Wild Foraging: Pickling Bull Kelp (on a sailboat) | The Wayward Life

[@WildsandWaterSailing]

This is so cool! And inspiring! Foraging is definitely so satisfying and one of the added bonuses of living on a boat and being in the wild :) I'm going to have to copy this recipe though as I haven't tried pickling kelp yet! Thanks for the great idea!

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Foraging is my favourite! I loved you guys picking gooseneck barnacles! I’m going to have to try that next year! Thanks for watching! 😌😌

[@across_the_plane6800]

Certainly worth a try.. thanks for the idea.. Horse radish works well for pickling

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Ah thanks for the tip!

[@NOTANKERS]

We’ve done a lot with kelp. We’ve made the following: sweet Pickled Kelp, Jalapeño Pickled kelp, kelp salsa, kelp relish, kombu. We will never go back to store bought relish or salsa. Kelp is very healthy for you!

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Which is your fav of that list Mae?

[@NOTANKERS]

@@WaywardLifeSailing The salsa as we use it the most. Not just for Nachos but for quesadillas, omelettes etc

[@AmandaOffGrid]

haha... May whipping you was priceless. Don't eat all your kelp so I can taste some next summer :)!

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Haha I’ll try my best but no promises 😂

[@bertski60]

interesting show WLS. i'm no sailor but i love sailing channels and i love canning so this episode was a rare treat because i've never seen the two combined before. thnx for sharing. maybe you will be canning some salmon soon?

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

We def also canned some salmon, you best believe that will be coming up as well! I’m glad you enjoyed it 😌

[@jmunozar]

This is amazing, TIL one can eat kelp :O (And also TIL that there is such thing as kelp!) Thanks for sharing :)

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Not sure what TIL stands for, but I agree it’s pretty amazing!

[@jmunozar]

@@WaywardLifeSailing hah sorry! TIL = Today I Learned! :)

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

JS MA oh thank you! Awesome! Glad I could be of assistance on that learning journey 😌

[@johnmccormick175]

Very interesting!

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Thanks for watching! 😌

[@SailingInfidels]

This is great. At the Outpost, we didn't get much in the way of fresh vegetables so tried a few different seaweeds but not kelp. Would love to try it. I'm all for free food :)

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Which seaweeds did you try? It’s hard to find info on which types are edible and for what! I would love to try some more!

[@SailingSeaDreamofClyde]

Groovy!

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Thanks for watching!

[@Xomenra01]

Love this video! Thank you so much for sharing! I live on the central Oregon coast and forage for many things. I have harvested Bullwhip Kelp and tried to pickle the tube once and could not stand the overbearing flavor of iodine. I dehydrate the leaves for Kombu and I also turn them to powder for adding into soups for thickening and nutrition. I LOVE it in a good Miso soup! I have a close friend here who is an Alaskan Native and she says the best pickled kelp is good a little sweet and super spicy. She lost her recipe during a bad divorce, so she was unable to share it with me. I want to give it another go, however, I have searched EVERYWHERE on the Internet for a solid recipe, but have had no luck. Does anyone here have a SPICY pickled kelp recipe you would be willing to share?

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

I unfortunately don't have an exact recipe and didn't love these pickles right off the back, but after leaving them for a couple more months than usual their flavour really improved and i greatly enjoy them now. After trying other people's and comparing them to this recipe I can say that the pressure canning and that cooking process really helps to get rid of the iodine and fishy flavour.

[@Xomenra01]

@@WaywardLifeSailing Thanks for that tip! Makes sense to me as that texture is pretty heavy duty. Probably does take time to penetrate into the pickle. Very smart!

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

@@Xomenra01 let me know how it turns out if you end up trying yourself!

[@Xomenra01]

@@WaywardLifeSailing Will do! Thanks again!

[@tanyasoroka3314]

Yummmmmm

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Right?! 😍😍 foraged food is the tastiest food!

[@shamaitified]

hahaha Mae!!!

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Hahaha so good right?!

[@martybowles3288]

A little sugar would have made all the difference to your pickles.⛵️

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

You would say that... 😂 they’ve actually grown on me, but I think your kelp relish is still my fav kelp recipe!

[@rashaadgamieldien8289]

Why u people always having dogs around when u busy with food. So unhygienic.