FORAGE AND COOK Chicken Of the Woods Mushrooms | Tons of Dying Salmon 

Tbh the foraging episodes are some of my favorites, even more than fishing for big lingcod and salmon.

You outdid yourself Taku with an A+ discovery documentary like scene at the river with all those salmon. Great job at explaining and edit/montage the music into it. Always love watching your content

Taku literally filming the circle of life 👏💯

Thank you so much for sharing your Alaska trip like this. What an honor to see those salmon fulfilling their species goal. The natural world is such a beautiful system

Chum salmon are also sooo delicious to just dry in the sun and eat through the winter months, dipped in seal oil. That is how we traditionally eat it on Nunivak Island where my mother is from.

You made 15 minutes feel like an educational documentary somehow! Loved every second of it!

I like how you used your glasses to make it more clear! Great episode Taku!

I had just found some chicken of the woods. Went on RU-vid to see about identifications and cooking preperations. And you had just posted this video. What a lovely day!!!

The reason why this is my favorite catch and cook channel. Fishing lessons, Cooking lessons and Nature lessons. Go 1M subs!

I know 500k subs is nothing to sneeze at, but it feels way below what you should have. Great content, thanks for sharing your trip!

I enjoyed that David Attenborough moment 😆👍🏼

Wow what an amazing sight. I am jealous of your Alaska trip but happy for you guys at the same time. Keep giving us great content Mr. and Lady Outdoor Chef!

I’m not a vegetarian, but with this episode, theirs a first for everything

The shots of the birds and salmon were brilliant!

Great job explaining that those salmon don't go to waste but are a huge reason Alaska is such a beautiful place! Everyone should visit it one day

Chicken of the woods! Something I didn’t expect to find when I moved up here but it’s everywhere. I’m currently sat in my backyard here in Sitka smoking some king salmon on a homemade smoker. Your smoked pink salmon video inspired me. Thanks!

Taku! what gears do you use for filming? Your videos are amazing! arigato from Korea.

Taku and Jocelyn, greetings from Okinawa, Japan! My god, those salmon are ready to be bear food. I don't think that people can eat those salmon, can we? I thought by then, the meat is rotten. Thanks for the nice video!!

Probably the best footage of nature you've ever shot. Excellent work! Looked like an episode of National Geographic! lol

Awesome find with the wild mushrooms. If you didn't catch any salmon, you got something else, and the way you prepared the mushrooms looked great. Cheers! #TakuTuesday ✌️

OIL YOUR REELS TAKU!!!!!

Wow, that seriously looks like chicken. Looks good 😊

I am new to your channel. I started watching after you did colab videos with Chef Hiro. My husband is a hunter and I stayed home with the kids. Now they are almost grown and I go out with him. I bought a nice camera and while he goes hunting I take pictures. I just bought a book about mushrooms in my area after watching this. Thank you for inspiring me. We are hoping to do more fishing and exploring this year.

Man looks like the Tampa Bay Area with red tides this year but the birds know not to eat the red tide dead fish

Production value on this footage is through the roof! Thanks for all the amazing content! Loving vicariously through you guys and your Alaska trip!

When passing through Washington head to the beach it is razor clam time. You should have a fishing pole out with a crab snare . Great episodes!

Yes thank you! It's amazing watching you enjoy my great state!

I live in Wisconsin we have stocked salmon in the Great lakes and they come up the rivers in the fall and spawn and die. We catch them as zombies they're still good on the smoker and for dog treats I make them into jerky for my 2 hounds

I would’ve added some butter to those mushrooms too

B Roll was epic, awesome video!

They look like they are ready for a shower 🧼🚿

Perfect! I was just going to suggest featuring some of our diverse fall fungi, and here you are doing just that! So pleased you are enjoying your time here in Alaska. You have done a wonderful job of showcasing why we love living here. It's moose season, so perhaps you can get in on that before heading south.

Don’t chickens originally come from forested areas? If so, then aren’t chickens the chicken of the woods?

I love mushrooms and I would definitely eat this.

I have watched many many of your videos but this one truly hit the top of the list for me. You and Jocelyn make an incredible team, you are both very fortunate.

Them two: Yes!! Jackpot! Me: Ugh, just more bushes, weeds, and forest.

Liked the educational monologue, worthy of a spot on NatGeo.

Chicken of the Woods!!! If only the bear can figure them out, the bear'll would say "Taste like chicken"

Sometimes, I feel like one of those salmon when I'm at work. Thanks for sharing another amazing Alaska adventure.

