EatTheWeeds: Episode 139: Loquats II

[@EatTheWeeds]

I've mentioned them here and there. A solar oven with top cracked open with a pencil or the like makes a good solar dryer. I used to dry mustard greens that way, and arugula.

[@Farfromhere001]

YES! Finally new videos! Please keep them coming! More, more, more! More cooking, more recipes, more close-ups of plants and more detailed tutorials on identification would be awesome! Thanks so much, I love your stuff and learn so much!

[@greendeane1]

I've been uploading new videos.

[@FusionDeveloper]

I never knew you could dehydrate them! It always upset me that un-eaten ones just fall off and rot because I love the way they taste. Thank you so much for this video, I am going to share it with people I know.

[@EatTheWeeds]

The drying range is 130 to 140 F. I use 135. I dry them semi-soft to crisp. I prefer them slightly less than totally try.

[@EatTheWeeds]

If I remember correctlly it's an Excaliber, the same that Gander Mountain but I bought mine off the internet as a return. It had a bad switch which I fixed for a couple of dollars. The plasting shelf covers were pricey but they help a lot with small stuff. It also has a high temperature range so can make jerky in it (messy though.)

[@xafania1]

Good to see you again! Greetings from Bulgaria!

[@Quasar502]

good to see you back in front of the cam.

[@troyyurchak3213]

I vote for Squats as their fruit leather name, lol. Thank you for all your video's. Learning a lot. Tried my first smilax the other day...they are delicious; I used to cut them down and try to keep them out of my hedges, now I "eat the weeds".

[@beno2rasho]

First time I tried them, I like them so much...I planted the seeds. Now I have 2 young plants. Yield a ton of fruit. They kind of remind me of another fruit...I think it was mexican plum.

[@1d1hamby]

our Loquat festival is on March 26th 2016 in New Port Richey, Fl at Francis Park

[@chunfu2]

Loquats here in southern china grow to 3 times the ones in the video, and are sweeter, and more orange in color.

[@EatTheWeeds]

I'm in Central Florida but that could change...

[@Knight8365]

Another fantastic video Deane. I'd like to seem your video for making Loquat Wine. I do a bit of brewing, but mainly from concentrates and I'd like to get more into using fresh fruits, though we don't have Loquats in the UK.

[@SweetDelPrepper]

Great video, I love watching them. Need to check out your website.

[@EatTheWeeds]

What ever flavor or flavors they are on the tree intensifies when they are dehydrated.

[@tiedyekris]

My Loquat Tree just started producing its first fruit. I look forward to a future of dehydrated loquats. Q- Do they get sweeter when dehydrated? Seems they can be a little tangy right off the tree.

[@EatTheWeeds]

I know they grow in Charleston South Carolina.

[@WeirdCrazyShortGuy]

How do you eat loquats when they're still yellow and bitter? I always have to wait until they get orange and soft. That's when they tend to be the sweetest. It's funny how this is such an awesome tree with so many useful purposes and yet it is somewhat of an invasive exotic species here in Florida.

[@khustombuilt2854]

I really have to fight the birds off if I want to get any fruit..Love them though and the trees grow so well.

[@pessimystical1]

Nothing, nothing tastes like it... but, they are soooooooo good!

[@HFTLMate]

The leaves are also very healthy I believe as a tea

[@1fanger]

Hi Deane, another goody! Thumbs up!

[@HFTLMate]

I love loquats I regularly visit about 5 different trees, I was so upset when someone CUT DOWN A HUGE ONE!! I used to climb up it and eat them for hours.

[@JungleJayAdventures]

I love those! Raw, off the stem, no problem! I can hear the crows looking to get their share... They strip my tree fast...

[@Trumpetnote]

Can a person purchase seeds to this plant and will it grow in a container? Thanks and it's nice seeing a higher resolution.

[@Vsor]

Huzzah, he's back!

[@EatTheWeeds]

Closer to a sweet and sour apricot, skin not fuzzy though some resistance, some folks peel them. I don't.

[@EatTheWeeds]

The recipe is on the main website, eattheweeds.

[@dufusrunescape]

greenpowerscience is also in florida. maybe you could do a vid on home made solar powered dehydrators?

[@T3c4x3r0]

My parents had two tree's of these. Man are they delicious off the tree .

[@theartist53]

Sounds like another video for that one!

