EatTheWeeds: Episode 106: Persimmon Bread

[Bojack03]

How well would this recipe work with acorn flour and wild huckleberries

[EatTheWeeds]

@Bojack03 If you used just scorn flour the bread would be thicker and heavier.

[rapidMG]

green deen ;) love the name ;)

[EatTheWeeds]

@rapidMG My mother watched the movie Gunga Dean.... I'm just glad she didn't prefer Gunga... Green Gunga doesn't quite work.

[ebotica]

I have made my persimmon bread, gluten free and it is sooooo yummy.

Thanks a lot.

[ebotica]

thanks a lot for your scrumptious bread, going to make one with gluten free flour and I have to use cultivated persimmons, don't get wild ones here in NZ.

[kaylashalaylaaaaa]

this looks delicious!

[unicron24]

thanks for the meat...

[onfire0201]

Wow, what timing. Not two days ago did someone give me two persimmons. Probably cultivated since they are the size of a large apple. When I got them I wondered to myself "What would Green Dean do with these" and what do you know a video pops up on them. Amazing :)

[EatTheWeeds]

Enjoy

[fbt2007]

Hey Green Deane, it is good to see you back!

Congrats for being on the PBS show about foraging. I figured it was just a matter of time before something like that happened. After they get a taste of your persimmon bread well, I think youre going be invited back to a lot of shows:-)

Now I click the 5 stars right after I hear the birds sing. After 106 5 star videos it's a pretty sure thing that the next one will be too. Thanks Green Deane for another great video!

[EatTheWeeds]

Thank you, and all, very much. It might be that my videos aren't that good but that a lot of others are quite bad. I'm working on one right now. Maybe I'll have all the elements recorded to up load around Thanksgiving.

[fbt2007]

"It might be that my videos aren't that good but that a lot of others are quite bad"

No.....they're good. If you chuckle, or remember something long after watching the video, then you know it's good.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

[echodawg]

Good to see you back.

[ytfp]

Happy that you found some "and other things too" things to post for this time in the season. It is really good to see you back!

[onetraveler]

Welcome back Deane--why not post a link to your PBS show..??

[EatTheWeeds]

They only recorded it yesterday.

[Gwoana]

Yay!!! Another video from Green Deane!!!

I have been anxiously waiting for new videos, after having seen all 105 videos!

Thank you and good luck at PBS!!!

[danielcorey21]

thanks for the wild food recipes

[PartisonConfederate]

Funny you should mention acorns. I gathered about 4 cups worth in the back yard yesterday and was thinking about making Apache Cakes/bread with them. My wife always fusses when I go and pick some of the weeds out of the yard and use them in cooking.

[EatTheWeeds]

Fussing... that you are eating edibles or missing the toxic ones? (He said with a smile.)

[feralkevin]

The only thing that would have made that even more delicious looking is the addition of acorn flour! Persimmons and acorns have an affinity for each other.

[EatTheWeeds]

Yes, if it were cold-processed acorn flour. That way its starch would still be available as a binder. When hot processed the acorn starch cooks and can't be used as a binder.

[FatGuyWithAKatana]

damn that looks good. great opening by the way "that's why i watch" indeed.

[pastorgeorgec]

Deane so good to see you back - you are the most wonderful moments on You Tube. Best wishes for your PBS show I really hope it takes off!

[chrlbaseball88]

I just threw a wild food feast for 25 people about two weeks ago. I served persimmon bread among other things, and everyone loved it. Couldn't have done it without your inspiration though, so for that, thanks a million! By the way, glad to see you back!

[otakop67]

Good to see you again, Deane! Congrats on PBS! 5 *'s!!

[noweirdbeard]

HA HA!! Great video. Its been awhile. Very cool you are working with PBS.

[draconiandevil01]

Always great to see you Deane! 5***

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[godsend420]

i got the munchies and that isnt helping i luv banana bread and would luv to try this any chance on the pbs showtime i would watch 5*

[EatTheWeeds]

While persimmons have their own flavor they are not as aromatic as bananas, and have a darker flavor. Very nice. We recorded the program today, No sure what their schedule is.

[pj065724]

Ahhhhhh. Now I can't wait for my persimmon saplings to grow and bear fruit !  : )

[EatTheWeeds]

There's a persimmon orchard near me, privately owned, covers about an acre. Very unusual.

[NWforager]

Cooking : a great way to heat the home and heart. Love to see the PBS special ! Thank you

[rangersquirrel1]

Nice to see a new vid from you Deane...I was missing them. I may actually have to give this one a try - my wife makes Persimmon Pudding every year and I've always hated it. This looks far more appetizing.

