We Made A 3-Course Meal Out Of Foraged Food From Los Angeles

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[@kathryn7106]

imagine waking up in the morning and seeing this guy in your backyard just eating your plants

[@niteflitetheknitter]

😆 That would be weird as hell! Looks like he doesn't cross into private property unless personally invited, though.

[@svpremefrank8503]

Ga damn it. Jimmy get the shovel that weird guy is back and he's taking our plants again.

[@deniiR]

@@svpremefrank8503 🤣🤣🤣

[@feleciajohnson8467]

Or grubs lol

[@mounag8518]

And the damn grub, that was disgusting

[@threecheersforsweetcheesew3231]

This man ate a grub without hesitation but refused to bite a lemon

[@CC-si3cr]

he explained why he didn't. were you not paying attention?

[@audreykc7562]

Candis chill lmao

[@Arctic_and_The_F0X]

*amateur*

[@threecheersforsweetcheesew3231]

Candis You sound like my teacher

[@beansandguac2119]

Bruh watch the buzzfeed video on him he literally eats roadkill and wild squirrels

[@JosetteFret93]

Not wearing shoes in the city sounds like a good way to get glass in your foot.

[@emmaeccles4294]

In my city, needles

[@KnowYourProduce]

Not just glass in the city 😬

[@kierankemal9545]

Exactly completely agree

[@CC-si3cr]

yeah, there was zero justification for him not wearing shoes other than he just doesn't like wearing shoes. which is fine. just say that! don't turn it into some earthy, 'it's just me saving the planet in a different way' schtick.

[@KuroAkira18]

His feet probably have became like Toph

[@Elensila2718]

I think they should have juiced some of those berries for the shaved ice. Like half berry juice and half lemon juice.

[@pureconception]

My thought exactly.... Like hello. Natural sugar

[@VampyricDeth]

Or a berry syrup to add on top

[@KM-nq7ez]

Elensila2718 or crushed and just mixed right in..... 😋

[@Faithful1ne07]

Me too!

[@candiedlemons1257]

But what were those berries?

[@buddhapiyao1315]

just a tip for foods that tend to get slimy after cooking. Dry roast them for a few minutes. we Indians eat a lot of Okra and Okra can be extremely slimy when cooked with any fluid. we simply dry roast it on a pan without any oil till it gets a bit roasted on the edges and then add it to any soup or curry. now your soup wont turn slimy. try the same with the cactus. the cactus is so tender im sure simply dry roasting it with a pinch of salt and a few dried herbs should taste awesome. try it and see how it goes.

[@shanpadarath2931]

Or leave it out in the sun for a day after having sliced them. We do that with out okra and bitter melons

[@natashadutta977]

Dry roasting works so damn well with slimy food. I strongly agree here.. I would advice adding the salt later tho..

[@natashadutta977]

@@shanpadarath2931 yes yes yes

[@buddhapiyao1315]

@@natashadutta977 obviously dear once its used in a curry or Subzi you do add salt. roasting is just the prep to avoid the slime.

[@Ingridrw]

I do the same with mushrooms

[@davBOTW]

Next time please try "We made a 3-course meal out of foraged food in NEW YORK" lol

[@fixit5555]

David Smadja so... rats and roaches?

[@michelepaccione8806]

There's food growing in New York. I found a fig tree in the Tudor City parks, and there are herbs growing in the indoor garden at the Ford Foundation Center. The corms of canna are edible, growing in Bryant Park (though they may be PO'ed when you start digging up their landscaping). And there are youtube videos about foraging in Manhattan parks. Of course, that's illegal. :)

[@TaraVision8]

There’s actually a guy that shows you how to forage in NYC. I also have mulberry trees all around my apartment with tons of fruit in the summer time.

[@Robin.Greenfield]

I will do this for you David, next time I'm there. Join me on my channel at: kzbin.info

[@eiliyah.wahhaj]

TaraVision8 how?? I assume it’s all about perfect timing to plant and grow? Cause I live in the NYC area too, the environments are soooo complex

[@TrinaPorter]

Now I suddenly wanna go forage in a forest and live off the land Watch me die

[@sabrinasamsuddin]

Take me with you sister 😁

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Hi Trina! There's a simple rule to stay out of trouble: Only eat something if you are 100% certain of what it is. I recommend seeking out people in your area who can take you out foraging to teach you. They are there if you look for them! Health and happiness to you, Rob (from the video)

