Good work bro,what i do for food/water,i take some edible plants,water,and some treeroot,i put the water in the tree~~,then make a fire and cook the water,and make tea with the plants,
For the acorns; better to soak overnight ( I prefer to change water at least once) to leech out the tannic acid, dry roast and eat or better yet, add to other wild edibles.
Eastern Hemlock is a tree,these Herbs are not in the fern family; Bulbiferous Water & Spotted Water Hemlock
Bracken fern(very large leafs 20-90cm wide & tall)which is 3 parted has poisonous fiddleheads & should be careful not to confuse with Rattlesnake & Oak fern.Just don't eat if leaves are in 3
Too much of Sensitive fern can lead to irritability of the digestive track.
Compare the rhizome as in the Wild Parsnip it will look like a carrot.
For Water & Spotted will be hollow maze of chambers.
Hemlock is closely related to ferns? Last time I checked ferns weren't even a seed plant plant like hemlock That said, hemlock is often mistaken for wild carrot or parsnip; which it actually does look like and is related to (family Apiaceae). If you mistake hemlock for a fern, that's natural selection. Read up and study before eating newbs.
@survivethewild Hey just a thought. Is it possible to remake this vid with your new camera? I love the vids but it is blurry. Keep em coming though and don't stop!
Thanks for your solid posts. Good and correct identification of them. Good close ups to help identify them as well. You contribute a great deal. No fiddle heads? Wrong time of the year maybe. Shrooms are hard to identify and because of it got to be real careful or dead. Good source of food though so it would be worth while to be able to identify the safe ones. Check out survialtube. ning.com as you could contribute a lot.No It's not my site but it's solid.
Anouther good Vid. Thanks good post. Do you know how to cleanse the sap you use a gum. I've seen it melted on a rock and as it drips down a hot rock the debri sticks to the rock and drips clean.
Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock) is a TREE The herbaceous plant responsible for death after ingesting small parts of the root is Conium maculatum (Poison Hemlock), an umbrillafae related to wild carrot. The only folks at risk are those who lack respect, fundamental first hand experience & basic botany skills. The only thing that prevents folks from plugging back in to the landscape for food and medicine is fear and ignorance. Be the hero of your own story, not the victim of someone elses.
@survivethewild you should've specified which acorns you ate...because I too heard that Acrons simply cannot be eaten until they are boiled several times to reduce the tannins.
@survivethewild In one of Ray Mear's shows he leeches the acorns in a stream for 3 days before cooking, I wasn't aware that you can just boil the tannic acid off.
ok, just a little clarification is good, but making unclear generalizations can get the inexperienced into trouble. Just saying, most is good, yet be weary of explain plant parts more clearly... some parts can be edible and some parts can kill you.
As a USAF Survival Specialist (SERE) I wouldnt make a survival video if you dont know what you are doing... with ferns you only eat fiddle heads (new growth) with pine you dont eat them... you soak them in very almost boiling water...do not boil or you could get diarrea and become dehydrated). And like posted below stay the hell away from mushrooms... Take this video information with a grain of salt...
@Gwwright0 Got to call you out on that one. Sweetfern is a woody shrub, not a polypore (actual fern), Cold leaching the tannins from oaks makes the best flour for pizza crusts, breads, and in mobile survival, a ground cereal. Young pine needles are digestable and healthy before the cellulose develops, and the tea is astringent, a CURE for diarrea, not a cause. There are no known cases of poisoning from shelf fungus, only a small group of capped ground mushrooms. Good motivation though.
Beginners.. DO NOT EAT ANY MUSHROOMS that you find on the trail!!! Please take a survival class before eatting any thing in the woods you see on the internet!
Sulfur shelf actually gets its name from the color, not it's chemical content. It does not need to be boiled in several changes of water. I agree, don't eat raw wild mushrooms!
Tannins can be removed by soaking chopped acorns in several changes of water, until water no longer turns brown. (Boiling unleached acorns may actually cause the tannins to be unleachable.)
and those tannins interfere with ur ability to metabolise protein...
very inspiring stuff. it's a simple dream of mine to do stuff like that. i'm from the city and i fucking hate it! i'll send you a list of my survival kit.
