alley . Cattails although I knew that they were edible and I had some idea of where the good part was I still had a never actually harvested them .so thank you for giving me a little bit more confidence ... keep them coming

[@amberly707]

B.T.W. your parents are awesome.. I'm sure. The experiences and what you learned on your journey from Mexico to Canada was indispensable .

[@GeocachingJoy]

Oh my, I am already picturing my next kayak adventure to grab a few of these. I love to forage and this is a new one that I have yet to try. So glad I discovered your channel. I can relate to your hiking snacks too for I love to hike and often chew on Violets or the tips of Green Briars along the trail. I once found a huge cluster of Chicken of the Woods while slackpacking on the AT years ago. My hiking mates who are always warning me about eating wild edibles, however were willing to try these for lunch the next day. 😅 Thanks for the video.

[@87_North]

I've definitely been skeptical to try wild edibles, and I think I would pick and choose what I actually want - but i'd definitely be interested in eating the stalk that is soft, and tastes like cucumbers.

[@duncansh81]

Thank you for posting your videos and your work that you are passionate about. I am reading Samuel Thayer's books and really enjoy seeing another forager share knowledge in video form.

[@nate9007]

This is super well done. Good stuff, thanks!

[@Lmnop913]

Wow. I’m learning so much. This is great!

[@southwestchannel6715]

sounds like your an Indian now. Way to go, you've become knowledgeable about what Native people have known and practiced for thousands of years.

[@rosedalechild5410]

Thank you so much for this very professional and fascinating video! I think you are brilliant just like your mom! Best wishes and warm regards :)

[@lleemcdermitt1892]

I am surrounded by cattails on my property 😊

[@LakhwinderSingh-fl1km]

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[@LakhwinderSingh-fl1km]

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[@user-hu5pg1ix8d]

Сергей привет это для салату

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Привет. Да это можно есть в салате и в ссылке. :-)

[@sonnycorbi4316]

What nutrients and how much protein are derived from cat tales

[@Khankhan-nw6up]

Cattle make recipe

[@bfisch1983]

These days, most open trails and parks have enough visitors that if everyone foraged the local ecosystem would be severely damaged. On public property, leave only footprints and take only memories.

[@BoutenkoFilms]

bfisch I respectfully disagree. I think if you harvest wild food responsibly, there is enough to go around. Those that are worried about over harvesting can also forage their backyards as there are often tons of edible weeds that go to waste. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmGchZlth7Bsa68

[@bfisch1983]

I agree with you that people can forage in their backyard all day long. You do provide some good information as well. I'm just worried that the video talks about foraging along the CDT / public land. As an example: The Great Smoky Mountain National Park has 384 miles of road, and saw 11.3 million visitors in 2016. If each visitor picked plants in 1 square foot along one side of the road then that side would have a barren patch 5.5 feet wide along the whole 384 miles. That is just in one year! Do you think there are 11.3 million cattails in the park so everyone can have one? The population density, in a lot of parks, is high enough that encouraging people to remove things will cause damage. If you want future generations to be able to enjoy the public spaces, the same way you do now, then leave only footprints and take only memories. If harvesting is to be done in public parks, then it would have to be through a permit system, like hunting, so that too much material isn't removed and someone can monitor the ecosystem for damage and adjust the number of permits accordingly.

[@bfisch1983]

An article I just read "National Parks want You to Stop Picking them Clean" www.cnet.com/news/national-parks-want-you-to-stop-picking-them-clean/ They are having to tag ginseng with florescent dyes and to microchip cacti.

[@bfisch1983]

On the other side of leave no trace. I just saw this site that is a good collection of laws regarding foraging on public land in the Pacific Northwest. Some places it is illegal, but a lot of places are limited to things like 1 quart per person per day. As long as people follow all the local laws, then it is on the park service to monitor everything and set harvest levels correctly. arcadianabe.blogspot.com/2012/03/rules-for-foraging-on-public-land.html So check local laws and enjoy foraging all you want (up to the legal limit)

[@dennisscribner6377]

keep that thicker full beard.. we eat cattails every year when we go up to the cabin.. add it to our salad mix..