MESQUITE BEAN : A Fascinating & Useful Fruit (+ Mesquite Coffee & Atole Recipe!)

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Episode 525: Mesquite
Binomial name: Prosopis chilensis (Chilean mesquite), Prosopis glandulosa (honey mesquite), Prosopis pubescens (screwbean mesquite), Prosopis velutina (velvet mesquite)
Location: Grown in Arizona, Filmed in NYC
Mesquite flour available at: amzn.to/37wWQxV
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[@WeirdExplorer]

Who else is surprised that mesquite isn't just a wood for barbequing?

[@Riff.Wraith]

Not me! Live in Arizona and we have one growing in our front yard (its pods look about like the one you're holding second-from-the-left in the beginning of the video. I've even had cookies/biscuits made from mesquite flour! It tastes good but leaves quite a dryness in the mouth.

[@JTMusicbox]

I was surprised to hear this, but not surprised to learn it on your channel.

[@kaiganardea9275]

Being a hick from the woods I'm just happy to see city people discover that food is everywhere

[@gnarlytreeman]

Awesome commercial plug man! Also don't eat mesquite uncooked is has something in it bad for you, but i forgotwhat it was, and intestinal irritant or something.

[@NigerianLandOwner]

I am surprised, I know mesquite bbq and mosquitos! :xD

[@KC-nh3mp]

I would have never have guessed you’re a contortionist! What a surprise you’re even cooler than I already thought you were :)

[@thecovfefe340]

I KNOW RIGHT? I've been curious about their job for a couple years now, but just figured he was a journalist or something who wrote or talked about different fruits and vegetables

[@cheetahpiss1328]

Gotta watch all the episodes ,he talks about it in earlier videos

[@cbob7423]

I found that out from his Twitter recently

[@fuckgoogleforever]

He's also a fire eater lol

[@ballekitt5001]

Account didn’t he also mention something about swords?

[@charlescoult]

This has got to be the weirdest audible commercial I've ever seen....

[@austincarlton8900]

Best though

[@Faustobellissimo]

For the next commercial I expect an autofellatio...

[@iaw7406]

@@Faustobellissimo he is a contortionist. He has definitely tried it

[@rickg3191]

it's fucking hilarious

[@stellartoad]

Tf

[@ssplintergirl]

You have single handedly made the most left field audible ad I have ever seen and I have been on this site for years

[@katrinakollmann5265]

Same.

[@squonkhunter8994]

I grew up chewing Honey Mesquite pods in Central Texas. My aunt made a fine jelly from those seed pods. Thanks for reviving old pleasant memories. Love your videos.

[@samiliasregina7670]

I’m also from central Texas but I had never really tried them with the assumption that I would get poisoned

[@katrinakollmann5265]

Yummm

[@xxwizurdxx]

king crimson

[@Sabbathissaturday]

I live I. Far west Texas and the honey mesquite that grows wild here is super sweet. I’m roasting my beans to make the most delicious coffee. You can also make poor mans honey or grind it into flour. All super tasty.

[@KerriEverlasting]

@@Sabbathissaturday I'm Australian and never heard of this! Fascinating!

[@cs5384]

I've never enjoyed an ad so much.

[@unnatural_log6472]

Trevor here. Glad you liked the Mesquite! I agree, screwbean is definitely the winner. I think the reason it's talked about less than honey/velvet is because the tree is less common (only riparian areas, super sparse in AZ) and the pods are less plentiful on the trees. Good vid man! Hopefully I find something else to send to you soon.

[@extropiantranshuman]

I hear a lot about screwbean, less about honey, and almost not much of the velvet from my sources.

[@candlehawk]

I was staring at that honey mesquite pod for nearly 20 minutes, wondering why it looked so familiar, before I realized I recognize it from Fallout NV.

[@horacegentleman3296]

Best fallout

[@werepyne]

@@horacegentleman3296 seemingly so as of this time.

[@Mesa877]

"tastes like a burnt bean" holy that whole scene was so amazing the faces you made while chewing like hmm in this actually good. I am laughing my ass off right now. Thanks for the lol's

[@Giratina493]

I live in AZ and I never knew you could eat these! When I was younger I'd play with the bean pods as little makeshift maracas.

