EatTheWeeds: Episode 29: Elderberries

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Learn with Green Deane about elderberries, both black and red, wild food. While some are considered toxic they can be made edible. 135 of Green Deane's You Tubes are availble on DVDs: www.eattheweeds.com/media-page...

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@survivalseeker 13 лет назад

Thank you so much for leaving your older vids up! I just recently found you and am frantically trying to "catch up" ! Fantastic information in every vid I've seen so far !!

@dannysmith5233 11 лет назад

Hey, my mom used to make pie and we would have to travel up high altitude to obtain the fruit which my family thought was poison until cooked. The elderberry pie was incredible, it had crunch from the seeds and looked like caviar. I know it was cooked and less nutritous but your vid brought back fond memories. Thanks! I liked and subscribed. My mom was cured of terminal cancer way back then by a weed called grease wood or chapperell. She made a tea and drank it cold with a chaser of grapejuice.

@EatTheWeeds 15 лет назад

Actually, I don't have a job per se... As for after all hell breaks loose... I can find food nearly anywhere... all my friends say they are coming to my house.

@tomcatt1824 6 лет назад

EatTheWeeds ::: that's what my friends say to,,,, but i don't have a house...

@Naafidy 13 лет назад

Thank you for the videos! I'm a California native and we didn't have many green spots around, but my interest in plants (domestic and wild) has always been there. Since moving to Georgia I have had a chance to put much of these tips to work. Thank you for everything!

@bryantenpas8301 8 лет назад

Hardest part is trying to get to them before the birds do.

@jimjamerman 14 лет назад

You're the man EatTheWeeds. I love these videos.

@M3d1aTake0ut 9 лет назад

Elderberry syrup and jam, jellies so good! One of my fall favorites is cranberry elderberry jam..

@KatalinFodor. 4 года назад

thank you for this valuable information!! i just planted some elderberries in some pots to get them started

@robertcratchet1634 3 года назад

thank you for posting all of these videos!

@AntPDC 7 лет назад

The wood from this tree was used to make the "Elder Wand", so be careful - especially when you can come by Thestral tail-hair...

@Organicpowerfoods 9 лет назад

This is a great circumstantial video that shows how to recognize elderberries that are fit for consumption, as elderberries are often mistaken with their cousin that looks almost exactly like them. This is a greatly beneficial fruit that unfortunately many people don't pay enough attention to.

@hendrickschipper2938 6 лет назад

I placed a lot of pollinating flowers upside down in Argentine pampa honey for a few days.Extremely nice tasting and intense vivid dreams afterwards.

@EatTheWeeds 12 лет назад

Did one two weeks ago, and have one more waiting for a break in the weather. Been raining a lot.

@mypurpleflower1020 5 лет назад

I used to make elderberry dumplings in my gluten eating days. I was born and raised in south Fla, they seemed to be almost everywhere.

@Wibbl 14 лет назад

We've make elderberry wine before, usually I don't like wine much but this wine was one of the best drinks I've ever tasted :P

@PhoenixB4U 12 лет назад

LOVE your videos and website. Thank you for sharing :)

@estherpeterson7164 6 лет назад

Elderberry pie and jam. Mom used to can them and have them for winter pies. Dad make wine

@nadinefrandsen6087 3 года назад

Esther- Can you share the process for canning elderberries, please?

@EatTheWeeds 16 лет назад

Only mother nature knows why the seeds of the red ones are toxic and the seeds of the black ones are not. All unripe elderberries are toxic, black and red. People may also have allergies to them raw even when ripe, so cooking is recommended. Proceed carefully, especially with the red ones.

@CorpseBride64 11 лет назад

This video is so awesome. and because of it I will be checking out yr website. Thx for sharing!

@Charluna60 8 лет назад

Thanks so much I just saw one in town last season and didn't know what it was. I thought it was a sort of black berry tree but different. I can't wait to gather them up. How to save them? Can they be frozen?

@WilkersonBricore 16 лет назад

I just picked some black elderberries this week. I am making some jam up out of them. I thought that red elderberries were a no no so I learned something new today! :) Thanks, Dora Renee' Wilkerson

@amandathurston2720 3 года назад

The flowers are a great early summer treat! I make a saft, or cordial

@Bp323 15 лет назад

Oh very interesting! I will definetely look closer this year. I was so preoccupied with serviceberries and wild grapes that I'm sure I missed out on lots of other good things...But the grape jelly is great.