[@mudflapbrokentire]

LMAOOO

[@alexcastaldi1679]

LMAO😂

[@TrinaPorter]

@@Robin.Greenfield Thank you so much, Rob! Same to you(:

[@nunukaller8436]

I strongly suggest not to use sea salt, especially if it is sourced from areas close to the beach. it is full of microplastics nano-sized that you ate with the salt. :( Apart from that: wow! :)

[@Snapster416]

Shut up

[@nunukaller8436]

@@Snapster416 Aw, what a distinguished comment! Thanks, so lovely! Have a nice day and don´t eat too much plastics, ok? ;)

[@yumu5460]

SnapHappy what are you? 9?

[@86upsmaya]

Where do u think salt comes from then?

[@klaudia711]

86upsmaya sea salt is often in purified pools which are filtered and refined to remove impurities and microplastics.

[@christylauren4545]

merle, a vegan watching a guy eat a live animal and then spit it out I FEEL BAD FOR LAUGHING

[@Robin.Greenfield]

You can read my further thoughts on some of the not so obvious or mainstream realities of veganism here: www.robgreenfield.tv/veganism

[@user-mg3jz9em9f]

@laura bittner I thought all vegans knew they can't be 100% cruelty free. However, a vegan diet is the closest to that. Now that we know how insects feel pain I can't understand why someone would go from vegan to eating a bug alive.

[@skarnica]

@@user-mg3jz9em9f Most recent studies indicate that is most likely not true. It's very unlikely they do feel pain.

[@mitchelmosier7205]

c Well it’s not just bugs he just rationalized that no one can be cruelty free so what is eating an animal every once in a while if it isn’t processed and tortured its entire life. He had to eat a squirrel and some fish in order to stay healthy so there wasn’t really a way around it for him

[@mitchelmosier7205]

Also since it isn’t coming from a farm or industry it is about as close to natural predation as you can get

[@AS-ho8hl]

A date with this guy: "Hey so I was planning on having some meat with a green salad for our dinner date today!" "omg that sounds great!" *serves grub with grass* ...... ...... "oh." (jokes apart, he sounds like a great human!)

[@sweetanzu2231]

How come people replying to comments are becoming less and less.

[@AS-ho8hl]

@@sweetanzu2231 maybe they're busy making their own 😅

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Hi Aiswarya! Sending lots of love to you! Rob (from the video)

[@nelsonyou4638]

Watch his buzzfeed vid about him only eating foraged stuff for a year. It’s pretty incredible. I like how buzzfeed/goodful have such chill vegan/vegetarians.

[@AS-ho8hl]

@@Robin.Greenfield OH. MY.GOD. I'm sorry if that joke was inappropriate, Rob 😬. But honestly, I love the work you're doing. It's sooo inspiring. I've made major changes to my lifestyle after having watched videos from people like you (no grub eating involved, though). I hope you live a healthy, safe, and fruitful life. Good luck, man! 😊🤞

[@daintydelights3184]

They could have blended the berries with the lemon for a bit of sweetness

[@user-nl1wd4gv8w]

did i hear that right. he said he hasn’t worn shoes for 8 years?? sir how about winter in the uk??

[@marley7659]

he lived in florida for awhile

[@JM-xy2nl]

dont think he lives in the uk

[@paulina978]

I'm even more curious as to what he does if he has to enter public buildings with all that dirt on him

[@shitlista4283]

I think he meant while foraging

[@Robin.Greenfield]

I wear shoes sometimes, just not most of the time. I wear shoes when I am in cold places. I write more about that here if you're interested: www.robgreenfield.tv/barefoot

[@landopolaroid9157]

They didn’t forage. They raided an Asian family’s community garden.

[@apollotheodore2560]

Basically just stealing

[@naresh4236]

i know right , love that indian family tho for being so nice

[@maggiecolton4776]

I mean...with permission. Is that really raiding?

[@user-ii5jh2ch2i]

@@maggiecolton4776 They asked and it is a community garden.

[@LilAlien-3000]

They planted their garden so the community could use it. It’s not raiding or stealing

[@pupmi]

At 10:48 you can tell that Rob definitely feels most at home in an outdoor kitchen where food scraps will just biodegrade when thrown behind oneself. I love it.

