MANDRAKE FRUIT - Tasting The Forbidden Fruit of The Mandrake Root - Weird Fruit Explorer

[@WeirdExplorer]

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[@Sedgewise47]

“The Devil’s Apple”…Coming soon to Netflix…

[@benleydon]

Another bit of possible lore is that the witches would make an ointment of mandrake and other psychedelic herbs, then apply it to the highly absorbent mucus membranes of their ' front female opening' using the handle of a broom - hence the flying on broomsticks myth . Apparently.

[@SnarkNSass]

Great episode Jared ☺️ We still need to get you Super Taster Tested 😁🤗💜

[@sheogoraththedaedricprince9675]

Not just Harry Potter but Pan's labyrinth.

[@sheogoraththedaedricprince9675]

At least it's not the pear 🍐 of anguish. It just looks like a pear, it's actually a messed up metal torture device. I guess a durian could be considered torture to smell?

[@sphinxtheeminx]

'Doesn't taste like poison' - would have made an apt epitaph.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

would've made an epitaph from a videogame easter egg graveyard

[@man-xy1cs]

I love the poison episodes... it's like a window to the whole world of literal forbidden fruits.

[@undefinednull5749]

It's fascinating. Reminds me of the Witcher.

[@censusgary]

They aren’t all forbidden, but don’t eat them.

[@undefinednull5749]

@@censusgary have you not read about the Greek guy who gradually became immune to everything ?

[@Technoxity]

Just don't do any dangerous nightshade plants (ie. Jimsonweed)

[@babyinvasion]

@@Technoxity not true. I use Brugmansia (angels trumpet) tincture and it has never hurt me. Belladonna has never hurt me.

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

This is one anxiety-inducing episode. I felt my stomach clench all the time. Thank goodness you're all right, seemingly.

[@jameskirk8274]

Romans enjoyed Mandrake prolifically in wine, it was one of their drugs of choice even above the opium poppy and hemp seed.

[@omnirath]

⁠@@jameskirk8274it was used but definitely not as much as opium and cannabis, at low doses it have some medicinal qualities but "commonly used in wine" is quite a stretch

[@pashanvaine]

I loved this video! I was nervous for you until my husband pointed out you lived long enough to post it!!

[@WeirdExplorer]

👻

[@RandomPerson28337]

My mans called you dumb without saying it

[@ChezkiS]

Last year I picked several, ate one, and put the rest in the refrigerator. That weekend, my son and daughter-in-law came to visit with my two grandsons, who always devour any weird fruit that I give them to try (including che and lilly pilly). Of course, I was NOT planning to give them mandrake fruit. However, at some point I came home to discover that my daughter-in-law had cut one of the mandrake fruit and had given a slice to my grandson. We kept a close eye on him that day, but he was fine.

[@Psilomuscimol]

Took it without asking?

[@tinkertailor7385]

The seed are probably like Tomato seeds, as long as he didn't bite down on a seed and just swallowed them, they'll just pass without digesting just like a tomato seed.

[@mohadi7245]

We do eat it in Jordan! In northern part of Jordan It’s called “Jarabohh" in arabic "جربوح". We spit the seeds as they can cause poisoning especially as kids, the leaves stink like olive pulp (bi product of olive oil making). Though I never had it my flat mate did a lot as a child.

[@Seven71987]

This must be the forbidden fruit the beginning of the bible mentioned.

[@beamer.electronics]

Interesting video, thank you. "Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and white potatoes are all known as nightshade vegetables. They belong to a plant family called - the Solanaceae family, which, fascinatingly, also encompasses deadly, inedible plants like tobacco, belladonna, and mandrake." I find this very logical though: A plant will do its damnedest to protect its seed until it's ripe and ready for its target thing to transport it elsewhere. It will try and make you no more if you mess with it, hoping your species will learn to leave it alone. Plants will even wage war on other plant species. Mother nature actually owes us nothing.

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

Mother Nature has been here far longer than we have as humans so we should respect that for sure. Part of the reason why I stopped killing animals and insects unless they're absolutely invading my space and I have no choice but to do something. Most life forms developed far before we did so who am I to get rid of them

[@ChasingDragons420]

Cool. We owe mother nature nothing, either.

