CLOUDBERRY : My Hunt For One Of The World's Most Elusive Fruits - Weird Fruit Explorer

Episode 500: Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) - Weird Fruit Explorer
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[@WeirdExplorer]

Thank you everyone who has followed along on my adventures over all these years. Its hard to believe its been 500 Episodes! If you are new to the channel, welcome! Check out this playlist of my top episodes: kzbin.info/aero/PLvGFkMrO1ZxJldWKpSAhhnxuPYVeCt8oj

[@youtube.commentator]

Awesome fruit for episode 500, well documented

[@nakrul987]

will there be cats?

[@robsonwilianwinchester9726]

You should try Brazilians fruits like jaboticaba and pitanga.amora.brazilians mangoes and citrus 🍊🥭.

[@stanervin6108]

New citrus: Sanbukan. Japanese. EDIT:Spelling may be 'Sanbokan'. 🍋

[@josephhubbard6076]

will there be another series similar to the coco de mer episodes?

[@taseenmahmood6484]

Maybe the real cloudberry was the friends we made along the way just want to clear something up, this isn't a reference to any show, it's just a saying that I changed to make a joke about the video.

[@ericgillespie2812]

Oof

[@innovativeatavist159]

Lol

[@let_uslunch8884]

slow clap 👏😥

[@nate_d376]

Nice...

[@homeslices3]

ahh yes cannibalism!

[@callistoemarilawson8483]

In Norway, you can find them in swamps and generally damp areas. They're not that rare but still most people will never tell you where they pick theirs so that no one else knows their "secret" cloudberry spot.

[@bensoncheung2801]

Could multiple people still visit those spots, say, by finding them themselves, or would they argue?

[@ogueyratogeyrat7448]

@@bensoncheung2801 they argue

[@bensoncheung2801]

@@ogueyratogeyrat7448 For how long?

[@sunsundks3891]

Like mushrooms

[@Norsksk]

@@bensoncheung2801 technically you could, but there would probably be some arguing, yes

[@thebonkest3166]

He's obsessed with cloudberries because he knows they increase all of your max stats

[@avioracrown6967]

What reference is that? Jojo?

[@5types918]

@@avioracrown6967 ...

[@OHOE1]

I like to eat cloudberry jam to pancakes

[@MrCrasherdog]

@@5types918 when in doubt, just assume that it’s a jojo reference lmao

[@helenaorr]

@@avioracrown6967 i think one piece lol

[@MajaElise95]

It’s so funny to see this video as a norwegian. My grandparents pick cloudberries every year and when they get too old to I’m definitely going to take up that tradition for myself. It’s not as available as other berries like blueberries and rasberries, but still something I’m used to getting every year. In our family (and many other norwegian families) it’s a part of a traditional dessert we often have at christmas. I do treasure them over all other berries, but it never occured to me it would be this rare in the rest of the world.

[@MajaElise95]

@Peter Parlee-Carr people do! He just seemed really intent on having perfectly fresh berries. The berries are still kinda hard to get in large quantities, so it will always be expensive. I keep my berries in the freezer. Making it into jam is common.

[@peltomies6975]

Same for me, but im from Finland

[@wsellias7360]

@Peter Parlee-Carr my family makes yam out of them and store them in glassjars, its sooo good😋

[@hjallegamer6332]

Yeah. Same here om from sweden and every summer me and My family just pick about. Like, 15 kilograms(33lbs) of cloudberries or hjortron as we say in sweden,and yes, i looked up how much 15kg is in pounds just for the sake of this comment. You should be thankful you damned americans. And I just didnt know that it was so rare. Yes i knew that it was much less uncommon to be found like up in The northern areas of the world but I check in The freezer and think. I could make a lot of money of this. So in about 10-20 years of this comment. If you see anyone in The USA selling cloudberries its defenitly me. So see you later, i guess.

[@derpinator8789]

Didn't know they where that rare. But if you find an area on the mountain with cloudberries, you don't tell anyone.

[@tud5200]

My man went looking for cloudberries and found himself

[@rain_in_space5788]

Don't we all

[@Marina14u]

No why

[@moistmeathateroffurries8621]

@@Marina14u ew

[@justsomerandompenguinwitha9650]

And then he eats himself

[@brandadyanne]

I watched after reading your comment.

[@kamron3506]

this guy is literally a pokemon collecter in the real world, he's literally collecting wild fruits from around the world like a pokemon collector, cloudberry just sounds like something from pokemon

[@WeirdExplorer]

Now I just need a way to make them fight each other.....

[@joonakarkkainen26]

@@WeirdExplorer CEO of fruits

[@Sweet4Swirllix]

It's like a berry that you use on a pokemon

[@jameswarf6456]

_The world's most elusive fruits, gotta catch them all..!_

[@godelemender8009]

The Devil fruit hunter of our world

[@grey8771]

I picked cloud berries with an Inuit mother and son at the top of Canada in a tiny town called Tuktoyaktuk. We ate them with powdered milk and sugar- and it was absolutely awesome.

[@WeirdExplorer]

powdered milk? Interesting! sounds good

[@StonedtotheBones13]

That's definitely an experience you don't usually get. Sounds magical, and like something to treasure. Thanks for sharing

[@sylvia106]

That’s awesome!

[@camillepepin8512]

As a fellow Canadian, sometimes I look at a map and just think about how far I've gone in my travels and still I have absolutely no clue what the farthest villages in the North looks like. And It's my goal to go in one of those remote, unknown almost forgotten place some day.

[@alpaktuna]

That is based.

[@rafaelvillalobos6872]

this video inspired me to move to Finland. after watching this video, I fell in love with everything from the language, the culture, the people, the nature, fruits, and everything in between! if it weren't for this video, I wouldn't be where I am right now, so I cannot thank you enough. I have met some of the kindest people on the planet here. HYVÄ SUOMI!!! Kiitos kaikesta, suomi, mä rakastan suomalaisia. Tämä maa on paras maa maailmassa! :DDDD

[@WeirdExplorer]

that's incredible. so happy to hear it

[@YoopsYoops]

the ":DDDD" tells me you have assimilated in to the finnish culture well

[@SquishyDuckling]

Always forage yourself in Norway, Sweden & Finland. It is super expensive to buy mushrooms and berries that has been picked by others.

