The Pindo Palm tree used to be popular many years ago as a source of food but people started getting away from it because it was dropping all these yucky yellow things all over their nice manicured lawn which attract honey bees. When I found it, I had no idea what it was either so I picked one of the fruits and brought it home and researched it. Now, I am sooooo glad I did.
Try mashing them through a metal strainer(over a pot) to press out the juice...then strain through cheese cloth. I use this method for cactus fruit (mash in pot, then mash/press in strainer) and end up with beautifully clear juice for jelly :) Its faster, too.
I just made mine, I used the potato masher with the fruit wrapped in the cheesecloth, when it was cool enough, I literally wrung out handfuls of the fruit and the wrung out the empty cheesecloth, that gave me an extra cup of juice!
Tony Phillips Oh, I assure you, I had to taste test quite a few of them as I was harvesting, just to make sure the quality was up to my standards. I can't understand why more people don't grow these.
HWhit9000 People probably don't grow them because Butias take many years to grow, if you plant them from seed it takes atleast 20 years for any fruit to appear
RamirezFZ , People began removing them from their yards because they were getting away from using the fruit (much easier to go to the store and buy a jar of jelly than to make your own) and it would drop to the ground and attract bees and rot, which would kill their lovely laws around the trees.
HWhit9000 Many people here in southern Brazil have this Palm, don't understand why somebody would dislike it because of bees or the rotting fruits... Free Jelly is always good right? And you can just eat the fruits or even do some juice to drink with them, they have many uses here.
RamirezFZ , I totally agree with you... I've seen so many people here wasting perfectly good food. They think it is beneath themselves to put a little effort into canning and preserving foods these days. Even the people that owned the trees didn't want anything to do with the fruit because they didn't know what to do with it, other than let it rot.
I make pindo palm jelly every year for my son. He absolutely loves it. However, my husband doesn't care for it. It's something you either love or hate. I love a tablespoon of pindo palm jelly mixed with a little soy sauce to make a dip for my fried venison backstrap.
I loved pindo palm jelly on toast, with my coffee. Sadly, the state of Florida frowns on anyone wanting to build a small off grid home, so I had to chose between the pindo palm trees or living a sustainable off grid lifestyle. I miss the pindo palm trees and the jelly, but here in Tennessee, I haven't had a utility bill in 8 years.
I'm in the high desert in CA, and "sweet" is not a word I would use for our pindo palm fruit! Quite tart, actually, even when fully ripe. I wonder if the hotter weather makes them sweeter? I watched part 2 and saw you added lemon. I never Ad it because mine are so tart to begin with. In fact, I added 7 c total sugar because 5 wasn't enough! And they were orange in color and most were on the ground when I pick them. Am I waiting too long? Thanks for the informative videos!
Pindo palm and Jelly Palm are not the same. The one in this video is the Jelly Palm - Butia Capitata. Syagrus romanzoffiana is the scientific name of Pindo Palm. Both are from the south of Brazil, Uruguay and the noreast of Argentina. Thank you for the video.
@@edwinlopez8559and here in the US, Syagrus romanzoffianum is known as Queen Palm, while the Butias are known as jelly palm, or sometimes Pindo palm. Common names can be confusing
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The Pindo Palm tree used to be popular many years ago as a source of food but people started getting away from it because it was dropping all these yucky yellow things all over their nice manicured lawn which attract honey bees.
When I found it, I had no idea what it was either so I picked one of the fruits and brought it home and researched it. Now, I am sooooo glad I did.
Try mashing them through a metal strainer(over a pot) to press out the juice...then strain through cheese cloth. I use this method for cactus fruit (mash in pot, then mash/press in strainer) and end up with beautifully clear juice for jelly :) Its faster, too.
I just made mine, I used the potato masher with the fruit wrapped in the cheesecloth, when it was cool enough, I literally wrung out handfuls of the fruit and the wrung out the empty cheesecloth, that gave me an extra cup of juice!
We use to eat those jelly dates when we were kids. they're pretty good, and I can't wait for my Pindo palms to start producing fruit.
Tony Phillips Oh, I assure you, I had to taste test quite a few of them as I was harvesting, just to make sure the quality was up to my standards.
I can't understand why more people don't grow these.
HWhit9000 People probably don't grow them because Butias take many years to grow, if you plant them from seed it takes atleast 20 years for any fruit to appear
RamirezFZ , People began removing them from their yards because they were getting away from using the fruit (much easier to go to the store and buy a jar of jelly than to make your own) and it would drop to the ground and attract bees and rot, which would kill their lovely laws around the trees.
HWhit9000 Many people here in southern Brazil have this Palm, don't understand why somebody would dislike it because of bees or the rotting fruits... Free Jelly is always good right? And you can just eat the fruits or even do some juice to drink with them, they have many uses here.
RamirezFZ , I totally agree with you... I've seen so many people here wasting perfectly good food. They think it is beneath themselves to put a little effort into canning and preserving foods these days.
Even the people that owned the trees didn't want anything to do with the fruit because they didn't know what to do with it, other than let it rot.
I make pindo palm jelly every year for my son. He absolutely loves it. However, my husband doesn't care for it. It's something you either love or hate. I love a tablespoon of pindo palm jelly mixed with a little soy sauce to make a dip for my fried venison backstrap.
I loved pindo palm jelly on toast, with my coffee.
Sadly, the state of Florida frowns on anyone wanting to build a small off grid home, so I had to chose between the pindo palm trees or living a sustainable off grid lifestyle.
I miss the pindo palm trees and the jelly, but here in Tennessee, I haven't had a utility bill in 8 years.
Lucky you!
Yummy fruit too. We grow Butia palms on our island. Beautiful palms. I have grown many from seed Very good video
Glad I found your video. We have a tall palm in our yard with this fruit. Tastes great and I was wondering if it could be made into jelly. Thanks!
Thanks, I just stumbled across this fruit and when I found out what it was, I had to try it.
They're really healthy too, wish the seeds would have more meat in them
I'm in the high desert in CA, and "sweet" is not a word I would use for our pindo palm fruit! Quite tart, actually, even when fully ripe. I wonder if the hotter weather makes them sweeter? I watched part 2 and saw you added lemon. I never Ad it because mine are so tart to begin with. In fact, I added 7 c total sugar because 5 wasn't enough! And they were orange in color and most were on the ground when I pick them. Am I waiting too long? Thanks for the informative videos!
Never heard of the tree or the fact that you could make jelly from the fruit. Looks interesting though. Thanks for sharing, and take care.
You're very welcome, my pleasure.
Awesome!
Pindo palm and Jelly Palm are not the same. The one in this video is the Jelly Palm - Butia Capitata.
Syagrus romanzoffiana is the scientific name of Pindo Palm.
Both are from the south of Brazil, Uruguay and the noreast of Argentina.
Thank you for the video.
Here in America, it IS the same. It's in Brazil that it is not the same.
@@edwinlopez8559and here in the US, Syagrus romanzoffianum is known as Queen Palm, while the Butias are known as jelly palm, or sometimes Pindo palm. Common names can be confusing
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