Feral Beet Leaf Tart - And A Nature Ramble in Norfolk

[@dextmccool9953]

My day gets instantly better whenever I hear shrimp say asteraceae

[@sanowsiri]

T r u e

[@ZaiyaFineArt]

same

[@asmolbean9300]

I always need to say it with a heavy Chicago accent

[@AlisonBryen]

Ditto Apiaceae.

[@rattlesnakz9716]

@@asmolbean9300 could you please spell how that sounds in a Chicago accent phonetically ?

[@northfieldmoon5062]

Goodness me - I live in Norfolk and in fact used to live in the village you were in (won't say which one in case you don't want people to know). The field is derelict as sadly planners have just passed a housing development there. The park next door is where is used to take my little boy so super memories there. We loved living there and walking that path on that field. Such a shame it will be dug up soon. 😭

[@AtomicShrimp]

It's a real shame the village just doesn't seem to have very much integrated green space

[@queeny5613]

Stuck in a mele in Gatwick while watching this. Perfect antidote

[@alexmiller3349]

10:45 Probably it's some sort of Matricaria family plant, it's flowers can be used to make tea with calming effect, but it's better to dry it first.

[@yossarian4047]

I've never had beet leaf. Do they have the kind of earthy taste that beets have? I find it hard to enjoy the taste of beets (unless they're roasted) because they just kind of taste like dirt to me.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

I find BBQed in thinfoil until charred lightly is the best of them... small ones preferably :P

[@erikjohnson9223]

Perpetual Spinach is more tolerable for me than are Swiss Chard or Bull's Blood beets, though far less (not at all, really) ornamental. As baby greens (thinning seedlings) it is sweet but dirt flavored, but when more mature it can resemble spinach if I remember to stir in some lemon juice. I haven't grown root beets because my rental garden is too shallow (and b/c I hate the dirt flavor of geosmin), so can't compare them. "Detroit Dark Red" is supposedly lower in geosmin. Supposedly.

[@iKrufkaPsotka]

17:24 i havent seen this bug escape from the washing therefore its safe to assume that bugs are rich in proteins

[@AtomicShrimp]

pretty sure that's it floating in the water at 17:51, and it went down the plughole in some footage between the cut. I would have preferred to release it outdoors. I'm not worried if I ate a bug.

[@smcdonald9991]

I've had a rough quarantine both professionally and personally. Shrimp's videos have been a huge source of comfort for me -- more than he'll ever know and for that I am grateful. Thank you, sir.

[@rkhayden]

Me at beginning of video: Thirty minutes on cooking a tart? Don't think I'll be watching that all the way through. Me thirty minutes later: well, that was thoroughly enjoyable.

[@Carcosahead]

That’s the magic of this channel

[@ZestyLimeStudios]

Always watch every second of his videos, its all knowledge!

[@y2keef]

I'm going to be honest ... Ever since we got the pass overs from kitchen shrimp to foraging shrimp I was hoping they would become a staple of the show ☺️

[@sevenoctobers7471]

I live in a building in the middle of the city, and the only greenery I see is the ornamental kind. The lockdown has made it harder to visit wild places. So I'm really grateful for these field or forest walks, and you trying to identify the plants, fungi, insects and animals for us. I always try to watch in high res as it feels like I'm trudging through the landscape with you and Eva and Jenni. Hope you and your loved ones are safe and well Mr. Shrimp 🌿🐾☀️🍲

[@Blatidae]

So lovely to see you in Norfolk - not far from me by the sounds of it! Fascinating to see the differences between Norfolk and your home! Hope you have/had a lovely time!

[@MadisonTen]

In law watching KZbin : “oh no, he’s using my best China!” :-) Another great video, Mike. Great to see doggo too,

[@vesh]

I read that tart as fart, idek im tired it’s 3am

[@dorkhydrogen]

How are you this quick my man.

[@eldritchowl1061]

Les gooooo

[@rebenaq4506]

A ferel beet fart .. its got a ring to it. Hahahha.