[@al-masihad-dajjal4565]

...plants do infact "wage war on other plant species"... example in the rain forest plants grow higher and expand their leaves to gain more sunlight and to kill off rivals

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

All nightshade plants have alkaloids, most of which are toxic. For examples tomatoes and potatoes both have toxic leaves which would make you sick if you ate enough.

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

The alkaloids are probably an evolutionary response to grazing animals. A form of defence for the plants.

[@samfsad9041]

"I've been wanting to try this one for a very very long time." We hear this a lot. I'd be kind of interested in seeing an episode of top 10 fruits you want to try but haven't gotten the chance to yet, or something along those lines. It would be a good chance to show off some interesting fruits that you might otherwise never get a chance to talk about, as well as potentially get you the chance to try a couple of them if it turns out someone has a way to hook you up.

[@cparker7992]

"Yes it is mentioned in Harry Potter. No, I am not going to be talking about Harry Potter today" the level of just doneness and exasperation in his voice is how I think most of us feel about the Potter People at this point xD

[@Psilomuscimol]

I like Harry Potter. I watched it with my mom when I was little. I never was too into it, other than having a wand as a little kid. But I remembered how much I liked it when I played hogwarts legacy. Very fun, but I'm not going to talk about it to everyone I talk to.

[@kgbstudio]

There's an isreali paper analyzing the compounds in the de-seeded fruit which found none of the notorious 'bad' alkaloids that the rest of the plant has. I also made liquir from lots of dried , carefully de-seeded fruits. One night I drank lots of it - I got drank- but I can confirm no ill effect was noticed at all. But de-seeding can be tricky, especially in mandragora autumnalis which has smaller seeds. Unripe seeds is also something to consider when de-seeding a fruit to try.

[@chaoszhul_4d586]

you can also ferment beer with the roots, which are poisonous, so only do so if you know what you are doing. Heard it gets you high though.

[@kgbstudio]

@@chaoszhul_4d586 Yep what you are saying is only for advanced psychonauts I would suggest .. But I have been wanting to make traditional pilsener beer with henbane (Hyoscyamus) seeds, which have more or less the same alkaloidal profile as mandragora. I remember reading a recipee which set an upper limit of how much you could drink in one sitting. And yeah, of course it gets you high, all tropane alkaloids from this family of plants get you high, typically in unpleasant ways and typically most regret even trying. Devil plants are not called that by chance!

[@perfid-deject2027]

Brave soul

[@perfid-deject2027]

​@@chaoszhul_4d586 scopolamine and atropine are not going to just get you high if you were listening, they have quite selective affinity for the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (all sub types) and the difference between that and classical serotonergic hallucinogens is an interesting one, they both can initiate a spiritual experience and teach you many things about the afterlife or yourself, but the difference is that with anticholinergics in general such as mandrake and datura, you cannot tell the difference between the hallucinations and reality, it's not a vision quest as much as its your reality changing, things popping up right in front of you, people, places, things; and you'll converse and interact with them in s disturbingly real way because you believe they're actually there, exactly like the media always naively show. People have killed themselves if that's any indication, serotonergic psychedelics are not this way at all and you just see a vision of the afterlife and that feels real, or you see God or God's and speak to them in the vision, sometimes things appear in front of you and present itself, but it's not like you don't know it's not a vision you're having whether you feel it's real or not its still you having a spiritual experience and feeling like you are being spoken to by some autonomous divine beings, but you're still you during it and everything is fine. Datura and mandrake are no high and it can kill you and has killed, it has also taught lovingly, but more often than not you literally flip out and are fully engulfed in this reality that you know is real and no one can tell you otherwise basically at a certain dose, those pools of blood are real, those people walking into your room talking with you are real, those books flying into your lap and turning to a specific page are real, those cigarettes you're smoking are real, the urge to do something fucked up is real, literally trapped in this very real situation, so it can end up badly whether or not it taught you something spiritual and mystical, sure, some have gotten away with it, for millenia even, but we meer modern mortals seem to not have a good time with these things... It's not just getting high.

[@perfid-deject2027]

​@@chaoszhul_4d586 So yeah, it has nothing to do with if you know what you are doing, not to be mean but you seem to know nothing about it yet besides its toxic at high doses and can "make you high" that's simultaneously an under statement and over Statement, lol, be careful please?

[@declinetostate938]

"is very often mentioned in magic, and alchemy".... *Jared no, please don't* "I'm NOT going to be talking about Harry Potter" *Sigh o relief*

[@2Cerealbox]

I love the deadpan delivery of the gardening tips.