[@boopeep9670]

Do you have poisonous mushrooms up there? If you do are they easy to tell apart from safe edible mushrooms?

[@SquishyDuckling]

@@boopeep9670 Hi! Yeah we do. But here in Norway we have a mushroom control app that is very popular and safe to use. The most sought after mushrooms to pick in Norway is Kantarell (Chanterelle), Piggsopp (Wood Hedgehog Mushroom) and Steinsopp (Penny Bun) - unfortunately the Chanterelle has a very similar looking evil twin mushroom called Fake Chanterelle which is poisonous. Once you know them though it is easy to tell them apart :)

[@boopeep9670]

@@SquishyDuckling Thank you so much for replying princess Domo! That is fascinating and a great idea for an app. I love all kinds of mushrooms but I’ve never heard of the last two you listed I’m going to have to look those up. I wish we had more food that was accessible here to forage in Texas. I love traveling (before Covid) and experiencing other peoples culture and countries. Learning how to live in a completely different terrain than what you’re used to is endlessly interesting. There’s always something more to learn. It looks like we have the same problem with mosquitoes though lol. Stay safe.

[@SquishyDuckling]

@@boopeep9670 No problem! Mushrooms are so interesting, everything in the nature is really. Being able to forage and live so close to nature is something I cherish so much :) Thank you, stay safe :)

[@maple494]

Yep, in Finland 1kg of blueberries costs like 2,70€ even though they grow in everyone's backyard. People are just too lazy to go pick them up theirselves, but hey I don't complain at least it's easy money. Like a bucket full of blueberries goes for 25€, and that you can gather with a friend in an hour, which for a teenager is a nice amount :D And don't get me started on cloudberries...

[@EatMeNerd]

In summary: "Where can I find cloudberries? It's so hard! No, not that one. Not these either. Get that shizz away from me. Not even. Nope. Good yes, this one in the middle of this bog will be fine. It was ok I guess"

[@WeirdExplorer]

🤣

[@thebaseelanthebasavagam220]

G

[@Gualberto_Villaroel_Oficial]

I like ya cut

[@NeostormXLMAX]

damn this guy hardcore literally going straight to the bog in another country traveling so far and wide specificly to taste these berries

[@heroinmom153]

This made me laugh until my cloudberries hurt

[@PugsleyThePear]

Being eaten alive by mosquitos is part of the true cloudberry hunting experience.

[@Ulrna]

The locals always have the best mosquito repelants for sale or to borrow.

[@petergyenes4794]

I can't decide if is this annoyance or Valheim reference.

[@frosty6960]

@@petergyenes4794 The Valheim creators knows this ... they are from this region :)

[@deViant14]

Some OFF deep woods or Sawyer's would solve that problem

[@eelimaaninka2712]

Justiin näin😂

[@richardponsford5147]

I'm a horticulturist, and just love this guys passion for the weird and wonderful. Hats off!

[@david82633]

Cloud berries are very fragile, so just because they look mushy doesn't mean they are bad. They can still taste great

[@SSirloiNN]

@City17.76 Ever tried a durian? I'm not sure how accesible it is in the western part of the world but in Asia its pretty common. Despite its ankylosaurus style shell, its quite sweet if you can stand the smell.

[@SSirloiNN]

@City17.76 You should give it a go. I'm kind of a noob when it comes to choosing the better durians but if the flesh of the fruit is more bright yellow its generally a lot sweeter. The ones with less flavour look more beige-like.

[@aydinsha]

I thought it was stupid that he said that about the two first markets, but then goes and has his first taste be jam....

[@riran6636]

I love the smell and taste of durian! Guess it's just an acquired taste.

[@japanese_dude]

"I don't want my first taste of Cloudberry to be all mushy" *proceeds to consume Cloudberry jam*

[@jeesusteippi]

Finnish?

[@hellohuman2357]

@@jeesusteippi wdym??

[@marialindell9874]

@@jeesusteippi Torille vai minne?

[@williephuger]

*"fresh cloudberry" Jam is not fresh.

[@hdvaughan87]

Wanted to say just this, like wth

[@patronsaintofpoison]

I just found your channel today and I am so happy that I did. I have just recently experienced terrible loss in my life (I lost my apartment where I lived alone for 8 years and now I have to stay with my mother who yells at me every day). Your weird fruit series will certainly brighten my life. I really need positive and educational entertainment to distract my mind. I was overjoyed when you found the cloudberries. It is wonderful that you go on adventures for a beautiful purpose. I look forward to watching your other videos. I am sure this will be one of my favorite YT channels.

[@bismarkbizmark5639]

The truffle of the fruit world! I'm gonna use that line promoting cloud berries to my friends. They taste so sweet and special, mango apricot vanilla, but i've never found them in large quantities.

[@Kjetibel]

In my country they become more frequent in hillsides, from about 50 meters up. Special rule only pick the berry, not the green it sits on, folklore says it won't grow new berries for 10 years if you do.

[@elsalaiho1699]

I have to say, as a native Finn, it was a very interesting thing to see something as ordinary as cloudberry treated as an odd and exotic thing :D Yeah, sure, it's not something I'd have every day here either, and definitely more often as jam than fresh, but it doesn't really feel that rare. But I also think you did the right thing by trying to forage them! Yeah, if you just wanted to taste a berry, it was a waste of time (and to you probably also money), but just walking in the forest is a reward in itself. I rarely go intentionally to pick berries, although if I'm going to a forest in summertime when blueberries are ripe I might take a small box with me so I can pick what I come across, but I'm pretty sure that even the Finns who really intentionally go to pick berries for their own use really go because they enjoy spending time outdoors. Besides, a berry you picked by yourself is always going to taste better than store-bought, even if it's bitter and not quite ripe, just because it's something you did, yourself! Also, I would personally, if I went searching for cloudberries, rather look for the leaves first and only then see if there were any berries, bc otherwise you might miss berries that are covered or hidden by something in front of them, or you might look for them where there are no cloudberry plants. That's what my parents do, anyway (again, we don't really go out looking for berries but if we end up where we know something grows, we might see if we can find any). Also, congratulations. You, an American, have now travelled in Finland more than I, a Finn, ever have! I really want to go hiking in Lapland some day (I hear fall is really the best season for that, because there's less mosquitoes and other pesky insects than in summer, plus nature looks very gorgeous when everything is in its autumn colors, all yellow and orange and red), but it's far away and kinda expensive to go there, plus I don't really have supplies for proper hiking, couldn't set up a tent even if I had one, and I can't really make a fire so... for now it's just a dream

[@WeirdExplorer]

Good tip on the leave spotting. I hope you get to lapland soon, it's well worth the journey.

