Harvesting & Prepping Bamboo To Eat!!

[@ourcozygarden]

Makes me miss my tropical home. We used to have this growing up, stir fried with fried fish and coconut milk!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Sounds delicious!

[@domenick9835]

Super cool. Thanks for this video. It's so good at explaining the whole process.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it

[@domenick9835]

@@HomesteadinHawaii I actually harvested and processed my bamboo shoots this past weekend thanks to you.

[@thelambdafunction]

When he started chopping the bamboo.. 😱😱😱 He's got to learn how to cut properly

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I'm not too worried, I save cleaner cuts for later

[@SkwerlKC]

...And get a proper knife. Looks like he was using a steak knife. That's more effort than necessary.

[@PuananiKane]

Mahalo for taking care of Aina

[@valindaznidarsic6253]

You have to boil bamboo for about 30 minutes to deactivate the poison in it. My friends pour off the boil water and then stir fry/saute with Nepali dahl(bean curry) spices. It is divine. They don't throw that top part away. They use everything that is tender. Every year we scavenge shoots from renegade bamboo around town (in NC).

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Good to know, I need to cook with it more often

[@coachescornerwithmissytann9054]

I’ve been wondering if I could add bamboo to my recipes. My neighbor has bamboo planted along the fence and new growth pops up in my yard. I’ve been breaking them off and feeding to the squirrels. They love it. We’re in Alabama so I wasn’t sure if our location or only certain types of bamboo were edible like mushrooms. Thanks for sharing your video.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Most species are edible so cook it up and see how it tastes, it'll let you know if you can eat it or not

[@mapuanakupuna3471]

Interesting! Mahalo's brah!

[@yoBigWave]

Bamboo is so versatile. Love the knowledge 🤙

[@DJR3H]

I like the thought of keeping native woods around. Good idea! (:

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Definitely

[@motherhoodsbeauty9279]

You are so lucky you get to eat fresh bamboo shoot. Bamboo shoot can be cook in many different way and it make great soup.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Yes. It is so nice to have such great foods growing.

[@kamrannazir2030]

Good work bro❤❤❤❤

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mahalo!

[@jovansworld_]

I mix it with dewt and fish paste

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I've been putting fish sauce in everything lately, it's the best

[@IAMGiftbearer]

I looked for bamboo shoots when I was collecting poles from the woods the other day and there weren't any. Do they only pop up at a certain time of year?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Yeah, it can vary where you live but they typically come up in the spring.

[@PuananiKane]

All the Chickens 🐓 is music to my ears

[@MrIslandman59]

That's fantastic information, there are some huge stands of bamboo near where I live!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Get harvesting then!

[@shrimuyopa8117]

Be careful though. Not all species of bamboo is editable.

[@MrIslandman59]

@@shrimuyopa8117 I'm not eating it, I'm drying it on racks to burn in my rocket stove.

[@sunshinejenny777]

Fascinating!

[@sunshinejenny777]

Yes for SURE!! Keep the trees. It is sad when they clearcut.

[@PuananiKane]

Wish I could plant Ohia on my property,, I’m on mainland 🥰🤙🏽

[@lantenikbook9798]

Thank you very much! You make very useful content. I'm watching you from Russia. Bamboo grows here and even survives frosts of -35 Celsius or -31 Fahrenheit.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Bamboo has a wide range. Thanks for watching from Russia. Hope to visit one day

[@damz3e435]

Is the stocks of the full grown edible or just the shoots

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

just the shoots

[@yoBigWave]

So crazy that people that choose to live in such a delicate and off grid area decide to wipe out indiscriminately the growth on new property. Doesn't make sense to me at all, so glad you have the mindset to preserve native life

[@NicaUmeda]

Can you eat any species of bamboo? Are any of them poisonous? Which are the tastiest?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Most of them are edible, only a few are not and you would be able to tell by taste. I hear golden bamboo is pretty tasty.

[@carmelitaalvidrez6583]

Hi , I enjoy learning about bamboo. Have a question about the roots of bamboo, do they go everywhere and sprout out where you don’t want them. I farm but I have a problem with ground erosion. Thinking about planting along edge to prevent continued erosion. But don’t want to worry about finding shouts sprouting out in the land I farm. Please give me your info. Thank you.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

There are 2 types, running bamboo and clumping bamboo. Plant the clumping

[@TJD_04]

I didn’t know you can eat bamboo , hi from the uk

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Its a great food source. Aloha uk

[@TJD_04]

@@HomesteadinHawaii yeah , what’s it like living In Hawaii it’s my dream to visit one day . It looks really beautiful there

[@Dude_Man86]

Good vid. Thanks dude 🤙🏼

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Thanks for watching!