[@nikemedina6340]

Just a tip for future videos: We are living vicariously through you, so when you taste things please describe the flavors. It's one thing to know the texture, but a whole other to have an idea as to what the tastes are in a food video

[@fireflieer2422]

Yes, that's why I love emmymadeinjapan. She explains it so well that I feel like I'm the one eating the dish

[@justyna7827]

I don’t recommend foraging in large cities, just cause it’s edible, doesn’t mean it hasn’t been washed by harsh chemicals, such as acid rain, pesticides or pollution itself.

[@AlexxWretched]

Yeah, definitely be careful

[@fortytwo6257]

Acid rain is not directly harmful.

[@briannagrace8376]

We aren't just talking about acid rain anyways (^) but living in a city means the plants are likely have been exposed to chemicals. Foraging in rural areas can come in handy without risking using polluted plants.

[@86upsmaya]

U sure what u buy in stores are chemical free?

[@justyna7827]

86upsmaya if you’re alright with carbon emissions then this isn’t a problem but I’m sure every city in every country has animals or insects. Not only that lousy people don’t usually pick up their pets poop. But pesticides are different, you have cars that lose oil, carbon monoxide and sulfates in acid raid that aren’t the best for you. But I have no doubt that someone up your road or anyone’s road has used pesticides.

[@connerrogers4638]

6 year old me “outdoor cooking” : “mmmm, who wants some organic mystery leaf salad?!” Me now : realizing that the salad was probably edible

[@itseggsie]

Merle: gives an in-depth explanation of the potato soup and how boiling it will bring out the flavor Rob: *"it's soup."*

[@nic.k_o]

I love it jdkdkdkd

[@terezarasovska8346]

Lol

[@janafawzy2003]

the whole time rob was foraging my brain was just " no he probably wont pick that. it's just a bush; non-edible green bush. he's just messing w us" and then he picks it and says what it acc is and I turn into the pikachu meme

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Hi Jana! Yes, once you learn the plants the whole world around you changes. It's worth learning them, even if you never eat them. But once you know them you'll probably want to start incorporating them into your life. Sending love! Rob (from the video)

[@nathanreaperz8229]

@@Robin.Greenfield LOL HE REPLIED HAHA

[@keerthana7353]

@@Robin.Greenfield you are amazing! Wish I had buddies who were willing to go forage and be adventurous.

[@millenialfragrancenerd94]

CNN Breaking News: Broke College Students Raiding Parks And Sidewalks Found All Over Los Angeles Edit #1: I didn't expect this many likes in such a short amount of time. On top of it, this comment wasn't edited until now!

[@noone7304]

I will be going to uni next year. This gave me some ideas lmao

[@FieryJuniper]

Well at least they won't be on a ramen noodle diet or whatever ever diet broke college students eats

[@szonjacook]

Tamás Bálint Kucsora haha Los Angelesben könnyű, nehezebb dolguk lenne Budapesten 😄😄

[@millenialfragrancenerd94]

@@szonjacook de Los Angelesben azért több ember lakik, mint Budapesten 😄

[@Starfish6]

😁😁😁😁💸💸💸💸

[@zxcytdfxy256]

Alright, just for the people that don't know, most basic store bought salt is fortified with Iodine (I think there is a law for it) it helps your thyroid and believe me you are better off with the Iodine fortified salt, so before you go all crazy hunting for free salt, keep this in mind. Side note: no disrespect to anyone, I just want people to avoid an unnecessary risk.

[@alicehu8880]

True dat, if you don't get enough iodine you can get some nasty weird bump things

[@maryamjanahi9358]

100% true!! you can also get iodine from seaweed! maybe fish for some seaweed while you collect sea water??

[@jungkooks_microwavephobia]

But I don’t think you need it though if you live near the sea anyway...I mean whenever im in a coastal region I can taste the salt even in the air

[@sweethanami94]

People with hashimotos should stay away from iodinised salt!

[@supersucka4love]

Usually only people in developing countries or people with specific dietary needs need iodized salt in their diet. If you live in a developed country, you should be getting most of your necessary iodine from just a regular balanced diet since iodine is found in foods such as fish, shrimp, eggs, and seaweed.

[@Lucy-ws9yh]

the collab we didn't know we needed

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Glad to bring it to you Lucy!

