Thanks antonyjh. I know of two local truffle growers. My understanding is that trained dogs and pigs are used/needed to sniff-them-out (from underground). In my own experience - after experimenting with a number of whole ones - I don't consider them to be a food at all. I made a video about them at the time but chose not to publish any of it - so as not to upset any growers. They exude a definite pungent, sulphurous gas. Given the choice, I would choose the Kilo of supermarket button mushrooms.
Cut and paste from the internet but who knew uh ? Yarrow styptic is also anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, antimicrobial, and wound healing so it is a good choice for shaving cuts, skinned knees, bleeding mosquito bites, and other minor wounds. For thousands of years, yarrow was used to staunch the bleeding from wounds inflicted during wartime. Deep wounds were packed with yarrow powder to disinfect, relieve pain, and stop the profuse bleeding. In times of war, yarrow was a lifesaver. One of its other names is Soldiers’ Woundwort (Grieves). A piece of information to keep in the back of your mind, if you are lost in the woods, and wounded. Stopping a bleeding wound is your first priority. Summer is the time of year to make natural yarrow styptic powder when the yarrow is thriving. Keep harvested and dried leaves in a small jar for when it’s needed. When you harvest it for herbal remedies cut it off and leave 2/3rds of the plant to regrow for next year. To make an herbal styptic you are just going to use the leaves. There are two kinds of leaves. At the base of the plant, you’ll find long fernlike leaves. Whereas growing up the stalk there are tiny fern-like leaves. To make styptic powder, you want to harvest the long fernlike leaves growing from the base of the plant. The leaves on the stem work, too, but it’s more work to harvest them. Gather a generous handful of these longer leaves, but don’t take more than 1/3rd from any one plant. The plant needs these remaining leaves to feed the root system and store up food for winter.
Enjoyed the foraging on the river. I grew up in the Washington, DC area, so my dad took us out on his boat on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. I would hang over the bow of the boat and scoop up blue crab during their mating season when they were floating on the top. Grown up, I crabbed from the dock…lols.
@@meatavoreNana Of course most any fish species smoked tastes great, but I'm trying to stay healthy, avoiding all the carcinogens. ( refer www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645718/ )
Indeed I do, usually by nicking the gills, then removing the gut - over the side of the boat. It doesn't make good viewing so I don't show that step. I also have a big freezer bottle in the catch bag and with the fillets - to keep them well chilled.
I'm in Qld au, with family at Rakaia and Winchester and Temuka, seeing your videos is a slice of the good life. Your foraging ones for mushrooms are great too really informative, just to see the land and hear it is so great.
Good on you antonyjh: I've visited Rakaia, Winchester and Temuka many times in the last few months (working in Timaru): all four of these wee towns are looking great. I could live in Temuka; it's just so quiet and traditional kiwi - like Waimate. Great rivers around them also.
Kahawai fishing!!! It has been a while I don't catch a kahawai. I live at least 3h from any coast... My last two or three fishing attempts weren't very successful. I usually go for the west coast ( jackson bay) for fishing, this last summer I didn't catch a single kahawai there, it seems they were all replaced by jack mackerels ( tasty too), weirdly. I'm enjoying the nice flow of uploads, Thank you mate!
Thanks aranha: here is a link to some info about possibly who, and possibly when, and the possible wherefore concerning the creation of the original melody and words: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrickfergus_(song) : and to some proper musicians playing and singing it : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RJMggxSzxM4.html
Good on you harryh: whoever it was that invented that powerful melody and wrote the poignant words to this ancient Irish Ballad deserves all the credit.
See my recent Kahawai Winter Broth video. They can also be boiled (to tenderize) then used to garnish/decorate a salad or any meal really - especially the bright green/red/purple seaweeds. I tend to incorporate them in the soup, curry, stir-fry and use edible flowers to garnish salads.
I've been down an iodine rabbit hole lately, did you know 1500 mg of sodium is 2'3rds of a teaspoon of iodised salt, that are supposed to have daily. You'll have no problem with iodine there.
Thanks Anthony: as someone who only ever buys and uses good old Kiwi-harvested Natural Sea Salt, and someone who understands that the element Iodine - like many other wonderful natural elements and minerals - is beneficial in small/moderate doses and detrimental in excess, I eat these wonderful wild seaweeds regularly but in moderation - like most of the wonderful foods and drinks that I treasure. If the label says anything 'added' then it is not natural; not nature's natural combo. I always try to stick to nature's natural symphony of organic and mineral components, and avoid anything pretending to be a food that has been patented (no one can patent a natural veggie; herb; fungus; algae; berry; spice; mineral; element; oil; fruit; nut; protein; fat; grain; meat; creature....nature 'owns' these so-called 'patents' - as I understand it). Good Health, and happy foraging - for the 'real deal'.
I feel so ashamed being in Australia and idiots telling me off to support only their local fish which is ridiculous expensive and I enjoy eating hake or hoki from nz from fish n chips shops here. Such a disgrace.
Glad you appreciated the video antonyjh: I plan to upload a new foraging vid shortly (within days hopefully). 12 likes out of the first 78 views is most encouraging: makes the effort seem worthwhile. Thanks.