Getting my wild mushroom dreams coming true by watching your mushroom hunting vids! Such beautiful specimens!

I wonder if salmon ever think "Going upstream to spawn seems like a hell of a lot of work, what if I just, like, don't?" But if they were that smart the species would go extinct.

chicken of the woods cooking advice; in this vid he still had them slimy and when eatin at that stage its pretty the same as eating a portabelo sandwich but if you cook them till they're dryer they get crispy and take on the texture of chicken waaay more with a little crunch. if you put butter or like him some sauce on them after that is peeerrrffecctt

Love chicken of the woods! Got some chicken of the woods, black trumpets, and some chanterelles minors in the fridge right now all the way over in Pennsylvania! Love these kinds videos glad I found this channel. I’ve been into foraging and outdoor cooking a lot and these videos are a blessing! Peace and love stay safe!

Are u going to do harrying this season , I left u a message in ur pickled harrying video.. loved to go

Chicken of the woods is one of, if not the most, protein packed mushrooms there are. All of the other ones are water, maybe a couple carbs, some vitamins and minerals. But COTW is straight up a plant meat. It's awesome. Cook thoroughly. You found some choice fruits! Great vid.

Everything you see and feel out there, including rain, makes life wonderful. The mushrooms look heavenly.

👍👍Lucky I've been mushroom hunting 45 years I've never found chicken of the woods that wasn't full of mushroom nat lavra ! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤬 You forgot the garlic!!!

I never seen so many fish like that in my life

Excellent video awesome sights I tell you ain't GODS COUNTRY OUTSTANDING TOTALLY MENTAL BROTHER I COULD NEVER GET ENOUGH OF ALASKA GOD BLESS YOU BROTHER AND YOUR FAMILY

Those are AMAZZING.. WE love them ❤ 😋👌 and whyyyy. Whyyy didn't you Flour and fry some !?!?! They taste luke fried chicken. Seriously. So good.. my daughter loves them.

When you make a hunting video

With all those dead and dying salmon I wonder if it smelled really bad? That pulled pork looking mushroom looked 🔥

I love the foraging episodes. I found my first chicken of the woods last night… 8.5 lbs!!!!!! People aren’t kidding when they say they taste like actual chicken.

Fished for chicken of the Sea, found Chicken of the woods, and made a Chicken sandwich! 😎👍

It's a vegetarian meal with the mushrooms I never tried that always use jackfruit but definitely I will try it with mushrooms. Nice video and looks sooo peaceful and I bet the air is so fresh also the nature. Thank you and hope you showed us the sunset that will be the best.

I have never eaten a Chum (Dog...because Alaskans, possibly Russians, use them to feed the sled dogs) salmon....would be interesting to actually catch one that doesn't look like swimming death and try it! I have caught a ton of them, but only in rivers where they have already started to rot alive (zombie fish, as you said). There must be a way to catch them in the salt where they are still silver and edible? When salmon die, they add nutrients to the water to help their eggs hatch and fry (hatchlings) to survive. A VERY specific life cycle. I REALLY need to take a mycology course...you and Jocelyn have some crazy shroom hunting skills!

I mean. Beautiful coverage and explanation. But where's the foraging? All you did was tell us the cycle of Alaskan life, and cook for us.. but where's the part where you actually foraged?

Very awesomely comforting videos. Really peaceful. Ty! I have to share because you used the word zombie regarding those fish. Did you know that each man and woman who haven't yet received Christ Jesus into their hearts are zombies, too? True story. Spiritually...these people are dead...and if they were to die without Repentance for their sins...they would spend their eternity in a death that bares no comfort. Because they've chosen to serve the devil while here on earth. Taking their reward here...rather than storing their rewards in heaven. Just caring and sharing. Beginning to read in: The Gospel of John, will allow, Jesus, to enlighten our understanding of Salvation through Repentance for our sin. We'll be very thankful, for what, Jesus, has done for us, Reader! ❤️

A couple days late, But I really enjoy your forage videos.👍🏻 Mushrooms, seaweeds, crabs, clams etc. solid

My friend.. where's the oil for the pan or how 'bout a li'l flour/bread crumb coating for those shrooms.?. and that ain't no pulled pork son??.. that's *"Chicken of the Forest!"*

lol the Sunglasses on camera lens looked and worked better than you think ALSO BRILLIANT

Hello and welcome back Taku !

Creative. But smothering those mushrooms with BBQ sauce does them a huge injustice. Can't understand WHY you'd want to cover the taste of such a delicious mushroom by smothering it with BBQ sauce.

