EatTheWeeds: Episode 29: Elderberries

http://www.eattheweeds.com/elderberries-red-white-and-blue/

Learn with Green Deane about elderberries, both black and red, wild food. While some are considered toxic they can be made edible.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Foraging
• wild
• food
• edible
• plants
• raw
• herbs
• survival
• medicine
• bushcraft
• permaculture
• wildcraft
• sambucus
• canadensis
• elderberry

[Morvarid06]

There is actually a green elderberry variety that turns into a light shade of green when ready and has the same taste as the purple elderberry. It's not as common as the other varieties you've mentioned, but tends to grow to a much greater hight.

I make a elderberry vinegar every year, and use the flowers in pancakes, or just add the flowers into the elderberry juice for more flavor.

Thank you for taking the time and posting all these FANTASTIC videos. Your website is also excellent!

[EatTheWeeds]

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

[Slightquills]

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?

[EatTheWeeds]

@Slightquills The seeds have a form of cyanide in them. They should be consumed in any form. Pulverized seeds are still seeds. The red pulp has to be separated from the seeds.

[Victoriam4074]

The berry and flower 'heads' are called Umbels here...

[EatTheWeeds]

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

[TheStrawbalegirl]

thanks for this video - the information is excellent! Elderberry flowers also make great cordial (also handy for nice home made cocktails),

[PugMom77]

Thank you for the great information. :-)

[daintyapple]

i wonder what they taste like. am new to elderberry

[Victoriam4074]

@Victoriam4074 Ooh, I wasnt sure if it was called something else in America. I live in Scotland! I love foraging...I found Wood Sage on some heath land the other day! I was very pleased!