[@HFTLMate]

I would say its like an apricot, a lemon, a peach

[@jksatte]

Cumquats and Loquats are different. I know they look similar but cumquats are hairy. My granny in Tampa has a cumquat tree. They are both very good. I think I prefer Loquats though.

[@smurfiennes]

ive seen them grown in spain, the whole mountain full of them. im wondering what they are for if not for dried fruit bits?

[@thepoormansprepper]

Do these only grow in the South? Here in Missouri I've never heard of them.

[@TheSeventhtry]

What temperature do set your dehydrator on? And do you dry them till there leathery or crispy ?

[@FacetsOfTruth]

Is it me, or have you been working out? LOL You look like you've lost some weight and are getting fitter. Thanks for the video. Unfortunately I don't have these wonderful fruits here in Ohio. It's funny that I got a notification of another video from you (as I was thinking of you today) I have this Evergreen bush that has mutated. It has one base/trunk but there are 2 VERY different genus, it seems growing from it. One is thick w/very small dense needles, the other, long stems/long needles. Hmmm

[@charlesmaunder]

Please please please. make a vid on making your loquat wine.

[@EatTheWeeds]

Yes and yes...

[@newby1627]

Nice shirt!

[@zuditaka]

Hey! I remember you putting and soaking a loquat stone in some vodka or brandy to make a strong "cherry" flavour. Or does my memory serve me incorrectly? :/

[@ilovemywife2685]

I used to eat loquats when I was a kid. We had a tree in our front yard.

[@marilyndarnell8057]

I picked mine a little early, mostly because last year, they disappeared over night. What can I use the ones that are yellow and tart for?

[@greendeane1]

If not too tart you can eat them. But do not eat green ones.

[@Pull0utKing]

What is the shelf life of the squats?

[@shamachelon]

I have a tiny loquat tree in the making!!!

[@atclermont]

Have you ever made jam from Loquats?

[@ConditionLefty]

what is the taste comparable too?

[@EatTheWeeds]

Yes, wine takes years to make.

[@mikealcushnie4142]

there was an other variety ?

[@EatTheWeeds]

Oh yes, there's a lot of medicinal uses for the leaves.

[@stevenvarner4745]

What is your loquat wine recipe?

[@chunfu2]

Loquats is the official name.

[@forloaf]

Cool.. do these have any connection to the kumquat?

[@irissalls4265]

No, kumquat is in the citrus family and loquat is in the family of roses, apples, peaches, blackberries

[@EatRawGreens]

Do you live in S. Fla.? :)

[@threeredstars]

I wanted to start one from seed how many years did it take to get your first fruit?

[@caseG80]

You should be enjoying fruit if you planted some seeds!

[@EatTheWeeds]

None exept they are native to China as are kumquats. If you read my article on them you can learn more about what their name mean.

[@mikealcushnie4142]

gee, thanks man.

[@jeffroy3262]

Loquat Liqueur from the seeds.. most interesting...

[@wsearp]

Can the seeds be used for food at all?.....

[@greendeane1]

Doubtful, and controversial. They have a bit of arsenic naturally but of greater concern is some cherry flavoring which is suspected to have some cyanide. That said a few seeds are used for flavoring and some people report roasting and eating the seeds. I do not recommend that.

[@peepeethesailor24]

@@greendeane1 hey @ Green Deane .. is the unidentified flowering object forums still alive and well..? theres quite a few things i could use help with.. but 1 in particular is this small watermelon looking plant about the size of a golf ball(this is in december, that i found them) but the patterns resemble a w.m.. and inside its lined with white and the middle had about 50 small brown seeds.. even more distinct is the leaves which are around 7 inches across,i think 3 pronged and the leaves have big thorns on the underside, and i think the stems too, and really soft like cloth..it wasnt a vine, only about 2 ft high? any ideas sir? ps it doesnt look like the creeping cucumber or any other watermelon fruit i could find on google images.. oh and i live in leon county, florida

[@gacunahvac]

[“I hear the seeds are loaded with vitamin B17”]

[@sunnylandcamper]

right on looks good....i love to make wine..just did a vid on apple out of juice the other day come check it out if ya got time..

[@theJellyjoker]

I make pie with my Loquats.

[@markelious]

beautiful... 2 years for wine? ʘ‿ʘ

[@HFTLMate]

Sorry I live in Australia, why do you ask?

[@EatTheWeeds]

No, but I've spent a lot of quality time with mermaids...

[@Flashblade]

GD, were you a Navy SEAL?