[@PeppersnGlowworms]

Episode 666... Coincidence?

[@TuppyMSM]

Oh my... you are so brave to try this out... Also can you someday try the mexican mountain papaya? Also I was waiting to see what ep. 666 would be, didn't disappoint!

[@yorilamaz]

Clearly planned 😏

[@Verlisify]

was gonna be mad if he didn't break out the shirt

[@ChezkiS]

I peel it and remove the seeds, and it's ok. I have heard that the jam is used as a kabbalistic method to help women conceive (if they are having trouble in that area), based on the story in Genesis 30. I don't really care for the flavor, which I would describe as a blend of tomato, golden berry (Physalis), and carambola (star fruit), but with an unpleasant over-ripe flavor mixed in. The one you sampled doesn't look like it's in such great shape.

[@kgbstudio]

its much more aromatic and pleasant when borderline ripe, when overripe it doesnt taste as good and the aroma changes too. I have made very good liquer from dried (of course de-seeded ) fruits .

[@Youngstomata]

I feel like Jared will be in an Animal Planet/Discovery series traveling around dense rainforests hunting rare and possibly extinct fruit one of these days. It’ll be like Anthony Bourdain’s: No Reservations meets The Jeff Corwin Experience.

[@ncmartinez_his]

A morbid legacy. Wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[@noob19087]

I wonder where the root screaming rumors come from. It's not like it actually screams, and it only takes one guy pulling a root out to find that it doesn't. And so many dogs that turn out... not dying.

[@quitlife9279]

From all the women and children in the area shrieking in horror probably, heartattack inducing. Oh yeah and the starving dog left tied to a highly toxic plant will more likely than not end up killing itself because it’s a dog…

[@slarbiter]

The nightshade family is so intriguing. The mandrake, belladonna, datura, tobacco. My holy grail is a real insanity pepper like on the Simpsons; I feel like there's a high possibility of selectively breeding a hot pepper that produces atropine. It's a Sonoran shaman's dream

[@thomasrussell4674]

Interesting point. Solanum family also fascinates me because they are not related to coca in any way but they do produce tropane alkaloids, which are precursors to cocaine. I bet they could be genetically modified to produce cocaine or ecgonine. Interestingly, some coca plants also contain cuscohygrine, which I believe is either in or related to an alkaloid that is in mandrake, and even though it is found in the coca plant it's pharmacology is nothing like cocaine and much more like your typical antimuscarinic. So there's some interesting both ways chemical relatedness between coca plants and solanum, even though there is no botanical relationship between the two, and your example is equally fascinating in a different way, that is the botanical close cousin status between these dangerous drug plants and many different foods, tomato, eggplant, capsicum and chilli. And potato too I think? Your idea seems very Simpsonian.

[@napalmholocaust9093]

As someone who has eaten a near fatal amount of datura, I don't recommend atropine.

[@vroomoon]

Here in Appalachia we've got what is called American Mandrake (or Mayapple) which is also deadly poisonous in all the same ways (especially the roots), except that the fruit is edible. The catch is that the fruit is also deadly poison if it's not 100% ripe. I just find it neat we have our own analog to this plant.

[@sharendonnelly7770]

"You've gotta let the dog die, I'm sorry." LOLOLOL So, into a bit of poisonous "fun," my sister actually tried Jack in the Pulpit fruit/corms, (btw told her not too!) and regretted it. Burned her throat and tongue, but all turned out well, no lasting problems, serious discomfort and still remembers that episode after 50 years (me, too, thought she was going to die!). Perhaps a bit macabre, but would be interested to see more on "poisonous" fruits. Love your videos!

[@sazji]

I also tried Jack in the pulpit corm when I was a kid after hearing that the Indians used to eat it. (They did...but only as a famine food, and after cooking it for 24 hours in a pit oven.) I instantly regretted it. The problem is the tiny calcium oxylate crystals, called raphides, contained in the tissues. Taro is similar actually; bite into a raw taro root and you will also instantly regret it, but the taro we eat has been selected over centuries for those with less of the raphides. There are still wild varieties of taro with so many raphides in them that no amount of cooking makes them safe to eat.

