Chicory - Wild Edibles Series

In this video we explore the identification and edible uses of chicory.
Here's a great article for a ton more info on it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory
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[@condeerogers5858]

Like you said, once you identify a wild plant, you see them everywhere. Yesterday I never saw them. Today they are everywhere. Even at my mailbox. Good video.

[@Badfilms6784]

Great video. We pick them, steam them, and freeze them in ziploc bags. During the year we use them as a panzarotti stuffing. Saute with onions and stuff inside a pizza dough with cheese and ham or salami. Bake for 20 minutes.

[@susanschroeder3512]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!~

[@itsjotime]

Ooh that's a good idea

[@RamonaFlowerz]

I remember playing with these when I would visit Michigan because they were everywhere in summer. Never knew these were edible! :D

[@yummyklown9226]

Chicory Coffee is really good. I recommend it.

[@susanschroeder3512]

Thank you I adore the beauty of these so much! Our highway dept. planted along the entrances and now they beautifully spread to neighboring yards. So they border my yard. Joyful to see butterflies and bees flitting among the flowers. Now I gotta try sauteeing the leaves. YAY!~

[@alc4ever24]

I'm in lower Michigan as well. I just ordered chicory seeds so I can grow it at home!!! Bees love them

[@nieslicznotka]

Just be careful they are invasive

[@sharonx1840]

you say the flowers are blue but the look like a light purple to me, good video thanks

[@Gaithersteve]

I understand that the flowers can also be pink or white, depending on the ph of the soil.

[@coffeeseven]

@@Gaithersteve good to know. We're in North Western Illinois and they're purple-ish. I'll keep my eyes open for the variant colors.

[@GatorLife57]

Wado for sharing David ! Love the edible series. Take care and be safe. ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE

[@DennisKhaye]

Your production values are terrific! Wonderful series, thanks David.

[@davidspassage]

Dennis Khaye Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate your support. :-)

[@kimberleecoal9586]

Thank you so much for this video can’t wait until spring !

[@gsiaap5960]

You said "blue flower". I love seeing them very Spring-Summer times. But only this time I learned its name. And color! You said blue. But i thought they were lavender or purplish! And only today I learned their edible ___and thank you so much for eating them before my eyes in this video!

[@phillipmerritt1428]

Thanks for the video very informative. I am retired now and I think I meant very interested in her bowl and edible plants and survival. I'm going to follow you for your Insight. Keep up the videos I'll keep watching and pass it on to others. Gingdah

[@Waldhandwerk]

Thanks for showing David!

[@davidspassage]

Waldhandwerk Thanks for watching. Love your videos!

[@theconsummateoutdoorsman5531]

Another wonderful video

[@davidspassage]

The Consummate Outdoorsman Thanks for watching. Maybe we'll see some this weekend :-)

[@brendasmith7345]

Great Job!

[@dianeibsen5994]

You are awesome! Thank you so much for this video♥️

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

Great video 👍

[@ssamodoful]

Great info!

[@stockyphilb7663]

Tilly hat represent! I LOVED that hat when i owned it, but it wore out. :( great video! going to look into if this plant grows wild in the southeast!

[@farooqislam4231]

Nice video

[@MrBirzer]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@davidspassage]

Mr. Birzer Thanks for tuning in :-)

[@solcruz5612]

ggrrrrr!! i just pulled one out of my garden, i didnt know what it was! thanks for the info, i will keep an eye, hopefully i will get an other one!

[@ScrambledO]

I think i see those all over the place. I will see if i can find some, next time out. Thanks for sharing man. Good series of videos you got going, keep it up.

[@davidspassage]

ScrambledO Thanks again :-)

[@geralvon]

Years ago I had read that chicory is called 'nature's litmus' as when grown in acid (I believe) soil the flower is pink. I think I have even seen it with some blue and some pink flowers at the same time.

[@56Axis]

nice videoo..I love finding wild edibles. :) thanks

[@davidspassage]

Esther Frasher Thanks for watching :-)

[@56Axis]

I spent alot of time with my step mom's mother in the woods..she was a herb doctor and mid wife in the south..she taught me so much about herbs, and edibles. I study and hunt mushrooms also..loved the show on puffballs.

[@conniejeanklein5375]

Thank you

[@Yellow.Dog.]

Thanks David! Added to my list of wild edibles to try out. Bill, TC Mi. here One weird summer weather wise north of you.

[@davidspassage]

Yellowdog Welding No doubt! We've had more rain than I can ever remember. And I can't ever remember a July where we didn't break 85 degrees.

[@Yellow.Dog.]

Heard that TC was in the running for hottest city in Michigan this summer. Odd. Noticed a bunch of chicory on the way home from town today. Will have to check some near by fields and harvest some. Thanks again.

