Talking Breadfruit with Dr. Laura Roberts-Nkrumah | OutHere

Dr. Roberts-Nkrumah, The Department Of Food Production, University Of The West Indies talks to Renee about breadfruit history, production, uses and health benefits.
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[@omggiiirl2077]

Very true in the ancient days we Polynesians used the latex to snare birds in a non lethal way, and the inner bark was used to make a traditional cloth we cailled kapa. Also the leaves were used to wrap food to put in the ground oven, we used the pounded fruit for not just adults, but for babies and the elderly and sick! It's a very beloved and cherished tree in Hawai'i and Polynesia.

[@kimono6128]

Interview was disrupted by some stupid advertment

[@juskool3725]

Very informative i learnt alot ,i ate breadfruit pie it was deelicious

[@murielodette2995]

i think that is where i will have to travel to get my breadfruit plants!!!!got one at an asian market tasted funny.,,

[@nathanielnyemah5392]

Wow! As a child, I ate breadfruit until I was around 14 years old and never knew about the nutrientional value until I listen to this interview. Breadfruit grow wide in my home town in Southeastern Liberia. I am now motivated to start a breadfruit farm in the nearest future. Thanks a lot to Dr. Laura Roberts Nkrumah for sharing her knowledge about this beautiful fruit.

[@elizabethadams6023]

Love breadfruit!!! And I know Dr. Laura Nkruma personally and she is very knowledgeable about the breadfruit. That was a great interview.

[@AAHomeGardening]

I love breadfruit so much Especially the yellow heart breadfruit

[@darioarthur2525]

in Haiti ..we said that the flesh of the yellow bread is Fine..cause it melt in.your mouth..

[@murielodette2995]

My husband is African,, i am Caribbean, when i visited his country i saw 4-5 breadfruit trees on the coast ,3 hours from the largest city I was so so happy to see them,,and believe me i drove to the capital 4 hours away unoccupied land,on each side of the high way ,no breadfruit trees to be seen,,i could not believe that bread fruit was not everywhere, in this very tropical nation,,it has such a huge nutritional value ,and when i retire there i definitely want to propagate this breadfruit. his brother has 40 acres of land, and i will plant a few trees there plus the land i am planning on buying i will grow much more,,,,and introduce to the community,,he did say as a child he did eat breadfruit,, but infrequently...

[@themitochondrialeve738]

As a super breadfruit lover I really enjoyed this. The professor knew so much about it and I am very happy to see how much research has been done on the little known fruit I love fried. Thanks Rene, great feature. More of these needed.

[@user-bt6ji4fn9c]

Renee, I totally loved this interview.

[@doriswebster4796]

I really enjoyed Dr. Laura Roberts talk about breadfruit. Love that you feature a lot of different traditional Trinidad lifestyles which is interesting and educational. 🌺

[@dunoripavalan1980]

I never knew the leaves could be used as a medicine also. Thanks Eatahfood crew for the information.

[@virgilbabb74]

I applaud this for the reason that you did this deep dive with the knowledge doctor. Cooking videos are great but food science and history adds an understanding and appreciation for cooking. Having that we may find our cooking improving because we may be better able to innovate in the kitchen.

[@soniaanderson2664]

Love this doctor,s intelligence re history and medicine. So much education of the breadfruit plant. Love breadfruit of all forms.

[@dotlynrobertson3691]

Can breadfruit leaves good gor high blood pressure

[@dotlynrobertson3691]

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[@omggiiirl2077]

You have to try breadfruit pounded and fermented slightly. It's so GOOOOOOOOD it's how we eat it in Hawai'i. We also eat it baked, and fried as well. When I visited Jamaica I saw so many breadfruit, I was so happy as I haven't indulged in years! Breadfruit with fish is okro is life!!! I even took some home! Now I'm so happy that we have it now in Seattle!! It's great with pork, or anything fatty, fish, taro greens, oh yes, tomorrow I think I'll be getting some!!