[@donnaryan3162]

🤣😂

[@mollynakamori]

LOL - I read it as feral beef, and thought - Oh lord . . he's not going to kill something is he??

[@mollynakamori]

I hope Babatunde is well soon. I'd love to see him do a forage like this.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, he's really been through it this past week

[@johnmorris5965]

Eva is looking well, good on her.

[@rbrown6476]

Wow, that tart looks wonderful and my mouth was watering. I love mace or nutmeg with any kind of spinach or beet leaf. I must try this one. Lovely to watch Eva - she just lifts my spirits whenever I see how she’s going about her everyday foraging with such joyful purpose, criss-crossing paths, following scents and keeping an eye on you to check you’re keeping up! What a treasure she is.

[@psidvicious]

Looks like a recipe that could readily accept a number of other ingredients. Some ground, par-cooked and drained sausage sprinkled in comes to mind.

[@megsmith6758]

My Grandparents live in Norwich near us and they used to be near to a load of fields. I can remember going through the sugar beet when I was younger.

[@steammachine3061]

The chamomile type jobby could be pineapple weed. I was lead to believe that pineapple weed didnt have petals. But iv never seen it grow that high either as it does seem to like the crack in concrete lol. It has a lovely pineapple scent when the flower heads are crushed and sniffed. And does have all the same benefits of chamomile with an added mild pineapple flavour as well. Might make an excellent sorbet......yep ill add some extra here as i just watched all the way through. Deffo not pineapple weed as you came across that later on lol. My guess would be as good as yours. Iv never seen beet growing Rogue. I do pass the odd ferral rape plant on the school run though. I might nick a few seeds from it when its ready and see if i can get some plants growing closer to home lol

[@NicholasKonradsen]

It's probably mayweed

[@SombreroPharoah]

Pineapple weed and wood Sorrel makes a top notch sorbet

[@coaijet7830]

It always makes me smile when Shrimp used a plastic cereal bag.

[@JordonBeal]

It’s funny, to me, that as a man who has grown up around Chicago, IL, US, that thanks to this channel, I now feel just as at home with the local Atomic Geography and Atomic Flora as I do with my own home territory. KZbin is amazing, and creators like Atomic just make it all the better.

[@megsmith6758]

I see the word Norfolk, I’m like “what you doing in my home county?” 😂 Hold up, I live in Norwich. You telling me Atomic Shrimp was in the same city as me?

[@naomipretty6535]

Me too

[@Haybalemelonhead]

Same here

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Norfolk Island

[@YvonneWilson312]

And me!

[@thugzfunny6236]

I’m in Norfolk too. Thetford

[@lucifermorningstar4606]

My garden isn't scruffy... It is fallow!

[@Danny.._]

in addition to the red, yellow, and white beets there's a variety with concentric white and pink layers that gives it a candystriped appearance when sliced, but that's only when they're raw - cooking leaves the whole thing an even pink.

[@HirohitoSyndrom]

I love these videos of shrimp foraging and making fresh food with it, its just super chill and calms me down, but i also learn something about plants and cooking

[@oscarharvey7642]

Scam Related query: a very stubborn, younger relative of mine has been roped into taking part in a shopify-esque scam website. We live apart therefore I could not intervene effectively in time. What would be the best way to approach this?

[@jenniferl1978]

I Love AS variety 😍, but definitely love the scambaiting (foraging vids being my 2nd fav!) That aside, I haven't heard of a shopify scam, what are the scammers trying to say/do, if you don't mind me asking? Thank you!

[@oscarharvey7642]

@@jenniferl1978 trying to use his relative lack of awareness of scams, to make him pay up to start this website/fake shop

[@jenniferl1978]

@@oscarharvey7642 wow. Thank you so much for the info! I'm a relative newbie myself to learning about this, only started binge watching scambaiting the past 2 weeks or so. I'm still learning what's out there (and learning I was duped by an IRS scammer years back at a super vulnerable time was not a fun realization! ) I know these videos opened my eyes, maybe sending one of Jim Brownings video 'tutorials' about different types of operations might help too? (Tho obv AS is outstanding as well!) As I said, they opened my eyes. Thank you also for looking out for your relative as well. So many people don't have a support system like that & it can mean the difference between losing life savings and not. It's incredibly thoughtful- even when they fight you back on it (no one ever wants to admit that they were scammed- even though well educated, even young people, can be scammed!)