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Indian turnip. Must be boiled with several water changes to be edible.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

Of course I've heard of mandrake, but never knew it produced a fruit. That's really cool! I hope everyone is well, and having a great day. Thanks for another awesome video, Jared, and if I don't get a chance to later, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

[@LiborTinka]

I would definitely do a total alkaloid analysis first in my workshop (this is fairly easy to do with simple titration), then assume 100% of those alkaloids were the bad ones, then try a very small piece, then maybe more. It would be interesting to do a separate analysis of the seeds.

[@notmyname327]

This was a great episode! Really interesting story, I particularly loved the bit about how to harvest the roots. (and your comment at the end of the section 7:35 "It's not gonna work, it doesn't cure death it just cures everything else. So you gotta let the dog die, there's no way around it, I'm sorry." lol)

[@RaspK]

Had I known you wanted to try this, I would had sent you some; our yard has naturally-grown mandrakes, and they have borne fruit a few times (when they weren't caught in our yard-cleaning activities).

[@RaspK]

P.S.: Incidentally, I just verified that ours are the same as yours - i.e. _M. autumnalis_ (which seems to be the norm in the Mediterranean).

[@kgbstudio]

@@RaspK yes, native greek, italian, spanish, potuguese mandragora are all autumnalis!

[@donnasummers9284]

I want seeds. I need this for my garden! I can't find a reputable source on-line.

[@RaspK]

@@donnasummers9284 I will try to harvest some for you, but it will take some time, as they don't have any fruit yet.

[@donnasummers9284]

I tried to purchase thos at a local nursery andxthe woman acted like I'd grown 2 heads. I want it for a container in ground in the middle of my garden: a collectors item. I'm not sure why my request invoked such an odd response. I know it's Poisonous, but so is Datira and many other garden plants. Based on the rich history the plant carries, I'm surprised it's not more sought after. You should sell yours on-line. You'd be offering a rare exotic that no one else sells.

[@6adget]

I really like how you talked about the history of this fruit. Honestly, I would watch a lot more of your videos if this was something you did more often. I enjoyed it.

[@WeirdExplorer]

More to come!

[@StevenAndrus]

I would like a follow-up discussion of the effects on your body. any nausea, hallucinations, sexual aphrodisiac, and the like. What did you go through and would you do it again. ​@WeirdExplorer

[@1Akai1]

I love how you have your website set up. So easy to use.

[@sizanogreen9900]

Reminds me of that one chapter in dungeon meshi. And just like they do I gotta throw shade at the dog-idea. Just use a looong rope. No dead dogs required.

[@CrazyPangolinLady]

They eat the root a bunch in that story. Good thing it’s apparently not poisonous in that world!

[@mirandamom1346]

When you review this kind of thing, I constantly remind myself that you lived to upload.

[@joshk5686]

This is like a cursed version of physalis or ground-cherry. They both have a kind of outer covering and are in the nightshade family but groundcherries are definitely edible and this is questionably edible if at all.

[@blefnefnef]

Loving how you saved mandrake fruit for episode 😈 666 😈 perfect for the occult history/ties of mandrake root. Ive read similar tales of "flying" witches using datura in a similar fashion; apparently the broomstick WAS something they sat on/rode, in a sense at least - but rather than a vehicle that literally flew through the air, as depicted in the cartoons we all grew up watching, it was used moreso as a tool for application of a "green cream", in... the most sensitive of areas.. I'll let your imagination fill in the rest lol. Apparently, witches would feel like they were taking a literal trip, & thought they would "fly to the sabbath", & believed they were partying it up with literal demons! Sounds like quite a trip! Makes any experience I've ever had on a psychedelic sound like childs play - & it definitely never is. Ill never get to try mandrake root, I guess; nowadays theres a shortage of hanged men & their blood/semen in my area - not to mention, I like my dog waaaay too much to starve her for 3 days and sentence her to death by a tiny screaming root person... Oh well, darnit lmao. In all seriousness though, I wouldnt advocate mandrake root nor datura to anyone; the dose between a "fun time" & death is supposedly marginal at best. Awesome video, as always - keep it weird, explorer bro ;)

[@-jank-willson]

'riding on broomsticks' descended from women whose husbands were off to war, and used mandrake to get high and 'rode' on broomsticks for self pleasuring...