[@--christine]

Omg Giiirl, you certainly know what you're talking about. Breadfruit is one of my favourite food boiled, roasted, baked and fried with the other dishes you've listed, I'm salivating right now.

[@johnpbrown3348]

I grew up eating breadfruit ..especially pounded growing up in the Caribbean island of Dominica.best food ever

[@private_person]

@Omg Giirl Hi! Where do you buy your breadfruit? Thank you.

[@omggiiirl2077]

@@private_person they have them every now and then at uwajimaya in renton, or at Seattle supermarket in Beacon hill in Seattle. You can also special order them at any uwajimaya. Don't buy up my portion! Enjoy!!

[@24k.purelife]

We eat it a lot here on Maui!!

[@naturesfruits]

Bread fruit AKA UKWA is a rich and special meal of Igbo speakers in East Nigeria, WestAfrica. Made in form of porridge with fish and vegetables👌👍🥣, also fried and eaten like regular nuts

[@michaelharris9591]

Wow Am so greatly impress an its true my late grandfather used d yellow leaves for Hypertension i love this interview thank you all

[@farisasmith7109]

Food security is so important. At the beginning of the pandemic we saw what can happen when food distribution is disrupted. Growing our own food and having enough to share was so helpful . And people shared extra seedlings with each other. Even the government gave away pumpkin, squash and papaya seedlings.

[@binfacelardgod1906]

I hope the people who were given the seedlings 🌱, put them to use. Out of small things big things grow. I am currently trying to grow Jamaican pumpkins 🎃 from seedlings here in the UK. I have chickens so I am trying to keep them away from my vegetables by a gate. Tomatoes 🍅, potatoes 🥔 and onions are also growing. I do not think it is quite warm enough here to grow Breadfruit unfortunately.

[@farisasmith7109]

@@binfacelardgod1906 I think most people did put them to good use. I hope that even when thing go back to "normal" people continue to grow some of their own food. We shouldn't wait until a emergency to be self sufficient. A very smart man said growing your own food is like printing your own money! I believe that to be true.

[@nikolasseeram165]

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[@gloriannamani1123]

Breadfruit coucou &redherring sauce was a great treat from my Ma back in he day...

[@darioarthur2525]

Hi that exactly what i am gonna have this morning.. Luv from.Haiti

[@--christine]

@@darioarthur2525 Why are you and Gloria doing this to me? My mouth is watering.

[@mrsveronicanickey]

Sounds like something I will try..

[@jacquelinecrosdale7255]

Breadfruit salad like potato salad, it can make drink tasting like or similar to sour sap.

[@avauinc]

In my country there are so many kinds of breadfruit. There is uluma'a, aveloloa, puou, ma'afala, sanosano, etc, and each has a distinguish taste, shape and color that tells what breadfruit you're talking about. The popular way of cooking breadfruits in my culture is baking or boiling, however, frying method is used more for left over boiled breadfruits. Anyway, Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@cmartin5903]

Wow!

[@--christine]

Please tell me what Country is it as when things are back to normal after covid pandemic I will definitely take a holliday there. I will visit anywhere whilst breadfruits are grown thare.

[@avauinc]

@@--christineFrom American Samoa, the territory of the United States in the South Pacific. You can also visit our sister islands of Samoa (Independed Country), about 45 mins away by plane on the other side of the dateline. Two nations are divided by the dateline, therefore, Samoa Independed is ahead of a day from American Samoa. God Bless

[@purandharkubanooraya493]

It was great to listen to you and learn so much about bread fruit...I am a farmer from karnataka in South Indian .we do use and grow bread fruit for our personal consumption..thank you

[@monicathomas7351]

Ooooh! Those breadfruit looking lovely I love my breadfruit! Well spoken lady! Thanks for video!

[@monicathomas7351]

Dr Laura is a beautiful woman I love her personality! Well spoken lady!

