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Yam, cultivate and cook

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Re: Yam, cultivate and cook

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There's a lot of sophistication in "primitive" agriculture. Humans have always been as intelligent and ambitious as they are today; they just didn't always have today's tools. Yams always make me think of Gone with the Wind . The climax of Act III (not labeled as such, but stories are stories) is Scarlett O'Hara at her family's plantation. Yankee soldiers have come through and taken every scrap of food, but they didn…

Interesting, in the movie it's changed to a radish.

Re: Yam, cultivate and cook

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He made it sound like his yams aren't that tasty, I guess it depends a lot on the strain and growing conditions.

Are yams ever tasty plainly roasted? Most people wouldn't enjoy eating a plain baked potato. Some salt, paprika, and butter makes a world of difference.

Actually, yes. They're sold hot & fresh as street food in South Korea: http://crazykoreancooking.com/foodandculture/Koreas%20Love%2...

Re: Yam, cultivate and cook

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are yams ever tasty plainly roasted? Most people wouldn't enjoy eating a plain baked potato. Some salt, paprika, and butter makes a world of difference.

Actually, yes. They're sold hot & fresh as street food in South Korea: http://crazykoreancooking.com/foodandculture/Koreas%20Love%2...

Those are sweet potatoes, which are sometimes called yams in America, but not in Australia where Primitive Technology is based.

Re: Yam, cultivate and cook

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Interesting, the enclosure need only be big enough to cover the tubers themselves.

> ...conventional farming practice of clearing trees to make fields. Instead the yam vine uses the trees as scaffolding to climb on, allowing it to reach the light in the forest canopy.

The vines would have to climb a long way, depending on tree height.

(Obviously unacceptable for "primitive technology", but) cooking in aluminium foil avoids loss to charring, and is reusable,

Re: Yam, cultivate and cook

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I've followed this channel for a few years. It's fun to watch his whole series from the beginning, because he builds on what he made in previous videos. Like one video will show how to make a kiln and the next will be pottery in the kiln.

He reset about 6 videos with a new location, but yeah, it's awesome. My kids love it too.

Re: Yam, cultivate and cook

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My favorite thing this guy does is not talk, for some reason.

There's another channel called kiwami japan about a guy who mostly is making knives out of things or other silly metal crafts. He also doesn't talk in most of them. I think the sound of banging wood or polishing metal is just very relaxing.
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