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Ancient Agave Utahensis Roasting Pits

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Archeological evidence shows that humans have lived in the Las Vegas area for at least 10,000 years and for much of that time, agave utahensis was an important food source. In fact, evidence of ancient indigenous use of utahensis can be see scattered throughout it’s range (especially in the Spring Mountains just outside of Las Vegas), in the form of roasting pits.

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22 авг 2024

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@rhae1717 5 месяцев назад

I have seen roasting pits, both in the Spring and Beaver Dam Mountains, many years ago. I have not tried roasted agave hearts but would guess that the taste is similar across species. Thanks for your informative video.

@mojave_lv 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching! I've yet to venture looking for utahensis outside of Nevada, I'll have to add Beaver Dam mountains to my list of places to go when I do.

@joeparker1239 3 месяца назад

Agave pits are all over far west Texas and southern New Mexico! The Mescalero Apache tribe periodically roast agave in the Guadalupe mountains of Texas and New Mexico as a ceremony to bless the mountains.

@mojave_lv 3 месяца назад

That's super interesting, I hope to be able to see some of them someday. Do you know which species they were roasting?

@joeparker1239 3 месяца назад

Agave havardiana. Century plant.

@joeparker1239 3 месяца назад

Also agave lechuguilla

@texasranchadventures Месяц назад

I was born in chihuahua. One of my earliest memories was of eating a roasted agave leaf from a raramuri woman selling it by the railroad tracks in town. It’s like a brown sugar taste, smokey, consistency of like roasted pumpkin with fibers. I’ve thought about roasting one one day myself.

@mojave_lv Месяц назад

That's a great description of the taste! I hope one day to be able to taste some traditionally roasted agave too.

@alonzowitt5931 4 месяца назад

The only agave I've ever tried is what you buy at the store in a bottle if that counts 😂.... I've heard different stories about roasted agave, it's very acidic and poisonous. That's why it has to be roasted, the cooking prossess break's down the acid so that it's eatable. I been told it tastes like cooked pineapple.... Who knows, maybe someday i will try it if the opportunity presents it's self...

@mojave_lv 4 месяца назад

I think it's also important to harvest them when they're ripe. The fructans (non-digestible fiber) is turned into sugar when they start to flower. And pineapple is a new one, I've always heard sweet potato or molasses!