[@Sharkspartan6548]

I can confirm from my own cultivation of the Mandragora, bare handing the root will absolutely make your fingers go numb. I had only a few seconds worth of contact with the root and it was enough for my fingertips on my right hand to go numb for a good few minutes.

[@jonathanrogers8514]

Nice coming back to this channel. Literally a genius of fruit specimens

[@davepook6031]

For a tasty but risky fruit I recommend* snotberries, the fruit of the Yew tree :) *another dangerous seed removal is in order

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yep, it's on the channel

[@alchemander]

I wonder if trying the Mandrake fruit with a Grain of Salt would actually improve the flavor?

[@hoebywan]

My thought when he said that too. 😆

[@kgbstudio]

the flavour is excellent and aftertaste is unique.. like physalis it resembles both a vegetable and a fruit, if you had enough you could do both sauce for food or a sweet. But I am pretty sure what he ate was too ripe. They are better when not over-ripe.

[@carbonblxck]

Is the background music FELIZ NAVIDAD?! 😂

[@MustacheHam]

This is certainly interesting to learn about. TBH this is the first I've heard of this plant. Thanks for the introduction and the safety precautions about it. Hope you don't become unwell from the taste test.

[@eltrew]

i mean, considering it's related to tomatoes, eggplants and peppers and tobacco i would imagine it has that sort of weird bitterness.

[@Gan596]

You should see the size of the officiarnum fruits! They can get near as big as tomatoes. I've heard that the fresh fruits of officarnum are strong enough to perfume a whole room, and I've known people who have said the taste is different between the plants.

[@kgbstudio]

indeed officinarum and turcomanica are lots larger - but even a single autumnalis fruit can perfume a room.. The trick is to try almost ripe and just ripe fruits. The ones he tasted were surely overripe. I really think the inconsistency in regards with the aroma and taste has to do with that.. I am growing autumnalis for 7-8 years now, I have fruits each year. They are awesome, but it does vary with strain. I havent tried officinarum or turco.

[@sdfkjgh]

*Sees the TV-14 rating, sees the episode number*: This episode is pure evil!

[@worminstool]

If you have trouble locating a rabid dog, politicians also work.

[@duuuumb]

love the rhyme of "the forbidden fruit of the mandrake root" and your exploration of it, but personally I just wanna know where you got that FABULOUS couch!

[@Dang3rMouSe]

Every time 1 of your episodes is in my feed I check it out. Love your enthusiasm for our world's unique fruits

[@mikehawk8984]

Lol that description of the madrake trip sounds like almost every experience I've had with hallucinogens. Definitely not my thing 😂😂

[@sadophyte831]

Fun fact for any natural drug chemistry enthusiast, Atropine was never a naturally occuring alkaloid, rather a byproduct of alkaloid extraction via DCM reflux, i dont know the exact reaction but i do recal that the dicloromethane plays an important role in the accidental synthesis. The truly psychoactive alkaloids from solanacious plants are nicotine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine. There could be more bioactive solanaceuos alkaloids in some species, but Atropine specifically is not present in the plant tissue. Scopolamine is what causes the psychological and physical effects of night-shade delerium. Edit: solanine is also present in most nightshades, though it is not psychoactive, it can worsen symptoms of arthritis, which is especially problematic for my lovely grandmother who has an undying love for green tomato soup.

[@kgbstudio]

you are absolutely WRONG about atropine and you should read up more on the chemistry of the devils plants.. There is atropine in all devil genera (Atropa, Brugmansia, Datura, Heyoscyamus, Mandragora) but mostly in Atropa which has been grown for it.. Also nope, scopolamine is only one of the major alkaloids, and the content depends on genus and part of the plant among other things. And of course its not true that only scopolamine is psychoactive. Hyoscyamine is too. So, like I said, read up more, dont take my word for it, but you are way off in your comment. PS: no point in examining the whole solanacea family as one group, I am talking about the tropane alkaloid containing plants, so nicotine is somewhat irrelevant to the discussion too, as is solanine.

[@newtronix]

You are wrong, like the other person said. Do your research properly.

[@alexisracine-lacroix2194]

I got a question. Do you think you got a higher tolerance for poisons from the fact that you eat so much sketchy fruits

[@WeirdExplorer]

I hope so!

