Pancakes better than any restaurant! From pine pollen and 2 kinds of wild huckleberries.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

If you want to know more about HOW TO HARVEST PINE POLLEN, check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haWcdpiiarWmoaM Learn how to make PINE POLLEN PASTA: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZyxi4F6gJaEis0 Learn how to make SPRUCE TREE and PINE POLLEN COOKIES: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGbch5WAnteDarc I hope you get to enjoy your own pine pollen sometime!

[@lorihunsaker1945]

Thank you dear.

[@arlenel.mcquality4995]

I can't wait to try this! I was going to harvest some pine pollen this spring but wasn't sure how I would use it until I watched this. Thanks Holly! You are always inspiring me to push forward and keep up on foraging adventures. 😂❤😊

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I hope you were able to find plenty of pine pollen this spring, arlenel.m. I I'm always interested to hear how your harvest went and whether you are enjoying what you make with it, good or otherwise. Happy foraging!

[@SamSam-qm1li]

We need these videos in these bad times. Thank you

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Hi, Sam Sam. I'm glad if my videos help and I hope people get through these time OK.

[@wild-radio7373]

I absolutely agree!!♡♡♡

[@songyardbird2513]

The Haphazard Homestead Pancake House? Yes please! I will have a stack of each! Umm, ummmm,ummmmm, ummmm! Ummm hummm! Perfect little pancakes. Thank you.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

There are so many good wild pancakes to make and eat! :D

[@eugenepattivalitzski9757]

wow we have tons of pine pollen here in Georgia I mean its everywhere in spring ! we never knew it was ok to eat . Wow next spring I will try it

[@HaphazardHomestead]

There is no shortage of pine pollen, that's for sure, EugenePatti V! The trick is finding the pollen cones down low where you can reach them, and then taking the time to sift the pollen out from all the debris. I hope you are able to try some yourself. It's pretty special.

[@craig9843]

I’m in Georgia as well and yes we have a lot of it in the spring. Never heard of eating pine pollen.

[@bratbrodert8038]

I had no idea that I could eat pine polen before until I have watched your posts. Thank you a lot.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Pine pollen is pretty amazing. I'm glad I could help you know all that pine pollen is good for something else besides coating everything with such a fine powder, brat brodart. I hope you get to enjoy some pine pollen pancakes yourself sometime!

[@bratbrodert8038]

@@HaphazardHomestead Will definitely try it out next year. Its to late for me to gather some this year with all of the covid 19 problem. Thank you. Keep up the good work and be safe 😊✌️

[@GENWINTALKS]

"What the heck, just put it all in there" Same thing that's on my mind 💕 Can't stop watching all your videos. Filipina watching from Japan 🥰

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I'm glad you are enjoying my videos, Genwin. Talks! You are so far away, yet we share a love of the plants, and that's great! :D Thanks for commenting!

[@GENWINTALKS]

Oh my gosh! You replied. This made my day. Thank you for noticing my comment. I don’t know but it means a lot. I started loving wild edibles since last year, even bought books about it. But your channel is my fave source of info! Start finding, tasting, and eating new wild edibles every now and then here in Sapporo, Hokkaido. My husband thinks I’m a genius ‘cos I can already name and describe some and that’s because of you. Thanks to you and your channel. Bless you. 😊

[@thenaturenerd1369]

Over here on the east coast, huckleberries are pretty hard to come by, so I substitute autumn olives for recipes like this. Those look super delicious, by the way!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I wondered what region you're in, The Nature Nerd, watching your wild salad videos. Autumn olives would be nice. I'm not sure how I'd get the seeds out easily, other than mash and strain them, so I'm interested to learn that. Blackberries would be good in pine pollen pancakes, too. Happy foraging and I'm enjoying your channel!

[@lavonidabarnes4588]

I find this so amazing. I live in Arkansas and can find lots of pine trees. I can't wait to try this

[@HaphazardHomestead]

My parents live in Arkansas, too, Lavonida Barnes, and boy, are there a lot of pine trees around Arkansas! I hope you get some pollen next spring. It is worth the effort.