You should be careful eating ferns, because hemlock is in the fern family and looks like just about any other fern. Hemlock has a slightly reddish tint to the stem. If you can't tell the difference, never eat a fern.
Hey Joe. It's Brian again. I just learned from watching Ray Mears that "Chicken of the Woods" got its name because when the mushroom is broken up it tears apart like a piece of chicken. Btw, thanks for the videos. Tried chicken of the woods and it was good. You mentioned reeds. How and where do you get them? Most of all, how to you eat them? THANKS MAN! KEEP THOSE VIDS UP!
crush the needles, boil them in water, then pour the water through a t shirts or some close weave fabric to act as a filter to get rid of the needles. There you go needle tea. oh and if you get some birch sap during the autumn you can use it as sugar to sweeten the tea, taste really nice.
Good video. My only complaint is that the plants are not photographed closely enough. There is no way I would recommend this video to someone who has never eaten something in the woods before. When you said "here is what you're looking for" all we saw was a green blur against your hand. Hardly useful. Macro lens would be very helpful.
great vid, i'd love to see more. i'd suggest next time to get more close ups on the demonstrations. study the shots les stroud does in survivorman. great information in this clip!
Mushrooms are tasty but I too am very weary about identifying and eating a mushroom. Can anyone here tell me a sure fire way of finding an edible mushroom? I'm aware of the one that he found on the tree but what about the others?
In my Audubon book, the picture of the Sulphur Shelf mushroom shows a brilliant orange mushroom, rather than being pale yellow, like in your video. I'm a little unsure about which mushroom is which.
Good job. So cooking it basically not only softens it, but takes the tanic (spell?) acid out, so eating it is more positively tasteful? Makes sense I guess.
I love stuff like this. Im always surprised at how little people know about the different kinds of food that grow in there own areas. im pretty lucky that my state has an abundance of food sources in the wild but I know allot of people that have no clue that they can eat it. if they got lost in the woods they would die of starvation.
Damn i wish i had a front yard like that.....I live in Lynwood(where paris hilton got locked up)LOL...well yea and have nothing like that around here....well i know one survival technique here and its dont go to Compton alone...lol
Have u ever ate poison ivy or oak by accident?.
Vi3tSurvivalist2012 2 months ago
Well if it isen´t my old nemesis, 240p we meet again..
Thraxiz94 4 months ago
Good work bro,what i do for food/water,i take some edible plants,water,and some treeroot,i put the water in the tree~~,then make a fire and cook the water,and make tea with the plants,
TenBproductions 6 months ago
For the acorns; better to soak overnight ( I prefer to change water at least once) to leech out the tannic acid, dry roast and eat or better yet, add to other wild edibles.
seekertrth 7 months ago
that chicken of the woods is awesome cooked i love it yes it taste a lot better cooked
vishee2906 7 months ago
that chicken of the woods is awesome cooked i love it
vishee2906 7 months ago
Eastern Hemlock is a tree,these Herbs are not in the fern family; Bulbiferous Water & Spotted Water Hemlock
Bracken fern(very large leafs 20-90cm wide & tall)which is 3 parted has poisonous fiddleheads & should be careful not to confuse with Rattlesnake & Oak fern.Just don't eat if leaves are in 3
Too much of Sensitive fern can lead to irritability of the digestive track.
Compare the rhizome as in the Wild Parsnip it will look like a carrot.
For Water & Spotted will be hollow maze of chambers.
Wiggystracking 8 months ago
Hemlock is closely related to ferns? Last time I checked ferns weren't even a seed plant plant like hemlock That said, hemlock is often mistaken for wild carrot or parsnip; which it actually does look like and is related to (family Apiaceae). If you mistake hemlock for a fern, that's natural selection. Read up and study before eating newbs.
herbanshaman 9 months ago
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herbanshaman 9 months ago
I think you better take a better camera,
the picture is not clear...you can't see what you are showing.
18Maart1915Gallipoli 10 months ago
@18Maart1915Gallipoli sorry, that was my very first YT video ever, taken in 2007
survivethewild 10 months ago 3
@survivethewild Hey just a thought. Is it possible to remake this vid with your new camera? I love the vids but it is blurry. Keep em coming though and don't stop!
katanaburner 5 months ago
wow that looks like hemlock in the begining.....