[@carterscustomrods]

Does bamboo variety matter? I have golden bamboo , I think? It's yellow with very few green vertical stripes. All the "how to ____ bamboo" videos do not seem to work with my strain here in Florida. Like the air growing, and propagating techniques. I've never seen and culms start to shoot roots off. But I get a lot of shoots coming from the ground. I use the fallen leaves as part of my "HuManure" and garden bedding. I also chop/crush them leaves into a fine powder that I mix with water and grill/fire ash to feed my cannabis and hemp, and it's great for that. But all in all, bamboo just doesn't want to grow, and I'm unsure if I can eat it. Anyone know about this strain?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

You can try it and see how it tastes. Tough and bitter? No good

[@avrahax7714]

Your bamboo is a phylostachys family ,it's a runing bamboo , air layering and bamboo from cutings are only for tropical clumping bamboos as ones on the video , and hell yes , your new shoots are more tasty and good to eat ,enjoy.

[@GGMegaTank]

You should soak! High levels cyanide in new shoots, you can filter it out with a 24-48 cold water soak

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Thanks for the tip, probably explains why the taste was a little off

[@ricky8545]

We eat it raw too, we never knew about cyanide or thing like that, it is not danger to human if you eat alot, i never knew anyone complaining about cyanide

[@lemonz1769]

No necessary. Cooking properly destroys the cyanide. Our traditional dish talabaw we slice very thin and add directly to soup. We cook for at least an hour.

[@plushbatfan]

The giant pandas and red pandas also like to eat bamboo too!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

We’re just like them!

[@motherhoodsbeauty9279]

They like to eat bamboo but we like to eat bamboo shoot. That is two different things.

[@GolwaSunday]

What kind of bamboo shoot is good to eat

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Most are great. There’s a variety called sweet bamboo that people love though

[@georginafilmer7561]

Can you eat all types of the bamboo species?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

No. Some are no good for eating. That would be a good blog post though, covering all of the edible species

[@georginafilmer7561]

@@HomesteadinHawaii thanks for your quick reply. I have just discovered your bamboo videos, very good, well explained, thanks.

[@reneemichel263]

Here in Costa Rica, you cannot chop down the native trees - in fact you need a permit to cut down any indigenous trees or shrubs on your property - you will be sent to jail. It is that serious. That way people cannot denude the forest here and sell off the wood.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

That's great. People clear cut all the time here, more like bulldoze and do nothing with the wood

[@PRDreams]

Hola! Meat video, thanks!

[@carolinahotproperty]

what kind of bamboo is this?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Bambusa oldhamii

[@PuananiKane]

Mahalo Nui Loa, 🥰💞🤙🏽

[@CordsOfHusbandry]

I was looking to find the right *soil condition to grow bamboo.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Rich soil with lots of mulch

[@ItAintMeBabe99]

Reminds me of artichokes.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Totally. Really big artichokes or asparagus

[@danmichura3239]

Can you use any kine of bamboo?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Not every species is edible. Iʻd suggest to harvest and see how it tastes

[@turrelleowens4594]

Is that Giant Burmese Bamboo?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Bambusa oldhamii

[@turrelleowens4594]

@@HomesteadinHawaii Thank you

[@cyruahawkins5289]

I was today years old when I realized bamboo is food for people. I thought just Pandas ate them. 💀 But now that I'm thinking about it. I knew bamboo shoots are a thing, I just never imagined it was actually bamboo. I thought it was just a name for them.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I used to think that growing up too, but then I went to asia and they eat it everywhere. So much more food out there than we are led to believe

[@cyruahawkins5289]

@@HomesteadinHawaii Lol it's honestly wild what people eat, like chocolate covered crickets and what not. I wanna go to Japan and just try their street food though. Might stay away from anything with bugs though. 😂

[@YardyardFrontyard]

I love you brother

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

That is very nice of you, thanks

[@YardyardFrontyard]

@@HomesteadinHawaii you're welcome brother

[@dianeibsen5994]

So sad and sickening to me what people are doing to this planet 🌎 ppl go to jail for rape. And yet raping the land is completely legal😥 Bless you for keeping native plants and trees💕

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Twisted world we got here, We each have the power to live in integrity though.

[@lox6461]

We need to save forests and stop the greed or the world will be doomed.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Agreed

[@AyannaStinson-r3v]

We have all the bamboo you want in New River, VA. Come help yourself.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Ahh, just a bit too far. Mahalo for the offer 😀

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

I hate seeing how people move here because they “love Hawai’i” then bulldoze everything and cover it with concrete to make it look like where they came from… disgusting. Mahalo nui loa for mentioning the devastation that development has on these islands.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

It happens everywhere, but Iʻd say the worst culprits are the mega resorts, letʻs put blame on them first.

[@jamiejenkins5643]

Bamboo is for pandas I drink beer

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

You can drink beer out of a bamboo cup then

[@tre_3509]

Im sorry, your home isnt in the "woods"

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Technically, my spot is located right next to a forest reserve, everywhere was Ohia, until the last 5-8 years or so.

[@NoMoreLies365]

Video starts at like 7 minutes. Save yourselves from the bullshit.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Thanks. I’m working on making them more to the point