[@lavonidabarnes4588]

@@HaphazardHomestead I have a friend here in Arkansas that is just starting a homestead channel on KZbin. I have shared this veido with him. Hope he follows you. He would learn alot

[@lorenkeathley106]

I am from Arkansas too, and live in the middle of pine trees grown for timber.. 3 sides of my yard are just pines 😅. All I ever thought the pine pollen was for is to make me sneeze and need to dust 4xs a day 😣. I wonder if eating pine pollen will assist in allergies like eating honey does??? And I wonder if it is too late in the spring to harvest in AR...?

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Best of luck to your friend with their channel! I appreciate the effort anybody makes to create videos to share what they are doing. If they ever do any foraging videos, I'll be interested to watch them.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I think the pine pollen season has passed for this year, Loren Keathely. My dad is sensitive to it, but now he's moved on to being affected by the grass pollen. I'm not a medical person, so I don't know how it whether it would make your allergies better or worse. I feel for anybody affected with a pine pollen allergy -- that pine pollen is everywhere in the springtime!

[@Mary-had-a-lil-farm]

Oh I absolutely love your narrations!! Very entertaining and amusing and of course interesting 😁🥰. Thanks

[@HopsANDgnarly]

So cool! You are a wealth of information!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Glad you think so, Hops and Gnarly!

[@TipsyFlipper]

i want to try that so bad. Looks amazing. Love our videos!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Thanks, Dwight Nash! I'm excited for you to try out the pine pollen pancakes, too. They are worth the effort. Get your pines mapped out for next year's harvest if your season is past right now.

[@Karoline_g]

I was just telling a friend about your various adventures in cooking with pine pollen. He thought it sounded as nifty as I do (we’re cityfolk, don’t get access too often) so I came here to send him a bunch of your links. :) and that’s when I realized you haven’t posted in a few months. I really hope you’re doing okay! Your videos helped keep my spirits up when I was on lockdown. (I’m an essential worker again, but I’d still love to watch your vids when off!). Take care!!

[@kiras6241]

Oh!!man!! Superfood breakfast. Pine pollen has so much health benefits for human body. Super expensive too so if anyone can harvest their own is golden

[@HaphazardHomestead]

You knowi it, Kira S! It's pricey stuff, alright. Nobody could afford to buy pine pollen pancakes at a restaurant, but there's all that pollen out there, free, waiting for us to get it into our own pancakes. I hope you are able to get your own pine pollen, too!

[@chansamonephommachack8920]

Looks delicious!

[@butchmetzger7023]

I would lean toward the evergreen huckleberry pine pollen pancakes. Sounds like a lot of collecting the materials but also sounds like it would be so worthwhile when you taste the finished product!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

That's a good choice of pancake, butch metzger! It's hard to go wrong between the two options, lol. At least the collecting all happens at different times. And when I'm processing the pine pollen, I think back on all the good eating I've had with it across the decades. And then I collect more pollen, with a smile.

[@dawnpiper5883]

I am ashamed to admit I never heard of pine pollen I am from England them pancakes looked fantastic

[@HaphazardHomestead]

There are more wild foods out there than any one of us can learn in a lifetime, Dawn Piper, so there's no shame at all. I bet there are plants that I don't have a clue about, over there in England. That's one reason I like wild foods - there's always more to know and for people to share with each other. Health food stores do sell pine pollen, but it's not cheap! If you can find some pine trees around you, you can get some yourself nest spring. Thanks for commenting!

[@saraskold9631]

they both looked good I wonder if you could use the pollen in a flat bread? thank you for sharing

[@HaphazardHomestead]

They both were really good, Sara Skoid - some of each is my choice! That's a great idea with the flat bread. I better try that! Thanks!

[@ipomoeaalba936]

EXCELLENT!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Many thanks!

