ANSWERING QUESTIONS: 1) "Where did you get the Viking Bowl"? I got it from a craft shop on the isle of Orkney. The guy makes Bodhrans (Celtic drum) but at the time sold other wood work and there is a lot of Viking influence on the Orkney islands. Here is his website (but has no bowls on the website): www.belgarth.com/. 2) "What about herbicides and pesticides"? : Yes, you need to be aware of these if foraging near civilisation, but these chemicals are all ready in our food system and water supply. Therefore, being more aware of the plants around you will make you more aware about the management practices around you and also question what food you eat regularly. I hope then we can question authorities and all change our ways to reduce these poisons in our environment.

@aines_world1614

5 жыл бұрын

What do the runes say?

@Maedelrosen

5 жыл бұрын

aha my question would be where the quaking moon did you get that oil bottle

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

@@aines_world1614 Not sure tbh. But I think they were taken from original runes found on the island.

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

@@Maedelrosen Haha! Found it in my dads house and liked the look of it.

@csluau5913

4 жыл бұрын

Fandabi Dozi when I used to live in the UK and I would go out foraging I found that the actual physical act of foraging itself was detoxifying for me. I could feel the stress leaving my body and because I was focused on looking for something and finding it it was literally a reward based system for doing the research. I looked something up in a book or online and then I will go out and find it and the reward was finding when I was looking for. I made a number of salads not that different from the one that was made here. One of my favorites was dandelion greens. Are used to have them along with whatever else I found During the warmer months and during the item I would look for mushrooms. There’s something you can look for year-round. During the winter I would look for roots but I tried to stay away from digging things completely up if I could. I enjoyed this video. I wish I could forage for things as easily here in America as I was able to in Europe and the UK. They’re not quite so open to it here.

On God mate you could make a pitch to a TV station and I reckon you could land a pilot for a historical / bushcraft show. Your manner is perfect for hosting a show

love the message you are conveying..to get away from the madness of day to day life..to put down the electronics..to revel in the greatest theater..Mother Nature..amen..

@michaelhudecek2778

4 жыл бұрын

I agree and that’s what I need to do!

@woodeneye1142

4 жыл бұрын

I'll be with you.. good comment

Foraging is very deep for me. Listening to you talk about it, brought a happy tear to my eye. Thank you!

There's a YT channel that has a guy that knows all about the flora an fauna of FLA, that I'm following now, I know how to fish an hunt an trap, but knowing wild edibles is a whole nother world, love your vids bro an another great one.

When I was growing up my parents pointed out the things NOT to attempt eating, especially mushrooms. We planted gardens, and fished anyway, but especially wild blackberries were foraged. I also tried some wild cherries (little/sour) and a few greens that were delectable in early Spring.

This video really inspires me to learn about local plants and try to forage some myself. Really liked the commentary as well, very interesting, especially the comment about remembering not to take too much of any plant. I feel like thats something a lot of people dont take in to consideration enough.

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

Great to hear. You can usually find learning resources online and start with just a few, easy to identify plants that can't be confused with poisonous ones.

@csluau5913

4 жыл бұрын

THOTH that’s really good. When I lived in the UK I found a really excellent starter book about medicinal plants that you can find pretty much anywhere in any part of the UK where do you live in Scotland Wales Cornwall or England. It’s called ‘HedgerowMedicine ’ by Jane and Matthew Seal and I highly recommend it. They stick to about the top 40 or 50 plants that you can find and use for medicine and in some cases for food. A friend of mine who believes in Ayurvedic cooking told me that Food really is Madison we just go about it the wrong way. Good luck to you.

@woodeneye1142

4 жыл бұрын

Nice nickname...I like it... You're a fan of the ancient Egypt?

It's like learning the rules and intricacies of a sport but for being outdoors, you appreciate it more, you anticipate what will be around during the seasons and where is best to look for what. It gives you a focus.

Liking the meditative/philosophical vibes in the more recent videos

I was waiting for the oats to come out! Another dressing for you to try: Cider vinegar and honey. Gives a lovely, light dressing.

@patriotpioneer

5 жыл бұрын

And Possibly closer what a Northern European would have access to.