[@blackhole3407]

hello from latvia! people here also pick cloudberries and make delicious jam, they are definetly not that rare. we call them bearberries

[@alfepalfe]

@@blackhole3407 Hey in Sweden we call blackberries björnbär wich translates as bearberries.

[@chuckmeister6897]

Cloudberries are also very common in Northwest territory

[@isilduur7848]

I live in Norway and sometimes go outside to get cloudberries and come back with kilos of it

[@fyst4413]

In Norwegian these berries are called “molter” I have these bad boys growing in my field that is 100m from my house. We usually pick about 5-7L of these and sell them for around 700 dollars.

[@ErikaLH]

Same here in Sweden ^.^ Have just behind my house XD Need pancakes and Hjortronsylt now, drool!

[@amberphylaxis7314]

Bruh

[@weedoctor1]

What 100dollars per liter!?!?! Thats insane

[@recatwc]

Damn son where'd you find this!

[@arcticblue248]

@@weedoctor1 it is insane, people pay alot for this, so that there is no economy in it .. I don't know :-) but maybe its because of the supply and demand, the demand is bigger than the supply for now.

[@evelinaeriksson9281]

Made me so happy that you took the opportunity to explore cloudberries or as we call it in Sweden "The gold of the forrest". Actually I just came home from the forrest hunting for cloudberries, they are ripening in sweden now! Best time of the year!

[@r.gbucketshorts1345]

In pakistan we dont have these weird things like cloud berries but usual fruit are can be found in market and also i dont even eat blue berry cuz there us no blue berry here but i drink cold drink of blue berry

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

Yeah I also thought of the gold of the forest directly, I wonder if that's something we just say in Sweden, cause that's what popped up in my head as well.

[@user-yp7zv1ei4h]

“Maybe the real cloudberry was the friends we made along the way” Sun Tzu, Art of War

[@unwnme]

I liked that one.

[@r.gbucketshorts1345]

Noooo

[@jojjo113]

In Sweden we call them "Forest gold".My favorite way to eat them is cold vanilla icecream with hot mashed cloudberries.

[@todorminchev2123]

This sounds dope can you share a recipe !

[@strawberrytiramisu]

@@todorminchev2123 vanilla icecream from a freezer and cloudberries that have been mashed-

[@Rzmnz]

@@todorminchev2123 Take cloudberries, put in small pot, gently heat it up until it's steaming. Gently squish the berries in the pot with a spoon or a fork. Just enough so some bubbles pop and let out all that yum-yum juice. Take your ice-cream, place it in a bowl. For this I prefer just plain vanilla, because it's the berries I'm after, but heck, mix it up if you want to. Throw in some crackers, chocolate flakes. whatever... Only your imagination limits what you can combine. Pour the berries over the ice-cream. Enjoy with a cup of coffee and a shot of cloudberry liquer or punsch (not to be confused with punch)

[@todorminchev2123]

@@Rzmnz this sounds delicious, unfortunately where i live i dont think they sell cloudberries as far as in aware atleast i did bought a Ikea jam from cloudberries and i definitely dont think its close to the real thing but word that work as an temporary alternative? Do i still have to heat it up or will it caramelise?

[@ichhabe330]

And if you want to bring that dessert to a whole new level, have a little dash of Cognac on top of it (or as much you think you deserve). Next stop, Nirvana.

[@eugenebebs7767]

When grandpa brought those from the forest: "These suck, why couldn't you bring raspberries?" American: flies across the world to grab a few of those

[@thebaseelanthebasavagam220]

G

[@TemmieTem]

can relate so hard omg

[@Dmacthegoat]

Poor Grandpop :(

[@Notorious-AP]

The MilkMan fr😟

[@youbai.5482]

Cute cockatiel lol

[@randomguydoes2901]

this is by far the best jam you'll ever have. Try it warm with ice cream and/or waffles. Pancakes. Anyone who disagrees is flat out wrong.

[@WeirdExplorer]

its damn good jam

[@naukumaija7056]

Thank you so much for showing the (desolate, lol) market square in Rovaniemi, I used to live right next to it, and seeing it made me feel very homesick now that I live in Helsinki.

[@marsneedstowels]

"Torille?" "Ei."

[@Magmafrost13]

- youtube recommends this video to me - it seems really interesting - its half an hour long - there's 499 prior episodes Oh no Im going to lose *weeks* to this show, arent I?

[@thebaseelanthebasavagam220]

G

[@pieicx]

hahhaha same. I thought just a normal video but when he said he travelled to find fruits, that triggers me xD.

[@shadowknight7584]

Magmafrost13 ya I saw this comment

[@griffinc3263]

Love these really well written, in depth fruit documentaries. Well done!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks Griffin!

[@simonbd5373]

Weird Explorer i agree with griffin

[@GC-ej3qq]

Agreed

[@downbntout]

Have you had svälbaer?

[@artvandalay4528]

3 Griffin C's in a single comment thread? It's more likely than you'd think

[@cometastral]

They're extremely easy to find them, just go to a plains biome and you'll literally harvest hundreds of them. Just watch out for Deathsquitoes

[@sarabob8552]

Wat

[@sarabob8552]

Deathsquiutos?

[@cometastral]

@@sarabob8552 its a reference

[@rolfmeurink5373]

I just scrolled down the comments wondering where the first Valheim reference would be. Congrats, it's yours.

[@toomanymarys7355]

@@sarabob8552 In North America, mosquitoes can be terrible.

[@tomwinter2906]

"projectile vomiting sea-lions" had me laughing out loud - as an infant, i was such a sea-lion :-) and about 1964, I was in Helsinki, plus I love this channel!

[@ghostl337]

You should write a book with all the fruit you've tried and their taste

[@salfisher4132]

YEAH

[@preachist8274]

YEAH

[@oisin9528]

NO

[@iaw7406]

Doesnt need to, its all on his youtube channel.