@EatTheWeeds 11 лет назад

The accompanying article on my website covers that. Local ones turn dark purple.

@fuzzwarmy 10 лет назад

I bought a container of black elderberries at the local health food market and ate them all in one sitting right off the stems. I felt GREAT afterwards and wish I had more.

@EatTheWeeds 11 лет назад

That video was made several years ago with a grainy camera. When the video were transferred to my DVDs some of them were cleaned up a bit.

@MichaelSmathers 12 лет назад

That was a great vid!

@loves2spin2 5 лет назад

This is so helpful! Thank you.

@EatTheWeeds 16 лет назад

The state of Florida plant maps show elderberries growing in your area. I'm in Orlando and they are plentiful here.

@SadeWithTheReceipts 3 года назад

Where? I am in Seminole County sir. I have been searching for these plants. I would even meet you somewhere to purchase a stem to put into the ground to grow if I need to.

@greendeane1 3 года назад

@@SadeWithTheReceipts My gosh.... everywhere where it is wet. They are so common they are actually a trash tree.

@SadeWithTheReceipts 3 года назад

@@greendeane1 really? I’ve never seen one. That I know of 🤷🏽‍♀️

@RhetteLawe 8 лет назад

Just something i know about elderberries: I grew up in Northern Utah along the Wasatch Front. Black Elderberries grow in the alpine areas there, but don't like the more arid valleys. Red Elderberries did not grow wild at all there. I later moved to Oregon. Both species occur here but black elder berries seem to prefer higher altitudes. Both set blossoms out at the same time (spring - early summer), but red elderberries ripen in mid-to-late july. Black elderberries don't ripen until the first of september; in utah they can lag into november, but it's for the better because they're sweeter after the first frost.

@jennygirl8849 5 лет назад

I live and get my black elderberries from an alpine area along the wasatch front (Huntsville). 😉❤

@1234567mrbob 2 года назад

When I was 10 and 11 I used to eat elderberries from the woods all the time! Some people claim they can be confused with pokeberries, which are poisonous, but they don't look anything like pokeberries.

@greendeane1 2 года назад

Poke berries and elderberries don't look much alike. However, young elderberry shrubs and older water hemlock does confuse some people.

@1234567mrbob 2 года назад

@@greendeane1 When I was 9 years old I was riding home from a friend's house and saw a bunch of kids picking pokeberries. I asked them why they were doing that and did they know they are poisonous. They insisted you could boil them but I said I don't think so. I brought one home to my dad and he said do not eat those. He called them "sickberries".

@leanlafitte 8 лет назад

thanks, I love this video. I aways make wine from the black ones. its a good cold and flu med. I live on the Mississippi coast

@EatTheWeeds 16 лет назад

I would imagine the short contact the sap has with the wood is no worry.

@EatTheWeeds 15 лет назад

Oh yes, up into Canada as well. In fact, they are in the wild in your state now, both kinds, black and red.

@426superbee4 5 лет назад

1st thing comes to mind about elderberries is ELERBERRY WINE

@alexcarter8807 3 года назад

Seriously! I'm learning to make various fruit ciders, and I want to try an elderberry one. I was cautious about the tree because as someone else observed, the flower clusters look a little like those of hemlock and I am scared off by anything having to do with hemlock, but it seems the berries, not seeds, not leaves stems or anything green, are fine.

@426superbee4 3 года назад

True. Got to know what your getting.

@EatTheWeeds 12 лет назад

@Morvarid06 Interesting. What's teh botanical name of the green elderberry?

@elvis459 14 лет назад

@EatTheWeeds Thanks for replying, I actually live in Ireland ( does this make a difference to the size ?) and the tree was planted by my grandfather around 80 years ago, it is actually about 30ft Tall. I have many pictures of it.

@opentouniverse 10 лет назад

I have a question I had a friend give me some and then I went and pick some that grow close by.... When I was beginning the cleaning process I noticed that some even when not green had green insides and others were purple inside. Does that mean the ones I picked were not elderberries? They had a kind of white coat over the purple but not completely white.

@empie45 11 лет назад

I made a tincture of the berries and take a half dropper when I feel any tingling in my throat. Works every time.