[@KovietUnionDefector]

Naarfilk was my county ;).....enjoy your well deserved family time. I vote we start an Eva appreciation society and I will be the first to join. She is such a dear little girl....I could watch 10 minutes of her eating wirh her mouth open ;)

[@cosmiccoffee8497]

Dawg, I think you've maxed out your foraging skill. +1 alchemy

[@dorothyalgie6709]

Made your beet and goat cheese flan for tea tonight. Very nice. Replaced beet with baby spinach and my home made caramelized red onion. Thanks for the encouragement

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

"First time using an induction hob." It's funny how many people I hear either immediately get the hang of it and love it, or not figure it out and burn everything. Looks like you figured it out easily enough. As for the oven, I can highly recommend getting a cheap oven temp monitor from ebay or aliexpress. I got one with a remote unit so I can time and track temps no matter where I am in the house. When visiting someone else's place and I intend to cook, I take it with me.

[@unnamedchannel1237]

That seems a bit extreme to me. The numbers on my oven and stove have worn off. I just guess where the dial should be , so a gut feeling on what the temp probably is and never had an issue

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

@@unnamedchannel1237 Oh for sure. But imagine how it would be for someone else to use your stove? A place I lived in for quite a few years had an amazing fan-forced oven, and I had all the controls and settings memorized because all the dials had worn away. Best stove ever, unless you were anyone but me.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@ConstantlyDamaged None of my spice jars have a label, and I have a ton of such jars. Welcome to my unlabeled universe :P Unlabeled range, now that's pro instinct cooking/baking right there, like at the times of woodstoves and just cheminey cooking. Good times :D

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

@@PandemoniumMeltDown Heh, I started off cooking on a wood-fired stove. They do have temp gauges on them, though they're generally just marked into three sections. Generally, you control the heat of the oven by either speeding up or slowing down the fire, or if it gets away from you you can just open the door and cool it down. Also, herbs are easy unlabeled-just going by smell you should be able to pick them apart.

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

@Ellis The DJ They're kinda odd. Some induction ones have a "keep this temp" setting, which is nice when it works, but in general they keep temps by cycling on and off. If your cookware has thick, copper bases (or cast iron), you'll be fine. If you use cheaper cookware that just has the bare minimum to be able to be used on induction-well, you'll have a bad day.

[@peterjf7723]

I remember that in 1977, the year after the hot summer seeing a lot of fasciated plants in my parents garden. Not all the same species: there were cucumbers, tomatoes, squash and foxgloves. Probably some others I have forgotten.

[@twosix2052]

I have a few hypotheses for the plants at 2:06, keep in mind that I am in the US, (California) so these could totally be different 1. Hayfield tar weed, it also grows in the same fractal like water with little bulbs 2. Pineapple weed, I saw someone mention this as well, however I don’t think this is a good contender because it’s bushier and greener (and this plant looks more dry). It’s also known as wild chamomile 3. Some species of thistle, maybe Maltese-star, but I’m not sure 4. Q-Tips (a plant that’s really common here in California) I’m not quite sure what the scientific name is, but usually they have fuzzier bulbs 5. Narrow leaf silk grass, it usually has bright yellow flowers, but grows in the same branching way I’ll edit this comment if I find more contenders

[@joshuasandwich6935]

Can you please do some more budget videos!!! They’re a fan FAVOURITE 🤝🥰

[@st200ol]

Why do two people dislike the video? Apart from the goats cheese what's not to like? That's a personal thing too, I'm sure some people actually like goats cheese. :-)

[@robynw6307]

I know I do. :)

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@robynw6307 Resilient scammers I have to guess... like pesky weeds of the worst kind... not nature's finest.