@csluau5913

4 жыл бұрын

Malcolm Smith I love that dressing! I’m from the southern United States and cider vinegar is used here constantly. It’s something I grew up with. We used to add cider vinegar to almost every salad dressing or barbecue sauce known to man :-) it’s also very good for your health. Book

I loved this video! I enjoy a salad with young dandelion leaves, and I’ve made a mean pesto using the invasive weed garlic mustard. Maybe I’m a skin flint, but I get such a kick out of eating a tasty meal that was virtually free. I found a whole bank of wild raspberries, and three wild apple trees, and am hoping I get to them first when they’re ripe!

@csluau5913

4 жыл бұрын

Catherine Moore you’re not crazy or a skinflint at all you’re very smart. Keep foraging for a wild edibles and teach your kids about it as well. That’s what I do. When I lived in the UK that’s when I first started to learn how to forage. I went foraging with relatives when I was a kid in the United States but not that often. Anytime I go out into the wild on any kind of trip I always try to forage for something to eat or if I can some kind of medicinal plant if I feel unwell or if I get injured. Natures kitchen is also natures pharmacy. I’m very fond of a dandelion salad myself with a few Hawthorne leaves And some leaves from a herb called fat hen thrown in for a stronger flavor. Fat hand grows in newly broken ground or the edges of farmers fields but be careful of the pesticides. It is indeed very rewarding to pick your own food. Keep it up.

Well Fandabi: Quite a literate video Your a very literate fellow. Thanks Brian 79

Edible wilds is one area where we are lacking. Trying to study and learn more. Thank you for sharing this.

Watched you with Smooth Gefixt. Found your channel & subscribed. You make good videos & very entertaining, keep up the good work.

You definitely respect the nature

Very cool video ! I love your rune-engraved wooden bowl, it looks awesome :)

"Bushcraft salad spinner" - LOL

Informative and fun video! Thanks for sharing.

no downvotes... this had the sound and feel of ray mears. well done mate. I would love to see more of this and also hang out

I wonder if the all that stuff grows in the states. I wish I was in Scotland or you were in the US. I would love to go out walking with you and learning about all the plant life. Loved the video thanks. : )

@druoleary

4 жыл бұрын

Just ask your local BSA Scout Master (Boy Scouts of America). They have an amazing knowledge of all the plants that local Indian tribes used and what settlers did as well.

Gorgeous salad! You glow with health from Mother Nature!

Hi Tom. On the subject of foraging for food in the Highlands, I personally take great delight in sampling the fruits of the Ronald MacDonald tree which can be easily found in most places on this sacred Earth. Usually, eating eight or nine of these tasty little buds - Gaelic name 'Bigmac' - can stave off hunger until I get home and then I can eat some real food. Bon Appetit!

Great video, I'm just starting to learn wild edibles. There is a lot of food at our feet. I just learned red bud seed pods are edible, they are great sauteed with ramps. Keep the videos coming.

big love for this man. richard maybe's book food for free, ray mears and hugh fernly whittingstall and my own father all played huge rolls for my foraging hobby, and its heart warming to see people like you making content like this. Especially with the emphasis on the mental benefits of doing something we quite literally evolved to enjoy. When ever i meet someone who is finding life sad and with mental heath issues however slight or grievous, I will always take them for a country walk and some form of foraging,hunting or camping. And a quote from the man himself Alan Watts as well, right up my street mate cheers x

A lovely salad. Nice. Like that bowl.

I have identified 12 wild eatables in our yard and eat them all summer. Last year I planted Milkweed because it produces all summer and is very tasty.

Love your salad spinner technique!! So would it be fair to argue that the original Highlanders may have been healthier than today's counterpart -- b/c they were living closer to the land?

@kennymonty8206

5 жыл бұрын

LOL - right up to the point of their first battle with the neighboring clan, I suppose.

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hard to say really. Highlander diet was high in dairy and fat, but had very active lives. Generally, stationary, agricultural societies (like the highlanders were) had a less varied diet than hunter gatherers so in that sens were less healthy. But i have also read that highlanders would supplement their diets with wild edibles. Especially when staying at there summer shielings.

