Strange Cactus Fruits Review (Barrel & Torch) - Weird Fruit Explorer Ep 238

[@johnpublic6673]

Hey Jared. I just wanted to let you know a while back I submitted English captions to two of your videos (Episodes 52 [titty fruit] and 158 [apricot kernels]). This was the first time I had ever done that for a video, and was exploring how the system worked. Two issues. First, both videos are still showing the dumb machine, error laden, auto-generated English captions. I know little about the inner workings of KZbin, but I think you need to approve the "translations", in order for them to replace the auto-generated default captions. Second, it appears that many of your videos are administratively locked in some way, so that even if someone wanted to help out by doing such a translation, they can't. The actual message when you try is "The video you requested isn't enabled for community contribution..." I thought you might not be aware of that, and might want to change that setting. Regards.

[@WeirdExplorer]

John! Thank you for taking the time to subtitle those two videos! I didn't get any notifications that there were any submissions, but I just checked and there they were. I just reviewed and approved both, so they should be up now. Thanks again for the help, the automatically generated subs leave a lot to be desired, so this is a great help!

[@Amilakasun1]

How are those dumb machine-generated captions looking now?

[@CookingWithCows]

@@WeirdExplorer As someone who can understand the spoken English in your videos perfectly, I find the automated subtitles provide an additional form of entertainment in the content.

[@SpaceCase100]

Oh wow. Had no idea Steven was such a boss. I thought he was just a weird friend that would pop in every now and then. Cool to see Their relationship grow over time.

[@punkyroo]

So, he's basically my hero!

[@amy7189]

Same, shame I live in Northern England -_-'

[@punkyroo]

Amy I'm so sorry. :( It's rough being someone who loves to grow stuff but lives in a cold climate. Currently in the middle of a blizzard here. :/

[@AlbinoAxolotl]

Oh wow! I’ve been going to Murray Family Farms for years! My parents live about 15 minutes away from it and I always try and stop by when I’m visiting home. I had no idea they had a family member that was interested in unusual rare fruit! I’m more familiar with their amazing pluots which are the best you can get anywhere! That’s a tricky part of the CA to grow many types of fruit because of the cold winters and super hot summers but it’s great to see that those of us who love growing rare fruit can always find something that works well wherever we live!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Oh cool! Yeah Steven has a huge collection, but a lot of it doesn't make its way to the tables there.

[@fruitfullivingcostarica]

Steven is the man! Super excited to have him present at the Costa Rica Fruit Festival again in July!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Oh cool! Yeah he was telling me about it. I'll have to get down there one of these days.

[@fruitfullivingcostarica]

Yeah if you ever come down to CR I can link you to some incredible farms with tons of exotic fruits. Some cool wild fruits here too.

[@galactuskev]

Man who knew this would be start of a beautiful friendship

[@baubojan4862]

Been viewing your playlist "All Fruit Videos" and finally made it to your first meeting with Steven Murray! 😊 So, torch cactus fruit tastes like cotton candy and barrel cactus seeds taste like pickles. 🌵

[@applegal3058]

Love it when you and Steven get together ❤ looking forward to future videos with him!

[@glargoyle]

Reminds me of my girlfriend's visit to Arizona and how she described saguaro cacti. I have decided that some day I have to try the fruit of a saguaro, even if it isn't noteworthy in the end. They're such amazing plants.

[@marcosmusixpcmusicam]

Steven Murray! I exchanged seeds with him 4 years ago! Nice yo see him here. I grow psidium eugeniaefolia from his seeds, black arazá or black strawberry guava: very nice acid and sweet fruit. 16º Brix.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Very cool! Steven is a good guy

[@StonedtotheBones13]

I love Stephen visits. He knows many things and has many rare fruit

[@wanderlustspirit4607]

Jesus. Take a shot every time he says "like a pickle" haha

[@KCJbomberFTW]

Wasn’t Jesus like more of a wine guy?

[@cscarlton24]

Are these like a pickle?

[@MothmanBaddie]

Woah, I was not expecting the texture of either of those when they were broken open!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Weird right? Its unlike any other cactus fruit I've seen

[@debraarizona4809]

I really like this video. I learned what cactus are edible in my zone 9. Thank you for sharing.

[@Farfromhere001]

Opium Poppy seeds are not hallucinogenic, they're psychoactive. Also that's likely a Trichocereus species, not Cereus.

[@PowerTom286]

Hi Jared, can't wait for the next episode to watch

[@saulgarcia8226]

I don't know if this matter, but there are a lot of edible flowers also from cactus!

[@jimmycher45]

I tried a barrel cactus fruit in NM. I don’t think it was that dry (or ripe lol), but it tasted exactly like a Bell Pepper and Tomato combined. I loved it

[@cacodoggg3013]

In Arizona we have those except the fruit is large plump and yellow, the flesh tastes sour and lemon like with a hint of grapefruit rind and the seeds are pretty much like how you described them, you should try one of these fresh and plump from Arizona they are pretty good

[@smashpillow8513]

Those fruit looked sub-par. Usually, the barrel cactus fruit are a much brighter yellow, and taste like a mix between a lemon and a kiwi. Slighly sweet and very sour. They do taste best candied, but you can pickle them in brine or cut it into strips and make a tasty chutney. I dont know very much about that other one, and haven’t seen any in az.

