Beautiful Germany | Foraging For Mushrooms | JAY STEPHAN

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  • čas přidán 3. 11. 2021
  • Fall is beautiful in Germany and it's a perfect time to go foraging for mushrooms.
    On this cold fall morning, as I sip my coffee and look into farmland behind our house I can’t but wonder how this day would unfold. How I’ve waited for this moment for years. How these simple pleasures of life, bring so much joy into my heart. Things which I used to value, I now realize are no longer important to me and things which I never used to value, are now priceless to me. Today we are going into the forest to forage for mushrooms. This one simple act, brings so much beauty and peace into my life.
    As a Californian, I’ve never had the opportunity to forage for mushrooms. Just the idea of going into the forest alone is such a dreamy thing to do for me, but to forage for mushrooms seems like something that only happens in movies or stories I used to read when I was a child or movies I used to watch on television.
    Fall is the best time to forage for mushrooms. With the right temperature, moisture, and ecosystem, the mushrooms grow in abundance. Today we are going to a privately owned forest, where we will harvest mushrooms and also safely be able to harvest moss without disrupting this beautiful ecosystem.
    I am grateful and honored to share this journey with you.
    Mushrooms are a phenomenon like everything else on this earth. The rain, sun, earth, trees align and give them the perfect environment to grow. I don’t know much about mushrooms so I am completely dependent on our friends to show me this amazing experience. Some mushrooms grow in synergy with the tree. There’s an exchange of life. The tree offers the mushroom sugars from photosynthesis, and in exchange the mushroom provides the tree with nutrients, making it stronger and giving it protection from disease.
    It makes me think how wonderful this earth is. How wonderful nature is and how beautiful this forest is.
    We humans have such a privilege to live this life. To experience this existence like no other being.
    I realize now that often times in my life, I have taken so much for granted. Now I view life differently and I continue to learn. I continue to improve, and I continue to appreciate life. Life is not about taking, its about co-existing. It’s about respecting and protecting.

Komentáře • 41

  • @irminschembri1081
    @irminschembri1081 Před 2 lety +17

    My. Jay, you are the most elegant "Schwammerlsucher" I've ever seen. :)

    • @JayStephan
      @JayStephan  Před 2 lety +2

      Thank you so much. You are very kind

  • @erwinfriedrich7569
    @erwinfriedrich7569 Před 2 lety +6

    enjoy the smalll things. They are so big.

  • @neillbaxxter7640
    @neillbaxxter7640 Před 2 lety +12

    Einen durchgezogen, PC angemacht und auf CZcams-Safari gegangen. Keine Ahnung wie ich auf den Kanal gekommen bin, aber die Videos sind sehr entspannend und versetzen mich in einen tiefzufriedenen Enspannungszustand. Wie wenn man eine Lavalampe oder ein schönes Aquarium beobachtet. Dankeschön an euch stylischen Menschen aus California.

  • @RashaGoel
    @RashaGoel Před 2 lety +7

    What a beautiful video and magical

  • @arnodobler1096
    @arnodobler1096 Před 2 lety +9

    Wow what a wonderful video and thoughts! Red Riding Hood Jay in the forest. 🤣
    I was in October with my siblings for a few days on the German Wine Route to hike, drink and eat. On one hike, in the Palatinate Forest, we found porcini mushrooms. My brother is a chef and has a star restaurant. He then made fresh pasta, plus the porcini mushrooms - what a treat!
    Thank you both.🙋‍♂🙋‍♂

    • @JayStephan
      @JayStephan  Před 2 lety +3

      Thank you very much. How wonderful that your brother is a chef and what an amazing experience of finding mushrooms and having a professional chef make fresh pasta dish. These types of experiences create great memories and stories

  • @tucker737
    @tucker737 Před 2 lety +8

    Wow. This video makes me want to move into a forest. Thanks for sharing.

  • @ilsekuper3045
    @ilsekuper3045 Před 2 lety +8

    So you are becoming more and more German: almost obsessed by the forests.
    Fresh mushrooms in the pan with butter and onions, maybe little bacon and fresh herbs. And fresh buttered dark bread. Mmhhh.

