TEXAS PALMETTO FRUIT : A Tasty Fruit that Grows in Mexico and Texas! - Weird Fruit Explorer

[@WeirdExplorer]

How would you use Texas Palmetto Molasses?

[@jrcorsey]

Pancake syrup! Or pecan pie. If you like to sweeten your coffee, this might be an interesting way

[@loganlogon3720]

I always was fond of molasses cookies so...😋

[@SarahLovesFood]

cookies, obvi.

[@aquamage10]

Definitely molasses cookies, a lot of good German cookies in Texas (Houston Specifically) so I may recreate one of those next time I see this molasses at the store!

[@thestrangegreenman]

My first thought is to use it in cocktails, but with big enough batches of palmetto fruits or the molasses, I would make some English style steamed puddings that use the palmetto as the main flavor!

[@jrcorsey]

I love that you didn't know what you were making until you were almost finished. A true explorer, you.

[@johnharder5618]

Nice video My Aunt lives in Texas and has Texas Palmetto's on her land She uses the fruit to brew a wine She also uses the fruit in several cakes instead of sugar

[@dankline9162]

That's amazing! I live in why, and I love making and experimenting with country wines. I mostly make elderberry, wild grape, or pawpaw wine. But I even met a guy who made chokecherry wine, so cool to me to make stuff out of what you forage.

[@EmmelineSama]

@@dankline9162 well, where I live it is legal to make dandelion wine, since 1994. You pick only the flowers, and ferment them for 2 weeks. However, it is a difficult process.

[@gingermany6223]

Dwarf Palmetto (sabal minor) is also quite common in TX with a very similar fruit. The one advantage with the dwarf species is the fruit is much easier to forage as the mature plant is only a few feet tall.

[@larrymortimer4833]

I really enjoy your tastings/reviews. There is so much exotic fruit out there that I will never get to try. Fortunately we can rely you to give us the experience vicariously. Thanks, keep on tasting!

[@SaltedFishing]

There are some interesting fruits endemic to the US. Down here in Texas, one of my favorites is the berries of the Anacua tree. It's also called the Sandpaper tree. The berries are small and have a couple of relatively large seeds in them, but they are really nice when you're out walking around. Have you tried them? All the trees around me have gone dormant from the frost, but next spring/summer I expect there to be quite a large amount of fruit, so I can send some then if you'd like.

[@WeirdExplorer]

I haven't seen that one. Very cool! Sure thing, you can email me at [e-mail]

[@SaltedFishing]

@@WeirdExplorer Shall do!

[@EmmelineSama]

@@SaltedFishing will be cool, a new berry!

[@RobertRister]

I have lived around these palms all my life, and you are the first person I have heard of who has tries eating these. I will collect some next fall and see if they can be used to make jam mixed with other fruit.

[@JTMusicbox]

Good call with the molasses! Sounds like the flavor of this fruit is perfectly suited for molasses making.

[@aquamage10]

I live in Houston and there is a place just a mile from my parents house that sells Sabal Mexicana Trees, its been there since at least 2006 since we moved to the area. I never know they produced fruit. I have seem Texas Palmetto Molasses in local grocery stores and farmers markets, I should try some!

[@willbilly8738]

I’m in Houston too! Do you know those palm leaves that come straight out the ground in pretty much every wet spot? Those are dwarf Sabal Palms. Their fruit is also edible

[@aquamage10]

@@willbilly8738 I did not know that! I'll have to keep my eye out.

[@FPOAK]

Who else would watch a fruit foraging collab between Weird Fruit Explorer x Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t

[@letshavepie]

Brilliant idea! I can just see it now: "This is a real banger! Take a look at these fu**in pistols. Hey! Weird Explorer just ate it. It wasn't even a fruit yet."

[@robrod7120]

Id watch that in a heartbeat

[@handlesaretoopersonal]

That's insane, i didn't realize that weird explorer is why crime pays is in my algorithm

[@CobraRaptor]

I've been wondering if Jared has reviewed a ripe Pink Crabapple? Definitely an acquired taste, grows in quantity here in MN. I've heard that it is used in Jam

[@DeathMetalDerf]

Mainly commenting to appease the almighty algorithm! I hope everyone is doing well and having a great day!! Thanks again for sharing another amazing fruit with us!!

[@WeirdExplorer]

You're the best!