[@wild-radio7373]

Plus it's just Plain fun to say!♡ Pine Pollen Pancakes! 🤜👍🤛♡♡♡

[@HaphazardHomestead]

:D :D

[@euphoniahale5181]

Never knew to eat pine pollen.

[@deannastevens1217]

WOW That's Cool. I thought the pine pollen was more of a superfood.... than a super Food. This sounds wonderful. I'd like to try both. But think the Black huckleberries would be my favorite. I Love buttermilk in the pancake batter. :D Thank you for such a great video.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I like your term, Deanna Stevens, "super food". Pine pollen is real food, although it does take time to pick and process. Both kinds of pancakes were really good. Either one is a perfect choice -- or better yet, yes, better than perfect, would be both kinds together! ;D

[@collapsingnewpunkie]

I might die if I get that close to that much pollen but I'm so so intrigued and want to cook with pine pollen now ah

[@karenswellss22]

Looks good, I never tried pine pollen, where can I get a sitter like you have? I would like to try the pancakes.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

That little sifter is just a tea strainer. It has the fine mesh that keeps out debris and even little insects, if there are any in there. If you have something larger, but also with a fine mesh, that might even work better than my little tea strainer. I hope you can try pine pollen sometime. There's a lot out there in the springtime!

[@karenswellss22]

A sifter. Lol

[@karenswellss22]

Thank you, my sight is not as good as it use to be and I could not make it out. Thank you for telling me

[@HaphazardHomestead]

@@karenswellss22 You're welcome. A regular flour sifter may work, but the ones I have don't have a mesh that's tiny enough.

[@HealthyLifeFarm]

Oh wow, thanks so much for this video! I never knew you could eat pollen... I'm totally allergic to the stuff, but I'm wondering if eating would help my immune system???

[@drawtheword7590]

we need to find a more efficient way to harvest pine pollen. great video! wild edibles are a poor mans way for dieting and losing weight for example, diet food is too rich for my pocket. there is a store called magic spoon for keto cereal $40 for 4 small boxes. i did make some brownies with clover flour flowers :D its not too bad a little grass but i have gotten used to it and made a purslane jam with home grown strawberries yesterday. still so much to learn about wild edibles and it is driving my mother nuts because she hates weeds.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I agree, Draw the World! I'd like to be more efficient in getting my pine pollen. Some trees have larger pollen cones than others, so that's one way. The ones in my video are pretty big. They are from the Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa). I saw on Amazon some Canadian Ponderosa Pine Pollen for $44 for 1.06 ounces (30 grams)! That's so far beyond my pocket, too! Thanks for sharing your experience with the clover flower flour and the purslane jam. Purslane is a great weed to have around (even if your mom doesn't think so, lol).

[@beckypots1]

I don't know if I have regular pine trees, I know I have cedar, douglas fir and hemlock. Are the pollen from any of these useful? I'm a potter so I have the perfect sieve for collecting. Isn't it too late now? I have been watching my huckelberries, but they are tiny still, I'm just seeing a few ripe salmon berries.

[@opheliabells]

planning on getting pine pollen tomorrow and reading the title just lit a fire under my butt. Here the huckberries aren't ready yet but I will freeze the pollen until it is time.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Yep, you have to get it while the getting is good, Ophelia Bells! One windy day, or a couple really wet days, can end the season. It does help that different stands of trees can have their pollen at different time, or even one side of a tree can be pollen-ready days apart from the other side. I hope you get a good harvest and enjoy your pollen! I freeze mine and use it all year long.

[@opheliabells]

@@HaphazardHomestead true true, i live in Washington State and for now we have plenty of trees to pick through and some are ready and some not luckily because today and tomorrow aren't going to be good but maybe Monday.

[@juliec4750]

I am in Washington State, just north of you. I am wondering if it’s too late to go looking for Pine Pollen. I have a few pine trees. Do they need to be a particular type of pine? How many trees do you need to gather a cup of pollen?