It looks like 🐔 chicken, smells like 🐔 chicken taste kind of like 🐔 chicken it's got to be 🐔 chicken 🤔🤔🤭🤭 awesome video looked delicious 💯

Definitely one of the best ways to eat Chicken of the Woods is the pulled pork way. Number one is chicken strips or nuggets. My kids love the nuggets.

Love the foraging mushrooms!🍄 and Tako and Salmon! #1!🤙Aloha🌺

I'd love to see all the footage of your adventures you don't upload.. I could easily watch an hour episode of your adventures in Alaska.

Err... where's there salmon, there's usually bears and other predators that will take advantage of a easy meal. Obviously you guys made it back safe, but damn I'd be worried out there.

Omg I just found some too. I made a video of how I harvested and cooked it up. I am still on the hunt for it.

I know the video is two years old, but that doesn't matter. Just last week I found my first bunch of L. gilbertsonii. It was and older specimen. It didn't taste bad, kind of like bacon, with a strong lemon aftertaste. Due to it's age, I'm sure.

Dopest footage of the year bro awesome awesome meal. I do a lot of foraging you can actually take the forest floor, clean leaves, small branches, berries etc. (All edible) and roast apples pears etc. It's beautiful has a delightful fragrance and taste . Try in video

His explanation about the salmon was so beautiful though

That looks awesome and really good!! Hope you got a chance to look for some pine mushrooms to? They got to be one of the best but I'm sure you already know that, And if you ever drive up threw BC again make sure to make more stops if you're allowed and maybe you'll see a spirt bear but they live closer to the cost.

Of all the folks making videos, Taku I know you are finding the real beauty and adventure of that great land! Soon the termination dust will start to fall and you will have to leave or be stuck.... are you driving back or taking the ferry? Keep living the dream.

I love your channel. I live in Northern Humboldt County California on the Klamath river and it is eel,sturgeon and salmon time of the year as well as mushroom season as well. Keep up the awesome work you do, I totally admire your presentation as well as passion.

Collab with land shark outdoors. You guys are both some of the best catch and cooks in my book. You guys are both in Alaska. That would be awesome.

Hey Taku, you should come up to Oregon during Chanterelle season! I am sure you know this, but they are even better!

I love your videos. It should be noted that chicken of the woods should be avoided when found growing on conifers. it can make you sick. Others will still become ill, regardless of the tree it’s found on.

Pull-pork-chicken-mushroom BBQ-onion burgers. Wow!

Yeah, it's amazing how nature recyle itself, nothing is wasted. If the salmon didn't die after spawn, it would actually be a bad thing, since the spawn billions of fry

Something wrong with your reel? It's making a clacking sound when you are reeling it🤔🙄😁

Ahh man I'm supper Jelly.. I Love Just giving it a good sniff when ever I find some I see you do as well lol Good stuff..

Do you think those salmon know there purposes is to spawn and die. Very interesting life. But another banger Taku!

Damn it Taku. U just convinced me to try that vegan sandwich.

Maybe do an Alaskan canning industry or how they process salmon up there. Also heard about the herring run where you can scoop them up with a net. Go see moose walking around town. See Alaskan huskies.

Total score with the CotW, but criminal drowning them in BBQ sauce!

do you make your own recipe on the fly? because it seem like everything you make seem delicious. after you shred the mushroom now it looks like chicken of the wood.

Just wondering if anyone know, why dont u want to eat those salmons? they are still alive so its fresh right? could it be possible for them to survive over after breeding?

Gotta be careful eating chickens that are growing on hemlock trees. Some people have bad reactions

Sorry if you’ve answered this already but have you given us the pickled onion/habanero recipe?? Would love that

taku tuesday let’s GOO!

Thought you had said “stupid fresh” but I ran it back and you said “super fresh”

Another thing. What if a salmon evolved to eat the dying ones? How big would it get if it was protected?

Crazy is I know some people who would of been there all day until they captured as much salmon they could take smh

The sandwich looks like it's missing some serrano peppers, feel like that would be a nice addition too if with a little extra kick of heat.

Crazy to think that all the salmon born come together for 1 purpose and in the end die for it, as one. Not a single salmon decides they are not going to participate.

You generally need to boil chicken of the woods. It causes gastrointestinal issues in a lot of people.

@6:00 was feeling like a historical nat geo moment, great video

When I’m lost the woods these mushrooms better run and hide, I’m coming for you. Veggie burger

Oh I am so jealous. I am a mushroom hunter and have never found a Chicken of the Woods yet. You made me hungry