[@HotelPapa100]

The fractal nature does not fit, but the fruit arrangement reminds me of ranunculus acer, buttercup. The structure of the stems OTOH hints to eryngium (campestre?).

[@AtomicShrimp]

It does look like eryngium, but this plant was soft and downy

[@mollynakamori]

My guess would be amethystinum . .

[@richardmillican7733]

Lived in Suffolk a couple of times, lots of sugar beet cultivation as Tate & Lyle have a massive refinery at Bury St Edmunds. The bowl in the opening shot SO MATCHES your table cloth back at your home base!! ..... Nick it!!! 😜

[@robynw6307]

Assuming that this could be made with spinach, I will be trying this out. It looks sooooo good. Love goat's cheese.

[@OllieSMH]

Lots of my family lives in Norwich! I love it there

[@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews]

I'm in Norfolk!

[@danielhardy1275]

Greetings from Norfolk also. I live in Hoveton. Love the show by the way 👋

[@wildedibles819]

Very enjoyable walk thanks That was pinneapple weed as far as i could tell from video If you crush the flower or seed heads they have a chamomile/pinneapple smell its soothing like chamomile i have it in my driveway and as a child too Its so soft Steppin on it with bare feet :)

[@robyamato4056]

The plat is caller Filago Vulgaris. Or Filago Germanica. Also known as Cudweed and even Cottonrose

[@AtomicShrimp]

Excellent! Thank you

[@robyamato4056]

@@AtomicShrimp no problemo

[@robyamato4056]

I had a stroke typeing this if you couldnt tell

[@sahpem4425]

Wow, we get something extremely similar if not the same plant like that pineapple weed in rural Oregon, USA. I grew up popping the little heads off. They smell strong and when you rub them on your skin, they leave a yellow smudge.

[@lactobacillusprime]

Lovely place. Didn't know feral beets actually could survive. Wonder if they are 'happening' in my neck of the woods as well (The Netherlands). Quite amazing how similar the plants are in our 'abandoned grasslands'. I love 'determining' 'identifying' plants on walks.

[@kjdude8765]

Unless the parent plant is a sterile hybrid, virtually all garden plants will naturalize if left to go to seed.

[@Yaxrob]

i love the fact that that fields about a 10 minute walk from my house amazing

[@Southpaw.m]

The nearest i ever got to identifying a plant was interestingly enough in Morrisons, the till operator asked what was in my vegetable paper bag so here's could way it accordingly, it was ginger if anyones curious but i suspect not

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

I was. Just bought 2kg of the tasty root...

[@MartinAhlman]

That was educational, it's so unlike what we find here in the middle of Sweden. It also looked very tasty!

[@themaypole]

Ooo Shrimp on the roads. I’ve spent a lot of time in Norfolk, love it

[@StephenStaver]

It is amazing how knowledgeable you are about these plants!

[@italiana626sc]

Eva just living her best life out in that field. :) The tart looks delicious!

[@UltimatelyEverything]

Shrimp is like the medication of KZbin he's always there when you need something to make you feel better.

[@Haybalemelonhead]

Hey!!! I live in Norfolk

[@TheNataleia]

Love waking up to a Shrimp video ⚛🦐

[@lactobacillusprime]

Convolvulus is taking over our flower borders in our garden - quite a pest in your garden, in the field quite beautiful.

[@kjdude8765]

Here in Michigan, USA, bindweed is considered an urgent invasive and there are programs to try and eradicate it.

[@marsf6080]

Took me until the very end to realise that your tart is what over here would be called a quiche

[@johnromero1029]

Gotta give doggo a bit, just to keep her happy. Love that dog, she's a beaut.

[@kimvibk9242]

Pie crust tax paid in full.

[@MsPossums]

Tart tax 😁

[@lizg5574]

So glad to see you paid your pastry tax to the collector!