[@markcremasco1859]

lame

[@Starfish6]

💚💚💚

[@KayS471]

it's easy for you to say you "don't need shoes" when you live in sunny los angeles. try that in nyc lol

[@af5852]

He said he's "never foraged in LA before" so I highly doubt he lives there

[@yowut1494]

the family that has that community garden makes me so happy! that’s such a wonderful thing that they’re willing to do and share. Not only for people who simply like to live zero waste/forage for food, but also just for people who can’t afford much! It’s so sweet (:

[@TTMW]

I would be worried about what pesticides are used on the plants that came from random areas.

[@jessicaorozco1749]

I agree, but grocery food had so much pesticides and added harmful chemicals that, unless you grow it yourself, is harmful anyway.

[@37thraven]

@@jessicaorozco1749 You're right, but arguiably, there's less restrictions on home-use of pesticides. Just calls for a good rinse and boil

[@superduperfreakyDj]

@@jessicaorozco1749 But farmers have regulations in place that decide how many pesticides they can use, unfortunately there are no such regulations for gardens in the US as far as I know.

[@OwenKB1]

The berrys are called lily pilies and they grow everywhere in Australia.

[@jackycampos9598]

“All of California shouldn’t pay for salt” sir I live in the Central Valley 🤠

[@SarahM-lw2gd]

Yes, thank you!!! So do I.

[@icehulk2]

Me too!!

[@takayanagi-senseissurprise2104]

Jacky Campos YEEEEE HAAAWWWWW!!!

[@edgar123456789P]

Drive to pismo lmao

[@ladytofuu]

Human still need Iodium (:

[@surojit3497]

The man expected another high five in the end, the woman threw him off with the hug.

[@Robin.Greenfield]

I'm definitely a hugger, but you're right for some reason was thinking high five!

[@tyghe_bright]

Thinking about eating foods growing by the roadside in LA, with whatever might have been sprayed on them... and then they make salt from the ocean water. LA ocean water.

[@86upsmaya]

What do u think salt is made of then?

[@TheGreenerItGets]

@@86upsmaya BELOVED. It is taken from the sea and sanitised.

[@givernymiedema6036]

@@86upsmaya it's mainly taken from mountains, as well as PURE pools. You really shouldn't be getting your salt from dirty, polluted ocean water.

[@86upsmaya]

@@givernymiedema6036 well,im from an island nation and all our salt comes from the ocean. Ofcourse they are purified before consumption.

[@givernymiedema6036]

@@86upsmaya The whole point of the original comment was to say that having non purified water from a polluted area is not a good idea. There's also quite a big difference in pollution levels of the water you get your salt from and the water around LA.

[@ashleythebest.]

*I always wished everyone lived in an environment in which they could plant and share with the community* ❤️🌸 lovely video guys, glad you teamed up to make this 🎊

[@nehas9239]

Rob seems so cool! I’d love to see more about his lifestyle and learn how to live off of foraged/grown food 😄

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Hi Neha! Join me on my channel: kzbin.info :)

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

*_Eats grub_* Erin: That’s not vegan!

[@melancholymagica6877]

yess a jubilee reference xD

[@breeag8944]

I love that this is just an internet inside joke now hahah

[@SarahM-lw2gd]

Oh, yes😂

[@zoeg4213]

Melancholy Magica you can’t put that it’s a jubilee reference. it’s takes away from the people who know it organically. it’s supposed to be an inside joke. 😂

[@dhu2056]

@@breeag8944 aka a meme

[@kplg6]

I absolutely LOVED this video!!! I'd love if Rob could come and see what can be foraged in NYC x)

[@Robin.Greenfield]

There's SO MUCH to forage there. Do some web-searches and you'll find local foragers that can take you out and teach you! Sending love Belinda!

[@kplg6]

@@Robin.Greenfield that's a fantastic idea, Rob! I will have to do some searching for some local foragers here and report back :) Keep on living your lifestyle and teaching us your ways - I love what you do, especially advocating for people to turn their lawns into urban gardens; food insecurity in food "deserts" or "swamps" would be a thing of the past.

[@eyjeyforce6616]

rats, i guess.

[@erikar2203]

10:48 he tosses the stem back 😂. He's adorable.

[@erikar2203]

@Dave Daniels yesss

[@lace77721]

Rob Greenfield: You are an AMAZING human, who's message I can't help but spread to anyone willing to listen & who's voice I hear in my head anytime I come close to wasting something or forgetting my reusable bags when I go out anywhere! Thank you for all of who you are, your transparency, & the message you're giving the world by LIVING your words. I look forward to keeping up with your works & what things you have to come & will be sharing with us in the future ☺️

[@christylauren4545]

merle’s videos are my favourite!!!