[@vanessapaakkonen6637]

Really interesting !! Loved how you expanded on the use of this fruit. So worth watching! Thk you!

[@ducknorris233]

In coastal Texas we have far more Palmetto bugs than Palmetto trees. Think very large roach that can fly at you. Fortunately they are more of an outside demon.

[@jeffdubuque3755]

glad we don`t have them here in Canada, but we have biteing black flyes.

[@vincentender1486]

I don't miss those, they were also plentiful in Florida. Traded them for blizzards.

[@Grimm-Gaming]

I always collected a buncha palmetto bugs when i visited FL to feed my Bearded Dragon. He loved em.

[@ducknorris233]

@@vincentender1486 I have friends from the colder areas that got transferred south as soon as they could. Ever area has its pros and cons. I saw a video about Ayer’s Rock in Australia and during the wet season people where wearing beekeeper hats because of the swarms f black flies that are common that time of year.

[@ducknorris233]

@@jeffdubuque3755 it’s always something, of corse we have mosquitoes and as I’ve gotten older I have developed an allergic reaction to the bites so I keep mosquito spray and Benadryl spray with me

[@mandab.3180]

they sound tasty. i love molassesy stuff

[@kinglouie1545]

I have never been a consistent viewer but have always loved your content, so much to binge!

[@Linda-sw8sk]

Thank you for testing these unusual fruits, I like your explanation, most people do not experiment, and do not give things a try. I live in Australia, and we have a lot of local tucker that even most here have never tried too.😁😁

[@connieembury1]

I've seen date palm molasses and pomegranate molasses in the store. I'll have to give them a try.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Its good stuff!

[@DianeGraft]

Pomegranate molasses is one of the most amazing things I have in my pantry. It's a bright strong fruit flavor, and I mean strong. I wouldn't eat it straight. I like to mix some into butter for an amazing spread for biscuits. Or, I like to include it when I make pork barbecue, it adds a wonderful bright flavor that I can't get from anything else.

[@0xszander0]

@@DianeGraft Man this sounds good, maybe add some to a chili..

[@floramew]

Oooh, love that process of making fruit molasses. I might have to try that, and see how it compares to cooking before straining style of jam making.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yeah! Its a good method when you don't want to infuse any fiber/seed taste into what you are making. Tamarind would be another good one for it.

[@floramew]

@@WeirdExplorer oh that's a fantastic suggestion for me, that's one of the specialty produce I've seen in my local grocers where I live lmao. Thanks so much for the suggestion 😂👍

[@barrett5195]

Great job Jared!

[@erikjohnson9223]

If you have access to a metal or ceramic sintering 3-D printer or other rapid prototyping machine, you could modify a cherry pitter to the dimensions of this drupe and patent it as a "Mexican palmetto pitter," an essential tool to make it ever so slightly easier to mass produce the molasses (of course, harvesting is probably another roadblock--the drupes are small, and if it resembles saw palmetto, they might be crawling with large ants and other insects).

[@jrcorsey]

Pancakes! But i would also try a sweet barbecue sauce, and if I had enough, a pecan pie.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Sounds great!

[@thesilentone4024]

Can you do a video on native to nevada or Arizona edible cactus in the wild mybe some yucca

[@WeirdExplorer]

I've got a video on yucca! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJvChamogc2iipI

[@GetIsekaid]

Cactus is always interesting🌵

[@karanaima]

Another palmetto let's go

[@singingsiren82]

Oh wow, I just visited Palmetto State Park in Texas and it mentioned the fruits of Palmettos, was wondering what they tasted like.

[@Frootfarms]

I grow Sabals in Florida. Sad that the fruit aren’t bigger. Would love To make molasses. Wonder if Puerto Rican Sabals have even larger fruit than the Mexican Sabals as their trunks and leaves are massive. Might be worth looking into.

[@beacheykeen]

I'm hungry for Palmetto ketchup... but that molasses is pretty "sweet" too

[@deactivated148]

Hey Jared, I live in Japan and have learned about the Ourin (王林) apple and it is unlike any other apple i've tried. It smells and tastes like a sweet floral perfume. Please keep an eye out for it or see if you can order one from somewhere! They're very good!

[@radionoakmont7756]

very fascinating this reminds me of Carobs it might be related to that fruit as well my mom told me she ate something quite similar when she was a kid down in Texas in the early 1940's, if she was still here i think she would have been very happy to have seen this she told me she made some cowboy coffee from some of them also this is amazing and awesomes too thank you m8, this is a great find.

