Yucca Fries
I was in the city of Los Angeles of couple of weeks ago and went to Farmer's Market which has impossible and completely frustrating parking. But to take some edge off of that, within the market there...
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so Kier..... you think its the root...??? or could it be the basal leaves down where they are attached to the root??? sort of like palm hearts or something??? There are a bunch of yucca plants growing...
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Steamed or fried young yucca stalk shoots are good (so are prickly pear pads and fruit, yum!). Serve the stalks to your Dad sometime, tell him they're giant asparagus... Yucca is such an amazingly...
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I had palm hearts as well with this meal, so right now I am looking up what parts of the Yucca where used here in California. Usually I just harvest leaves for their cordage it can be quite an ouchy...
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I'd be interested in learning more about yucca as an all around tool. We have a LOT around here!
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Just to rave a bit... The leaves make great fiber for cordage, paint brushes, and needles (with pre-attached thread!), the root produces a soap-like substance, the young stalks are edible and when...
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Are not the dried flower stalks of yucca used for the spindle of a bow drill also... 'Ive not done it with them myself... when I want to start fire primitive I use flint and steel. this is off this...
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Yuca con chicharron! Mm-mm, good! I like to get that whenever I go to my favorite Salvadorian restaurant.Coyo~
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I have had yucca in Cuban resturants and it is indeed very much like potato. Very tasty and stringy"You can't always trust your neighbor, but you can always trust a good piece of steel"
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Kier,It's the root you've eaten. They are usually dark brown & from 1-2 1/2" in diameter. Ive seen them 8-10" long. Peel the brown outer skin off & cut them into circular pieces about an inch...
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This is another where the common names are confusing. I'm betting you are using the sisal-agave type of yucca for cordage with long lance shaped leaves growing in a rosette. The tall flower spike has...
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Quills,I have used the dried flower stalks for bow drill spindles for years, on a cottonwood hearth....the best combo I have found yet. I may be wrong but it seems like there is a plant sold in stores...
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My memory isn't completely gone yet ....check out this link for info on the "yucca root" commonly sold in stores, which is not related to our...
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Well I am not completely sure what type they served at that Brazilian grill, but the type I have been using for tools is Yucca Whipplei, which can provide arrow quivers, cordage, shoes (sandles),...
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I was hoping that it was Yucca filamentosa. I have plenty othat here in the southeast"You can't always trust your neighbor, but you can always trust a good piece of steel"
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