[@shannabolser9428]

After his Trifoliate Orange review, I determined that he has a cast Iron stomach

[@iancarlson-w8m]

You should take a trip to the Rockies and do a series out here, all types of interesting foragble stuff. Glacier lilies are my favorite, I frequently will grab a handful and snack when I go out MT Biking early summer here in Montana.

[@JTMusicbox]

Sounds like this would make an interesting will it ketchup, albeit for educational purposes only due to safety concerns.

[@JaymeeAngell222]

I'm really glad I found your channel and gave it a chance I'm really enjoying it.

[@andrewhorwood1058]

Very interesting history/mythology. I had never heard about it and was familiar only with the name and the design. Nice shirt.

[@sheepishly6942]

Looking at those medieval illustrations makes me want a video of you trying to identify plants in the Voynich manuscript.

[@pocketsand506]

Reminds me of a ground cherry in shape and color and the flower tip that was attached is reminiscent of a rose hip

[@kgbstudio]

I havent seen any of your videos for some time, but as a mandragora grower I had to check this out. Seems there's no consensus on the taste of the different species, but I doubt you got to test all of them . whether the fruit is almost ripe or overripe changes aroma and taste, and the fruit can go quickly from one stage to another

[@kgbstudio]

seems its autumnalis fruit you have there (telling from the size)

[@danieljolley9319]

I would be willing to try it I'm happy you found it.... Ps I liked the way you picked at it like bird food lol

[@brandy4530]

The mandrake wasn’t just an amulet. They were kept almost like a spirit familiar. They treated this root as if it held a spirit that, if they kept it fed with offerings of wine I imagine, it would do their bidding.

[@iancarlson-w8m]

Yes the flying is a common hallucinatory theme in people who take plants in this category, the most well documented is in Carlos Castaneda's "Teachings of Don Juan" where describes his Datura experiences. It's in a very similar category as Belladonna and Mandrake. Doesn't sound like a pleasant trip and is dangerous so never tried.

[@themandragorium3090]

nice job! :D so, i'm guessing you had no after effects? how about dreams? :) IMO the fruit of the autumnalis is quite potent compared to the other varieties. you took it like a champ! hahah

[@decameter]

A lot of poisonous fruits are usually poisonous to mammals but not Birds, as they don't macerate the seeds of plants, meaning they can disperse the seeds more easily. And they also usually are weirdly cheesy in smell and flavor. It is very interesting defense. Of course not all poisonous fruits are meant for birds. But many that are, especially in cold climates are meant to attract birds that overwinter as they often contain a lot of fat, enticing birds like chickadees to eat them. Just a thought I had when you were talking about it smelling like cheese, there's a few bird berry plants around me that also have that smell.

[@applegal3058]

The moment I saw the thumbnail I knew it was a nightshade, and I immediately started to worry for you. I'm assuming you survived since you edited and posted this video. Thanks for the interesting video Jared!

[@Nukestarmaster]

I mean, so are tomatoes, tomatillos and ground cherries, so that doesn't guarantee poison.

[@Yul_B_Awright]

@@Nukestarmaster mandrake does contain tropane alkaloids though, but he was really cautious thankfully

[@applegal3058]

@@Nukestarmaster I know. It was just a gut reaction.

[@eev14]

What a fun episode, I didn't know much about Mandrake root, I'm always happy to learn new things, thank you as always for your informative videos 😊❤️

[@davidmann709]

I deleted my comment about Mandrake for spell alchemy in video games so I just want to express that I enjoyed your history on it and found it hilarious at one point.

[@andreamoore6477]

mandrake was also mentioned in movie PAN. where girl had to keep the root in milk under her mothers bed to save the baby

[@Hallasammal]

They actually referenced that medieval dog method of harvesting mandrakes in a recent anime, Dungeon Meshi! Very fun, i didn't know it was based on a real belief

[@gearsmoke]

It looked so much like a physalis (also in the nightshade family) when peeled, and you don't want to mix those up. D:

[@nickc3657]

Since you mentioned fugu- have you tried those fugu-flavored potato chips? I ordered them but found out later I’m allergic to one of the flavor-enhancers in the chips.

[@barbarareed9308]

Mandrakes are also mentioned in the Old Testament Genesis 30:14-16 and Song of Solomon 7:13 Seemingly related to marital love and conception Wheather they are related to the mandrake on this episode I do not know?

[@ShayxLA]

I swear every time I comment it's just "this is why I love your videos" but uhh I liked within the first minute. This is why I love your videos.