@EatTheWeeds 15 лет назад

Oh, most definitely. I went out on a legal limb mentioning the red elderberries and just didn't want to compound my potential troubles by mentioning the medicinal side as well.

@2mikey8able 5 лет назад

Mr Green Deane, I been wanting to make elderberry juice with fresh elderberries but what’s stopping me from doing this is How hot does the water needs to be to neutralize the poison from fresh elderberries . I’m scared of over heating the elderberry and killing all its benefits . If you can be so kind on giving me some information on water temperature for fresh elderberries , I will be very appreciated

@EatTheWeeds 13 лет назад

@singtoangels They grow all around you. I would look for them along stream banks.

@EatTheWeeds 16 лет назад

Make a nice syrup for various uses, too.

@renlentlesstourist7574 7 лет назад

Urgent: i have an elderberry tree in my back garden. The stems are RED-Green-Purple mix. but the berries are Black when ripe and very mushy to the touch. They also are very Green at a very early stage (i know the greens light reds on this tree to be toxic) But looking at your elderberry tree here, the stems are GREEN... mine are not. can you please advise. currently they are frozen on my freezer ready for preparation, but im reluctant incase they are poisonous. Alex

@themadbatter165 11 лет назад

Hello, quick question: do black elderberries have seeds??? I have some at my house but I don't want to eat them yet until I'm sure.

@EatTheWeeds 16 лет назад

Sorry I didn't see it sooner. Of the plants I've done videos on most are found in your area seasonally (and even more of those on my web site.) From the videos the plants found in your area are: Mulberry, sassafras, American lotus, yellow pond lilies, smilax, beebalm, grapes, elderberries, chickasaw plum, duck potatoes, lichen, day lilies, amaranth, opuntia, henbit, plantagos, chickweed, thistles, sorrels, pokeweed, pepper grass, mustard, wild lettuce and hawksbeard. Which one did you find?

@metalhead0jtk 13 лет назад

@EatTheWeeds So the little stems attached to the blossoms are okay? I live near a preserve for the "elderberry longhorn beetle" Its a huge (fenced in) field covered in elderberry bushes. The fences are temporary so the bushes don't get damaged. All that for a beetle >_

@charlesclements4350 5 лет назад

I read in the book Back To Eden by Jethro Kloss that it was the pith of the black Elderberry that was poisonous and that the inner bark could be used medicinally.

@math.and.physics 2 года назад

GOOD FOR YOU, THAT BOOK IS AWESOME

@2mikey8able 6 лет назад

Is it safe to make tea with fresh or raw Elderberry or do I really need to dry them ? And Incase I can make tea with fresh Elderberries, how hot does the water need to be to neutralize the toxic that elderberries have when raw ? One more question, does elderberry tea taste better when they are fresh or dried ?

@TheRedPriestofVenice 15 лет назад

Do you think elderberry would grow in my backyard? I live in northern CA where the temp is moderate, but my yard gets a great deal of sunlight.

@andregross7420 12 лет назад

Thanks. Any videos coming up soon?

@lokirat 15 лет назад

hello green dean! hopng to find an elderberry cordial recipe. just fresh picked some.

@MsXlibris 14 лет назад

I love this!!!

@EatTheWeeds 14 лет назад

@DenniszVideos First, where do you live? Next, they usually are very tall and not something one would step on, and what do you mean by a "red-ball type."

@metalhead0jtk 13 лет назад

Hey Deane! My Peterson Field Guide says the whole bunch of blossoms can be dipped in batter and fried but if you gather the whole bunch and fry it wont you get a lot of the toxic stem in there too?

@indianaratman 16 лет назад

Im geeked out i have elderberries here on my indiana farm picked yesterday.I used a fork to get them.

@cozmicdork2 7 лет назад

How did the native people use the Elder Berry? An what is the spiritual significance of them to the Native Ipai people?

@EatTheWeeds 13 лет назад

@metalhead0jtk The young growth with the blossoms are not a problem. In fact, on report says young shoots are edible cooked, but I have not tried that.

@faeriefriendable 9 лет назад

an herbalist from the late 1800's referred to the flower tea as "Liquid Light" and said it was considered a favorite of the fairies. I make the 16th century fermented flower recipe as given in Stephen Harrod Buhner's delightful book, "Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers". It is similar to champagne. I grew up on Catalina Island, the Sambucus there, (fruit is black) made wonderful pies. But it is easy to mistake for ripe a partially ripe berry, with only a touch of greenish blush on the blue black. Eating 2 or 3, set me to the bathroom where I evacuated everything from both ends, very strongly!! So, to avoid that experience, just use the berries cooked.