@csluau5913

4 жыл бұрын

Trojanette83 I think anything prior to the industrial revolution, most people but perhaps not all ate healthier and tried to live healthier lives. I think that was partly due to the fact they had to exert themselves physically and mentally to actually just bring home enough food to eat each day. I agree with and are we Gosey about having to forage and supplement your diet. I have gone foraging before and taking my kids with me it’s a great experience but it does take work. It makes you appreciate how much work goes into finding just a little bit of food. We’ve gotten so used to having massive amounts of conveniently wrapped up food presented to us without making much effort except paying some money that we don’t understand that anymore. We stayed and watch television or stay on our computers or play video games or just don’t get out and work for things now. My grandparents had a high fat high carbohydrate diet but they worked very hard on a farm all their lives. I struggle just to keep my weight under control now with all the processed foods in this country. Whenever I go out in the wild I forage for something every time. It’s very rewarding. It’s also very healthy.

Fantastic video Tom! I love going foraging in the local forest

Thank you so much for your true words and the Video!🌟 Yes, we live so unnatural today, that many of us are sick and the soul suffers😩💦 Watching your videos eases my mind a lot, but also makes me wish even stronger to live close to nature. I love them! 🍀🌷🍀🌟

Nice bowl with rune decoration

Delicious,takes me back to my childhood!

Have you ever discovered "Meum athamanticum" and used on your tours? The plant is supposed to be spreading at least to Scotland. It's an alpine plant with absolutely great taste!!!

Intelligence manifest’s itself in many and varied forms - so does stupidity. You’re a genius!

Thanks

I read an interesting journal article, and research piece that you may be interested in on the topic of wild food and nutrition. The authors basically examined all the existing literature on how biodiversity contributes to diets in 'developing' countries. Particularly interesting to me were the contributions to micronutrients in the diet, ill paste some excerpts; "In Gabon, Blaney et al. (2009) reported 36% of total vitamin A and 20% of iron in the diet came from wild foods, in Tanzania, Powell et al. (2013b), reported 31% of vitamin A and 19% of iron in the diet came from wild foods, and in a traditional swidden agricultural community in the philippines, wild foods contributed 42% of calcium, 32% of riboflavin, 17% of vitamin A and 13% of iron (Schlegel and Guthrie 1973)." So its interesting to ponder a UK context given how much our diet has changed over the last century. Here's the full paper link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-015-0466-5

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

awesome! Thanks buddy! I'm very interested in stuff like this :)

@jlmil1

5 жыл бұрын

@@FandabiDozi no worries lad! Enjoy the content keep up the great work

Wild food is a passion of mine but I am still at the early learning stage👌

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

Great to hear. We all got to start somewhere. I am confident in some environments but then go to a new one then its like starting back at zero. Its a life-time of learning but totally worth it!

@neanderthaloutdoors9202

5 жыл бұрын

@@FandabiDozi Definitely one to get into, good channel, keep up the good work.

@csluau5913

4 жыл бұрын

Neanderthal Outdoors so as I once upon a time. I don’t actually forage as much now as I used to when I lived in the UK. It’s not really encouraged that much in the United States because of the property rights and ownership’s and getting in the way. There were so many foot paths and byways in the UK I was able to travel around on foot and gather whatever I wanted to. I also would go to local green spaces and parks and do it because the laws there allow you to do those things. Not so much here. That being said, I still do it and I’ve taught my kids to do it as well. We are going to start somewhere around sister started to know nothing but if you’re hungry you got to do something don’t you?! People who know how to forage in the wild will outlive people who don’t.

Very well said! Will have to get myself out to learn new plants

@cgillies91

5 жыл бұрын

Any suggestions on books to get

@cgillies91

5 жыл бұрын

@Modern Woodsman Thanks man, Yeah I should have gave an specific area. Tom already knows where I live that's probably why I never mentioned Will be the West Coast of Scotland . Looking for any courses and books if you have any info on any. Thanks again ☺️

@cgillies91

5 жыл бұрын

@Modern Woodsman Thanks man. Always good to see someone taking the time to help out another...

I love the new upload schedule. Your videos are amazing!!

Amazing video

I really enjoyed your video, thank you!

Absolutely love your channel. The content is incredible.

Thank you for a great video!

Thank you for these great videos

Excellent. Fine video!

I enjoy making a "backyard" salad. Great stuff Sir! Thanks!

Lovely educational content as always!

Love this video. Getting into more anthropology and biology really appeals to my love of history and studies from my nutrition and health uni studies.

Interesting bowl, Very Cool.

I always enjoy your videos. Well done.

Great video thanks

Hi Tom. Thank you once again for an outstanding video full of entertainment, information and flavour. Stay safe. ATB. Nigel

freaking love your videos! Keep up the great work!