[@amelade]

your look of abjection when mentioning harry potter was so good thank you lol

[@kgbstudio]

I agree with the comparison with Physalis, but I think mandragora has more exotic and complex aromas and tastes, a bit more anana and maybe a bit of mango in the aroma. IME the fruit is better when almost ripe and not overripe, when yellow-orange.

[@hotaru8309]

"And this here is mandrake fruit" "Ah yes. Fugu berry" -Me from now on

[@quetzacoatlx]

Hi Siri, bring me a mandrake fruit.

[@The_Kiosk]

I live on an acreage in Iowa and have several patches of mayapples, as we call them. The fruit of these are yellow when ripe and green when deadly. Eating too many can make you sick, and I was previously in the understanding that Mayapples are a kind of Mandrake, and that the root system are toxic to the touch to humans. They're hard to harvest on account of their popularity among local wildlife.

[@bjrockensock]

Genesis 30 records several beliefs surrounding mandrake associated with child bearing and contraception. This is perhaps the most concrete precedence for the autonomy of women and their reproductive freedom in the Bible--both in preventing pregnancy and inducing it to curry favor with male tribal leaders. Regardless of your interpretation of the use of mandrake for abortifacient or aphrodisiac effect, the story in Genesis implies the power of the woman to decide this matter for herself--even in the male-dominated patriarchy of that era.

[@amberf2306]

I love that you taste "forbidden fruit" as it were. I first found you when I was researching yew berries which I have tried myself. I have to be extra careful as I have allergies so more things are harmful to me (such as bananas sadly) but I vicariously enjoy fruit through your videos. I really love how you include history and local practices with fruit in your videos as well

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

Hey, I'm allergic to bananas too!

[@irenegrijalvotarres]

The exasperated sigh about the fake mandrake roots is what really did it for me 🤣

[@SnarkNSass]

That deadly nightshade looked related to poke sallet.🤔 I'm going to try to remember to look it up. 💖😎

[@jenniferbethparishwhite688]

Genesis 30:14-24. Mandrakes don't increase fertility, God does. Also, 666 has to do with the antichrist (the third beast), not the devil (the first beast). Revelation 13. *Interestingly, that number is also mentioned in Ezra 2:13.

[@donlitos]

"The third beast" / 666 definitely "has to do" with "the first beast"

[@randomperson6454]

Thank you siri, (everyone's siri listening in) you're welcome.

[@kgbstudio]

More notes about the taste and aroma of the fruit, and review of the review. 1st of all the epidermis is edible, its pretty hard to eat anything if you try to remove the epidermis and seeds from the already small fruit of autumnalis... Especially if you dont know the seed positioning. There seems to be very varied reviews about the fruit some say its mehm some say its awesome, including officinarus VS autumnalis VS turcomanica .. I say its awesome!! Let me tell you : it depends on ripeness.. 1 almost ripe is more like mellon, 2 just ripe is more like anana and mango and 3 just 1-2 days after it being being just ripe starts to be mehm... So this review was done with overripe fruits. Thus not indicative of how tasty and aromatic this thing can be.. Just de-seed one fruit and the whole room smells for 2 days if the rooms stays closed.

[@Yul_B_Awright]

you got some balls meddeling with this stuff, since it contains tropane alkaloids (atropin, scopolamin, hyoscyamin, hyoscine etc) :D of course you were cautious enough but I wouldn't even try even with all your precautions personally. I like to listen to stories of people who consume tropane-alkaloids recreationally, because it is thrilling to me in a similar way as crimestories are. Those trips are absolutely nightmarish...

[@dfpytwa]