[@smashpillow8513]

O yah, you can eat the flesh of a barrel cactus too. Be careful tho, some of em can make you sick. Best not to try unless you need water.

[@editdebreceni3186]

Started watching for the fruits now I think I'm in love with the famous Steven Murray. He is the cutest, sweetest man, also knows so much about them that I want to listen to him all day every day! Can we have an episode just about him?^^ Sorry Jared love you too but I need a bit more of that fantastic man :D ❤

[@WeirdExplorer]

Once things calm down more and its safe to travel, he and I are going on a trip. I'll have to do a proper interview with him when that happens :)

[@editdebreceni3186]

@@WeirdExplorer gosh that sounds fantastic! 😍 Can't wait for the upcoming videos and I hope you are both well and healthy

[@brandasar7913]

What a great video!! Thank you.

[@Erewhon2024]

The growth habit of the columnar cactus is "organ pipe" (basal branching rather than arms like a saguaro). Cereus fruit ("apple cactus" though it is supposed to taste like honeysuckle nectar) is also smooth in every case I have seen. My guess is one of the true organ pipes (Stenocereus, formerly Lemairocereus)--which are valued for fruit and livestock fencing in arid Mexico (though many of those have magenta-red fruit pulp), though some plants called "torch" have red, cigar-shaped flowers (also organ pipe growth pattern, but usually narrower stems?). Those are Cleistocactus ("silver torch" is C. straussii and quite handsome). I have not heard of them being commercially important for fruit, though it is edible. If your host could describe the flowering traits &/or where it was originally native, it might be a little easier to key out. Fun fact: the flowers of that barrel cactus are cooked "like cabbage" and pickled like sauerkraut. I think I would prefer to let it ripen fruit instead.

[@WeirdExplorer]

thanks for the insight Erik. i had trouble IDing this one, seemed very similar to the Peruvian apple cactus fruit, which is why I labeled it as a Cereus.

[@aidancampos5706]

Erik Johnson Echinopsis grandiflora

[@AAaa-uj9yj]

You need to go pick saguaro fruit in az

[@michigantropicalgardener5886]

There was a Discover channel show called "Survivorman" featuring Les Stroud who would film himself surviving for a week with literally only the clothes on his back(and maybe a few tools). One episode was from a desert location out west in the U.S. He showed how the Barrel cactus fruit could be eaten as well as the fruit from a member of the Mammillaria genus, called the Strawberry pincushion. The cactus was really small and the fruit was red and the size of a small chili pepper. He said it tasted like a cross between a strawberry and a kiwi. Stores like Home Depot sell small cactus in the same genus that grow little fruit. They are the little cactus with the small flowers on top. Those flowers, however, are fake flowers that are hot glued onto the cactus to make you think they are blooming.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Hot glued on? Man... thats low.

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

Weird Explorer You don’t know the half of it. At garden departments around the US, they sell succulents that are dipped in blue or pink paint and covered in glitter so that the plants can’t photosynthesize and die within a few weeks after unsuspecting people purchase them.

[@CVETKOSLAV]

Did you ever eat dry figs they are really good snacks

[@Farfromhere001]

Ya he thought it was "Torch" likely referring to "Peruvian Torch" (Which it is not, that Trichocereus peruvianus), this is def. a Trichocereus species.

[@cross27]

yeeep

[@wanderlustspirit4607]

Try eating some peyote

[@nathanhill9300]

The columnar one looks like a former Trichocereus to me. I'd say Echinopsis spachiana.

[@anthonyparra4497]

The Golden Torch Cactuses fruit is all right that's the one that looked like a small Dragon Fruit

[@MrHarmfulHarry]

A few cereus and trichocereus species contain mescaline. Actually, San Pedro cactus can contain more mescaline than peyote. I've taken it once or twice, pretty easy to make. If that IS Peruvian Torch, then the flesh of the cactus can make you trip, yes.

[@WeirdExplorer]

the fruit does too? or just the plant flesh?

[@MrHarmfulHarry]

Just the flesh

[@MrHarmfulHarry]

Fruits are often different than the parent plant like with the case of the anacardiaceae species (Mango tree sap and pistachio sap can make you itchy just as the others in the family like poison ivy can via urushiol) or perhaps with the family solanaceae, where you can eat tomatoes and eggplant, but eating the plant itself is not advised. Even with members of the holly genus Ilex, you can use a few of the member's leaves but not the berries, which is the case with Yerba Mate, Guayusa and Yaupon. This is not always the case, however like with the potato plant. It just depends on the species.

[@Power_Verse_]

Cactus fruits! So did they all have dragon fruit seeds? The 2nd one he have you reminded me of dragon fruit

[@mrminer071166]

The tall-growing one is a trichocereus, trichos = hair in Greek. You noticed the hair on the fruit.

[@WeirdExplorer]

That's a fun fact, thanks Mark!