  • @oniecenteno2504
    @oniecenteno2504 Před 2 lety +4

    Nice! It’s like a carpeted forest.

  • @juliajules1727
    @juliajules1727 Před 2 lety +4

    Oh wie schön! Wie Rotkäppchen:)

  • @Nehalennia7.
    @Nehalennia7. Před 2 lety +2

    Yes nature is magic ! Different coutry's give a mutch virety of it (i am dutch)

  • @flomalheur7467
    @flomalheur7467 Před 2 lety +3

    That was beautifully inspiring. Thank you.

  • @tanjawalter1236
    @tanjawalter1236 Před 2 lety +4

    The Video is so great.....i love it❤️

    • @JayStephan
      @JayStephan  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you my dear friend with a beautiful soul. Thank you for this wonderful experience and day with you both

  • @diegochinchilla3209
    @diegochinchilla3209 Před rokem

    Wow, I’m amazed by the quality of this video! Keep going!

  • @BrianJMader-sz7jw
    @BrianJMader-sz7jw Před 2 lety +3

    Very interesting, I’m in USA 🇺🇸 and was curious of the mushroom species Germany 🇩🇪 has. Great video 👍

    • @n.mariner5610
      @n.mariner5610 Před 2 lety

      This one is probably "Maronenröhrling", en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imleria_badia

  • @brithomas.
    @brithomas. Před 2 lety +3

    You are so ethereal. This was stunning 🌿

  • @zeideerskine3462
    @zeideerskine3462 Před 2 lety

    I wonder how you feel when you rent a Reetdachkate for the first time and cook your foraged food on a Küchenhexe or AGA. Those are joys I miss dearly since I moved to the US.

  • @udolindenberg1446
    @udolindenberg1446 Před rokem

    I totally agree. Englisch punk Band 'killing joke' wrote a Song called money in which they say : best things in life are free. Existentiell words for me. Greetings from Bonn

  • @brunoheggli2888
    @brunoheggli2888 Před 2 lety

    I want to go to the forest right now!

  • @Ouwkackemann
    @Ouwkackemann Před 2 lety +1

    Foraging, does this come frome Fourage?
    Interesting that you are using this term.

  • @Kivas_Fajo
    @Kivas_Fajo Před 2 lety +3

    Well, you should do truffel hunting in Istria in Croatia. One of the few places where they grow naturally.
    Actually real truffels only come from there and parts of Italy.
    You really should do this together and eat some nice creamy pasta with loads of truffels and a good local wine.

    • @JayStephan
      @JayStephan  Před 2 lety +2

      That sounds wonderful, thank you for the suggestion.

    • @Kivas_Fajo
      @Kivas_Fajo Před 2 lety

      @@JayStephan Look at Gordon...at location of course. czcams.com/video/0S_KMRUhgTM/video.html

  • @Luflandebrigade31
    @Luflandebrigade31 Před 2 lety +1

    Also das Outfit war ja schon ganz gut aber Sneaker im Wald? ;) Es gibt doch auch schöne Wander- oder Lederschuhe dafür!

  • @hartmutfeige548
    @hartmutfeige548 Před 2 lety +1

    What i also want to know... how was the scene recordet at 1:56? There was backlight. Did you have used additional light?

    • @JayStephan
      @JayStephan  Před 2 lety

      Hello...no this was all natural light. It was a beautiful day :)

  • @helfgott1
    @helfgott1 Před 2 lety +4

    Dear friend
    a german poem for anyone
    Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh'
    Über allen Gipfeln
    Ist Ruh',
    In allen Wipfeln
    Spürest Du
    Kaum einen Hauch;
    Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde.
    Warte nur! Balde
    Ruhest du auch.
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
    for u english:
    Above all summits there is peace'
    Above all peaks
    Is peace
    In all tops
    Do you feel
    Hardly a whiff;
    The birds are silent in the forest.
    Just wait! Balde
    You rest too.
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

    • @JayStephan
      @JayStephan  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you for sharing

    • @_PooBucket
      @_PooBucket Před 2 lety

      nice poem but sounds a bit like a death threat xD