[@josefbrett7971]

How strange. I'm from Norfolk originally but moved to the south coast 15 years ago, so I'm vaguely familiar with your south coast and east coast rambling locations! Lovely to see both represented on KZbin

[@thedogskneecaps3292]

I saw a fasciated daisy a few years back and always wondered what was up with it. Until now I called it a "triffid" lol

[@playingwithdata]

It's pleasing to see you highlight the same plants I constantly fight in the garden (I'd been pulling up loads of willowherb and sowthistle not half an hour before clicking) out in the wild and doing what they do. Makes me feel less guilty about giving them such a hard time.

[@SombreroPharoah]

Sow thistle is basically lettuce so good food, and depending which willowherb you have, they have a good few nice uses. Fireweed pith tastes like appley cucumber and the flowers and shoots are good veg.

[@daisysylvonna568]

Have you ever made dried and fermented willowherb tea? It is dark and a little like caramel, really delicious

[@DudokX]

I love this. The more I watch the more I realise how many plants you find near you also grow here! English names are totally different so I have to check the latin name and cross reference it.

[@ProSimex84]

We call goosefoot lambs quarters here and I'm sure I've pulled more of it than vegetables from my garden. I should try cooking with it sometime since there's so much if it. As a child I would nibble on the leaves

[@SombreroPharoah]

Winnow the seeds, its super quick and easy. And you have a native Quinoa grain.

[@cbrooke879]

Amazing Wildlife in Norfolk. We stay at a little holiday cottage. Always see a barn owl, woodpecker and lots of finches flying around. Amazing to see.

[@jennifercowley8970]

Ha! Too funny! At the beginning of the video you were looking at a plant that you weren't quite familiar with...and I said to myself that the flower/seeds resembled little, baby pineapples. And indeed, a bit later, you mentioned that it was called 'Pineapple Weed'!😁 I thought perhaps that I just had pineapple on the brain bc I've recently started a pineapple plant by planting the top piece. 🍍🍍🍍🍍 I love watching these videos. I feel as though I'm living vicariously through you. My body has failed me as of late & I can no longer enjoy the outdoors as I once did...at least without consequences. I must content myself with my tiny patio & what little plants I can keep alive in this scorching-hot SoCal weather. 🔥

[@tech_jims]

Another great video, any chance of doing a ration pack test or another food budget challange love these 2 👍☺

[@LivingInTheShade]

I read the title completely wrong, I read "beef tart"!😂 I went shopping and saw the fray bentos puddings and thought of this channel.

[@bettygraham818]

It's 3am and just the thing to watch after a nasty dream involving being underground ( my particular phobia) and scorpions ! I have no idea where they came from as I have never seen one . A cup of decaf tea and Atomic Shrimp. What could be better?

[@nicholash.7656]

The last time I was this early the video didn't even come up on your video page.

[@michaelgreen1515]

Beside Fallow, and Derelict there is also Set-aside.

[@LillianRZP]

You mentioned the terminology for your tart, just to add yet another term, in America I've always called an egg based pie like that a quiche. I often make one with spinach, bacon, and swiss cheese which I quite like

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, I always trip myself up with these sorts of things. British English is incredibly loose with some terms (e.g. 'pot' vs 'pan' - nobody seems to care); the thing I made here could be served as 'pie', 'tart', 'flan' or 'quiche' (and probably other things I can't think of right now) and nobody would bat an eye.

[@Gandalf_the_Black_]

@@AtomicShrimp Yeah, I'm from the Midlands and I would probably call that a quiche

[@iceblaster1252]

Yeah it’s weird. For what it’s worth though, when I was taking a culinary arts course tarts weren’t always a sweet thing despite the common usage of it, with savory tarts being a part of the whole umbrella -which did include quiches.

[@LillianRZP]

@@AtomicShrimp Linguistics is very interesting and very strange!

[@__-bk6mm]

That’s looks so yummy Mike! Another worthwhile experiment!

[@dylantrinder1571]

Looks delicious. I love goats cheese and am often bemused why it's not so popular.

[@bettygraham818]

I have only tried it once and found it incredibly salty. Maybe the quality varies, I'm no expert.