Lacoux 1 year ago
ever got real bad poison ivy rummaging around in plants like that?
psychoguy1017 1 year ago
NIce vid guys.
cheekyfumes 1 year ago
holy tanic acid
austin881000 1 year ago
Thanks for your solid posts. Good and correct identification of them. Good close ups to help identify them as well. You contribute a great deal. No fiddle heads? Wrong time of the year maybe. Shrooms are hard to identify and because of it got to be real careful or dead. Good source of food though so it would be worth while to be able to identify the safe ones. Check out survialtube. ning.com as you could contribute a lot.No It's not my site but it's solid.
NotLuckyInLife 1 year ago
I used to eat wiled mushrooms all the time... I learned my lesson
QUESTED 1 year ago
nice. ur a survivor. and squirrels have plenty of meat off them. especialy if you are in a survival situation.
Kiwi2038 1 year ago
bird poo on there could deliver diarhea, wash everthing you eat
speckspeck 1 year ago
wish you took a little time and showed us actual pictures of what can be eaten, I am sure you have a book with pictures you could show us
johnmonk66 2 years ago
yeah i agree with you a book of whats edible would help out a lot.
TheScorpion615 2 years ago
collect some chicken of the woods, acorns, and sweet ferns... put it all in a bag... THAT is original trail mix lol
tormenter012 2 years ago
Anouther good Vid. Thanks good post. Do you know how to cleanse the sap you use a gum. I've seen it melted on a rock and as it drips down a hot rock the debri sticks to the rock and drips clean.
SurvivalWithBushcraf 2 years ago
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pretty cool video guys.
iluvwiki 2 years ago
Bra, you guys are entertaining. See if you can make a youtube partner and more vids. I learned some and laughed my ass off the whole vid. Good job.
79outlaw 2 years ago
-GO!
-"umm " this is hemlock... i'm stupid and just ate some so i'm gonna die live on camera like socrates.
ARXHMalakas 2 years ago
Umm - that actually is hemlock.
Sorry I'm not Bear Gryls on camera.
survivethewild 2 years ago
@ARXHMalakas FACT: Socrates DID NOT die on camera.
Masowai 1 year ago
Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock) is a TREE The herbaceous plant responsible for death after ingesting small parts of the root is Conium maculatum (Poison Hemlock), an umbrillafae related to wild carrot. The only folks at risk are those who lack respect, fundamental first hand experience & basic botany skills. The only thing that prevents folks from plugging back in to the landscape for food and medicine is fear and ignorance. Be the hero of your own story, not the victim of someone elses.
primitiveskills 1 year ago
Acorns taste like shit, I don't care how many times you boil it. Leave it to the squirrels & eat the squirrels.
HiWay69s 2 years ago
Not all acorns taste bad, some you don't even have to boil.
Acorns can be gathered very easily and don't require skinning. And there isn't a lot of meat on squirrels.
But I'm not against eating squirrels if I'm craving meat.
survivethewild 2 years ago
@survivethewild you should've specified which acorns you ate...because I too heard that Acrons simply cannot be eaten until they are boiled several times to reduce the tannins.
harybosco 1 year ago
@survivethewild In one of Ray Mear's shows he leeches the acorns in a stream for 3 days before cooking, I wasn't aware that you can just boil the tannic acid off.
mark1983peace 1 year ago
@survivethewild eating raw acorns can kill you
ZombieSurvivor2012 1 year ago
ok, just a little clarification is good, but making unclear generalizations can get the inexperienced into trouble. Just saying, most is good, yet be weary of explain plant parts more clearly... some parts can be edible and some parts can kill you.
Gwwright0 2 years ago
As a USAF Survival Specialist (SERE) I wouldnt make a survival video if you dont know what you are doing... with ferns you only eat fiddle heads (new growth) with pine you dont eat them... you soak them in very almost boiling water...do not boil or you could get diarrea and become dehydrated). And like posted below stay the hell away from mushrooms... Take this video information with a grain of salt...
Gwwright0 2 years ago
I do only eat young fiddle heads. Some say you should boil the hairs off. Sometimes I eat raw though without issues.
New growth pine sprouts are fine raw or boiled.
I practice what I preach and have yet to get so much as a stomach ache.