[@NyanNyanNyanNyanNyanNyanNyanN]

YEAH

[@TheMuffinBagare]

"It's addictive to find a place far from home, where something unfamiliar to me is just a part of life." As a Swede, yes, cloud berries are just a part of life.

[@Reddotzebra]

Can confirm, you can buy the jam everywhere when it's in season, and there's even a place nearby where you can pick these, unless someone else beats you to it.

[@marcusaronsson8764]

He is barely able to find it meanwhile grandpa comes home with buckets filled with them

[@zapshark9031]

@@marcusaronsson8764 That's cause everyone keeps their foraging spot a secret. Like kantareller or in this case cloudberries.

[@jordanpayne6838]

Same here in Newfoundland accross the ocean, I sell them for 50$ a gallon. Usually pick around 20 gallons every season for some extra money.

[@demoniack81]

@@jordanpayne6838 w-why would you sell fruit by volume though I can only assume you must be some kind of serial killer

[@stianyttervik9070]

My father warned me when I was young: It is one thing to sleep with another man's wife. That can be excused. It is an entirely different thing, to pick the cloudberries on another man's property.

[@BaibaVulgaris]

Lmaoo, pervs:)

[@palipalli4348]

It is and should be everyman's right.

[@minibuns5397]

The Alpha male does both at the same time

[@corvusduluth]

@@minibuns5397 Alpha males get speared in the guts from ambush by 'cowardly' omegas. Something to think about.

[@maksphoto78]

@@palipalli4348 Not on someone's private property.

[@oofmybuns6721]

I lived in Alaska and every spring-summer I would pick blueberries and cloudberries not knowing what cloudberries wore

[@wakeenmo2270]

ill be visiting Alaska for the first time this summer,thanks for confirming wild cloudberries are available up there!

[@jordanblackbird7223]

@@wakeenmo2270 I think In Alaska u need to take a hike and not come back to find anything in tha bush

[@trashpanda2938]

You’re telling me such a rare fruit grows in the small turd island I live in

[@Rzmnz]

Finland isn't a turd island. Look at an Euro coin. There, Finland's a ballsack. And Sweden's a big d*ck. And Norway doesn't even exist...

[@CoconutSmoothieAJ]

turd island

[@daisycinnimon]

@@CoconutSmoothieAJ never come to long island.

[@CoconutSmoothieAJ]

@@daisycinnimon what

[@you_actually_read_these_702]

@@daisycinnimon no offense but why?

[@hamstersdailylife4938]

As an English non-native I must mention that this is one of the most foreigner-friendly, easy-to-listen narrations I’ve ever heard :) And the content is intriguing as well! Subscribed. Now I will spend my days binge watching videos about exotic fruits.

[@Muscles_McGee]

There is a kind of light-headed mania that befalls some people during the "White Nights" of midsommer, that takes place when you can't get much sleep and the body's biorhythms get thrown out of whack. The opposite happens in the dead of winter in the arctic when lack of daylight causes depression, lethargy and other psychological and physiological problems.

[@kexchoklad4konsum]

Ever heard of blinds?

[@davidlane8811]

I’m feeling that right now in Alaska. I’m tired all the time because I have this constant mania to take advantage of the daylight. It makes the beginning of winter nice, because we can finally relax!

[@pale9819]

We have so many names for these in Finland like lakka, hilla and suomuurain and I love cloudberry jam. In fact my mother lived in Jakomäki a few years ago and it has a small forest where cloudberries grow.

[@Gorthuba]

If you ever visit Norway I know of several places in the forest right above my house where cloudberries grow like thick blankets of golden orange on the hillside. I also have arctic bramble/nagoonberry in the garden which I would mail for review, though I suspect they wouldn't survive the journey. They're pretty great, the taste is something between a wild strawberry and a raspberry. There's plenty of black crowberry around too, though you have to forage it, plus stone bramble, bog blueberry, hackberry, black currant and lingonberry. There's a lot of sea buckthorn growing at the end of two rivers here as well, if you ever want to try them fresh. I just planted three of those bushes in the garden this year.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks so much for the offer. The arctic bramble is high on my list of fruit I have to try. At some point I plan on doing another trip to find it.. it'll probably be a couple years though until that can happen. When is it typically in season?

[@mrminer071166]

Did a Norwegian National Jamboree; lived on Knaakebrod and various berry jams for two weeks. Such good memories.

[@GeneralArmorus]

Is this the beginning of a beautiful next series?

[@Gorthuba]

@@WeirdExplorer I have them growing opposite of some wild strawberries which ripen at about the same time, so around july-august if I recall correctly. August is probably the best, so that there are for sure plenty of nice and ripe ones. They don't grow wild where I live, though they're found in the two northernmost regions of Norway. Far more common in Finland though, from what I've heard.

[@saethman]

Oh, make him do lingonberries! muahaha Lingonberry&whipped cream, "yum" lol

[@maxjansson3672]

As a Swede, I had no idea cloudberries were so rare. They literally grow everywhere here. Fun fact we call them Hjortron!

[@andreasjensvold9881]

norwegian, not rare at all, multe

[@ernomalmikankare6301]

Finnish, not rare, we call them Lakka

[@filipolofsson]

Hjortron

[@snailsaredumb9412]

American, not rare at all, because we have no clue what these are so we don't call them anything...

[@jonahlindhe756]

Jag tror att de växer i massor där de trivs. Jag är från Skåne och har aldrig sett färska hjortron.

[@benvanzon3234]

21:10 hard to find a lot of them he says. Asked a Finnish friend if he maybe had a few. He showed me his freezer and showed that he had around ~2 buckets of the stuff lol.

[@Meskarune]

Finnish people go out for like 8 hours to pick berries. They are really insane about it.

[@superlitin1]

So happy to have grown up with cloudberries every year. Spent a lot of the autumn time harvesting them with my mom, out in the marshy mountains of Norway, for jams and such for winter. It's incredibly sweet and my absolute favourite berry.

[@PigeonCrash]

I grew up in Norway and didn't realize that cloudberries were rare until I noticed I didn't know what they were called in English a few years back. Cloudberry cream might be my favorite dessert ever, but they're also great with just regular vanilla ice cream.