[@onnislee1]

So there's 2 types of chicory plants (1 looks like this with blue flower and the other looks like lettuce above ground)? If so, what's the difference and is one considered wild and the other not?

[@whispergirl77]

I want to make a tincture with this. Can you tell us what it's good for? I read it can help with paracites and I'm learning many of us have them (which is gross but whatever) and I can't find to much info on this. Any knowledge you have would be great! Thanks!

[@43Rhein10]

Thank you David =) ... and how would suggest one could find out, whether a certain place has been sprayed with yuck or chemicals? B.t.w. dried leaves (April-Sept.) can be used as tobacco. The leaves are especially bitter during the flowering period(≈July-Sept.) but soaking them in water helps.

[@phillipmerritt1428]

Thanks for the video on chicory. I live in South Georgia and I've got one that volunteered in my yard. I've asked several plant experts that I thought and they all said that it's not chicory could you know anywhere I might be able to send pictures of it to get somebody's confirmation my book said it is but it came in in early May. June. Any help if you got time. Gingdah

[@aliciamilam5636]

Thank Mr smartest man in the world can u keep teaching more. And can u do video on ironweed.. there not many video on it

[@girllady6939]

My grandmother called this soap plant. And she said if you mixed this with water it would lather.

[@ChristopherPisz]

How do you know when the root is ready to harvest? I dunno what the lifetime is or how long mine have been in the ground. I grew some from seed sometime in the winter.

[@Bking055]

2 people from Monsanto seen this video. Loved this video, I'll be watching more, its just too late tonight lol

[@greenrivergirl7516]

LOVE, LOVE your vids David, learning a lot. Thank you. Do you know which part of the chicory plant has the most vit K? and if it's also in the roots? God Bless You... GRG7 : )

[@davidspassage]

+GreenRiver Girl7 (GreenRiverGirl7) Thanks! And no, I'm not 100% sure which part of the plant contains the most vitamin K. My thought would be the leaves since that is that the plant is mostly used for (as as salad green)

[@kourakis]

Nice, where is this? It looks like the US Midwest.

[@stupiddumbtard79]

They may be called shoots. Probably mis spelled that. Great series brother. Keep em coming. God bless

[@davidspassage]

+stupiddumbtard79 Thanks :-)

[@joeyoung3273]

I just watched video that claimed that this plant was called Blue Wild Lettuce. So which is it?

[@VincetheBarber1790]

Poison Hemlock likes to grow near chicory as well. So be aware of that and don't get it all over yourself.

[@TheHarveySpectre]

Very very informative. However, the chicory available in the local farmers market looks more like spinach/chard. Is that a different variety?

[@gwenscott535]

Here is a link to all the varieties of chicory, they seem quite different from the wild variety, www.rareseeds.com/store/vegetables/chicory/

[@joycewedel8115]

Could this be mistaken for wild lettuce with flowers? Ty.

[@mapo5976]

How is it propegated in the wild. I've looked for seeds on the plant after the flower has died off. Nothing ! Thanks.

[@dinahburns922]

Can't. Wait. To. Try. It. I. See. These. Every. Where

[@IRONDAWG63]

WHERE ABOUT IN LOWER MICH DO YOU LIVE. I LIVE IN ADRIAN MI GOOD OLD ANYWAY COUNTY LOL

[@kimses7611]

I dry the whole thing use it like tea

[@jasontanner6547]

I showed my summer school students this video. They immediately went outside, found some, and started eating them! Good thing there are no poisonous lookalikes!

[@PRTTYBTTRFLY1]

Ok now I will let them live I usually cut them when I’m out irrigating

[@crazyobservations3080]

Long established roads are also still lead contaminated from the pre unleaded days. I don't know if it gets into the plants, i don't care to find out the hard way. Get away from the road as far as possable

[@deedeepolishtontv7858]

The flowers are full of tiny caterpillars

[@300books]

That's extra protein.

[@illuminatiproductions409]

Holy Shit he just ate a wild. Flower

[@SimplyHuman186]

so ironic that we dont want to eat the farmers pesticides yet they feed them to the livestock then we of course consume the livestock lolol funny world

[@300books]

Eating organic avoids that problem. Organic animals are not fed pesticides.

[@shannon2227]

Do not eat anything near the road :)

[@isshinish]

Never trust a wikipedia page!

[@MrMarkar1959]

everybody eats 3 1/2 ounces of chickory

[@jannhebrank8410]

its not the same chicory as used in salads,,,wtf??

[@capicuaaa]

Leave them for the wildlife please. As a species, we’ve taken enough from other creatures...

[@ShepherdschapelYTexplainsbible]

Let's turn to God Shepherdschapel com explains the whole bible God bless.