Just had my first mayapple today. Found a bunch that were on slightly brown plants. All are bright yellow. Yummy! Glad I picked them.

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

10 ай бұрын

Awesome congrats! Someday I hope to get enough to make a smoothie!

You’ve got me so excited to go foraging!

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Right now is an awesome time to get started. Tons of stuff available out there

Just went on a walk in a foresty park near my house and saw a ton of these lil apple things off the trail. Did some research on it and found out they’re may apples. Which led me to this video. Excited to go try them when they ripen up a bit! There’s also tons of paws paws in that park too. So cool how much fruit I can just go find near me.

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

21 күн бұрын

True! The ripe mayapple is a truly rare treat. The pawpaws are good but they take forever to ripen it seems, but I love em

Maybe it's just me but, the more May Apples you ate, the more squirrel-like you looked. 😳😂

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Now that you mention It I was feeling pretty squirrly by the 3rd one😀

@tuffemme3885

Жыл бұрын

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors If that was supposed to be a promotional video for May Apples, you won me over! I'll be searching all over for them now! 😋

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

Жыл бұрын

@@tuffemme3885 haha great to hear..... just remember it took me 9 years to get to eat a ripe one, so no showing me up and finding a whole field of them tomorrow ok LOL :)

@tuffemme3885

Жыл бұрын

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors 👍😉

You can ripen them off the plant, but you have to wait until they start to turn partially white/ yellow before you pick them. Put them in a wicker basket, cover with a light towel or cloth and put somewhere with good air circulation. Had massive success with that method this year. Thanks for the video!

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

9 ай бұрын

Interesting. So does ethylene gas accelerate the ripening? When I’ve brought them home they didn’t ripen at all. Of course they were just sitting on the countertop

@danmeyer4303

9 ай бұрын

Not sure about the ethylene, sorry. I struggled finding ripe mayapples for years and did some deep diving online this summer to learn more about ripening off the plant. I found one video on youtube on the subject and followed her advice that I wrote about in my comment above. Totally worked. That being said, this was an absolutely amazing harvest year for Mayapples. I found 10 times as many fruit as I typically do and was able to take advantage by picking slightly early. Making jam and mayapple muffins with mine!

@danmeyer4303

9 ай бұрын

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@reliablyrandomoutdoors

9 ай бұрын

@@danmeyer4303 Gotcha. so ethelyn gas is what banannas put off that will accelerate the ripening of other fruits. usually when a fruit ripens quicker in an enclosed space, like a wicker basket, it is because ethelyn gas is getting concentrated around the fruit... its an intersting one.. maybe ill try it out again

I was always told a great place to find morels was under mayapples.....

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Yea exactly! I always heard the same thing too. and you wanna know what, I have never found a morel growing under them..... but I still heard a lot of people say it..... LOL

@tuffemme3885

Жыл бұрын

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors Ditto!

@frankmcmahon5820

4 ай бұрын

I've found them underneath may apple

I thought you could only eat the gelatin?

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

7 ай бұрын

As long as the fruit is ripe it is good, the seeds should be avoided

Be careful the seeds are poisonous. Also do not eat unripe fruit.

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

10 ай бұрын

True, I actually went over some of those finer points in an earlier video. Thx for watching

24 hours later………

@reliablyrandomoutdoors

9 ай бұрын

Pink spots on my forehead but I think that’s from my daughter

@westbeachum3160

9 ай бұрын

@@reliablyrandomoutdoors I licked one a few weeks ago… and it was oh so sweet. Then brought about a dozen home.. very white, ripe and sweetly pungent…almost like rotting fruit, or Asian fruit. The next morning I tossed them… worried my kids would eat them.. and me being still unsure. I suspect they were edible, but like I said.. I was unsure.