[@HaphazardHomestead]

At higher elevations, especially over east of the Cascades, the pines may still be getting started. But the recent images I've seen of Pines from the Puget Sound area look about a week past, with pollen cones that are mostly empty. But other trees in the Pine family are good, too, even though their pollen cones usually aren't as big or efficient to gather. The number of trees you need all depends on the size of the cones and whether the wind has blown any away already. The tree in this video is the Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa). It has pretty big cones and can give a lot of pollen! Here's my video on harvesting pine pollen that might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haWcdpiiarWmoaM

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Check out the comment from Ophelia Bells. They are in Washington state, too, and have some trees ready to harvest now and over the next couple days. I hope you find some trees full of pollen, Julie C!

[@tallcedars2310]

Hi Chris, those berries looked real tastey, too bad they are found only on the west coast, awww, we are so deprived inland:) If I were to choose from the Haphazard Homestead menu, I'd go for the red huckleberry pancakes That's because it's tart and similar to the high bush cranberry we have. I understand that it's good for the liver to eat bitter foods, it apparently helps cleanse the liver which I understand is a good idea as often as one can. HBC's take a lot of getting used to by themselves, but mixed with yogurt or smoothies, they go down. I'm sure red huckleberries are much more palatable tho. With that said, on my next visit at Haphaard Homestead Restaurant, I'd choose Evergreen huckleberry pancakes cause I have to compare which one I liked best:)

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Those Red Huckleberries are easy to eat straight off the bush. For sure easier than eating High Bush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) off the bush, lol. When I lived in Michigan, I ate HBC's but only cooked. And they sure had a strong odor when I cooked them. Adding an orange peel helped a lot. I say any edible wild berry is better than no wild berry!

[@tallcedars2310]

@@HaphazardHomestead Funny, when I eat a handful of HBC's the first few seconds are kinda nasty but after that they taste not bad. With their beautiful transparent colors they make great muffins. A friend used to make them 60 years ago and still does today, proof we can survive that, well, highly unusual taste, lol. In muffins they don't smell when baking so will try adding some to a wild edible stir fry to see if they smell any better, ha! In fall, the forest literally smells like them, took me many years to learn that it what HBC berries & now it's the signal it's time to pick 'em:) Totally agree a wild berry is better than none! All the best

[@eabird4358]

Make a pancake or muffin batter and add cat tail pollen. Be careful. Only a pinch or two. Your pancakes and muffins will rise to the sky. It's fun to do with kids.

[@jolaylee2914]

Yes! I harvested pine pollen last year and I can’t wait for next harvest! Learned it from you!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

That's great, jolay Lee! I'm glad you enjoyed your pine pollen enough to want to do it again. It sure makes us look at pine trees differently, lol. Happy foraging!

[@kimmieskuisinehomesteading1575]

Wow I learn a lot from you. Thanks for your knowledge 😊

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I"m glad you're finding my videos helpful, Kimmie's Kuisine & Homesteading! I hope you can find some of these plants yourself!

[@PapaPepper]

I've really been loving these videos lately!!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!!!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Well, look who's here! Hey, Papa Pepper, good to see you here! I'm glad you've been enjoying my recent videos. I know you enjoy eating the wild things - and have some good videos about that, too, over on your channel. You'll be seeing some Arkansas plants and mushrooms here before too long, so it will be interesting to find out which ones you like. I know you like that Greenbrier! :D

[@PapaPepper]

@@HaphazardHomestead Yeah, i've caught the past few videos from my phone, and wanted to make sure to leave a comment when I was on the computer so you'd know I was watching.. and APPRECIATING!

[@squirrel_bait]

Hey, great production. Great editing. I would try the black huckleberry pancakes as I like sweet pancakes.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Thanks for your appreciation. Good choice on the pancakes, Squirrel Bait! Those black huckleberries are tiny, but they are packed with flavor. I'll take any pine pollen pancake, until my pine pollen runs out! The red huckleberry version was delicious, too. I'll be making pine pollen biscuits, too, because I got a good harvest of the pollen this spring. They are really nice!