@thinkfastcomminity6400 7 лет назад

Jennifer Ho can I have the recipe for the flower drink you are talking about?

@reneebarone7484 7 лет назад

Can I post a picture so you can identify this plant? It looks like a weed to me. I've never seen a elderberry bush.

@thinkfastcomminity6400 7 лет назад

Where can I get the seeds from in New Orleans ?

@Gia_Mc_Fia 11 лет назад

Thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooo much for this video. Really helped me out. I was very confused before. lol

@stephen88hox 14 лет назад

ive always wanted to eat the blacks ones i see everywhere( live in northern ireland)but ive always been told its not safe ,so can i munch them really and make such things as sorbets? ive found a patch close to me growing close with wild raspberries,i took some canes for my gardens cuz they are lush!

@dilligafbohica3731 11 лет назад

Are the flowers of both the red and the black non toxic and can be used for the same drinks?

@itsjustrenee1320 7 лет назад

Thank you sir.

@elvis459 14 лет назад

I have an elder tree ??? in my garden it is at least 25 foot tall, is the fruit the same ?

@UsikuA 4 года назад

Interesting how you can eat the blossom and the ripe berries, but not the stage between them when the berries are green. How do the go from safe to toxic to safe?

@dilligafbohica3731 11 лет назад

Can you use the flowers of of the red elderberry to make the same drinks as the black ? Guess what i am asking is are the flowers of both red and black non toxic

@herbieirvine568 2 года назад

Thank you for this video, have a question since I live in Ireland is the European black elderberry have to be heated before eating.

@greendeane1 2 года назад

I think so. There is a case out of England in which wine was made from raw elderberries. Five years later when folks drank the wine they go sick from cyanide poisoning.

@herbieirvine568 2 года назад

Thanks for getting back, and for the info.

@SethMarshallNYC Год назад

If you were to dip the blossoms in batter to make a fritter out of it is it important to not include the tiny branches that hold the blossoms all together? Or did you mean pick the blossoms and dip them in batter? Maybe I miss heard it, but I don’t want to poison myself :-)

@doglife2107 10 лет назад

if I send u a pic could u tell me what it is I just got a good camera I think its sumac or something looks like this in a way but they look dried up

@horizanadventures 11 лет назад

I have a questions. in gathering elderberry's to make wine. The purple are ripe and safe, but nothing is exact in nature.Does a few maroon ones not red ! On a cluster hurt in making wine or will they release toxin in the wine and need to be removed ?

@S-I-T 11 лет назад

Lots of these grow next to the canals in Birmingham u. K.

@Slightquills 12 лет назад

Is there an efficient way of removing the seeds from red elderberries? Would someone still be poisoned if they juiced the red elderberries using a steam juicer?

@DrTiaJolie 3 года назад

Thank you

@isaacguerrero6169 7 лет назад

where are you at i need to know

@singtoangels 13 лет назад

I used to see Elder all the time when I lived in FL, but now that I live in Lexington, KY I'm having a devil of a time finding any! I know it grows up here and I figured it would be easy to find but it isn't. Now I'm finding treasures like goldenseal and wild oregano, but not my favorite Elder. Do you happen to know of some good places up here I could look? Or even purchase a couple of nice Sambucus Nigra? Please let me know. Thanks!

@DerekMurawsky 14 лет назад

We had a bumper crop of elderberries this year. Must have picked 10-20 Gallons. We made pies, jams, jellies, and dies. Wish we'd known about the harvesting trick before we manually de-stemmed everything!

@terryfinley7760 3 года назад

In regards to all of these plants that are “poison, except when you do this”, I have to wonder if they may still might be bad for your body, kidneys, etc.? Another that comes to my mind is Poke. I would be very interested in your take. In other words, is this just watered down poison? Thank you for your expertise and willingness to share.

@sofiap5232 5 лет назад

I am an ethnobotanist in Japan. Japanese elderberries are believed to be poisonous. I am not sure if they are, and have not tried to find out. However, I interviewed an elderly couple that has been using the leaves, dried, as a tea to combat diabetes for over 20 years. I do not know if this can be done with the elderberries that grow in the Americas.

