SPRING WILD EDIBLE PESTO (Gaelic Plant Names and Scottish Myth).

[@psychomaji]

Wild garlic has got to be one of the best things. Abundant and delicious. I like to make a pesto similar to yours and just have it with plain pasta

[@cerberus6654]

Here on Prince Edward Island in Canada we have so many wild edibles that no one touches anymore. You can buy what we call fiddlehead ferns (young curled up ferns that got their name because they look like the curved end of a violin) available in the supermarkets when they're available but I just go for a walk along the edges of the potato fields near me and get a basket full. Wild garlic, and especially samphire are just ignored. I gather them up as well as loads of mushrooms in the fall. And in June I look like an idiot creeping along on my hands and knees across my property but I get a small pot full of wild strawberries, which are beyond description delicious. No one - no one - eats cattails, but I think they are tasty and they are everywhere. Good on you for your foraging!

[@elvanightshade6661]

Slightly random comment but your mention of 'fiddlehead ferns' has just answered a question I've had for years regarding the title of the poem 'Fiddleheads' by the Canadian poet Al Purdy! Always wondered about that, thank you! We don't get those in the UK so I had no idea it linked to the ferns in the poem itself. Interesting stuff!

[@cerberus6654]

@@elvanightshade6661 Glad to be of help. But surely in England you could eat common ferns at that same moment when they just appear, curled up? I don't think British ferns are known to be poisonous. Here for a few weeks in spring, and more in the Maritime provinces than elsewhere, you can find them in the grocery stores aplenty. They need to be washed well as there's a lot of papery brown bud casings that get left inside. And the water you boil them in turns an interesting colour that hundreds of years ago was used as a kind of impermanent dye.

[@elvanightshade6661]

@@cerberus6654 I've never heard of people eating ferns here, I'm going to have to look into it! It would be brilliant if that is the case in the UK as I often go hiking on the moors where the biodiversity is pretty slim, mostly heather, bilberries and ferns! That'd really help my foraging escapades

[@elvanightshade6661]

@@cerberus6654 Using them as a dye is very interesting too, I'm gonna have to give it a go!

[@cerberus6654]

@@elvanightshade6661 Fiddleheads are one of the first things that grow here after our long winters and they're an excellent source of Vitamin C. Oddly enough, I don't think any wild animals here eat them though. We don't have deer on Prince Edward Island and maybe otherwise they would be gobbling them up. The 'colour' produced by boiling them is a kind of reddy brown that gets more intense the longer you boil them but I like them pretty firm. I always look forward to a dinner of the first lobsters of the season with steamed fiddleheads - something which my grandparents would be shocked at if they were still alive as in the past decent Maritimers did NOT eat shellfish much less something grubbed up out in the bush. But as for using it as a dye that's something I've only read about! But before you go grazing on the high fells I urge you to find out from the Botany Department of a university (let's say) if there's anything about the Wild British Fern to be wary of.

[@leonlawson2196]

Finally some Scottish bushcraft.

[@mattfinchdesign]

Looks delicious. When at primary school (long time ago) a teacher used to take the class out foraging ( ahead of her time!)

[@MartinAhlman]

Nettle soup is amazing as well!

[@britinmadrid]

Great vid! Wild cooking can be bland, so it’s all about the flavour and this recipe is quick and simple.

[@elvanightshade6661]

We make the best ramsons preserve pesto from tonnes of wild garlic minced up very fine with about 5 cloves of bulb garlic per jar and olive oil to cover the top; it keeps for months preserved by the super garlicyness and oil. Also keeps away everybody cos it's so bloody garlicky but it's worth it! Absolutely delicious

[@TressaZimmerman]

😋 looks delicious. Thanks for the info.

[@princesscorvus2636]

Thank you so much!! I love Pesto, it's yummi, healthy and can be used for many purposes. I am not sure if I would already dare to use self picked wild plants (plus I live in a big city and wild plants are rar here😢), but I'll try to find those in stores😊 Thank you🌟🌼🌟🌼

[@anitahwells3171]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom and yummy pesto ❤ From Seattle Washington usa

[@utooth8114]

Great video, thanks for sharing. People always look at the unusual things in videos.... I'm no different, love that wee bottle for the oil. 👍👍😁

[@TrailTrek]

Cheers good video, noticed the young fiddlehead at the start of the video as well which can at the right times be used to eat. Wild garlic can be prolific in certain areas so thanks for pointing it out i use it as well. Keep making the vids mate.

[@comesahorseman]

I've found nettle tea a great add-on to my spring allergy meds; the leaves pop up about the time I start sneezing!

[@almath9987]

Mmmm mixed with some tatties would be lovely 👍

[@nathanwestwick815]

Nice vid, in the spring i like hawthorn and bramble leaf tea. Keep up the good work!

[@phoenixsixxrising]

Love yor videos! I can tell thats a Lamb of God shirt under your coat, that makes you even more awesome! 🤟🤟

[@Catmoore60]

Here in my area of the US, we have a highly invasive non-native garlic mustard. We’ve been asked to eradicate it anywhere we find it, but it seeds and spreads pretty fast, and is hard to stay ahead of. That is, it WAS hard to stay ahead of until we decided to make it into pesto. It’s terrific, as long as you like your pesto with a bit of a bite! So now we look for it everywhere instead of griping about it. Ha!

[@ragnkja]

Catherine Moore When a plant that was introduced for culinary reasons is blacklisted, that’s basically an open invitation to harvest as much as you could possibly want. How long is the season for that garlic mustard? I like to make pesto from goutweed, which is invasive where I live, but only the smallest shoots are good to use, so unfortunately the batch I made just under a week ago was the last I could make this year.