[@magicpensel9548]

As a fellow Norwegian I was just sitting here thinking. They are rare? That can't be right. It's like a 15 min drive and then 10 min walk from my home to find them. I have soo easy access that it doesn't compute for them to be hard to find. Also Cloudberry cream is just the best. Well anything with Cloudberry in it is, in my opinion

[@kendrahein45]

I’m jealous. I want to try these and I want to go back to Norway(I have friends in Bergen) but I haven’t been able to yet.

[@magnus4537]

As a fellow Norwegian, "Multekrem" is good af, and a must-have during Christmas!

[@jonaskruckie1450]

Northern russia is full of cloudberries, I could never get over the fact that it tastes like an old peoples couch to me though

[@mattezuka1274]

The ones I've picked in alaska tasted rotten. But the jam they made was fantastic.

[@thirstfast1025]

Hahaha! That's a great way to describe it!

[@kvoltti]

Matt Ezuka makes a nice liquor as well

[@anniebur4603]

В Якутии растёт морошка

[@grayman1993]

So you were eating old people's couch before?

[@embers8732]

This is the first video ive seen from you and its all i needed in order to subscribe. "A geek that likes fruit" if thats what people think then they dont know how to enjoy the simple things in life. You are living my dream and i may even consider you as a motivation to seek out doing things that bring me peace and happiness

[@MatildaV1980]

Pickning cloudberries with my grandparents here in the north of Sweden was a recurring summer adventure throughout my childhood, and this video brought back so many happy memories! I’m glad you got to experience the Nordic summer midnight sun. We take it for granted, but it’s actually almost magic.

[@cynthiajohnson6747]

I know a berry maybe even more rare then cloudberries. They are called nagoon berries they have a lot in common with cloud berries but are a deep red-purple color.

[@hotdogstandman]

chhhiiiiiillllllll

[@erikjohnson9223]

A few companies ( I bought mine from Indiana Berry) are now selling hybrid Arctic raspberries, so in the right climate you can grow your own. Just remember that like apples and unlike regular red, black, or purple raspberries, they won't self-pollinate, so you need 2+ different varieties. So far in continental Z 5b (Illinois), they have survived 2 years but scarcely grown and not flowered for me. Probably not competitive this far south. Some of that may be my poor gardening and indecision--do I need partial shade from companions and weeds to keep them cool in summer, or do I need to be ruthless because otherwise literally every other plant will outcompete them?

[@Gorthuba]

I have these growing in my garden, they taste great! Something between a wild strawberry and normal raspberry in taste. They're real easy to grow and increase in number quickly, so you only need a couple of plants and within a few years you'll have a whole ton of them all over.

[@cynthiajohnson6747]

Cool! I just planted some in my garden. I’m hoping they do well

[@hannayoung9657]

Arctic raspberry as the other name for this and they grow in the same area as cloudberries.

[@EncompassingChaos6]

So, I didn't know that cloudberries exist, but I now know where you can get some in the US. There are some growing along the trail to Cascade Falls in Pembroke, VA. It is the trail to the left.

[@WeirdExplorer]

nice discovery!

[@binkao2938]

Just don’t confuse them with salmonberries

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

@@binkao2938 yeah I would be more inclined to say those are salmonberry. Which are beautiful fruit themselves. I discovered them growing in Aberdeen, Scotland of all places!

[@freehat9075]

@@binkao2938 are they not the same? Live in Alaska and we call them salmon berries, and look the same

[@jlhumor1565]

I'm from the US and visited Finland and Russia a few years ago and visited that exact market. Wish I saw this video first so I could have tried this elusive cloudberry fruit.

[@SonofSarkar]

Your finest yet, Jared! I come back to this once in a while. Almost therapeutic to me.

[@alexnoyle]

I think this is your best video. A masterpiece. The narrative is so well done.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Wow, thank you

[@Drapug7777]

I can just imagine a border potrol in Finland asking him why do you come here for then he says berry's

[@DarkLink1996.]

Probably wouldn't be the first they've heard that reason either

[@user-zu3wq3lf3h]

what the fuck is potrol

[@leinsanelyinsaneman7258]

@Rick Sanchez you know what he meant

[@pfamilygal]

Patrol

[@skolkor]

Wouldn't even be that rare. Every year northern Sweden gets a lot of people from SEA who are flown in to pick berries for a living. I assume it's the same in Finland.

[@SmexyHorse]

Cloudberry: "One Of The World's Most Elusive Fruits" Me: looks in grandma's freezer Freezer: Do you want cloudberry or cloudberry? Being swedish/scandinavian has it's perks

[@carbonbeaker409]

Alaskan too

[@rickym7380]

same thing in finland

[@rickym7380]

also i recognise that cloudberry jam he showed and have got the same one in my cupboard EDIT: also that cloudberry cheese thing is nice ive had it

[@TheSexiestGoblin]

When I saw this video I was confused because I have some norwegian family and they send my grandma cloudberry jam every Christmas so I was confused that it was so rare

[@The0neWhoCares]

Freezer: or you want another berry called cloudberry

[@georginahagenhnatiuk662]

WOW. What a reallllllllly cool channel. Love it! My family in Norway traditionally harvest foods and makes fresh berry compote, and also preserves it. Cloudberry preserve is called Moltesyltetøy over there. They eat berries with almost every breakfast and dinner like a sauce, and on top of desserts drizzled with alcohol. They use all types of berries. However, this particular berry is divine. I found it tasted like apricot brandy when warmed up. They often serve it on reindeer with carmelized sweet cheese gravy called Gusbrandsdalenost saus. I was in heaven over there with that food, culture and nature. I would like to move to Norway. You and your girlfriend must have had so much fun in Finland. Very cool. You are a very unique person I have to say. I loved the Juustoleipa tasting and review. So cool. Thanks for taking us on the tour with you.

[@WeirdExplorer]

thanks so much!

[@thegaminpianistccc3580]

'the cheese squeaks when you eat it' that is literally one of my worst fears

[@henningbartels6245]

The cheese is not very flavourful but squeaking makes all the fun.

[@thefoxmoonlight]

That means its fresh :P Or has a mouse in it.