[@bllackphillip]

Greetings from Suffolk mr. Mike

[@michaelgreen1515]

Well done for coming to East Anglia!

[@FragrantlyOdious]

Your videos have been a fresh delight, thank you :)

[@ssj1260]

That poor bug running for this life at 17:23

[@rebenaq4506]

You are like me... taste = a full portion hehhe. This looked delicious, I wanna slice 😭😭😭 Loved the round cheese board. X

[@sophieh4000]

The bird song in this video is lovely!

[@LindsaysWhimsies]

I'm very envious of all the large fields full of beautiful things you're able to walk through there. You're more than likely to be trespassing if you attempt such a thing where I am. But I enjoy living the right-to-roam life vicariously through you! That tart looks fantastic. I'm going to make one soon, though I'll probably just have to use spinach from the garden. Have a great upcoming week!

[@broadsword6650]

Atomic Shrimp: outstanding in any field (fallow or derelict).

[@minijimi]

Thanks for this video. I like the contrast between the start of the video and the end, talking about fields and plants then in the kitchen preparing and eating the foraged food. This contributes to a great start to my Saturday Morning which includes a cup of coffee also. Good job, and as always I look forward to your next productions.

[@bahototh]

Thank you. Always nice looking fields and terrain over there for hiking, exploring!

[@The3Storms]

DELICIOUS. Thanks for the Eva content as well, always cheering.

[@plantsntrance5513]

Your knowledge of plants is impressive. Do you have a Botany degree?

[@AtomicShrimp]

Nothing like that - I'm just an enthustiastic amateur

[@donnaryan3162]

So soothing and inspirational to watch first thing in the morning. Here in the USA we have a lot of drama and a simple easy living video by you is just what the dr ordered. Thank you!!

[@pek5117]

Wow that looks amazing Mike. I love Spinach. Eva is such a good pup on the walks, trotting along and sniffing.

[@honarderakhshan2358]

Like Hi friend that looks Delicious very yummy and very tasty thanks for sharing my friend 👍👍👍👍👈👈💛💛❤❤🌻🌻🌻

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

Very late I know but teeny suggestion, if you'd moved the pastry slightly, you'd only need one patch..... but that's just me being finicky!!😊😊

[@inge6280]

That walk reminded me of my childhood, when we would take sunday afternoon walks as a family and my mother would teach me the name of plants, or we’d take some home to determine the name.

[@alexmsevans]

I'm really hoping for more videos on foraging for beginners!!! Loving this new content

[@lordmellis7135]

I live in Norfolk. Spent the whole video trying to recognise where you are. I failed🤷‍♂️

[@AtomicShrimp]

Brundall

[@lordmellis7135]

@@AtomicShrimp oh of course! I'll sleep now! Thanks... hope you had a great time

[@samhenwood5746]

Love house sitting & the spinach tart looks delicious 😋

[@curious1788]

cheese spinach and pastry bread is one of the world's best combinations

[@livingroomtellylivingroomt4037]

Cornflower isn't in the daisy family, it's a brassica!

[@AtomicShrimp]

That's incorrect. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_cyanus

[@livingroomtellylivingroomt4037]

@@AtomicShrimp Ah, yes, apologies. Must have got them confused with wallflowers!

[@Xhunter2145]

You deserve more views

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

"If you make more content, they will come"

[@134StormShadow]

Thats looks **** ***** amazing😋😋😋😋😋...I'm drooling. But why do I always see these videos when everything you've foraged is no longer growing 😢😢😢😢😢

[@charlesjason1]

Hi, thanks for the video. I am moving to the Essex Country side soon after living in London all my life. Do you have any good books to recommend to learn to identify edible plants in the UK. Thanks

[@kjdude8765]

He gives some recommendations in the "How to start foraging" video

[@robbob1436]

29.50 - Flan-Tax-Tic Video Sorry - Wrong terminology...! - 'Tart-Tax-Tic'

[@Yorkshireguycooks]

My first experience of goats cheese was at a frankie&bennys restaurant it was love at first taste.