@monstercolorfunco4391 9 лет назад

Couple of corrections "not in europe" at one stage, we have an identical subspecies to which this video applies, so it's misguiding. Also can be good for jams!

@EatTheWeeds 9 лет назад

monstercolorfun co You also have toxic species so be careful.

@RedGrobo 14 лет назад

If one were thinking of eating elderberries for immune strengthening for the coming flu season. what type of elderberry's would you recommend taking? In what form? Is there any other foods or supplements that help with better absorption? Is there any type of foods or supplements that might hinder absorption?

@ZeceFackler 12 лет назад

I would be interested in some seeds from the green verity.

@EatTheWeeds 14 лет назад

@elvis459 25 feet? A tad too tall. Got a picture?

@DecimusAquila 15 лет назад

Thanks! Looks like I can go foraging!

@andregross7420 12 лет назад

Will the not quire ripe ones hurt you?

@horizanadventures 11 лет назад

thanks appreciate it keep the vid coming : )

@random5147 10 лет назад

How should I harvest these berries. Will the plant produce new flower heads next year if I just cut the bunches of berries off or would it be better if I just removed the berries and left the flower head on the plant I know this would be time consuming but if it keeps the plants health and yield better that's what it takes I guess

@preachersdtr1 6 лет назад

@ran dom That's not the way it works with this plant. If you want flowers & berries next year, you have to cut the plants off at the ground, when the harvest season is over for the year; in other words, cut them off at ground level in the Winter, and the plant sends up fresh shoots up in the Spring which produce that year's flowers & berries. I just watched a really good elderberry video on the Y/T Channel "OFF GRID with DOUG & STACY". They took a trip to Missouri to visit this guy named Terry who has the largest Elderberry growing and processing operation in the United States. He & his friends started a Land Collective, back in the 1970's and started growing Elderberries ORGANICALLY. Anyway, you should go to their Channel & watch that field trip; then get Terry's link to his website & go to it when you're done watching the DOUG & STACY video. That link is posted there, under the "Show More:" I think it was, or it may just be sitting there in the open - but it's there (and Terry is an older dude with a voice you can actually hear clearly and he doesn't talk too fast & slur his words all tog ether, either.) I got a lot more out of the Doug & Stacy & Terry visit, than this one here. Terry has practical knowledge, as well as scientific knowledge. He's a walkin' talkin' Elderberry- growin' freak of nature - a damn National Treasure! LOL! No kiddin' tho', he is. (:

@EatTheWeeds 14 лет назад

To my knowledge seedless pulp and or juice of the red elderberry should be cooked before consumed. The seeds are not edible. Period.

@1989green 14 лет назад

The seeds are edible. I have tossed a handful of black elderberries into my tea mug and after adding hot water (120 F) I was able to drink the warmed juice. I also chewed on the seeds, I've been doing this for three weeks and it hasn't bothered me yet.

@DecimusAquila 15 лет назад

Will these things grow in northern kentucky?

@dokshakata 12 лет назад

We all hav slightly or very different constitutions, immune system health is a big factor, as Deane says the wood parts of the palnt hav cyanidic compounds in them. The freezing suggestion I like very much and will try that. also elderberries are one of the highest sources of Calcium Pangamate(B12), a strong cancer preventative and they are yummy too lol, Thanks Green Deane great stuff

@imaresistor 11 лет назад

Love the medicinal benefits of elderberries! Love your films. Need some help, however. Have read there is a danger because they look like water hemlock, which is deadly. I poured out eight pints of what I thought was elderberries because I was afraid I had the wrong thing. Help me with this.

@EatTheWeeds 13 лет назад

@Victoriam4074 That type of flower is called an unbel here as well.

@EatTheWeeds 15 лет назад

Not that I know of. Elderberries have five-petaled flowers.

@breadandbutter777 2 года назад

Amazing knowledge base. Do chemtrails land on plants

@charronfamilyconnect 8 лет назад

Oh one last question, can you eat the seeds from black/purple elderberries? Thanks!

@vink6163 7 лет назад

Answer is at 6:29

@charronfamilyconnect 7 лет назад

Thanks man. I dont know how i missed that. So as long as the fruit is ripe, you can only eat the seeds from the black ones, but not the red ones. I wonder though if eating too many black ones with the seeds inside is a bad thing. Thanks!