[@emmagriffiths3350]

I tasted breadfruit in UK and love it very much baked and fry but we don't grow it in GHANA

[@thecarmel1light]

l am loving breadfruit in every which way it is served, Thanks for sharing

[@tamekahoward7972]

Good morning Renée I love bread fruit fry and also oil down with salt beef in it 👍👍👍👍 bread fruit source wow much try great job on information about bread fruit ..💓💓

[@vinnettepope8255]

Awesome 👌teaching about breadfruit. Thank you for sharing 🙏this wonderful video 8

[@faithnaidoo7647]

WOW!!!!!!!.I finally learn what breadfruit really is!!!!Thanks for showing us.

[@leahmartin8846]

Super informative. I really enjoyed this video even though it isn't the usual cooking segment. I loveee breadfruit chips and I never knew you can use the leaves for medical purposes as well as specific breadfruit for specific dishes. Honestly after watching, the video made me feel to run to the market to pick up a breadfruit for some oil down. Please do a simply local oil down video sometime 🙂 please and thank you

[@myrnaveira2340]

Dr you not easy you really know your thing we need you to come on tv and educate our public you are great i love you

[@selwynjames8415]

Thanks i am a Breadfruit lover .

[@daviancoulthurst4011]

I love breadfruit so much

[@MissEmpresss]

This was such a lovely interview. Please continue to interview the professor on all her knowledge. Would love to know how she started on this journey. Such a lovely lady.

[@jovanharris3565]

Love my Caribbean Family. ✊🏽🇯🇲😎

[@samuelmckenzie5163]

An amazing video thanks to Dr Laura Roberts Nkrumah , quick question is there research on ackee growing conditions been able to dwarf the tree and shortening the fruiting time

[@evelynjoyles2200]

From St Vincent breadfruit is life 🙏

[@omggiiirl2077]

Beautiful last Name Nkrumah a prominent name in Ghana, and Nkruma also means okra.

[@farisasmith7109]

We need some recipes on this feed! Everyone is talking about the dishes they've had and made. Sounds so good. Recipes please! Lol.

[@margaretchavannes7390]

Very interesting. And there is much more that could be said for breadfruit. Thanks for this

[@geodinyerkobo6781]

Nature talking to itself about how useful she can be. Great Info revealed here. Thank you all who made it happen. Stay Blessed.

[@charmsmeddy98]

Very informative I also use breadfruit to make pie,you can also curry it and make chips and yes there are two types in Trinidad and I love the yellow one for it has a sweet taste to it

[@caroljamestt1]

Enlightening information from our very own outstanding intellectual. Thank you both.

[@ironnorse]

As a white boy that tasted breadfruit for the first time a few years ago, can attest it be gud man! Fried or baked, the key is to buy it when its picked ripe not young

[@barrington-luchiemarchandi4613]

You can also use the white sap coming out the tree as glue .We used it to catch small birds it’s very strong....………..💪🏾🇱🇨👍🏾

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Yes 10:55

[@devonmatthews3827]

Great work. Love the video and you are quite knowledgeable.

[@marilyn2780]

Hello Renee, Thank you for this educational video. I totally enjoyed it. When I come to T&C I will definitely look to purchase some breadfruit chunks . "Happy Friday ".

[@KINGDOMDAUGHTER]

Breadfruit flour is a go to

[@Kwaj04]

Ty great interview with lots of good information.

[@iayyam]

Great video. I grew up in the countryside with three breadfruit trees in our backyard. I liked it growing up...but I didn't love it...I love in the U.S now and haven't had breadfruit in decades. Can't wait to travel home with my American chirren and dem😆and eat some oildown.

[@buttercup000]

Excellent video. Very educational.

[@eatahfood]

Thank you

[@jesuslaboy1559]

Great interview. I grew up in Puerto Rico eating breadfruit. I didn't know how healthy it is.