[@mullisaukko423]

@@henningbartels6245 That's why you add the cloudberries, to give it more flavour!

[@MagS258]

It is extremely chewy and kind of hard to put into words. I want to say rubbery but that's not quite it either.

[@henningbartels6245]

@@MagS258 it's not hard - maybe stiff.

[@shardshep1571]

Imagine he eats all the fruit that is known to man and on the last 1 he gets an achievement

[@kearaoshaughnessy1224]

ACHEVIMENT GET a balanced diet

[@kearaoshaughnessy1224]

@Caslyn Mahoney i took it from minecraft...... its the acheviment for eating all food items

[@BigMan-kp6ug]

@@kearaoshaughnessy1224 I can't read that without the minecraft bell sound effects

[@PyreRecords]

@@BigMan-kp6ug AHAHAHA I HEAR IT TOO!!

[@xen_is_on]

*gets an update* Fuck

[@fasting_with_teresa7944]

I wanted to leave an elaborate comment but, I'll just say you gained another follower. a true service to humanity!!!

[@zyriak]

Hi from Norway. Fantastic video. And I must say I liked the fact that you actually went all the way to actually pick the fruit in nature yourself (instead of just reviewing them from the farmers market). It's all about the feeling when roaming the nature and finding these little treasures (as you called them). Two thumbs up. Love your exploring videos, so please keep it up.

[@glenkoko3649]

Here in Sweden where the foraging culture is very prevalent I agree that when you are picking Berrys, especially cloudberry, every single time you find a berry it feels like finding a treasure, its very satisfying and rewarding picking raspberries, blueberries, etc. Im usually not into this kind of mind-set but I would think this very special feeling stems from foraging being literally what humans have evolved to do, we are made to enjoy it and experience it!

[@filipefmelo]

Alright! 500! I'm almost done with all of them. Took a while but a pleasant while. This episode, so far, takes the cake. This is very close to a Netflix episode on a fruit based series. Well done Jared! Please keep on making great stuff. I'm upping my Patreon backing.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks so much Filipe!

[@GeneralArmorus]

From here, as J starts to experience the lack of new fruit, maybe a lot more episodes will feel special.

[@grinch56]

Wowee i live close to rovaniemi and even closer to ranua. 2020 might have been a terrible year but it was a good cloudberry year from what i've heard (too lazy to go myselft). My birthday's coming soon and i'm hoping to have a cloudberry cake :)

[@cvspvr]

happy birthday!

[@grinch56]

@@cvspvr damn thanks (I had cloudberry cake again this year)

[@karenlewis4142]

Wow! It's so flat there. 7:00. Such a cool looking berry. I'd love to go to Finland.

[@WeirdExplorer]

it's a beautiful country

[@mintundeer]

Even more rare fruit would be mesimarja (Rubus arcticus, the Arctic bramble or Arctic raspberry). They are very hard to find and when you do, the yields are even lower than cloudberry. I have never actually tasted the arctic raspberry fresh but in syrups and jams it is incredibly tasty.

[@ragnhildlautz7165]

They are getting rarer the Rubus Arcticus 😔 And do not ripen every year. But the taste, the taste is so good that l can’t describe it😍

[@Divig]

Åkerbär taste so good! The wild ones are tastier than the domesticated ones by far.

[@foobar6846]

It's funny to see someone so excited about something you dreaded as a kid: picking cloudberries. 😅

[@NustingButsErrday]

What is that supposed to mean? You're saying you've had so much of this rare fruit that you've grown a distaste for merely the act of picking them?

[@papi9305]

@@NustingButsErrday Any routine can be a chore to a kid, to the poster, cloudberries are probably nothing special at all, they grew around them all the time.

[@jdubya9130]

They’re all around in parts of the far north

[@wfcoaker1398]

@@NustingButsErrday I'm from northern Newfoundland and bakeapples are common here. Picking a winter's stock of bakeapples is just something we do in late August. But picking them is hard work. First, they grow in bogs where the ground is wet. Second they grow kind of seperated from each other, so you cant really find a patch and sit for 5 or 20.minutes and pick them, even if you don't mind sitting on wet ground. So, you're basically bent over picking berries one by one. If it's not windy, the black flies and mosquitoes are a torture. My family would go bakeapple picking on windy days when I was a kid, perhaps one or 2 days at most. We'd bring sandwiches and make a day of it. We'd have a few gallons by the end of the day, for jam and pies for the winter. But now that I'm older, my back can't take it. I buy them now. Lol.

[@lovelylychee2255]

Wf Coaker - thanks for sharing this info with us! Lived in Canada but never heard of bakeapples (cloudberries). Back in the US and got this video recommended to me.. all so interesting and informative + u +

[@dijkstra4698]

I've always somehow though that cloudberries are some kind of fantasy fruit, like I've seen them in games but since I've never heard of someone eating or buying them in real life I just shrugged it off as a imaginary berry. This video was very cool. Also i see why they are in Valheim, for those who are on that train. Interesting to see why berries are the main thing you forage there, very common in Scandinavia weirdly.

[@Toatrex]

Swede here, there isn't much else to forage here in scandinavia. You either pick berries or you pick mushrooms. Noone tends to pick edible plants or roots and the only fruit trees that grow wild here are Apples and the very bitter rowan and whitebeam which hardly anyone ever picks

[@AnPeSv]

@@Toatrex Det är inte färre ätbara vilda växter i Norden än det är i varmare länder, tror det eller ej. De flesta tropiska frukter och rotsaker är kultiverade.

[@_LeMoth_]

I've been eating cloudberries since I was 1 year old, my parents would just place me on top of a blanket laid down on the marshes and I would just sit there and eat all the berries I could see. All the while my parents took a walk around the area.

[@piros44]

They call them bake apples in Newfoundland after the French question: baie q’apelle? What berry is this? turned into bakeapple.

[@acek2016]

Oh wow, that’s kinda funny

[@abramthiessen8749]

Kind of like the story behind inconnu fish. From the french word for "unknown".

[@MUNGRYSOLDIER]

I was wondering how they came up with that name. We took home a jar of bakeapple jam from NFLD.