[@cerberaodollam]

Maillardin' it up 😉

[@Alina-ws6ob]

You should try the fruit of the yucca plant. In Mexico they boil it. They call it the dessert date.

[@austintrees]

You should try to go visit SkilCult, He has massive amounts of Apples That heat cross breeds, or someone like him... And do a bunch of tastings of the different varieties he has growing and is mixing.

[@anne-droid7739]

I get such a charge every time I see that Duck Stab shirt. I tortured my neighbors with that album every morning in the 1980s while I got ready for lab. 😄

[@anne-droid7739]

Perhaps it wasn't torture, though. It's entirely possible that somebody else in the building liked "Constantinople" as much as me.

[@WeirdExplorer]

You were doing them a favor 🤣

[@anne-droid7739]

@@WeirdExplorer It might have been better for them if I didn't sing along so loudly.

[@wpc456cpw]

Nice one Jared! Also is Vostok okay?

[@WeirdExplorer]

yep, she's good.

[@nee_suhh]

Cool! Thank you

[@WeirdExplorer]

Welcome!

[@oldkingcrow777]

Yeah man, the shape I was thinking of too was "bloated tear drop" 🤣 Reminds me of that one tropical fruit, yellowish, can't remember what it was called.... totty fruit.... tatty fruit.... teddy fruit? Hmm guess I'll just call it bloated tear fruit until I remember the actual name

[@sdfkjgh]

@oldkingcrow777: Toddy palm?

[@WeirdExplorer]

here ya go 😂: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4qll3uumZedrc0

[@markiangooley]

I do wonder whether these palms could be selected for better fruit: try fruit from hundreds of plants and see if there’s variation, if any have tastier or thicker-fleshed fruit. There’s a variety of silver maple, Acer saccharinum, that tends to have unusually sweet sap for the species, which isn’t usually as sweet as that of sugar maple. Silver maple grows more quickly, so this clone might be worth planting in large numbers to start up maple-syrup production relatively quickly. I believe it’s just a selection from a wild tree, no breeding involved.

[@dankline9162]

This is so true. I heard that sycamore and other trees can be used too, but you need even more sap, bc of the lower sugar content. They sell a variety of mountain ash that was found in the wild, that has edible berries that are usually bitter and acrid, especially before cold exposure, like permission. Anyway, they sell them saying they could be used for wine, if the birds dont get them first, haha. The one i bought shot up fast, and i already had a regular mountain ash. The berries are a bit bigger too, but so far havent gotten enough to try and use.

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

Also almost all palms can be edible, if not for fruit, but the flower heads racemes themselves (like cauliflower when immature) and the heart - although processing the palm for their heart kills the plant.

[@maraudersoctopus8047]

good video :D

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks! 😁

[@FractalMachine]

i have some sort of palm tree right outside my building (in israel) and it sheds these yellow fruit that look almost identical to what you have in the video, except they're yellow. never known of anybody who ate one, and as far as i know they're inedible....but i always wondered about it since fruit-bats swarm this tree every single night, gorging themselves on them. they seem to really really really like this particular fruit. so perhaps it is edible if other mammals seem to love it so much.

[@dankline9162]

I would say so, especially with some processing, worth a try

[@WeirdExplorer]

Hmm... this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/foO5k4d_Zr59jaM

[@thakyou5005]

Blimey, you must know a lot of weird fruits and vegetables! You really have to try some of my country's fruits and veg aswell! We do have some unique tasting weirdness... lol 😆

[@WeirdExplorer]

yeah? what country are you from?

[@thakyou5005]

@@WeirdExplorer it's Romania! :D I commented on your video before, I said something like " we have a wonderful variety of disgusting tree barks!" And you replied to my comment. Sorry I thought you might remember that for some reason, I completely disregarded the fact that you probably reply to hundreds of people so you can't remember them all.

[@ismails2864]

Have you ever tried a sweet wrinkly on the outside yellow no pink pamelo? If so can you show me can't really find one

[@TheMichaelMills]

I'm thinking how good cookies or scones would be with this added either as a fruit or incorporating the reduction/syrup you made!

[@unknownhours]

I just tried the fruit from some kind of palmetto (I think was a saw palmetto) that was growing nearby. It was very sweet, but also tasted like old gym socks.

