Foraging & Cooking :: Firebox Ti Stove :: Woodland Curry

[@janine-theeternalwannabe]

Excellent, excellent, simply super excellent!! Love this foraging experiment, it is great, thank you!!! I highly appreciate your attitude towards nature, the simple beauty of it. As you say, so many of us have totally lost touch with the simplest things, the most valuable things. Thank you sooo much for making these videos and waking people up!!!

[@JethroJessop]

It is my pleasure. Especially when they actually turn out edible, unlike my bread videos 😉 It is an important message though I think. It's good to keep the whole world in mind, not just the bits that directly intersect out little day to day. Thanks for watching 😉

[@RuggedJohnWoodland]

Greatest disclaimer intro ever😂

[@JethroJessop]

Same as all my videos. I'm an idiot, don't do what I do 😉

[@RuggedJohnWoodland]

@@JethroJessop I just licked a mushroom now I’m blind and tripping balls! When I come down Im going to sue you.

[@notquiteultralight1701]

“They will kill you dead!” 😂😂 funny, not funny, funny… eh! Pretty damn funny!!🤪 Loved this Jethro. Good to see you! NQU

[@JethroJessop]

Glad you enjoyed it. I am still alive so seemingly avoided the kill-you-dead fruit 😉

[@Alan_s_Channel]

Nice! It's a shame you didn't forage some wild onion bhaji.. Also, in the fall, if you look under some flat rocks you can sometimes find some wild garlic naan. Simply delicious!

[@JethroJessop]

Yeah I know. I laid a whole brace of chutney snares but none of them yielded anything. I did see a small herd of onion bhajee in the distance but I don't like to take them during the breeding season

[@Anna-Ess]

I think that was a very wise decision. I've heard they can be extremely aggressive during that period! Better wait until later in the season, when the herds scatter and disperse. Then you can pick them one by one. Some thick protective gloves will be needed, though, or else your fingers will be at risk! In the mean time, can I interest you in a more risk free operation perhaps? It does involve climbing, though... In many of the older Lemonade Trees, there are hollows containing bottles of delicious fizzy lemonade. In Sweden we call these trees sockerdricksträd. As a matter of fact Pippi Långstrump was the first one to discover this.😉

[@JethroJessop]

@@Anna-Ess if it's good enough for Pipi then it's good enough for me! I've got my trusty steed, I guess Alan can pass as the monkey 😉

[@Anna-Ess]

@@JethroJessop 😁

[@RuggedJohnWoodland]

Love those firelighters, pine pitch to the grave.

[@JethroJessop]

Need to get some monkey puzzle tests going for the next batch!

[@RuggedJohnWoodland]

@@JethroJessop still in the boot of my car somewhere, probably melted in the heat.

[@JethroJessop]

@@RuggedJohnWoodland Pine fresh ;)

[@Sean-vz7zw]

Elder trees and berry’s great idea, so I pause the video and rush out and pick some rush home make it and sit down with a pint of elder berry cordial then have a gulp and put your video back on, then you say maybe don’t eat it as it might be deadly poisonous!!! 😂😂😂 another great video

[@JethroJessop]

I'll raise a glass of nice clean tap water and drink to your enthusiasm. I can only hope that you survived long enough to receive this message 😉

[@daveblogs5019]

Great Vid 😊👍🌲🌲🌲

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you. It didn't do as well as some of my other vids so it's nice to get some good feedback 😃

[@Curlew-Corner]

Thanks

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you so much. 'Tis well appreciated!

[@valvegeek]

Epic! I've also seen Simon a bloke in the woods doing sag aloo with nettles, and keep meaning to have a go. Nice one. 😊👍❤

[@JethroJessop]

It's well worth a crack. I enjoyed it enough that I took a load more nettles home for the freezer. They are genuinely really tasty!

[@davinacaine3615]

Congrats on 8k subscribers. Any other great video thank you

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you! Hopefully many more to come on the way to 9k!