[@zxcytdfxy256]

shoutout to the indian lady for letting them raide her garden

[@dnld1234]

im so happy to see this collab!!!

[@SophiaNormantas.]

On a real note though, I LOVE this video. Showing people that food doesn’t just appear in a pretty package at the supermarket but that it took a lot of work to get to your table which deserves appreciation. Love 😍

[@Kahlil7886]

Very awesome video, and info indeed! Thanks for showing us the way!

[@natedagreat95]

I'm all for foraging, but they need a cooking 101 class. The food looked so bland! Roast the potatoes, build some color and flavor!

[@rafikplz]

they need oil tho

[@niadineli1700]

Gottalove Walruses I think the whole thing was that they only have to cook with the things that they foraged so they couldn’t use spices

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Hi there guy who loves the Walruses, This was not the absolute tastiest meal, but we were pretty limited in that I had never foraged in LA and was new to the plants in the area. I had just spent a year growing and foraging 100% of my food in Florida and ate over 300 species of food. I made many incredibly tasty meals. If I stayed in LA longer we'd be onto gourmet soon. You can see them here: www.robgreenfield.tv/foodfreedomfoods Health and happiness to you!

[@Mr_Kezu]

Gottalove Walruses The neighborhood they were in probably didn’t provide many spices and they need oil to roast potatoes.

[@bodyofhope]

@@Mr_Kezu lemon peel has some oil... I would've used the lemon zest, rosemary, salt and a spray of lemon to roast the potatoes. Greek style! 🙂 The crushed up berries would've made a nice salad dressing over the greens with some lemon juice & salt. I wonder how the cactus tastes 🤔

[@alanisventura5602]

This only has salt... *screams in hispanic*

[@mario-melen6703]

Alanis Nicole Ventura Avila they didn’t season because they probably couldn’t find any😭

[@saz_photography64]

I already now this is gonna be an amazing collab

[@MaxMustermann-ld7sl]

What the flip... I've been seeing this guy on Pete Kanaris' channel for several times :) Never thought you would collaborate with him and Merle. Nice move into the sustainable direction !!

[@merinjohn5632]

Actually u can cook amaranth leaves and tender stem too. It can be cooked with some coconut shavings ( optional) . Its so yummy and healthy

[@huhuhihi9823]

The way he said "me too" at 11:38 was adorable

[@kcarm32]

I just started following Goodful and love that you had Rob Greenfield on! I'm a big fan of his!

[@kcarm32]

That was a weird watch. Wait. Wait. Let me guess. Did someone wear a sweater and then the air conditioner broke? Or, B.O. was in the house? Fart-a-zoom-a? Hair of the dog? What happened? You guys look sweaty. lol

[@AliensKillDevils.]

Enjoy Sunshine and Please be Vegan🥬🥗🌽🥕🥦🥥🥑🍓🍇🍌🍎🍐🍑🥭🍅🥒🍉❤️🌞🌈👼❤️🏖

[@krisztiannemeth3301]

Rob is the most interesting and actually eco friendly person on Goodful! Please do more content with him 🌱

[@youghvaudough]

this is like when you go around sims neighborhoods and pick fruits/veggies/flowers off the sidewalks but irl lmao

[@evie1919]

my favorite idea that i've seen so far is for him to do an urban forage. i live in a more busy suburb-ish area, so this would be really cool to see and learn from!

[@RarePeach]

Great kob, Rob! It was such a fun journey! I was there with you on your highs and lows. Keep it up!

[@Angelikasdiary]

Love that he just threw the stem on the floor😂 10:47

[@Glowritz1]

The dutty ocean water lawwwwd

[@samantha3000s]

Same thing Im thinking.

[@kayharriott5298]

😂😂

[@anirudhgurtu2189]

Nice to see some of the greens. Never thought would see bathua(lambs quarters), Chenopodium album in America. But learned it's a common weed in America.

[@nevertime1246]

I love this collaboration. I think Rob taught her a few things. I've lived in LA for a few years and never thought of doing this. I also just learned what sorrel is...thanks Rob! that grub tho

[@tayylor026]

This was actually so cool and informative

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Good to hear. Lot's more where this came from on my channel! kzbin.info (It's Rob from the video)

[@buddhapiyao1315]

for the greens to Maintain the nutrients i would dunk it in hot water just for a minute and take them out-- dont cook tender leaves till they slump as they loose their nutritional value. and leaving it a tad crisp adds to the fiber content too.