[@wild-radio7373]

*YUM* We have Evergreen huckleberries growing in our yard♡♡♡ ours have fruit on them until late December!! Love them :) 🤜👍🤛♡♡♡

[@HaphazardHomestead]

How great you have those Evergreen Huckleberries so close, Aname Aname! Thanks for letting everyone know what you think of them, too. Along the west coast, so many more people could be enjoying these bushes in their yards, if they only knew about how great they are. Happy huckleberry picking! :D

[@a.d.9429]

Nice to see you mam .... Thanks for the video

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Nice to see you, too, Annie Daimary! :D

[@jeanneamato8278]

I choose both. Healthy and delicious. What a fun channel.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

You're the smart one, Jeanne Amato! That's my choice, too, lol. I'll take them with any berries! :D

[@erwynnipegerwynnipeg8455]

This is amazing. Can I use Microingredients Pure Pine Pollen Powder USDA Organic for this recipe (its on Amazon)? I don't have this kind of tree in my area but I did find this pollen online and really want to try it

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I have never eaten any store-bought pine pollen, e.e., so I can't say what their pollen tastes like. In looking at the variety of pine pollen for sale on Amazon, it's amazing how pricey it is. I can understand, though, because it does take time to pick and process. There's a Canadian Ponderosa Pine pollen on there for $44.00 for just over 1 ounce! If you do buy any, it should be like a super-fine flour when you get it. If it's not, then they have done something to it. Maybe some company will send me pine pollen to do a review. If you do get some and try it, I would appreciate knowing how it turns out for you.

[@wild-radio7373]

I had no idea that there was store bought stuff out there! LoL. Neat.♡

[@lorihunsaker1945]

I think I would like both.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

That's my choice, too, Lori Hunsaker! :D

[@kimkearney5914]

Can the pollen be from any pine tree?

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Yes, any of the trees in the Pine Familiy (PInaceae). So if the scientific name starts with Pinus, Picea, Abies, Tsuga, Pseudotsuga, Larix, or Cedrus, you are good to go. But some of the Pine family trees have cones that are pretty tiny! And they all have a slightly different flavor. You can't go by the common name, because some "pines" are not really pines, like the Norfolk Island Pine isn't in the Pine family. I hope you can find some pines near you!

[@sina942000]

Well, that answers my question. Was going to ask if any conifer could be used. How is the flavor on Doug fir? Is it efficient enough to harvest to be worthwhile? Our property was just replanted, so I'll have plenty of trees within picking height when they start producing in another 10 years or so.

[@kimkearney5914]

Thanks, I'm excited to collect some here in Florida!

[@wild-radio7373]

Fabulous question!♡♡♡

[@toddfagan7703]

Gosh i love your vids .

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Thanks, Todd. These pancakes, both kinds, are so good! Happy foraging!

[@kleineroteHex]

I'd eat anything you make!!!!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I'd serve these pancakes to you, kleineroteHex! But I should be forthcoming --- I've made a couple things that even I couldn't finish eating lol. And a couple things I regretted afterwards, even though they tasted good at the time. So when I give a good taste review, it's tried and true, and truly good.

[@kleineroteHex]

@@HaphazardHomestead 😚

[@nataliexbrutality]

Where are you located and can I pay you to teach me your ways of the forest!?

[@carolynlouise6566]

❤

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

I'm extremely interested in anything like flower that has no phytic acid 👍 Great video 👌

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Glad you enjoyed my pine pollen and huckleberry pancakes, peacefulscrimp5183. Pine pollen and huckleberries should fit what you are looking for, without phytic acid. Happy foraging!

[@francisbacon2401]

Would fir pollen work?

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Yes, that would work just the same, francisbacon2401, either true firs (Abies spp.) or Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Their pollen cones will be smaller than the Ponderosa Pine pollen cones, so it may take longer to collect. Happy pollen collecting!