When I lived in Southern Commiefornia I had a patio container garden for about 15 years until the private school south of me bought the vacant lot between me and them. They had a company dig up their ficus trees on their boundary and move them next to to my fence which shaded my patio. All my plants died and I just left the buckets out there for some time. Some interesting weeds started popping up in them though even though I was no longer watering them. One was wild fennel another was wild dill and some rat tails or wild radish popped up which I made use of and those grow all around there in vacant lots. Then some black nightshade popped up the Midwest version which normally does not grow in California which is edible, tasty and not poisonous like the myths proclaim. When I lived in Indiana as a kid I would pick bags of the berries and my grandmother would cook them down into a jam which was a good ketchup substitute that tasted like a ketchup and black cherry combo. Then another weed popped up that I couldn't identify at the time but I let it grow out of curiosity. After some early internet research I determined it was mandrake. Really weird how the nightshade and mandrake just appeared wild growing in my buckets of dirt on my patio in an area they were not known to grow in naturally. I didn't taste test the mandrake but let it grow then dug up and dried the root for an ornament. The root I got once dried was scary looking. It looked like a man with his hands tied behind his back and a strand of the root was growing upward looking like a rope and noose around his neck. I kept that for years hanging from my little office lamp over my desk by that strand of root until my new girlfriend's cat tore it down and chewed it up. It didn't make the cat sick and the fucker went on to destroy my well made jackalope made by a goofy taxidermist that I bought it from in Indiana 20 years prior.

[@Rustedinmyshackleferd]

Ah the AI is sending weird explorer fruit now! How exciting ill ask siri to send me some fruit as well!

[@MrTherlin]

Question would fermenting the berry break down any dangerous chemicals?

[@KrookedDoesStuff]

Given you've uploaded the video, I'd assume it went well. Thanks for the documentation!

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

Uh what really!? -“Hey Siri, please send me one mandrake fruit please.” -“Here’s what I found on the internet…” 😑

[@McGotsTots]

Lol. The explanation for all the nonsense comes in at 07:58. 😂

[@karmabum]

I grew up calling the fruit a May Apple... i've heard other names. But we used to collect them to sell to pharmaceutical research companies, at the time they were using it for breast cancer research or something like that.

[@natashakafoteka3667]

This episode is hilarious 😂😂😂😂 "the flight was happening up here *taps head*"

[@WeirdExplorer]

glad you enjoyed!

[@natashakafoteka3667]

@@WeirdExplorer Oh my gosh, I can't believe you saw this and replied! If you ever come to Malawi please try to find monkey-oranges (Strychnos spinosa)! they taste beautifully floral and tangy. I also highly recommend Masuku (Uapaca kirkiana) water berries (Syzygium cordatum) and I also tried something i believe to be an indian tulip tree fruit but i'm yet to identify. will send pictures if you can help me identify the fruits.

[@ChanceAbattoir]

0:03 When you need a chaise longue for a therapist who is also a dominatrix.

[@trapdoorguppi]

Cool! Great episode Jared! BTW I've asked my husband to get me one of your shirts :) By the way when I was a kid I ate a shit ton of deadly nightshade berries they kind of taste tomatoey please be careful Jared. I have pica ever since I was a kid and I'm lucky I'm still here because of it

[@Ixquick979]

If they were deadly nightshades you would be dead.

[@JulioAvalos3000]

Wait, does that mean that the dog will go to hell too?

[@WeirdExplorer]

afraid so

[@JulioAvalos3000]

@@WeirdExplorer Damn

[@markiangooley]

Not all dogs go to Heaven I guess

[@JulioAvalos3000]

@@markiangooley Not the one that messes with Mandrake.

[@oneoddturtle]

This is your first step to entering the underworld of fruits

[@lightninggod2670]

I looked it up, and the reason the fruit looked similar to deadly nightshade and the seeds looked like tomato seeds is probably because mandrake, tomatoes and deadly nightshade are all part of the nightshade family

[@MareCat31]

You mentioned that the seeds are a bit like tomato seeds and that it tastes a bit like a bell pepper. That would make a lot of sense since you mentioned that they are similar to nightshade and tomatoes are botanically part of the nightshade family. With that in mind, I was hoping it would taste a bit more like a tomato. And somewhat you mentioned a lot of jammy fruits. I wonder if anyone has tried boiling them and turning them into a jam.

[@rickyrojas4539]

I read about it on the bible and now im learning about the plant.🙏 thanks😊

[@goiterlanternbase]

Under the same circumstances, a deadly nightshade berry is also harmless. At least a grown person, need more than a handful of them to get seriously "sick"😏 Just if you ask, it tastes like much watered down blueberry. Sweetness 0,5, sourness 0,7🤗

[@jerrylyns7331]

Great video! Super informative. Can’t wait to try at home :)

[@WeirdExplorer]

noooooo

[@aliencat11]

I was worried you would spontaneously combust. I'm glad youbtook precautions.

[@FleetwoodCat]

I never knew any of this. Glad I clicked. Very interesting.