[@Catmoore60]

Nillie Spring is best for garlic mustard...it’s super easy to pull the whole plant up as it has really shallow roots, especially after it has rained. I’ve only ever used the leaves and flowers...not sure about roots or stems. It’s easy to spot per the tall nature and flowers. It tends to grow along edges more, so partial shade, and it loves areas where you find wild raspberries. Unfortunately, the same areas are perfect for poison ivy, so you have to watch what you’re grabbing!

[@nightwolf1592]

Just had my tea but now I’m hungry again 😊. Good video again, keep them coming!

[@EmeraldVideosNL]

This video should be in the highlander playlist simply for its historical information.

[@christdiedforoursins5756]

Hi my friend thank you very much for this video I'll try this out my baking and salads have been Transformed since I watched some of your videos yes I can't believe how tasty some of the wild edibles are I read a website that gave a taste test in a survival situation. They said if the liquid in the plant is white and Milky it should be avoided and then that someone should put it in their mouth and chew it and see if they have a reaction like some kind of irritation or burning or swelling of the mouth and then if it's still fine if there is a group one member could maybe eat a little bit and wait 24 hours to see how they feel and if no reaction they could try some more. I might draw up a little book with pictures of edibles in my area so that I can get to know them better you can't believe how this is changed my Outlook on the plants around me. those big trees must be quite old aren't they so beautiful ! I came across this scripture about the Tree of Life in revelation 22 it says and he showed me a pure river water of life clear as crystal proceeding out of your throne of God and of the Lamb in the midst of the street and on either side of the river was there a tree of life which bear 12 Manor of fruit and yielded her fruit every month and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the Nations and there shall be no more curse ( the world was cursed when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil) but the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it and his servants will serve him and they still see his face and his name shall be on their forehead and there shall be no night there and they need no candle no the light of the Sun for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall Reign Forever and Ever. It says in verse 14 blessed are they that do his commandments (or that wash their robes) that they may have the right to eat of the Tree of Life and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs and sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers and idolaters and whosoever loveth and make it a lie. So the idea of eating a leaf and entering into the gates of a kingdom are quite interesting that the ancient people of Scotland had this idea as part of their folklore. Thank you for your video my friend I appreciate all your hard work in making these videos.

[@tomritter493]

Nice gotta love the garlic and sorel great stuff take care brother

[@adamoore8073]

I recommend that you roll up the leaves like a cigar to make them easier to cut, it keeps them in place and you get to cut them all at once

[@madeleine1313]

Thank you this was really interesting. I don't know if I will ever get to Scotland that is why I am really enjoying your videos and learning about your history. : )

[@ThomasAuldWildlife]

Awesome video Tom, I'm gonna try it tomorrow thanks! Keep up the good work :)

[@Joy_56]

Excellent info, I've not found any wild garlic yet though... the search continues.. : }

[@FandabiDozi]

Aw shame. Maybe only a few weeks left. Look on the forest floor in deciduous forest in damp areas :)

[@slavatyan3504]

Thank you)) Very interesting and pleasent to watch, kind of relaxing. I'm not sure that I'm ready for wild adventure but may be in the futere, not alone but with someone who like you =) I'm just too~ much "city resident" for wild nature. (in my area only wild mountains which is very high and desert)

[@IsaacNewton1966]

Not sure if it's mentioned below or somewhere in the video, but make sure to cook stinging nettles before eating! ;p

[@Leo000]

Love the puukko!

[@Bassdaddy-so1if]

Great video !

[@docink6175]

Great video, your pesto looks really tasty. I really appreciate you're captioning

[@SaraSantos-mh2xj]

Looks really tasty and natural ;)

[@Yet1moreUtuber]

This was cool!!

[@MartinAhlman]

We just had snow, so yay? Feels a bit like Scotland though :-D

[@mishascott7781]

thanks for the help

[@tomdavison3240]

you massive legend

[@snorkherder]

Tasty wild edibles, nice, ATB :)

[@christopherellis2663]

Handy hint: mash a little leaf into juice before adding the nuts, grind to a paste, adding more leaf. (walnut and coriander is another pesto recipe) Slàn 🇦🇱

[@lucyrobertson2631]

Great video! How do you deal with Scottish knife laws? Have you had any problems with carrying a fixed blade?

[@FandabiDozi]

You can still carry a fixed blade if you are not in a public place and you have a good reason to have one. I have never had any problem. But im very careful in public. I don't even carry a small penknife in the city and if I have to walk in a public place then the knife is deep in my backpack. Thats what bushcraft schools teach you to do with UK law :)

[@richarddaugherty8583]

@@FandabiDozi What nonsense will they think of next? As we speak (Nevada, USA) I've got a folding knife clipped to my right-hand pants pocket, my Swiss Army Super Tinker in a belt sheath I had custom made (because I keep losing the darn things out of my pockets). In my left cargo pocket I have a wonderful Bradford Guardian in the Sheepsfoot configuration in a sheath I designed and made myself. IMHO, a good knife is the most basic tool no one should be without. Will they outlaw hammers and screwdrivers next? You can get killed just as dead with those for heavens sake! Love your videos and thanks for the Gaelic subtitles and pronunciations! Are you also a botanist?

[@ragnkja]

Fandabi Dozi That sounds about the same as in Norway.

[@ragnkja]

Richard Daugherty The reason to bury the knife deep in the backpack is so that no one else can get to it without your noticing. Folding knives that have a spring to help open them are illegal.

[@ThisRightSideUp]

yummmmm!

[@FishTheJim]

Now I am hungry. Pesto Aioli, it's important.

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

You missed out on nettles and young Beech leaves 👌

[@OrDuneStudios]

Sound good with porriage biscuits

[@angelikahagner2227]

Very impotante

[@kodiandroid8821]

its the bulbs on the wild garlic you should use,atb