EatTheWeeds: Episode 55: Firethorn, pyracantha

http://www.eattheweeds.com/beautyberry-jelly-on-a-roll/

Learn about wild food with Green Deane about the firethorn or pyracantha, a beautiful edible tree.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• bushcraft
• edible
• firethorn
• foods
• Foraging
• herbs
• medicine
• permaculture
• plants
• pyracantha
• raw
• survival
• wild
• wildcraft

[makeyoulush]

Do berries with broken skins matters? I'm also thinking that pulp from older berries may contain less pectin?

[EatTheWeeds]

Berries crack when the get older but unless there is mold or the like it does not concern me. Older berries might contain less pectin.

[aredditor]

Well sir, it was just as you described it, and not at all off putting. That would be fantastic if you could explain or direct me to instructions on how to filter out the seeds when making a jelly out of it. Unfortunately Australian ladybug (Rodolia cardinalis) has not naturalized where I live here in Lancaster Ca, as pyracantha is heavily infested with cottony cushion scale here.

I watered all the Chenopodium album I did not earlier pull up in my yard, LOL. Never thought I'd ever do that.

[EatTheWeeds]

As I say in the article on my website, you cook the pyracantha fruit whole then strain out the seeds.

[villenvicious]

Hi Dean, great video I'm just finding out about your series and I'll be watching alot more heh.

We've got neighborhood kids who like to cut through our backyard by jumping our back fence and coming out our front gate. I fear for these kids when our rottweiler puppy gets a bit older! So, now, after seeing that 8 year old firethorn, I went out and bought 6 myself.

Any good tips for helping them grow well along a fence in Dallas-area Texas? Any help would be greatly appreciated, 5 stars!

[EatTheWeeds]

They train very easily and grow quite quickly. They do like sun, however, so trying to get them into shade or having them shaded will not work at all. I suggest you train them to grow on the top of the fence. They will make quite a barrier.

[ObiWanGinobiliTopFan]

@MrNativeDancer Thanks for the tips man! You seem to know a lot about wild food..I just started getting into it and doing a lot of research..I plan on living totally green and living off Mother Earth because it's clearly the best way to live (not to mention, becoming educated on how to live off the Earth is smart because it could save lives when when economy/society collapses and is thrown into chaos, which we all know is very likely to happen in the near future)..

So you're from Europe?

[MrNativeDancer]

Great Video, here is a tip Guys, to remove the seeds, gently squash them with your fingers in a bowl of water, the seeds will all sink and your will be left with just the fruit in your fingers.

Oh and by the way MR Green Deane, my Grandmother used to make the best Fire Thorn Jam in Europe and probably in the whole world. My Grandmother could de-seed them faster then we could eat them haha Hope this helps?

Mint and Fire Thorn Sauce, let me tell you is AWESOME on baked potatoes! Try it

[Jefferdaughter]

@EatTheWeeds - Write articles for publication. Try 'Mother Earth News', 'Grit', and any other that you can think of with a readership that is interested in living closer to the land. (Another great idea: write a book! Preferably organized by the season in which the plant yeilds useful parts, with both good identification/range info and info on use. Selfish suggestion, really, as I would love to buy such a book!)

[LeonRFpoa]

Geene Deane is the Mr. Wizard of weeds.

[Gwoana]

Can you make a video on how to prepare it?

Thank you!