Mesquite pod meal - demo of historical method. 🌳This is just a small amount for demonstration purposes, but mesquite pod meal was the most important wild food resource among Indigenous peoples in the Southwest, and this is the basic method used by dozens of tribes. 🌳Note that I don't have the best baskets for this purpose, and historically, Natives made baskets specifically for the various stages of this preparation. I just used whatever I had on hand to serve as crude sieves. 🌳The mesquite p

Honey mesquite bean pod gathering technique The shake 'n rake technique has the advantages of 1) getting only fully mature pods, which are the sweetest and easiest to grind up, 2) allowing one to gather from the highest branches, 3) avoiding the thorns when plucking directly from trees, and 4) quickly dropping a lot on a small area. #foraging #ethnobotany #forager #foragetexas #wildedibles #wildedibleplants #wildfood #wildfruits #survivalfood #survival #survivalskills #primitiveskills #primitive

24K views · 223 reactions | It's hot out and mesquite beans will soon cover trees in Southern Arizona. Did you know mesquite pods can be milled into a naturally sweet, edible flour that is used year-round? It is considered quite valuable. Join Desert Harvesters for their 14th annual Mesquite Milling at the Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market on Thursday, June 23. Watch the full story for more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjXEA_Z2Nt8 | Arizona Public Media | Facebook