For some yes, for others no: I can now confidently state that they were all quite edible, interesting, nutritious and delightful to experience. Each species deserves the development of an understanding of how to best deal with their texture e.g. gentle cooking; longer cooking; slicing thinly or thickly. As with Fungi, these Algae are an excellent, nutritious and different food group - from veggies/fruits/meats/etc. I now rarely cook without some Seaweed(s) in the dish.
Yes Logan I have been busy fishing since September and have the freezer well stocked with Whitebait; Kahawai and Flounder - for the winter. I have had a few flicks for Salmon but there are too few around to be worth the time or effort. Kahawai Curry is excellent!
I am currently fermenting loquat but since i lack some of the fancy equipments, i am using a very crude method of simpling blending the loquats then adding sugar and baking yeast, then putting it in a jerrican to ferment i know it is a very terrible method but i am currently in the sub saharan so getting a good brewing kit with wine yeast is almost impossible
No worries man, I've made very drinkable Saki with just rice, raisins, sugar and baking yeast, in a bucket (with lid). Alcohol level is probably higher and more consistent with commercial wine yeasts, but flavours can always be enhanced by adding some sweet things like molasses/vanilla pods/sweet herbs/sweet spices/sweet fruits (pineapples/dates/raisins). Making your own brew is awesome: best wishes.
I was on my bike cycling past sign of the Takahe during the first one. Got home to my wife who's face was white! Made the comment "must have been a mag four" she just about killed me...minutes later that one hit. It was like our house was hit by a train. Still hard to process it all.
Thanks Greg: it was certainly a very challenging two-to-four years of bombardment back then. Thankfully things have settled down to just the occasional bump-in-the-night.
that sea lettuce is a dynamite bait for blackfish, my wife always said it looks like you can eat it now shes watching this and saying i told you so haha, will try it.
Not sure what you mean by 'blackfish' Denis, but Butterfish certainly are seaweed-eaters and taste excellent. I add a combo of these nutritious algae (seaweeds) to nearly every dish that I cook-up. They freeze really well and can be sliced and added directly from frozen. Happy fishing and foraging.
Thanks Indosurf: I have seen 4 caught this season, which is way better than the 1 I witnessed last season. I've switched to targeting Kahawai of late, to help conserve the wild salmon and to make wonderful fish curries. My freezers are well stocked with Whitebait; Kahawai; Twizel trout & salmon, and Porcini, so I don't miss wild salmon suppers during the cold winter months. Tight lines.
Yes Duncan, you certainly may ask, and you no doubt understand that I also may choose not to disclose any secrets to you. The South Island of NZ has them, and so does Wellington. Happy foraging.
@@DiarmuidNZ thanks for the reply. I translated the comments on your videos from Thai to English to reveal the locations you’ve disclosed on your other videos. Thanks!
@@duncannewzealand6508 Yes Duncan, I recall giving a few helpful hints to a commenter from down Dunedin way. Happy hunting: it's a wonderful experience when you latch onto a productive Oak/Pine/Birch/Poplar/.. tree.
I have finding some kahawai with some sort of bugs on its fins or tail, like parasites. Found the same on butterfish's tongue sometimes. Do you know what would be that, and if it is safe to eat fish that have it, cheers.
No worries Aranha: they are called 'sea lice'. Very common, voracious, tough, strong whitish parasites. They are one of the reasons why Kahawai enter fresh-water - to loose these clingy little critters. They are no issue to humans eating the fish. Open wounds on the fish, or skinny fish, or fish that put up no fight are good reasons to let that one go. Post mortem, check the liver for any abnormalities (same with wild Rabbits). A quick look at the internals tells you a lot about the condition, and edibility, of the animal. Tight lines.
That step was blocked by the boat pontoons, so I didn't show it. But yes, I do nick the gills to bleed them, and open the belly and remove the guts and kidney before putting in the catch bag with ice.
@@DiarmuidNZ I love kahawai, some people get surprised when hear that I eat them. I kill the brain, cut the gills and tail, let it bleed out in the water for 5 minutes or so, and then ike jime ( feed a wire through the spine), clean out all the spinal cord, a second quick rinse, more blood comes out, then ice/water 50/50. Give a try on the ike jime wire if you haven't, it really improves the flavor. Thanks for your videos sir.
@@aranha9365 Good on you. I usually bop them on the head to kill them, then cut the gills to bleed them: not usually shown on my vids (as many viewers are not familiar with handling wild food). A much underrated, tasty and healthy eating fish.
i know its a bit late but all the best for the new year mate. some good kahawai down there,getting a bit jealous lol.its certainly a good eating fish,i eat it any way its cooked or even as a raw fish mix
Thanks for that yoda. I've also eaten them many times as sashimi, especially when they are fat and oily. A much underrated catch and underrated source of excellent wild nutrition.
Glad you appreciated it. It's one of my personal favourite videos; slow and quiet and natural. I was primarily aiming for a searun trout, but am always grateful for whatever nature offers for supper. Tight lines.