But no one should ever eat anything they cannot positively identify, especially mushrooms. One mistake can kill you.
survivethewild 2 years ago
@Gwwright0 Got to call you out on that one. Sweetfern is a woody shrub, not a polypore (actual fern), Cold leaching the tannins from oaks makes the best flour for pizza crusts, breads, and in mobile survival, a ground cereal. Young pine needles are digestable and healthy before the cellulose develops, and the tea is astringent, a CURE for diarrea, not a cause. There are no known cases of poisoning from shelf fungus, only a small group of capped ground mushrooms. Good motivation though.
primitiveskills 1 year ago
@primitiveskills I think it's funny looking back at this video, since it was actually the first one I ever made.
I've learned much since then.
survivethewild 1 year ago
Beginners.. DO NOT EAT ANY MUSHROOMS that you find on the trail!!! Please take a survival class before eatting any thing in the woods you see on the internet!
SURVIVALIST101 2 years ago
NEVER EVER EAT RAW MUSHROOMS FROM THE WILD!
Sulfur Shelf mushrooms get their name from the high amount of sulfur in them. They should be boiled in several changes of water before eating.
jlburnitt 2 years ago
Sulfur shelf actually gets its name from the color, not it's chemical content. It does not need to be boiled in several changes of water. I agree, don't eat raw wild mushrooms!
BIGTROUT01 2 years ago
washington state by oregon
punkgabe 3 years ago
holy crap!! you can eat SPRUCE??? what state is this in?......0.0 ...please reply ... i need information for survival in washington wilderness
punkgabe 3 years ago
Tannins can be removed by soaking chopped acorns in several changes of water, until water no longer turns brown. (Boiling unleached acorns may actually cause the tannins to be unleachable.)
and those tannins interfere with ur ability to metabolise protein...
nephildevil 3 years ago
Some people tan leather using the tannic acid from acorns, it is called Oak tan and is for for knife sheaths etc.
widgeonslayer 3 years ago
i doubt acorns hold much protein
nephildevil 3 years ago
very inspiring stuff. it's a simple dream of mine to do stuff like that. i'm from the city and i fucking hate it! i'll send you a list of my survival kit.
yathatisgood 3 years ago
hi great video what kind of tree does chicken of the woods grow on and what time of the year does it grow.
mike238383 3 years ago
your editor didnt do his job lol-- just kidding- it was a great vid- i really enjoyed!!TY
SirIncx 3 years ago
what do you mean just kidding? he didnt do his job
themachinegunn 3 years ago
where u guys live?
KonstantinKuehn 3 years ago
You should be careful eating ferns, because hemlock is in the fern family and looks like just about any other fern. Hemlock has a slightly reddish tint to the stem. If you can't tell the difference, never eat a fern.
corbaman 3 years ago 3
Hey Joe. It's Brian again. I just learned from watching Ray Mears that "Chicken of the Woods" got its name because when the mushroom is broken up it tears apart like a piece of chicken. Btw, thanks for the videos. Tried chicken of the woods and it was good. You mentioned reeds. How and where do you get them? Most of all, how to you eat them? THANKS MAN! KEEP THOSE VIDS UP!
katanaburner 3 years ago
At 4:15 is a McCormick's case in point: Dirty fish pool becomes chicken stock. . .
skok65 3 years ago
I always carry a large botle of McCormick's Poultry Seasoning with me, because as everyone knows, "chicken" flavor can be very subjective. . .
skok65 3 years ago
Its a good video shame about the quality tho cant see what plants are what :(
Kevinmwragg 3 years ago
Don't worry about that. The real survival test would be living through a liver transplant, right?
skok65 3 years ago
I couldn't help but notice the iron cross on your right hand
redtortoise76 3 years ago
is this the only mushroom that lives on a tree?
slingninja82 3 years ago
No there are many, many.
This one is just easy to identify.
Get at least 3 books on mushrooms before u start eating them. You could get yourself killed if u misidentify!
survivethewild 3 years ago
Nice vid and nice LBE. thx for taking ur time to make and post!
john67elco 3 years ago
can you do a video on your kabar
gbuck1212 3 years ago
can you get the pine needles straight off the big trees
kyleterra 3 years ago
yes, but they taste stronger.