Spot on brother on the plants an the mind ! Take care brother

Hi tom great video and an interesting dish where is dish/bowl from?

very nice video. I have noticed where I live that foraging is becoming more popular, and I believe people are starting to go back to nature, but the problem I see is that they mostly pick one or two wild edibles that are more "mainstream" or being popularized by TV, for instance wild garlic and dandelions

Got a good giggle out of your bushcraft salad spinner!

Enjoyed that but Pig Nuts heck of a name for a Tubar. Safe journeys.

I absolutely lost it at “bush craft salad spinner”

@csluau5913

4 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Elyse A bit of cheese cloth or a Shemagh works really well too

Absolutely wonderful stuff as usual, always glad to see a new post from you! Would you mind to include the Gaelic names for the plants (if you know them), as in your other videos? If not, no worries, great vids and keep it up!

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Yeah can do. Thought there might be too many words on screen to include in this video, but I will for the next ;)

@bluebonnet

5 жыл бұрын

@@FandabiDozi Tapadh leat a charaid! Thanks a mil!

Cool salad bowl! Tom... could you do a video on traditional Scottish herbal medicine and poultice tradition?

*FREE FOOD!* If its free its for me! Cool vid and content, learn a thing or three here.

Absolutely awesome video! Just gotten into wild foraging myself and know of at least 5 plants in my local park that are edible (with some processing involved). Can I ask if there are any books or sources with lists of these Northern European edible plants? I have a pocket-guide handbook but it's not very extensive. ps. Big up that Wood Sorrel! edit: I just realised your Patreon has those links so I'll check it out!

Aye right ye are

that looked right tasty I love hunting wild mushrooms the morrels are my favorites and I love wild ramps cooked up with fried taters ,it won't be long before I will have alot of blackberries all over mt back fence.black berry cobbler is something I could eat all day .and my mouth is watering just thinking about it.lol

@christdiedforoursins5756

5 жыл бұрын

That's funny don't drool hehe it sounds nice

Great knife you have. Where could I get one like that?

Great infos! Thanks for sharing. I must know though, where did you get that bowl?

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I pinned a comment up top with the link

I forage for edibles as well and also go mushroom hunting, and there is nothing like the rush you get when you stumble upon a clearing full of boletus mushrooms or chanterelles. It is a hunter gatherer thing. By the way, have you tried burdock root? Very nutritious, tastes great in a slow cooked stew with carrots, onions and beef, and can be found abundantly in my neck of the woods.

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

Totally man! Love a good mushroom hunt! No I haven't actually. Not very common in my area but I will look out for it :)

@Gandalf-The-Green

5 жыл бұрын

The young plants below 1 year of age are really the best ones, in older specimens the root tends to get stringy and fibrous. The Japanese value burdock root so much, they have selected cultivars with better taste and more tender roots, they grow it as a vegetable named Gobo. It is very easy to grow from seed in areas with ample rainfall.

Great video, thank you! Do you think you could make a video on how to recognize some common Scottish / European plants? That'd be awesome!

@ragnkja

4 жыл бұрын

samueldullaart The things to look for when identifying plants or mushrooms are quite specific to your area, since not only are the edible species different from what you might find elsewhere, the inedible ones you could confuse them with are as well. That said, your best resource (other than a local who can teach you) is likely to be a good flora that you can bring with you and compare your finds with directly.

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger

3 жыл бұрын

Always have an experienced forager to double check your finds as well; poison hemlock is extremely close to queen ann's lace for example (wild carrot) so you ALWAYS want to be certain of what you're gathering.

@samueldullaart

3 жыл бұрын

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger Well there are very few experienced foragers in my country and none that I know, so that's not an option. Currently my method of learning to recognize edible plants is: 1. Do research online/in books as to what plants are edible and whether or not they have any poisonous lookalikes. 2. When out in nature, try to recognize the edible plants. 3. After I've recognized the species as an edible species multiple times, try a little bit of the (edible part of the) plant. 4. If nothing strange happens, try more of the plant next time I find it out in nature. 5. If nothing happens, add it to the list of edible plants I know. So far this works very well for me and I haven't eaten a single inedible plant.

