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This is probably my favorite youtube channel.
(I have no particular connection to the channel or Patreon, I just like that I can support this channel because I also love it!)
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…
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.
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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...
> ...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,
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.
My favorite thing this guy does is not talk, for some reason.