[@conanseibel4464]

They make great slingshot ammo too.🤣

[@AlbinoAxolotl]

Aww! “Little makeshift mascaras” is the cutest possible application of these I can think of. I love it!

[@anotherhuman8211]

You might not have known because landscapers tend to plant argentine and chilean (or a hybrid) mesquites which have pods that don't taste good.

[@Failedprodegy42]

I remember Hoss yelling at Lil Joe on Bonaza because he was sick of eating Mesquite beans everyday.

[@richardportman8912]

I'd like to hear that.

[@Fallen_Grove]

This can also be ground into a flour and was traditionally used to make mini-pancakes in Mexico using a metate y mano.

[@haroldsaxon1075]

Speaking of mesquite, it's nectar and honey are also amazing! It has a strong and unique flavor.

[@alanhyt79]

This video was sort of like a mesquite pod cast.

[@ahhitskatie9094]

😂😂😂

[@katrinakollmann5265]

You're fired. Lol

[@gresvig2507]

While dealing with intense boredom on an oil rig in NM I decided to try some mesquite beans. Sorta looked like the last pod you tried and was really bad. Only slightly astringent, but like unwholesome dirt with an old raisin aftertaste. Tried several (intense boredom, remember) and they were the same. Must have been a less diverse area.

[@WeirdExplorer]

ah yeah, there's a bunch of species but most of them aren't great in flavor. at least its a way to pass the time :)

[@Alex-ji9sz]

This sounds like another transition for an Audible ad. xD

[@anne-droid7739]

Ahhh, smart--you've discovered that featuring your kittycat is good for business!

[@benny_lemon5123]

Vostok has been an occasional guest star for some years now. I highly recommend checking out ep 200, where he tries ice-cream bean, and the cat in question absolutely does not have any parties the second he's left alone lol

[@anne-droid7739]

@@benny_lemon5123 Yes, I'm aware he's filmed his cats sometimes, but until now he hasn't made a habit of giving them their own "bits". I vote for more! =D

[@grandbean9031]

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[@let_uslunch8884]

Congrats on being an Audible affiliate. I will watch this interesting looking beautiful bean footage later on.

[@dougatfuto5]

You should try acorn coffee. is that close enough to a fruit? Probably many nuts can be roasted and ground up at least to add some flavour, eg hazel nuts. I made some by grinding up fresh white oak acorns in a blender then roasting. tasted somewhere between coffee and tea.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Sounds good! did it have any of the tanin flavor after roasting? I made some acorn brittle in an earlier episode, it took a while to get that flavor out of them first

[@awalkthroughtorah6897]

Yes please! We have a lot of oak around here (and the deer that love them) so it would be a good survival food!

[@darriendastar3941]

Acorn coffee was used a lot in World War II in Europe because real coffee wasn't available.

[@pattheplanter]

@@WeirdExplorer Some varieties of acorn can be roasted and eaten like a chestnut. Really nice - no preparation before roasting. It tends to be very select oaks, not all of a particular species will be edible. In Spain they go round tasting the holm oak acorns and planting the sweetest.

[@dougatfuto5]

@@WeirdExplorer there was some in there even though I did soak them before roasting to leech out most of the tannins, but yup that's probably why acorn coffee was something like tea

[@yefefiyah]

I wish you would incorporate more contortion in your fruit vids! You rock. Always entertaining!

[@Kiu_8]

I'm late to the party but I'll comment anyways: I am currently researching an extinct language that the natives from the northeastern region of Mexico spoke, during my research on some stuff related to their gastronomy, I read that they really enjoyed making bread (e.g. date bread, prickly pear bread, etc.), mesquite bread is one of those, I haven't found an ancient recipe yet but I'll keep on looking for one; seeing a video centered on mesquite is quite a sight to see, hopefully you keep on trying these common yet pretty ignored things!

[@itzocelotlbocanegra5986]

I'm late as well. But I believe you're referring to the Coahuiltecan language. I'm from the Tap Pilām band in San Antonio, mesquite is still a big part of our diet to this day

[@kohdiphoto]

Great video! Glad to see the Southwest return. You were spot on with your assumption that mesquite atole was (and is) a popular drink, though what you ended up with was more like a light syrup (mesquite soda?). Pound the beans to flour and sift out the seeds, then add enough water to make a thin porridge and that's an authentic desert meal! We've all found out the hard way that Chilean mesquite is no good to eat, but it's used extensively as a landscaping tree so it's many people's introduction to the pods. Keep it up!!