Good for tea though :)
survivethewild 3 years ago
how would you make that tea
kyleterra 3 years ago
crush the needles, boil them in water, then pour the water through a t shirts or some close weave fabric to act as a filter to get rid of the needles. There you go needle tea. oh and if you get some birch sap during the autumn you can use it as sugar to sweeten the tea, taste really nice.
0Doc0 3 years ago
So about that.
Really though, it was just to show how much food is readily available naturally.
Everything can, and should, be positively identified with field guides in your locale.
survivethewild 3 years ago
Good video. My only complaint is that the plants are not photographed closely enough. There is no way I would recommend this video to someone who has never eaten something in the woods before. When you said "here is what you're looking for" all we saw was a green blur against your hand. Hardly useful. Macro lens would be very helpful.
Other than that, good stuff.
Blacksmith1964 3 years ago 4
Youtube severely degrades the video quality when it is uploaded to save space on their servers.
rangerdanger222 3 years ago
are you briging any new vids out plz wb soon
flyfisher2k8 3 years ago
Yes, as soon as I can.
survivethewild 3 years ago
Yes, as soon as I can.
survivethewild 3 years ago
great vid, i'd love to see more. i'd suggest next time to get more close ups on the demonstrations. study the shots les stroud does in survivorman. great information in this clip!
ZZOTH 3 years ago
Mushrooms are tasty but I too am very weary about identifying and eating a mushroom. Can anyone here tell me a sure fire way of finding an edible mushroom? I'm aware of the one that he found on the tree but what about the others?
katanaburner 3 years ago
The short answer is no, there is no sure fire way. Bring books and identify every one u can for a year before u even try to eat one.
If you're wrong, u could die...add I've been wrong about trees :) Be careful.
survivethewild 3 years ago
Hey thanks man. Will do. Anymore new vids coming out?
katanaburner 3 years ago
1 easy way
If you dont know what it is r not sure dont eat it.
Llakey123 3 years ago
In my Audubon book, the picture of the Sulphur Shelf mushroom shows a brilliant orange mushroom, rather than being pale yellow, like in your video. I'm a little unsure about which mushroom is which.
NekopanClock 3 years ago
They are the same, colors change with age.
Not much is shaped close the sulphur shelf
survivethewild 3 years ago
Good job. So cooking it basically not only softens it, but takes the tanic (spell?) acid out, so eating it is more positively tasteful? Makes sense I guess.
mysticalwoodsman 3 years ago
Some acorns can eaten raw, others have to be boiled to remove some of the tannic acid (tannins) so it's edible.
After that, roasting on a rock is the best taste!
survivethewild 3 years ago
I love stuff like this. Im always surprised at how little people know about the different kinds of food that grow in there own areas. im pretty lucky that my state has an abundance of food sources in the wild but I know allot of people that have no clue that they can eat it. if they got lost in the woods they would die of starvation.
wwwaaarr 4 years ago
Very true my friend.
And to think I used to be the same.
It's a shame we live like we do today.
Sad really. The Garden of Eden is right out our back doors.
survivethewild 4 years ago
thanks for posting this sort of thing.
=]
enjoistaind 4 years ago
Wow, all the foodstuffs you've mentioned so far are near where I live. I look forward to using this knowledge in the future.
NekopanClock 4 years ago
lol.. great vid mate keep the ouch thats hot .or @ least make a blooper real lol.
actionman1966 4 years ago
Heheh, Joe at the end of your vid you remind me of Les Stroud, that intrigued look on your face while eating your nuts! haha priceless!
1 of my fav videos!
cupheadz 4 years ago
So it probably tasted like Shitken....lol...good video..
sergioalcala 4 years ago
No, it really wasn't that bad :)
survivethewild 4 years ago
Damn i wish i had a front yard like that.....I live in Lynwood(where paris hilton got locked up)LOL...well yea and have nothing like that around here....well i know one survival technique here and its dont go to Compton alone...lol
sergioalcala 4 years ago
this video is a great wake up call to everyone in denial about a possible nuclear war. how can they survive when they are spoiled on 'super markets'?
there is also a big sand water filter that i saw on you tube.thanks bros.
knievel8 4 years ago