[@Anna-Ess]

Looks like a nice day out.😊 Them bluebells are sooo beautiful! In Sweden in the spring, as you may have seen, in many deciduous forests, the ground is covered with vitsippor/Anemone Nemorosa. I love those grand white-green forest floors! They are the essence of spring to me. Is that a common flower also in England? I think nettles taste good in soup and in tea, and wild garlic/ramslök is right out delicious. It's an interesting dish you have there, though I am a little sceptical to the amount of ginger you're using, that's A LOT!😉 Yes we are "massively separated and divorced from our food and the production of all of that"... What you say from here and onwards are so true! I remember a party at my parents house some twentyfive years ago. Among our relatives were a boy of about three or four years old, who lived in Stockholm. Before dinner my mother gave me and him the assignment of going out in the garden to pick some lettuce. I assumed that the boy knew why we were picking it. Later, when the boy was asked at the dinner table if he wanted some salad, he recognised the lettuce leaves we'd been picking. He then stared in amazement and disgust and said with great emphasis "NEJ, DET HAR VUXIT I JORDEN!! (NO, THAT HAS BEEN GROWING IN THE SOIL!!)"

[@JethroJessop]

I love ginger! I love finding chunks of it in a curry 😃 We also have Anemone in the UK, and cellendines and primroses. I love a springtime forest, no better place on earth in my opinion. I honestly think foraging and basic species identification should be taught in schools. I'm always shocked when I meet sensible adults who can't tell an oak tree from a beech tree. Fantasy literature has taught us that knowing something's true name has power and I agree. You can't care for a thing if you don't know what it's called, what it is and how it works

[@matryderadventures]

excellent video.

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you 😃

[@DIY-DaddyO]

I had a wild garlic soup i made once, had the most horrendous/funny stinky farts the next day. Also, i knew a guy who could make a hedgerow concoction that could have you tripping balls for 3 days, fun.

[@JethroJessop]

Didn't seem to affect me in that department thankfully! Not sure I could find anything psychedelic in a hedgerow but I've done some foraging in grassy meadows in September in my youth 😉

[@huttone]

Nice one!

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you 😃

[@kentgreenough75]

Love the local outings! Not everyone can ride across a country, yet you always remind us of the joy all around us. Thanks for sharing!

[@JethroJessop]

That is a good thing to remember! There is always an adventure to be found, always something to learn or try out. Glad you enjoyed the local adventure. One or two more of these to come before the next multi day ride!

[@Gordonhaymes]

Forest schools in northern Europe i feel are a fantastic idea, concentrating on learning nature way before numbers and letters which inspire very little. 👍

[@JethroJessop]

Absolutely. It seems crazy that we are taught so little of this stuff. I think the world would be a happier place if this was part of the curriculum

[@Curlew-Corner]

Excellent video. Loved the cooking - more please, obviously while staying alive. I visited the Crannog beside Loch Tay a few years ago and the staff there had many examples of bronze-age cooking including mugs of nettle soup. I've sent you a little thank you.

[@JethroJessop]

I've been trying to fact check my claim that the Romans brought nettles with them and it seems I might be wrong. Perhaps there had been a species here for longer? Ah well, I'm not pretending this is a history channel 😉 Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the thanks 😃

[@christrower]

nice. a video after my own heart. there are lots and lots of things that look like cow parsley with the white flowers that will hurt you - hogweed is particularly tasty on toast btw ...

[@JethroJessop]

I only recently found out that hogweed is edible, I didn't even know what it was called before, though I knew it by sight. I only ever knew Giant Hogweed which has really nasty sap that can burn skin. I tried burdock root for the first time as well recently. Cut into strips and stir fried it is actually pretty nice but a bit of a palaver to dig and prepare

[@christrower]

@@JethroJessop rather you than me on the hogweed! I’m 99% sure on cow parsley but never would … that lingering doubt in my mind that it could be one of the many other really similar looking ones puts me off.

[@JethroJessop]

@@christrower I'm pretty confident with cow parsley just because it's one of those things I grew up with. But I'd still be a bit nervous cooking up a batch 😬

[@lacey945]

Hi Jethro The best part of wild garlic is the flowers. Very garlicky. No need to cook them. Watch out for those pesky slugs though!