[@kates4275]

I love Rob's vision and his approach to spreading the awareness of local foods and foraging. Watching him eat a grub takes me right back to the Lion King when they were eating all those juicy plump grubs and as a small child, I was always curious but never that adventurous to find out how grubs tasted.

[@lumberjackal2462]

This is amazing quarantine content; reminds me when going out was allowed!!

[@ngripp2172]

I love how he made the salt. Now if we could just go to the Himalayas and do the same thing that would be super LOL

[@prajwalrandive9446]

My boy grub just got spit Felt sad

[@emilymarguerita2781]

Wow, bless this crossover. Amazing.

[@wholemealblousey2641]

The hedge is a lilly pilly tree. Pip the berries and use as if you would blueberries in a muffin. My favourite family recipe

[@psj0611]

I really didn't know that making your own salt from seawater in a pan is possible. Can't believe I haven't thought of that lol. 😂 I tried when I was little to make my own salt but I literally left the saltwater that I got in a container under the sun to naturally evaporate. I thought that that was the only way to make salt. 😆😂

[@emmakatenotcake]

It was how everyone used to make it centuries ago. I’m not sure I’d recommend doing it now though. The ocean was a lot less polluted once upon a time.

[@TheFighterfemme]

@@emmakatenotcakeyeah I was thinking about all the oil and other pollution sediments that would be retained with that salt

[@emmakatenotcake]

@@TheFighterfemme Some might say that because you're boiling it and consuming it such small quantities it would be okay, but I'm not sure it's a risk worth taking relative to the other foraging hacks. Besides, my nearest beaches are in Port Phillip Bay, and that's definitely a big fat no on account of how dirty it is.

[@NamesChuck]

@@emmakatenotcake The micro plastics might be your biggest concern

[@hopegold883]

The only problem is, you’re condensing whatever solids are in your water. So you’ll get a full dose of all the pollutants in the ocean off of LA.

[@blueclaycrafts2659]

This video sums up me and my friends playing outside

[@ChiMayMoo]

The family with the garden that’s open for everyone! Goals

[@str791]

Rob: *"Making my way downtown, picking plants, eating plants, boy I love plants~"*

[@amolm5689]

2:50 our next Bear Grylls

[@kiraalaa]

I hope he asked before he snatched all those lemons. That’s more than “a few”

[@chanwinsern8814]

Neighbour : Why's this man and camera crew doing with my lemons?

[@lepetitmadmosielle5317]

Well he got most of them from the ground and I guess nobody would be mad, if a person would harvest a bunch of lemons.

[@ronn68]

I live in AZ where a lot of people have lemon trees, etc. The fruit just lays on the ground rotting. Even if you have the true for the fruit you could never eat it all. I can't imagine anyone getting upset that he picked a few lemons.

[@subtotechnoblade2692]

its from a community garden

[@sandratran8335]

He’s absolutely radiating! Soo inspirational:)

[@neeonfox7484]

Rob has such a positive and sweet personality to him!!

[@sil7062]

" it can be done everywhere" like I'm not saying it's wrong but canada kills everything because of the cold soooooo.... come over and see what our cold has

[@emilymarguerita2781]

On his channel he talks about how he lived only on foraged foods living in the northern US (I want to say Wisconsin). Although it might be impossible to live off of foraged/home grown goods entirely it is definitely admirable to try and do MORE of it.

[@growinglife5094]

I'm pretty sure Rob's actually thinking of trying this in Wisconsin! It could definitely be done, but probably not freshly foraged year round, and it would likely involve more animal foods and preserved foods. On his channel, Rob talks a bit more about his year growing and foraging 100% of his food and shows some of his preserved foods :)

[@swedishdogs3327]

Persevered, canned, dried and storaged food in winter. Not at all impossible living of completely foraged and homegrown food in Canada. People has survived for ages without supermarkets in Canada, but obviously can be difficult getting into if you're coming from the city for example. But not impossible I would say

[@kaemincha]

Do you think people just... didn't exist in Canada before there were stores for pre-packaged food...?