[@lenoregeeawan4584]

Yes very interested

[@sheebasebastian5874]

We too prepare many items. We have one Breadfruit tree at home. Love from south India, Kerala. ❤️

[@joylinb2928]

I enjoyed this interview, breadfruit is one of my favorite, didn't realize the leaves had medicinal benefits. Thank you 🙏

[@PaulOPeezy]

Lots of knowledge shared there thanks

[@TerraLillyBorn]

I love breadfruit, and love this video. Thanks !!

[@jamessaintlouis7464]

In Haití we have it boiked ,baked ,fried we boil it AND blend it by adding milk AND cinnamon stick so we call it breadfruit juice

[@melvinsmith6559]

Breadfruit punch is very tasty. It is made with the ripe ones. Here is the resipe. Boil one or two, it depens on the amount of punch you are making. After finish boiling, you allow to cool. You now strip off the skin, remove the inside then cut them in pieces. Blend the pieces by adding water to get the thickness. To have the punch, you add sweetened milk, nutmegs vanella eggs ifso desired, a bottle or two of stout, and two servings of white overproof rum. Then blend to taste.

[@lmarabou]

Thank you for the lecture on breadfruit.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@marthalewis951]

I love this

[@sultanalaurent4165]

Thank you so much DrLaura from today I can eat breadfruit with interest for my blood pressure and I’m so happy about it I’m in Haiti I don’t have to worry if I’m out of medication while I’m trying to get away from it and be naturally treated and I thank you again may God bless you 🙏❤️💕

[@gloriannamani1123]

From Barbados 🇧🇧✅

[@faridaversi6737]

Loved your talk about fruit trees. I would like to know how we can get a Caribbean cherry tree. Woul you be able to send it to Africa with phyto certificate .

[@marvalineellis5648]

I can give you one but you could get

[@selwynjames8415]

From Chef selwyn James Esquire in Antigua and Barbuda

[@wiltonmcdonald2399]

I am thankful for your video found it’s contents very enlightening.

[@KINGDOMDAUGHTER]

Breadfruit punch is very delicious as well as making the breadfruit into a bread/loaf, healthier than the flour Don't forget breadfruit chips

[@beverleysmith3629]

Try breadfruit flour.

[@soniahowell9786]

Extremely informative.

[@indiraharps6730]

Thank u Doctor this is big lesson finally someone Educated us thank u .

[@shacheb]

Great vid. I lovvve breadfruit

[@eatahfood]

Sha C thank you

[@vilmabeckford1483]

Thanks for the information about breadfruit. There even breadfruit flour. I like fried roasted breadfruit.

[@miraflorjomuad5178]

Tnx a lot. I'm interested.

[@hephzibahbradshaw9509]

ABBA LOVE WILL BE DONE 🕎 THANKS ABBA FOR FOOD TO OUR SPIRIT MAN AND PHYSICAL MAN. JEREMIAH 9:24🕎

[@mrsveronicanickey]

Thank you for sharing teaching..

[@evelynburke9001]

Very informative! I love breadfruit! Can yellow breadfruit be planted from seeds?

[@mervynsoo8353]

Plants sprout from the roots

[@evelynburke9001]

@@mervynsoo8353 thanks!!

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

​@@evelynburke9001yes there are breadfruit that can be planted from seed.

[@j.babiweedor461]

Watching from Monrovia, Liberia. Thank you for the information.

[@eatahfood]

Thanks for watching! Welcome to the channel

[@waynemcfarlane1233]

Do you have breadfruit in Liberia ?

[@j.babiweedor461]

@@waynemcfarlane1233, yes, we have. A few days ago, I bought one but forgot about it and it got ripe and spoiled.

[@joebuleuru7069]

My favourite food, breadfruit.

[@lynguy439]

Beautiful.

[@essiemae4593]

Excellent video , thank you Dr. Roberts 🙏. Here in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 we also cherish our breadfruit. Blessings ❤️

[@eatahfood]

Thank you! 💯💯

[@trevorwoodley3897]

I can attest to this. I love your breadfruit dishes and your pork too!. My sister who lives in PR introduced me to Puerto Rican cuisine when I visited.