[@WeirdExplorer]

yep that's saw palmetto alright 😄

[@unknownhours]

@@WeirdExplorer the unripe fruits were better, starchy and astringent. I imagine they might be ok if pickled.

[@FearlessP4P1]

Shout out toma. I’ll have to give these a try

[@charlesurrea1451]

When finding volunteer palm fruits, they are rarely voluptuous. The skirt has to be burned for palm fruits to grow plump.

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

When I saw the word palmetto, I was kind of worried considering the bad experience you had with the saw palmetto. But I'm just glad I'm usually wrong.

[@davidarundel6187]

Saw Palmetto, when ground and dried , is good for guys with urine flows and prostrate issues . Not sure about its uses for females .

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

@@davidarundel6187 It's being used in birth control, but it interferes with estrogen.

[@fazilrazak3909]

Jared. There are a lot more weird fruits for you to try. I am sure you had most of the fruits you can get your hands on at the Malaysian and Indonesian market. But I recommend you explore deep into the jungle and get the natives or orang asli to show you rare jungle fruits.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Good idea, I'll need to get back to borneo sometime soon

[@yvonneosborne6934]

If you're trying weird Texan fruits, try agarita!

[@1Akai1]

I always wonder if people who send fruit know how they taste, how to cook or how to eat them. Do they send that information along?

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yes, usually I'm sent some tips as well. :)

[@Melissa0774]

Have you ever gone to Texas to look for fruit for a video? I don't know what other wild fruits they might have there, that you haven't already covered, but you should think about it.

[@ismails2864]

Have you eaten tahini and the date molasses? Ps. Forgot to tell try both with a peice of bread dip in both first the tahini tho

[@ismails2864]

The white tahini tastes better

[@YahBoiDrip]

The shape reminds me of slime mobs from jrpgs or dragon quest

[@tinnaz1]

Saw palmetto berries helps men's bag of nuts.

[@zaneymay]

Would like to send you something. I checked your about page it says email below but no email listed. At least I didn't see it.

[@WeirdExplorer]

huh... you're right. maybe it's only on pc? it's [e-mail]

[@zaneymay]

@@WeirdExplorer thanks message sent.

[@HFC786]

Which is your favourite fruit or top 5

[@machinegunhippy]

It used to be mangosteen as number 1 can't remeber the rest or if that's changed

[@WeirdExplorer]

There is a video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2jKd3ajZp1_gdk

[@minamur]

looks like a slime from dragon quest

[@39coolbeans39]

❤️

[@brandengillette7794]

Make candy with it!

[@davidarundel6187]

Is it also known as "Saw Palmetto" ? , As that grows in the same region , and looks similar . Saw Palmetto , is good for guys who have prostrate problems , or issues with the daily flow of urine .

[@WeirdExplorer]

that's different, those don't have a nice flavor

[@janreed3338]

Shoo fly pie

[@moradtabbicca9204]

How can we ship fruits to you?

[@WeirdExplorer]

contact through www.weirdexplorer.com 😃

[@Krazyyerttle]

Will you ever come back to buffalo?

[@WeirdExplorer]

Not to live. But I visit anytime I'm driving out that way. I have to get my Spot Coffee and Mighty Taco fix.

[@Krazyyerttle]

@@WeirdExplorer haha hell yeah

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

it looks like the dome on top of some historic russian churches.

[@diannaodman2847]

looks like a mini fig.

[@0therun1t21]

At first glance I thought the thumbnail said "Texas 8-ball", kind of an oxymoron considering the shortage of flesh. I want one anyway but I don't wanna get hooked.

[@Dystopix]

🎶

[@littleloneprepper4820]

Did you rehome your kitty?

[@bento4876]

He plans on giving his cat away?

[@littleloneprepper4820]

@@bento4876 -Oh, I don’t know. I was just wondering because he said he wasn’t planning on coming back. He might have taken it with him.

[@bento4876]

@@littleloneprepper4820 Ah kk. Thanks for clarifying.

[@MrAtrophy]

Texas should still be Mexico.

[@erikjohnson9223]

After exposure to saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), I became scared of anything with "palmetto" in its name.

[@cerberaodollam]

Isn't this the prostate medicine thing?

[@dragonpjb]

I live in Texas. send me seeds!