[@JethroJessop]

Is that so? Probably too late to revisit now but I'll remember that when the season rolls around again. Pretty sure I didn't cook any slugs and I tried my best to get all the bugs off the nettles but I fear this meal was probably not entirely vegan 😉

[@aAnd67]

Well, if we get to see further videos from you Jeffers, we'll know it wasn't poisonous 😂😂 looked like it came from the rear end of an off colour cow, but obviously tasted ok. Good job too, as that rather enthusiastic first bite could have been a gamble. Good show old boy 👍

[@JethroJessop]

Yeah, it definitely tasted better than it looked. Which is very welcome after the last video where that situation was very much reversed. It's a recipe I'd do again but could definitely be improved with a little research and experimentation!

[@Brackers64]

Great video Jethro, I'm sure that with a little bit of research and some trial, hopefully not too much error, we could survive without having to go to the shops!

[@JethroJessop]

I like to think I could but in reality I'd starve in the first winter if it really came down to it. I'm an armchair survivalist at best 😉

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

My favourite wild veggies. It's a pity the season for them is so short (wild garlic already ended now)

[@JethroJessop]

This is why I want to improve my foraging skills. There is stuff out there most of the year round (i assume), I just need to find out what it all is!

[@benjaminjay1975]

are you related to that benderlink cucumber guy?

[@JethroJessop]

I assume you are referring to Benedict Cumberbatch? All I will say is, have you ever he and I in the same room together? 😉

[@Bill-uf6os]

There's absolutely no truth in the rumour 79% of McDonald's restaurants are strategically located just a few miles from a bike trail.

[@JethroJessop]

It only counts as foraging if you take handfuls of fries out of the bins though 😉

[@Frostbiker]

11:55 yeah, if the goal was a nice meal then cooking at home or going to a nice eatery would be the way to go. But that is not the goal.

[@JethroJessop]

This was the closest to a nice meal that I've cooked at camp so far. A pity that only a small part was wild. I need to up my game and learn a few more ingredients that I can find at the trailside.

[@jimmccorison]

You are fortunate to have the right to roam. In the US, public lands are scarce, and what we have is frequently encumbered with all kinds of rules.

[@JethroJessop]

We do have a lot of accessible countryside here which is something many don't really appreciate. It could be better though. Often, especially when wild camping, it's more a case of just gambling that no one will notice and if they do they won't kick up a fuss. The gold standard would be Sweden where you can basically go anywhere as long as it isn't someone's garden or fields of crops.

[@jimmccorison]

@@JethroJessop And Norway from what I understand.

[@JethroJessop]

@@jimmccorison yeah I believe so. Though in Norway a lot of the wild places are more wild than I'm geared up for 😉

[@jimmccorison]

@@JethroJessop Having seen your videos in Sweden, the videos of Norway by Matthew from Cycle Norway, and both countries from Bike Touring Mike, I think I'd enjoy either country. I did a small amount of cycling when in Norway a few weeks ago and was amazed at how well cyclists are treated and respected by the drivers of cars. In the US, cyclists are definitely 2nd class citizens.

[@JethroJessop]

@@jimmccorison both are fantastic for different reasons. Norway is just epic. Stunning landscapes and views that will stop you in your tracks at every turn. But it is also seriously rugged and there are lots of parts that i wouldn't attempt on a bike. Also lots of places were you just have to follow the one valley and potentially go a long way round to join two points. Sweden is less rugged and so lacks some of the epic views but it is stunningly beautiful especially in the summer. And you can pretty much just ride and make it up as you go along, everywhere is open and every trail goes somewhere. You can always find a lake to swim in, a great camp spot and the roads (when you hit them) are basically empty. I could spend a long time exploring either 😃

[@jimbojet8728]

I can afford to buy proper food, I have no need for foraging for tasteless flora and fauna pissed on by dogs at the side of the roads.

[@JethroJessop]

Stinging nettles are genuinely tasty and you won't buy them in the shops. It's about learning what's out there and how the natural world works, about staying in touch with the changing environment and reminding yourself that raspberries in December are not to be trusted.

[@Anna-Ess]

Word!

[@tobygreenwood5036]

Wait until this man discovers that animals piss on farmers' fields too...

[@JethroJessop]

@@tobygreenwood5036 to be honest, animal piss is probably one of the less disgusting things that gets sprayed on most of our food 😉