Black Nightshade Review - Weird Fruit Explorer Ep 244

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Music:
"019 Ffuge No Five" by Miranda taylor and Mike Hunchback
Severed Lips Recording

Used with permission of artist. Available on Free music archive under a creative commons attribution.

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[wtliftr]

just make sure that they are COMPLETELY ripe. They grow all over our farm; I eat them all the time. Not bad tasting. Never had any ill effects.

[adriennefloreen]

This grows in my yard in Humboldt County, California. I got seeds for it from a Native American from the Wiyot tribe, who told me that his grandmother told him the black berries were edible when he was a child, let him eat them, but told him that traditionally children hadn't been allowed to eat it, and had a name for it in her native language that he couldn't remember it. It now has gone wild in my yard and grows like a weed, and I make a few small jars of jam out of it's berries every year.

[michaelbeary]

It's amazing that a nightshade family plant grows where many people have been murdered.

[Hayley-sllm]

I doubt that a green berry could kill you, you'd just be in severe gastrointestinal distress. Atropa belladonna could kill you obvs. If you have not read Samuel Thayer's books I highly recommend all of them -- Forager's Harvest, Nature's Garden and Incredible Wild Edibles. He's very no-nonsense and whenever possible references scientific literature in his books, also covers safety pretty well.

[lazymanOutdoors]

These berries remind me of my old days when i was a kid, We used to say it Mukaiyyan or mukay, which is a very regional or local name in rural areas of north India.
i used to collect these berries from my grandma's farm in a bowl.
I love it.

You'r doing a unique and great work.Idk why but it makes me happy to see you following your dreams .not specifically dreams but something which you want to do.
Ya it makes me feel good and its very inspiring.
Keep it up .

[I.amthatrealJuan]

Being adventurous takes a bit of recklessness so I salute you for that.

[gekolvr]

YES! thank you for getting the word out about this much-maligned fruit! I grow this in my garden and make jam out of it. The ones that have any green on them taste terrible anyway, so just follow your tongue. (and the green ones won't kill you, they'll just give you a nasty stomach ache, no worse than, say, a couple green potatoes)

I was going to send you some as soon as they ripened, but it looks like you beat me to it.

[NayrbRellimer]

A related black nightshade species (Solanum ptychanthum) grows wild where I live as a weed in disturbed areas. I occasionally snack on the berries when I'm outside, but I try to make sure that the berries are as ripe as possible before eating them. The wild berries that grow where I live tend to be much milder flavored than the ones you tried in this video.

[fardinfardin]

If you explore more berries, you should explore-

Myrtle berry
Black sage
Saltbush
Indian hawthorn
Bay leaves berry

[injunsun]

@Weird Explorer, I used to grow this and the kind with the red berries as ornamentals. I had no idea _S. nigrum_ was edible when ripe! Both species grow wild in SW Michigan. I lived in South Haven, MI, Van Buren Co., just above Berrien and Cass Counties, where my parents are from.

[demigoth]

I found a bunch of these in an abandoned food garden this past summer and tried a few berries. A bit tomato-y, and unexpectedly sweet, like Stevia. I'll try to get more next year (since I didn't get a stomach-ache). I was a bit surprised that you found them growing so far North, but I suppose Jersey isn't that far away and they are renowned for their tomatoes.

[funkinphilly]

I eat black nightshade every summer, and it does make a delicious  jam. I've also used it to make a sauce that is great on vanilla ice-cream. For more info on black nightshade check out the chapter in Samuel Thayer's book, Foragers Harvest.

[dalkri]

I've always wanted to try black nightshade fruit. Golden Berries are my favorite fruit.

[VincentGonzalezVeg]

I've eaten these by the bowl, added to cereal
This is not deadly nightshade, these are not domesticated so they have various wild strains

Notes of tobacco, tomato & tomato leaves, savory, rich umami, berry

They're a full flavor & it's quite difficult to stop eating them

Me, family & a like a 10 year old age them

Long beach, California

I would love the licorice root beer flavor

[odettestroebel]

Black nightshade in is my favourite berry. Absolutely love them. Call them nastergal in South Africa. You can actually eat the leaves cooked as well and we make jam from the fruits.

[OreaTivona]

I have these growing wild in my garden and field. I always rip them out and was too scared to try them. I do love a number of other wild edibles though.

[fardinfardin]

Or try-
Barbados cherry
Flint corn
Pointer gourd
Hami melon
Summer punch Pluot
Mirabelle plum
Red fleshed apple
Cassowary plum
Elephant apple
Che
Ridge gourd
Yangmei or bayberry
Gardenia fruit

[strongholdmuzinaki]

AROMATIC!? I ate some that grew from a bag of dirt I bought from the dollar store and I found them to be everything you mentioned + really musky and aromatic. Almost Like I could smell them in my mouth. I realize Its unwise to eat strange berries from dollar store dirt, but hey I like to live on the edge. Rock and Roll baby and thanks for the video.

[DizzLexic]

In the past, people used to make pies and jams from these. I ate some fresh ones years ago and had no ill side effects.

[theforestgardener]

The one's I grow are probably Americanum. The best description for them is tomato meets black raspberry. I like them and wish I could eat more of them without worrying about the health risks!