[@Tintan54725]

Newfoundland eh

[@naufalluthfi9123]

is it like the "i dont know ", marsupial from australia then

[@lightlysalted3562]

In alaska these are called “salmonberries” because if their color. Not all that uncommon there either actually. I know plenty of people that make jam out of them

[@lightlysalted3562]

@Peter Torbay perhaps we are just referring to them by the wrong name. Town dialect perhaps. I suppose. I have never seen anything like you are describing. Everything berry-related that i know of is low and grows at tundra-height

[@tiny_paul]

You’re both right. In parts of Alaska, cloudberry is called “low-bush salmonberry” or sometimes just salmonberry because they look similar and both belong to the same genus. The taste is different though and they’re both very tasty berries!

[@carbonbeaker409]

Yup, they are both great

[@k8eekatt]

In Oregon, we call an upright bush, with apricot colored druplets, similar to a raspberry, Salmon Berry.

[@Etubnuel]

They go very well with smoked salmon and some sour cream also!

[@miraclenyx254]

Aww this is amazing, a youtuber dedicated to find fruits and educate us at the same time. This kind of fruits are like finding a treasure chest hahaha

[@WeirdExplorer]

So nice of you

[@DevI-vl7gp]

"How many times can we ignore what we're looking for to add more places to our tax write-off, before the IRS notices and raids our home?"

[@arpakyna]

Growing up in the Finnish Lapland, I know of places where the cloudberries grow in a thick blanket, but those places are guarded family secrets and most families have their own. These days, though, hundreds or thousands of vietnamese come here to gather cloudberries, sell them to local shops/restaurants and use the money to buy chainsaws and such utilities to bring back and improve their home country. There's enough land here for everyone to pick their share as long as you don't mind going out of your way from the roads a bit.

[@thebaseelanthebasavagam220]

G

[@chloea8462]

We’re in Sweden and it’s much the same here. We have a family patch, the location has been a well kept secret for generations.

[@axelmellstrom3835]

Hey man! As a Swede, let me invite you in on a secret... Where there are cloudberries, there are no records of their existence on that location they are found on. If you found gold, you don't make an ad saying where you find it. So the reason you didn't find many in Finland is probably because Finland actually wanted you to go there to look rather than finding cloudberries themselves.

[@sharendonnelly7770]

You are, perhaps, a "geek" of sorts, but more importantly, you follow your dream. The journey is more important than the destination, and what you find defines you. Fruit may be your muse, but the travel and experiences are what makes each taste that much more fulfilling. Great video.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

First of all, I'm glad you included music man from the cloudberry festival. I have no idea what he was singing, but I love that music kind of transcends that barrier. Secondly, this is cute af, I'm glad y'all had a good time on your trip :) And lastly, BONUS PUPPIES!

[@gdvortex2169]

I love that Finland gets noticed even once. Finland is always in the shade of Norway and Sweden.

[@Williamfuchs420]

Hard to get noticed when its a invention of Russia and Japan and don’t really exist. What next your gonna tell me the birds are real gullible ones

[@gdvortex2169]

@@Williamfuchs420 just shut up

[@Williamfuchs420]

@@gdvortex2169 oh jeez i was just joking lol

[@gdvortex2169]

@@Williamfuchs420 sorry. I've just had a rough time today. i had spent over 40 h making a thing in my friends server and then he just deleted everything. sorry

[@Williamfuchs420]

@@gdvortex2169 its fine man i get wanting to tell idiots on here to shut the hell up. Probably not the best time to be spreading these insane theories

[@Eralen00]

"Go down small paths" would be a suspicious piece of advice in literally any other part of the world other than Scandinavia lol

[@acek2016]

Lmao yes

[@anomynus]

only urban areas really

[@mustanaamiotto3812]

finland isn't scandinavia

[@Merido]

@@mustanaamiotto3812 oooooh snap, I haven't heard anyone care about that for *ages*

[@mustanaamiotto3812]

@@Merido most people do where i'm from. we don't like foreigners thinking we're just swedes with weird language.

[@PianoMeetsMetal]

"The Truffle of the fruits" Five Star Chef:

[@capcapcap3670]

Weird explorer, I don’t know if you will ever see this but his video is so good. Everything about it gives me a feeling that I just cannot express. I watch it at least once a month and from then on I’ve eaten any exotic or weird fruit I can find. You’re so inspiring and really, I love this video and am so glad you made it keep up the work brother!!

[@GoTouchSumGrass.]

KZbin doesn’t deserve to air this man’s content. He should be featured in a TV show.

[@xen_is_on]

He had us in the first half not gonna lie

[@RayMak]

I would so love to try this fruit

[@danu4763]

Its very good i like it on vanilla ice cream too (i am finnish)

[@ritter_cracker]

I would say its an aquired taste. Its far from the tastiest berry in the world. Eating it straight from the ground is not really good at all. Every year, me and my family always pick maybe 5 to 10 liters of these berries, and everything becomes jam. Thats when it gets somewhat tasty. Its best on pancakes and also microwaved for 30 seconds and then put on high quality vanilla ice cream.

[@kalexandersen8950]

Its not Even rare here in norway

[@n0namesowhatblerp362]

Go to ikea.

[@user-giganiga546]

@@danu4763 hyvä

[@user-fn1ji6it5d]

As a swede I would say it's pretty easy to find hjortron in swamps in Norrland if you know how far away from the lake you should look.

[@youngconfucius]

I enjoy your videos more every time I see a new one. And inevitably as my knowledge of fruits grows and I find something new I like, you end up having done a video at some point. I don't fruit hunt in the same way as I don't like to travel, but I greatly enjoy growing things. Cloudberry is going to be one of those things I try and grow.

[@jadefox6167]

I feel at any moment a Elf is going to materialize out of the woods to mock you: "Do you get to eat the Cloudberry fruit very often? Oh of course not what was I thinking"

[@okaberintaro4978]

Nazeem 😂

[@Lot_2023]

And don't forget Snozzberries. They're even harder to find.

[@iwantdie3545]

much HARDER

[@Windja69]

I’m confused is this a meme?

[@anonnyanonymous4800]

@@Windja69 it’s a quote from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

[@TomoyoTatar]

HA!

[@shelltor2398]

"Land of the midnight sun" Bro that sounds so cool

[@applegal3058]

We call these bakeapples. Lots to pick here in Newfoundland out on the bogs during the late summer. Whole swaths of moss covered with peach-coloured berries. You just need to look. Edit: you can chew and swallow the seeds lol just swallow them with the whole berry...