[@alejandroguerra9413]

Is it a Peruvianus?

[@shreddykrueger40]

@@alejandroguerra9413 It appears to be Trichocereus spachianus

[@pamcolding4279]

I thought it looked like they had little squirrel trails

[@alejandroguerra9413]

WHAT torch though? ;)

[@aidancampos5706]

Hi, this torch cactus is Echinopsis grandiflora (formerly Trichocereus grandiflorus)

[@maitenaranjo9955]

How do you only have 7 comments and so few likes ? You have been reviewing fruit for years !

[@WeirdExplorer]

I just posted it, usually takes a few hours to get rolling :)

[@chocolatechipslime]

What is the image of that ball thingie thing on the shirt for sale at the end of video? I’ve been trying to figure out for years what it is

[@WeirdExplorer]

The image on the shirt? Its a durian anatomy drawing

[@LadyAster]

Steven is cool!

[@jaquezimoto7998]

There is a fruit you really need to try and that is the white pineapple. This is also known ass the sugarloaf pineapple and it is so much better than regular pineapple. You can also eat the core.

[@itsyaboythewendigo8321]

Heyyy I live in Arizona we have some of these

[@ewok7075]

What was the last cacti the name was never said

[@lung0fish1]

In what way is a pulpless mass of dry seeds "like a pickle"? Well, they're tart, I heard that part.

[@stevenmurray3238]

The fruit of barrel cactus is fleshy and crunchy with tart and vinegary flavor, really taste more like a pickle than any other fruit, belimbi is called tree pickle but is way more sour

[@moayadmyro2091]

He is really good man

[@allangray6764]

"It's kinda... Kinda like a uhh... (WAIT FOR IT...) like a uhhhh.... Like a... (WAIT FOR IT...) I guess it's kinda like a pickle." 😐

[@HomesteadOC]

I want names of all these cacti and fruits. I have 2 columnar cacti that have similar fruits, one spikier than the other and I dont know what to call them.

[@Alex-jo9qs]

Cactuses are unique, I don't know if all cactuses can produce a fruit of some sort yet the unique part about cactuses or one of they uniqueness is more right to say is that all cactuses fruits are edible, not all are tasty, some are just watery but all are edible

[@damonopz]

Do a video where you eat a peruvian torch cactus I heard the taste is out of this world

[@DrangusKhan]

Steve Murray is the fruit oracle! Did you get to check out his greenhouse?

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yes! Videos from the inside coming up soon.

[@DrangusKhan]

Awesome, glad to hear it. Him and his family are great people.

[@bazookallamaproductions5280]

5:31 its like a dragonfruit

[@ubuntupokemoninc]

how did you channel start blowing up so quickly? did you pay to have youtube promote your videos? either way I am happy for you, because your videos are great!

[@WeirdExplorer]

I wish I could pay to promote my channel. The algorithm suddenly turned in my favor for some reason. All it took was about 6 years of patience.

[@kunheelee88]

Are medlars review coming soon judging from the intro

[@WeirdExplorer]

Not this time around, I plan on getting them this fall though :)

[@amy7189]

I always heard they tasted like fudge, I was so excited to try them and at first I thought they were ok...until my ex pointed out that they taste like play doh and that's literally all I could taste after that -_-

[@BurdFan]

Have you ever considered... Echinopsis pachanoi?

[@anniez6817]

You look exactly like that dude from American Vandal.

[@yuantheawesomegamer8752]

Try Saguaro Cactus

[@rachelloello]

That is a protected species. It's a crime to molest or injure them.

[@christyshultz6443]

Well technically there are no such thing as a poisonous cactus from what I understand. They have a potato like taste and some of them have a grittiness. FYI they're edible. The fruits however may vary.

[@thebluenoble6175]

Yo muh man have you had HALA fruit ?! Get it!

[@WeirdExplorer]

On the list, but haven't found one yet

[@thebluenoble6175]

Weird Explorer hala at yuh boi when you find one hahahahaha dad jokes FOREVER!!!

[@marialiyubman]

It looks like that watermelon bubblegum. 😂

[@TheAverageNooob]

Know I know I can eat those cactus fruits i pass by everyday.

[@PrestonBozeman]

The second one is like a Mexican pitaya

[@Shanask487]

I have a PTSD on prickly pears

[@SommetiderHvorforDetRoligRolig]

Sometimes i get annoyed that i live in scandinavia -.-

[@UrbanHomesteadMomma]

So to be clear.... they taste like a pickle 🥒

[@cross27]

torch cactus contains mescaline hahhhh, not the fruit ig

[@cross27]

both of these cacti are hallucinogenic, just not their fruit in any amount

[@aidensnacklad4178]

Barrel cactus from fallout newvegas

[@brandon9172]

Algorithm comment

[@lucasapollonov984]

First

[@romanimations5521]

im sorry mr apollonov you dont seem to be first

[@leocadiarendi5549]

Op

[@CutiePie-xi4zo]

Is it cactuses or cacti? Yes I am being that girl.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Both are correct! But cactuses is more fun to say

[@CutiePie-xi4zo]

Lol I suppose you are right. Touchè.