[@cynthiastanley6650]

My friend made sweet bread with the ripe breadfruit, even fritters can be made with the ripe one....don't throw the ripe ones.

[@SweetTea742]

Thank you for sharing 🙂

[@myrnaveira2340]

DR YOU ARE SO RIGHT IT IS HEALTHIER THAN FLOUR ROASTED AND FRIED AND OIL DOWN AND BAKED AND CHIPS AND TUM TUM AND PUNCH ITS GREAT

[@Zero-hl2zy]

Good interview 👍🇬🇭

[@murielodette2995]

so many uses for breadfruit,,,

[@vincookingskills2144]

I Like your videos

[@user-rf5ix2sn8n]

Bread fruit came from Tahiti polynesians traveled with it for years

[@darioarthur2525]

in Haiti..breadfruit used to be a dish for the poor people...nowadays..even the rich consume it... we even make juice with it..blended with other fruit like carrots and mangos...people drink it at night time...it's very energetic.. thanks Tahiti .🙏

[@carleanahauffe6228]

Apart from carbohydrates and potassium what other vital minerals does breadfruit has???

[@sreenivasanpn5728]

The camra seems fixed. Should have shown what the fruit looks like.

[@pastryshack551]

There is the fruit between the ladies right on the tree its big & round i hope you see it

[@sreenivasanpn5728]

@@pastryshack551 , I am from India and I have this plant in my house for the last 100 years. The old one gave way to a new one. The new one is about twenty years old. Sometimes it is available in market. I am vegetarian and we use bread fruit as a vegetable using in many types of side dishes. We also make fried chips. They say, it goes well with lamb or other non veg. dishes. This plant is very difficult to grow. Sometimes, a plant grows from the shoot of mother plant. This is the only source of new plant. Airlayering is uncommon in our area. We know that the plant is foreign to our land, but grows in very humid conditions. Most Indians are not aware of this fruit and its use. I was expecting cuisine varieties from this fruit.

[@marqui0609]

Hi, do yu sell breadfruit cuttings or trees? 😍

[@johnpbrown3348]

Best food ever trus me

[@nadinerobinsonthompson3693]

I also made chip i rost it i put it in soup i made it in cake i love my jamacan breadfruit

[@KINGDOMDAUGHTER]

Breadfruit black rum cake, Jamaican style

[@alfredwilliams878]

Recipe Thank you!

[@courtneyfrank7208]

If dehydrated and made into flour which has all the binding agents as wheat flour!

[@johnpbrown3348]

It can also be used as mosquito coil..trus me I know

[@mack38412]

All plants and fruits were sent to St Vincent first before they went to any other island because of the Volcanic soil.

[@mrsveronicanickey]

Thanks for sharing. Learned something hope to visit St. Vincent before America tries to control it..

[@slim9978]

Black brains a masteress

[@devbachu7072]

I love breadfruit but it ripe to fast

[@judithmirembe876]

Show us the breadfruit

[@ellislaborde1648]

Chef after this Covid thing pass, I would love to challenge you, yes I said it challenge you to a breadfruit cook off.....and I am very much Serious, lol

[@harriettewiltshire2067]

Hello the next meal is breadfruit coco.

[@angelinaasamoah8473]

Dr Laura Roberts Nkrumah shares same sir name with Ghana's former president Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Wow I think Black people are from one womb.

[@nadinerobinsonthompson3693]

Hello i am the first to made breadfruit punch Nadine

[@showahspurpleinc3446]

Tell the world how dopey and contagious it is!

[@showahspurpleinc3446]

👍, indeed!

[@portianl]

Breadfruit leaves lowers my blood pressure.

[@madhumitaroy1134]

Plantion more trees Today's necessary

[@bettycamil1827]

Love veritable you can make TomTom you can make foufou