Wow I love your channel. My grandmother used to cook this with french fries or potato skins. Im 32 now and found this plant at the swap meet for $4!! Cant wait to start using it again. Very nostalgic memory of this plant. Keep up the vids!
I eat weeds regularly. So many things to eat. But the biggest problem is identification because photos and drawings in books suck. And the look of the plant varies from region to region. So I love that you spend alot of time showing the plant from top to bottom. That is SO, SO, SO important! Thanks! And the Roundup commercials on your videos are shocking. Ask them to get rid of them!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks. I have no control over what ads are placed on the videos. They used to let one select categories you don't want and I have done that. Beyond that there is little I can do.
Oh I think I have seen that before, but it was a much smaller plant, by railroad tracks, and tiny similar green flowers, but it was so many years ago that I don't remember. You are awesome and we love your videos.
There's a thing to it- each variety is different. Wild it can be too minty, and less savory. More cultivated wider leaf types are very savory. Better smell also. Both types can be found here in the Bay Area
@wildmanstevebrill yes it 's effective natural insect repellent...in Guatemala i remember mixing it with castor oil plant and flor de muertos to spray on buggy organic macadamia trees...i didn't know you put it in guacamole!
Yes Dave you are the man, im fascinated by your vids! Keep em coming, you deliver amazing quality material to the whole world for free!! I study in the Faculty of Agriculture and watching your vids is like like chocolate!! Toodles from Argentina!
My husband grew up eating a soup out of this. They have it for breakfast and it is really good. In a soup pot boil some potatoes in enough water for soup. In the mean time wash a bunch of leaves and blend well in a blender with water. When potatoes are soft crack some eggs to the por and let it cool. Add crush garlic and season with salt to your taste. When soup is ready turn off heat and add the blended epazote juice. Serve got. I like to add some ginger To my bowl. Eat with avocados if available. So yummy. You get use to the particular taste!
Thank you so much for this very informative video!! I may have missed it if you mentioned it in the video, but is it ok to consume it raw? I saw it on a bean recipe, but would like to taste it before adding into the pot just to make sure that I don't end up with a pot full of something that we wouldn't like to eat.
@EatTheWeeds Thanks for the quick response greendeane, the hackberry your refering to is very common down here in south texas, but i do apologize i was refering to the Brazil a member of the buckthorn family rhamnacea in my case condalia hookeri, there is another which is not as commom anymore but is similar, but when chewed forms a gumlike juice and looks like brazil, but now is very hard to find.
Green Deane, you're the best , your vids are interesting educational and charmingly funny too ! We need a TV show that encourages respect and wonder for the Weeds.... best of luck with that and thank you for generously sharing all your insight :-) Peace~ Stacey
Deane, I don't often write but watch almost every video. Great content...as a matter of fact if it was not for these videos I probably would have chowed down on some bad Mojo.
Tried it at an Oaxacan/American friends house...fresh pressed corn tortillas, Oaxacan cheese & epazote...very good distinct flavor, smells good alone too.
Good stuff. I have a lot growing In my backyard. Use it for tea and for spice the food and I’m sure it wont kill you if you eat the whole plant 🌱. Moringa is a good plant/tree everyone should have one Thanks for sharing 🙂✌️
"Kitchen Cleaner of the gods". Hilarious. You have to be a 'Professor' somewhere 'Dean'. LOL You are totally awesome my friend. Love the great videos you do. What a great teacher. Thank you for every video. You are priceless! God bless.
Thanks...had to go back and listen for the splice. btw...went for my run in woods and did some sniffing...'sigh' no Epazote to be found One last thing...I never got a newsletter from you..thought I sent my email? I'm such a Luddite...not very savvy when it comes to these things anyway...congrats on all those subbies & TV show !
My wife from Mexico City likes this herb so I grow it for her. I can't stand the smell! nor will I consume anything that has it inside. Once I tasted it raw and that was the first and LAST time I made that mistake. I thought it would be like parsley or cilantro...Wrong. I am going to grow some because it makes wifey happy and she makes me happy, as for the Epazote they can leave that in the bottom of a chemical rancid oil barrel for all I care. That's all I have to say about that. Thanks for the video + EatTheWeeds Angel from The Bay
I'm interested in Epazote because it is said to share a chemical with the medicinal tree Boldo. I have found Boldo tea very therapeutic but cannot find any way to obtain a tree so i thought I would try Epazote. However, ascaridole, the chemical it shares with Boldo is said to be toxic and epazote would not have boldine, which is very beneficial. Have you any sources for obtaining a boldo tree? I've tried 40 of the seeds and they failed to germinate.
I just bought this plant at King Sooper. Had to google it and then had to buy it. Used some today in black eyed peas. Perhaps I didn't use enough, but the flavor just didn't come through. I'm looking forward to using this more. The aroma is very different. Kind of like liking or not liking durian.
I can understand how a Northern European might use this plant as an herb. It smells like citrus, but if it smells like turpentine to folks in warmer climates, what is the attraction? Congrats on your views and subs! Hope the television show comes through. It'd be da bomb!
Hi Greendeane I am very familiar with this plant as it grows everywhere here in deep south texas. I asked you a while back about a black berry similar to another plant called granjeno an orange fruit that tastes similar to watermelon the black berry tastes like plum. Do you recall the name you gave me for this black fruit, it is a tree or a bush.
Crazy plant or is it the people, here (Belgium Flemisch part) it is called "Welriekende ganzenvoet" what I could translate in " goodsmelling goosefoot" Thanks for your great channel! Groetjes Patric
Just about every plant I see you present looks like it could have been found in my old stomping grounds, Pensacola, Florida. I wonder how close to that place you are?
Do you identify plants? I have something that popped up in my yard and don't want to toss because it may be edible or good for something. I think there will be more from the looks of the seed pod. I live in So. Calif.
@eyejeep It's called "Dustbowl" and comes packaged with MAC's Imovie. I had to splice, by ear, two takes of it. If you listen carefully at the top of the plant you can hear them in unison for a few seconds.
I gotta tell ya though- there are three types I am familiar with- it probably has to do with how it was grown- always a healthy plant well watered has fruits with excellent flavor after it has experienced some drought if hardy. Goes for strawberries, tomatoes, tomatillos cactus fruit, etc. for herbs over fertilized and in the shade and overwatered gives great yields but very weak-flavored herbs, which wilt easily proving their lack of heft. Watered just right in the average but sandy soil with the just perfect amount of sunlight will give you the best product. That, and with many chenopods, there are many varieties which we are not acquainted well enough to parse out. Huauzontle has three forms, one for seed one for flowers and one for leaves. With epazote I would suspect similar differences- one for fresh leaves and a variety for dried product, and considering its history and weedy nature, I bet some of the escaped varieties came from the pharmaceutical industry whose 'improved'
@eyejeep I have had newsletter challenges, mostly with mailing. I am hopeful to get one out this week. I have thousand of subscribers but I can only mail out a few at at time... big headache.
Yes, but only in high doses. In lower doses it has several medicinal benefits. If I recall correctly it was also used by some tribes as a fish paralyzer.