[@sil7062]

@@kaemincha woah, people existed?! I never thought of that, always thought it was just me here wondering around Jk, i meant that if i wanted to find a plant based diet it'd be hella difficult

[@bazli83]

A friend is asking on how to cook her leafy vege, a dish simple as this can definitely be done with less ingredients such as these

[@Robin.Greenfield]

One of my favorite ways is to simply sautee leafy greens with olive oil, salt and lemon juice. Other herbs are good to add to.

[@christineHJY96]

Please do more vids like that. I did love to watch more outdoor vids like forage and cooking outdoor.

[@weirdlygaby1178]

i couldn’t take him seriously after he ate the bug and said he hasn’t been wearing shoes for 8 years

[@joez3706]

He also has a video where he drinks his own past period that was the end of my ability to take him seriously

[@juliawilliams8422]

When he threw the stem behind him at 10:48 I thought it was so hilarious

[@yourmom2189]

This is the best colab I've seen in a long time! I love it!!!

[@ligareimane5307]

I grew up in the countryside so I relate to this

[@hilaryboyd8594]

This is my new favorite Merle video! You should do more foraging videos. This was a really cool concept.

[@tristinkimberly1109]

Are there resources I can use to start foraging? I live in a small town and don’t think anyone around would be able to instruct me, but it sounds like an incredible opportunity for health and sustainability.

[@miles_quartz]

Tristin Kimberly Check out your local library for an index of plants that are native to your area then check to see if they’re edible! I’ve done that before but I do live in a pretty big city so I probably have more resources. Good luck on your sustainability journey :))

[@Lalitaditya100]

A collab I never imagined, just perfect!

[@maricelasantos4631]

Nopales can also be boiled then strained to get rid of all the slimy juice. Then you are left with a much more managable veggie! They hold their texture really well even after being boiled!

[@watcher2600]

Rob forgetting that Merle is a vegan: *dO yOu WaNnA eAt It* (the grub) No but for real tho, I like the guy, he is so wholesome

[@freakier0790]

I'm not convinced veganism is the reason she declined to eat the grub. 🤣

[@lcweinstock]

I would be so mad if someone took a pad off of my cactus. That's actually illegal...

[@therealteal4414]

lcweinstock I was thinking the same thing about the lemon tree. They took a lot of lemons

[@antoinettemccall171]

@@therealteal4414 They made a note in he video referring to this They said do not forage unless you have permission. They most likely got them off public property or asked permission beforehand.

[@subtotechnoblade2692]

He asked the owners

[@beansprout4431]

I grew up in West LA and I used to make juice out of those little magenta berries, I called it fairy juice. Also my mom would often use rosemary and nasturtiums from the street garden in her cooking

[@marylemma9932]

I love Rob!!!!! Awesome collab

[@CristianGonzalez-gk5ne]

SMH when he said don't overcook the nopales. You're supposed to boil out the slimness with lots of salt and water unless you're grilling which also drains out the slime.

[@joez3706]

White boy don't know 😮

[@ohh5178]

Oh maybe I can save some money. This seems like a great opportunity to to learn something new and a way to get some exercise and- *remembers I live in Scandinavia

[@DutchDansing]

Are you kidding me? I bet there must be all kinds of berries. Also, if you live near the sea you can look for edible seaweed.

[@feebeci]

This is so inspiring !

[@sarawoods8708]

I just adore Rob! He is so funny!

[@valeriem6187]

"It's right there in the ocean". Foo, I live like 2.5 hours from the ocean. There's no freaking way I'm spending gas to forage some damn salt.

[@ophirtu6284]

please make it a series! each episode is a meal made from new neighborhood/community gardens across the states :)

[@Tiamiabia]

Yayyy Rob and Merle. Rob, Merleand Auri though! Now that’s one fun, healthy video. Maybe even Joyce

[@leonelroque4248]

I’ve picked nopal with my grandma in Mexico when I was lil!! Idk what I loved more picking our own food or spending time with mi mah in the world!!! Good times(:

[@nishhx_x]

Me after watching this video: so I was walking down the sidewalk in this neighborhood and found a portal that leads me to a world full of green unicorns and golden rainbow spitting frogs.

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Sounds like a great portal. I want to join you there!

[@cielcrystalene]

*watches this video* I wanna try foraging! *looks outside and it’s the middle of winter (Canada)* I can forage water? T^T

[@bakedpotato1238]

The leaves of amaranth also taste really good, good source of iron too

[@OscarBoscar889]

rob: found some flat cactis so im just gonna harvest them cactus owners: what happened to my cacti?