[EatTheWeeds]

It is too delicious. I have some other videos in the work but sometimes life gets in the way of living.

[888zzz]

Love your vids, but processed foods like white sugar and white flour ruin our health. The health of Americans is horrible, and the main reason is our diet. There are healthy substitutes to processed foods.

[EatTheWeeds]

Oh, I agree completely. I've been a low carb-er for many years and am a strong advocate of eating like our great grand parents, as I have emphasized many time on my site. What you saw me eat on the video was more flour and sugar than I've had in years. But I do indulge now and then and the persimmon bread was my delicious indugence for the year.

[NaturalyMommy]

Dang Green Dean Where ya been? We have been so anxious to learn a new plant. My family loves your videos. Please don't stop making them they are very much appreciated!

[EatTheWeeds]

Other things have gotten in the way. I have a couple of videos in the works but we are getting in to winter.

[jasoncozad]

Great video! Even though I am from Washington State, I am finding your videos to be very informative. I just need to catch up on them since I only discovered them a week ago. Keep up the good work and thanks.

[questone100]

what are persimmons?

[EatTheWeeds]

A common fruit in North America with several cultivated versions from Japan sold in the supermarkets.

[madcow1001NL]

great video as always Deane :)

[jokertim777]

Homemade breads are the BEST. Thanks for another great episode.

Next time you can try baking your bread in a solar oven.

[EatTheWeeds]

The thought crossed my mind, but it's partly cloudy here and I had a deadline to meet at the PBS station.

[DrunknShooter]

I've been missing your videos, glad you made us a new one.

[EatTheWeeds]

I've got more in the works. I've been busy teaching.

[masterdurchgriff]

6:47 "when you do your own cooking you can lick your own bowls" ahhahahaha NICE

Thanks for the funa nd intresting vid 5stars

[TheHellBound666]

that looks really tasty man.

[EatTheWeeds]

It is... if you use less fruit more of the persimmon taste comes through, but still it is too delicious. I would eat it all (and I'm a low carb-er.)

[EbolaV1rus]

I love persimmons! I really miss them. There were loads of them on my property in the Ozarks when I lived in Arkansas, but there are none where I live now. You have to let them get touched by the frost, or else they are VERY astringent.

that bread looks so yummy! Wow PBS! that's my favorite channel!

[cutlerylover]

haha every says dont lick the mixing spooon or the bowl because of trhe raw egg, Im talking about most baked goods, but I have been doing it for years and have yet to get sick, haha, thats your rewards for baking...

[TheHellBound666]

lol i know eh, my grandma used to always let me lick the spoon and we'd always get someone saying "that will make you sick" lol.

[EatTheWeeds]

I stil make egg nog with raw eggs. Life is to short to be too cautious. But, if you want to really avoid chicken egg issues use duck eggs. The incidence of contamination is very low in duck eggs, ditto goose eggs. (You can get goose eggs at most oriental markets. Make sure you get the non-embryonic ones.)

[cutlerylover]

If Im not mistaken the chance of getting salmonella is very low to begin with and I think it comes from the shell anyway, not the raw egg whites or yolks...

[EatTheWeeds]

While I know of salmonella, I basically do what I want with eggs. That may be a bit risky but its not something I think about, plus I've had chickens and ducks and fresh eggs so it really isn't a health threat that is high on my list. I did get food poisoning at a restaurant once along with 11 other people, three had to be hospitalized, but it wasn't eggs. We all ate at the same time Saturday night and Sunday at 6 p.m., like flipping a switch, all got sick at the same time.

[cutlerylover]

Sorry to hear it, to be honest going out to eat is more risky thahn any home cooking, raw eggs or not you know exatly what your eating when you prepare it yourself, I only got sick once from produce and it was bagged baby spiniche, luckiy it only lasted a day...

[EatTheWeeds]

It was a rather amazing experience. Ten to six I was fine, ten after six I was quite sick. I must also admit I have not visited that cuisine again, and this had to be some 15 years ago. Indeed, when one considereds how many hands touch food from its source through the market to your kitchen it is a wonder we aren't more sick. When you forage from wholesome land the only person who touches your food is you.

[pinkytm1]

Never tried it but I have seen videos on youtube where people use ground flax seed and water as and egg substitute. I'm guessing something like 1 TB of ground flax and 3 TB warm water equals an egg.

[EatTheWeeds]

Thanks, but to what end? Does flax seed and water bind?

[pinkytm1]

I think so.

[EatTheWeeds]

I personally don't have a problem with eggs. I eat more than a dozen a week and lipid levels are excellent. However, I have been a low-carb-er for years.