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger

3 жыл бұрын

@@samueldullaart Im glad to hear; obviously if a local forager isn't accessible the next best bet is to basically follow your methodology or look into online groups that can act as your second opinion. There's also universal toxicity tests you can try like rubbing a small bit of a plant on your forearm and seeing if it reacts negatively - in general if you know what to look for specifically you can learn what to avoid, its just one of those arts you want to be extra careful with from the get-go. A few years back I stumbled on what I believe were chanterelle mushrooms but one of the key identifying points for them is scent - my allergies are near crippling so I couldn't verify that aspect and, as much as it pains me, opted to leave them be. I stand by they were what i think they were but I'll never know for sure.

I'm new to your channel, thanks for your insight. Are they Runes, decorating your salad bowl?

@tommycreely1594

3 жыл бұрын

Should have read further, answered my own question. Thanks again...

Outstanding, Tom! Are you a botanist? How did you learn what's safe and what's not?

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

I studied Biology so did some botany courses then just learned from other people and books and youtube vids :)

@richarddaugherty8583

5 жыл бұрын

@@FandabiDozi Thanks! Love your vids. I live in the desert southwest of the USA in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bushcrafting is harder here because of the fire bans. We've had some really bad fire seasons. Consequently I'm more of a backpacker than bushcrafter but still find the information useful. Cheers!

Whats the kife you use in this video and where did you get it.

I'm curious about the nutrition of such a dish, the fiber is good and you get most the calories from the olive oil. Is each pignut like 20 calories? I wish I could travel back in time and see what a healthy diet actually looks like.

First!

were you picking hawthorn leaves?

@FandabiDozi

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. The young soft ones are edible and quite nice :)

Be careful not to confuse wild garlic with Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) or Autumn Crocus (Colchicum autumnale) by mistake !!!!

Bon appetit you're always in the most beautiful places your bowl is really nice that has the runes on the side and the idea of using a basket to wash the leaves is a really good idea thank you again for another spectacular video it's so green and fresh looking there where you are it's really cool that you can just go and pick wild veggies if I can call them that I hope you have a nice weekend. Genesis 2 verse 7 and the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. This came to mind when when you mentioned how touching soil can affect us. I don't know too much about brain chemistry maybe it's something to do with Sensation. In the scriptures it says God told Adam and Eve that they could eat from any tree in the Garden of Eden except from the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil and that God created every green Herb and fruit bearing tree with seed to be food. Adam and Eve broke God's commandment and ate from the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil and became conscious of their nakedness and because of their sin the ground became cursed in Genesis chapter 1-2-3 gives account of these things. Genesis chapter 3: 17 to 19 it says " and unto Adam he( God) said because you have listened unto the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree which I commanded you saying you shall not eat of it ; cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shell you eat of all the days of your life Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee and thou shall eat the herb of the field; the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return into the ground for out of it was thou taken for dust thou the art and unto dust shall thou return ".

:-)

There’s no need to remove the stems from wood sorrel.

Don't forget to chew those nettle roots

Just bite into some fruits.... The perfect food.

It was good... But you didn't, kilt it.... Love&Blessings

You don't have to wash anything! Your body needs a bit of dirt to keep its imune system running well!

If "you are what you eat" is true then I must have been secretly only eating nuts, fruitcake, and bananas for the last 40 years.

It's not a "primal instinct" if it was even cities would be full of people ceaslessly rummaging for wild edibles - everyone would be consistently doing it and because it was a primal instinct, whatever free will or voluntariness of action one might want to ascribe to a an individual would be more or less suspended while people were deep in these set primal, reptile brain, instinctive patterns of evolved behaviour ...

You are giving dangerous advice! Don't forage in urban or suburban areas. Stick to your own yard where you know you haven't spray pesticides, or visit a park with vegetation that's allowed to grow without interference. No parks where they do landscaping or mow grasses. In urban and suburban areas, you don't know what pesticides they have sprayed, and a simple rinse may not be sufficient for many of the toxic substances that contaminate urban vegetation! Some are pesticides sprayed purposefully, but in other cases there could be contamination from unexpected places, like perhaps construction nearby. Plus, you don't know what microbes are hanging around! That's something to be very careful of in cities, where there is high population density. Who knows where there are vermin carrying disease, the vomit and fecal matter someone might be leaving if they're squatting. There could be addicts leaving paraphernalia, along with bodily fluids and pathogens and discarded paraphernalia.

@pseudo.account

5 жыл бұрын

It's still worth examining the wildlife though. Take pictures of what you find, take those home and look up the plant. You can still appreciate the vegetation without ingesting it.