[@WeirdExplorer]

ah ha thanks for clearing that up. Yeah the recipes I found for it did not give an amount of water.

[@MeAuntieNora]

Wow, I wouldn't have remembered that finger ball toy if you didn't reference it, but I definitely had one of those! I can almost feel the weird rubberiness.

[@WeirdExplorer]

I hadn't thought of that thing in 20 years, this fruit brought back the memory

[@gekolvr0734]

Casually chatting while being Rubberman... I did not expect this

[@gobowwoewow3752]

Lol those harvest pea snaps are one of my favorite snacks ever. Amazon inflates all their grocery prices. You can buy then at Walmart for $2.50 they also sell them at gas stations

[@hannakinn]

In my grocery stores they're always in the fresh veggies section intended to be salad toppings, I eat them like chips. I like to dip them into my hummus.

[@Tam.I.am.]

And Dollerama.

[@wesleytownsend8214]

I remember a while back you did a taste test with your performance group and while I would never miss one of your videos, I really enjoyed that one. I think it is oddly refreshing and comforting when a host as intelligent and popular as you lets your audience have a glimpse of your personal and vocational life while still reserving your privacy and you great sense of mystery. Thank You! I wish good health, happiness and all the best to you and yours!

[@radionoakmont7756]

the first one my mom used when she lived in arizona at humbug creek she made flour from the beans even a jam from it when done she told me it tasted like apple mixxed with a little coconut flavor and the honey made form the blossoms is highly medicinal and tastes sweeter and not bitter like clover honey this is truly my first lifelong dream for the first greenhouse i wanted to grow ever since i was very little, thank you for posting this one day i hope to follow my moms notes and try this myself and did what she created from them she also cultivated ones in around the sonoran desert area oh thank you again this has brought back many happy memories for me.

[@AdmiralJellypants626]

That was without a doubt the greatest, most unexpected audible ad that I have ever seen

[@ernestoalmazan7953]

I loved eating mesquite visiting family in Mexico, I would suggest trying them when they are not dried and has some meat on them still

[@richardportman8912]

Thank you for the information. I do love those tornillos. It is because i am lazy that now they are deer food. The three trees are looking pretty good.

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

Ok… you definitely need to incorporate your contortionist moves into EVERY ad read! It’s such a super unique and fascinating skill -that at no point did I ever think of hitting the “skip ahead” button!😱👍

[@Uchoobdood]

Mesquite is actually an incredibly versatile fruit. You can make a jam, among many many other ways. It is a survivalist blessing.

[@Uchoobdood]

Also. Honey mesquite and screwbean are very different!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yeah! Now I want to make mesquite muffins using mesquite wood, spread mesquite jam on it and wash it down with a cup of mesquite coffee.

[@thebadgersdenvaletudoclub6254]

The property that I live on is covered with mesquite trees. The beans are super sweet. Mesquite is great for BBQ too. Perfect for smoked foods.

[@goblin1873]

best ad read ive ever seen

[@alexroberts223]

One thing you'll have to try is when the Palo Verde starts fruiting. The pods taste like Sweet Peas with the texture of Edamame

[@WeirdExplorer]

sounds great to me

[@anotherhuman8211]

You should get palo brea, jerusalem thorn, blue palo verde and foothill palo verdes

[@kylewinstead5212]

I like how more of your personality is coming out more recently. Adds a lot of flavor to channel my guy. Keep putting out bangers bro

[@mirandamom1346]

This is absolutely the only time I have passed my husband my phone during a KZbin video so he could watch the sponsorship part. Nice work!

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

Best Commercial Break ever❣️

[@cbob7423]

This is by far the best Audible segue.

[@bunyu6237]

I'm happy that you finally got sponsor! Nice to see that you are getting more recognized

[@claire-ls7fk]

you are so likable and enjoyable to watch that I didn't even skip through the ad

[@evanwilliams8908]

OMG. What a surprise. Always wanted to see your contortionist act. Best commercial for audible ever!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jasonharris2291]

Always glad to see a new video up. Keep on fruitin'

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

I usually skip over in-video ads but this one from you was genuinely entertaining. Congratulations on getting a sponsorship.