[@edwardcardinal4328]

I have this deep suspicion that "I came here for berries" is one of the oldest reasons to go anywhere in human history. Thank you for going out there and finding wacky fruit.

[@thebaseelanthebasavagam220]

G

[@Sara3346]

@@thebaseelanthebasavagam220 why do you keep saying that?

[@gbird.]

Sara3346 they calling for me

[@tyffis9525]

At first I was like "oooh cloudberries I wonder what those are" Then I realized you were just talking about hjortron. They're pretty tasty though.

[@apolion3309]

same

[@Vivian-rg2pg]

Wait you guys have had these before?

[@onefingerdeathpunch4175]

​@@Vivian-rg2pg There are aot of them in Norway, Sweden and Finland. I didnt even know they were rare until now lol

[@Vivian-rg2pg]

That’s cool

[@Vivian-rg2pg]

I don’t even live in America but I’ve never heard of hjortron

[@cyborg3176]

I just watched a 27 minute video on a fruit the size of maybe a single piece of popcorn. It was worth it.

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

Beautiful message at the end.

[@EnterSandham]

I happened across your channel about 6 months ago and I was hooked from the start. Apart from being a fascinating concept for a KZbin channel, the content you provide is informative, entertaining and with no condescension or superciliousness in the way you present yourself or your content and it's refreshing to see this sort of sincerity on this platform. I hope you get to continue making this brilliant content for many moons to come.

[@Kavriel]

That's true, most "youtuber" are out there acting exuberant whoring themselves for views.

[@-jank-willson]

@@Kavriel and doing raid: shadow legend sponsorships...

[@saintbrush4398]

Finding a cloud berry is like finding a shiny pokemon.

[@davidjames6788]

not at all go to Alaska

[@goobdraw]

how so??

[@treymtz]

@@goobdraw You got to go to specific regions of the world for your best chances and carefully look in niche areas for the best odds.

[@SDB_Dev]

@@treymtz They are everywhere where I live lol, I can just outside and get a bucket of Cloudberries.

[@natpeterson5689]

Stephen Damm Bøås exactly, and we don’t... that’s literally the whole point of his comment. -_-

[@thepolar7406]

This has been very interesting to watch as a Swede, who was very used to the experiences in your video and who is also used to the taste of cloudberries (Mainly jam) which we call "mylt", in fact there's a jar in my fridge right now! It was also fun to be familiar with the environment in the video! And all of this in one of my favorite creators videos! I wanted to know if you've tried lingon, lingonberries is what I've heard the most in English and "Rårörda lingon" which translates awfully to "raw-touched" lingonberries, basically just sugar and berries which makes a jam that is very delicious and can be found in literally in every grocery store. The raw ones aren't worth the effort taste-wise but they are extremely common in any forest, they often carpet the whole forest floor. And the season for lingonberries is coming very, very soon in late summer to autumn! Good luck if you take this challenge upon yourself and much love from Sweden!

[@findit6333]

Never heard of a cloud berry. I will now progressively watch all your videos, Knight of the Fruit.

[@-Anjel]

Few things. You seem to be in Finland a bit early, most likely at the beginning of the cloud berry growing season. Second The Cloud berry festival is a celebration for the bloom or for the up coming growing season, hence no berries. Third the phrase The land of thousand lakes is mainly for marketing, a lot of it is swamps. Cloud berries or hilla or lakka grow on marsh lands. Finland is mostly just one big Swamp, Shrek would love it here, hence the berry is easily found here. You just need good rubber boots, and move away from the duckboards. Fourth dark colours attract blackflies or mäkäräisiä and mosquitos. Fifth Finns love it when Finland is mentioned, so you're gonna get a lot of views from Finland and "Torille" comments.

[@localoxalem7767]

Torille PERKELE

[@chiliblue1945]

I feel somewhat lucky that these litterally grow in my Grandma’s backyard in northern Norway

[@siiluviilu]

Same they grow right by my house in estonian

[@jobiplakkajose4555]

@@siiluviilu Estonia sounds a place where a Disney Princess lives lol

[@nekomimicatears]

@@jobiplakkajose4555 yes

[@kokko9507]

I'm even luckier and happier since I get these in Finland.

[@vincentprice9156]

This was easily one of my favorite video's by the Weird Explorer and I'm not sure exactly why. Very well done!

[@PKMNmastercass]

So these were the berries I saw back when I lived in Long Island. (that was 12 years ago when I was 10).

[@ghost_clutch_yt2883]

this is the most dedicated, wholesome, and underrated chanel on earth

[@awetistic5295]

Trying cloudberries is one of my new life goals now.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Its a good one to have :)

[@WheresTheSauce]

Idk i tried em. You're not missing much IMO

[@JP-hs2li]

@@WheresTheSauce As a finn who have aten them alot I think they are the best berry.

[@WheresTheSauce]

@@JP-hs2li no one cares about your nationality bud

[@CadPlaysMC]

They grow here in newfoundland canada if you ever wanted to visit the most eastern part of canada

[@kingcharming1]

I like the crunch of the seeds. Very popular for grandma's to have a box of frozen cloud-berry's in the freezer a bit north in Norway/Sweden/Findland

[@maarit9529]

I have a distinct childhood memory from the SINGLE time I went with relatives to pick cloudberries in northern Finland. It was on a swamp, everything was both wet and uncomfortably warm, mosquitoes everywhere, I'd eaten cloudberries before (preserves and frozen) and thought they were kind of meh anyway. But sitting on a little hillock, bored and eating them straight of the plant, I recall thinking "huh, they actually taste good". tldr I'm glad Mr. Rydelek got to taste cloudberries at their best too. : ) And even rarer nordic berry, that I've only eaten as a child a few times when we used to find individual plants once in a blue moon near where my grandparents lived, would be rubus arcticus (arctic bramble/raspberry or apparently sometimes called nagoon in the US)? It was many years ago since I ate them but I recall them having a very unique taste. Called mesimarja (honeyberry) in Finnish, and as far as I recall it was sweet but also refreshing. Never seen them sold anywhere however, don't think they can be found in sufficient quantities. For flavouring at most.