[@Salty4eva]

As I’m watching this I’m like hey I remember the strange couch and dark wall. This guy is always interesting. Lol

[@samrichardson8388]

Hey, this is from my neck of the woods! Mesquite is everywhere in Arizona, but you don't necessarily associate it with "the woods." It's more a desert than the woods, so instead of growing among oak and maple, you find mesquite among saguaro and prickly pear, and other desert flora.

[@subredditsandorigami7274]

audible: audiobooks wherever you are.

[@feralkevin]

The mesquite flour is great in certain baked goods. Also an uber sustainable crop for hot arid regions. Very nutritious as well.

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

8:32 A certain Vostok has left her mark. Also, I REALLY like her eyes. Vostok is a cutie!

[@WeirdExplorer]

she's such a sweet kitty.. even when she judges me

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

@@WeirdExplorer I can imagine. Give her some ear scritches from all her fans, please (I'm sure there are many)

[@stevenmurray3238]

Dang, finally showing people your contortionist skills on the channel. Great that you are getting supported from Audible, well done commercial

[@stevenmurray3238]

Great episode

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks Steven!

[@normaljohn6035]

I love your channel! Please never stop making videos. Who would’ve known there’s so many fruits and such that I have never heard of

[@stephanie1882]

Such a great video yet again! Keep up the good work!

[@minnesotabirdman1033]

I love your videos, thanks for sharing. Just wanted to say that that ball of fingers thing looks cool as heck!

[@dirtgirl6227]

wow. great episode king. full of revelations.

[@really-shouldnt-be-here]

this one was so much fun

[@chetlockwood1491]

I live in Arizona and have the luxury of sampling the mesquite beans at the various stages of maturity, when fresh off the tree before they have hardened at all, they have a pea/fresh bean taste with a hint of sweetness.

[@katrinakollmann5265]

Also this all sounds awesome.

[@brandasar7913]

I live here in phoenix Arizona in the Sonoran desert. Mesquite trees are everywhere. In the spring when they flower, it is very fragrant. My favorite time of the year. Mesquite pods are a legume. Eat them when young not dried

[@mari0n333]

you absolutely win most entertaining sponsorship segment. Bravo, watched the whole thing lol

[@theZCAllen]

That was BY FAR the best paid endorsement that I have ever seen on KZbin and I have seen so.. soo many lol 10/10 would watch again, I hope that you get paid for your creativity! :D

[@richardportman8912]

I like those screwbeans mesquite because there are 3 trees of them right here. Tornillo. I've never cooked them because nobody told me how. One way i imagine is to toast them, grind them and make atole. The deer eat the flowers especially. Tornillo. Screwbean mesquite.

[@Lobotomobillionaire]

Honey mesquite pulp is really tasty. Sweet & mild & honeylike. Next time you're down south in the late summer try to find them to eat the pulp.

[@GolosinasArgentinas]

Very interesting! Congrats on the sponsor!

[@TheAverageNooob]

There is one of these trees on the corner of my street and once a year a flock of parrots fly by and eat all of them at once. Its a cool event for me to look forward to every year.

[@thefeatheredfrontiersman8135]

I've mesquite is excellent for wood working! Strong as steel, dry rot resistance and beautiful grain orientation!

[@kyrab7914]

Lol I really enjoy your creativity. You can tell you really enjoy what you're doing, and put a lot of thought into it and humor.

[@Sea_Roadkill]

Mesquite beans are awesome. I grew up in the middle of nowhere AZ and as a kid, chewed on them all the time. I never bothered with them when dry though. When they are fresh and reddish, like the honey one you tried first, they are great. They taste like watermelon with a chlorophyll hint.

[@LackofAmbition]

I've been watching you for years and had no idea toy were a contortionist! I adore you're content! Sending love from snowy Montana!

[@Reznic007]

Yours is definitely my new favourite channel. I love learning about new kinds of food and the plethora of knowledge on here is just 😙👌 great

[@WeirdExplorer]

thank you!

[@juliusebola9712]

Congrats on the sponsor! Glad to see your channel has been getting so much growth recently you deserve it

[@amangaming5760]

I live in Arizona, and as a child I would eat the mesquite beans fresh and green off the tree. I might try out these recipes. Thanks.

[@davidgraham3102]

Thanks Trevor love x

[@dawnmist2259]

Best ad ever ❤️

[@melgloss1522]

I have always thought you were a fascinating individual, but now you have added a new layer to that. Next time I have a party I want to book you.

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Love the ad you've done for audible. Cooking and exercising at the same time. Also beautiful cat.

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I've been binge watching a bunch of tv series during covid that I missed out on and not watching much KZbin. Now catching up on my fav yt channels. Looking forward to watching your milk and coffee series.

[@sweetxgirl1357]

Thankyou for making a video of this. This is all new to me! It's cool because I just gifted myself a smoker grill for Xmas and this is connects!

[@em4384]

your channel has kept me so entertained during quarantine! thank you so much fruit guy. if you ever get the chance, maybe try out the cosmic crisp apple. it’s supposed to have up to a year of shelf-life when kept in a fridge, which I think is pretty awesome.

[@WeirdExplorer]

sounds cool! I'll check it out

[@andy-gt2kc]

my aunt used to have these in her yard when I was younger, like 5 or 6. always wondered what these were!

[@KayentaRojo]

I grew up eating screw bean mesquite pods here in Southern Utah. They grow all over the area along with honey mesquite. There are certain stages of ripeness where they are extremely sweet, like almost candy sweet and really delicious. I have found the hotter the temperatures we get, the sweeter and better the seeds taste for some reason. When we get huge monsoons and have a milder summer they aren’t as good. I used to sit and eat these for hours as a kid, and they also make REALLY good pancakes.

[@jacobpeters5818]

Glad I finally came to a video so early 🙂

[@eugenerodriguezsolis7534]

Right

[@BrandanLee]

I have several tons of these dropping on my yard absolutely every year.

[@ehoc5248]

wow i'm so early! i love how many videos you have, make easy binging before bed

[@awalkthroughtorah6897]

Emmy Made in Japan tried mesquite bean jelly.

[@owllover3752]

Musket flour makes amazing ginger snap cookies. Had them on a field trip once and always wanted to make them.

[@tessalia87]

I love your t-shirt! I miss that show.

[@terrypekarek3439]

Oh yum

[@brettsuydam]

I grew up in Texas, and we were always taught that mesquite travelled north due to the cattle industry since the mesquite seeds survive the bovine intestinal tract (cattle drives to ft worth and kansas city spreading the mesquite).

[@matthewbainbridge3319]

Aww i didnt notice the kat has different color eyes, what a pretty

[@anne-droid7739]

Thanks for sharing, Trevor! We don't hear much about this in my part of the country.

[@stephi7260]

I’m really excited now because I’m pretty sure I’ve saw these before, and my dad mentioned that some people eat them!

[@kattkatt744]

I had no idea that mesquite wood is used for barbeque. On the other hand I had heard about using mesquite as food, if I remember correctly it was making some kind honey substitute with it and suger.

[@dabbinggrandpa1150]

Love this chanel!

[@enabledgaming7424]

as a person that was born and raised in Arizona and still currently live here, I never would have guessed these were edible. I have so many trees in my back yard with these on them. thanks for the info man. ill definitely try some recipes.

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Best Audible sponsorship I've seen 🥨

[@katrinakollmann5265]

I think that was the first ad in someone's video that I didn't IMMEDIATELY want to skip.

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Didn't you report me on Twitter?

[@katrinakollmann5265]

@@horacegentleman3296 I don't use Twitter.

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@@katrinakollmann5265 might have been tinder now that I think about it.

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@@horacegentleman3296 lol I used tinder.. for 1 month. So maybe. ♡ whatever you did, kindly piss off.

[@cosmoid]

Your cat’s eyes are awesome!

[@WeirdExplorer]

They are!

[@yeahsure4796]

I did research on mesquite in my Botany class last month! Found a recipe for mesquite flour cookies.

[@57125]

Congrats on the sponsorship. Hitting the big time.

[@bconsilio3764]

As a potter I like the pod textures. They would be nice to press into clay. Fun! Wish I had known when I lived in Texas and NM.