Bushcraft Survival Australia - Wild Edibles: Greater Reed Mace (Cumbungi)
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- This video shows the harvesting, processing and cooking of one of the most useful wild edible plants worldwide....the Bulrush, also known as Cat-tail, Greater Reed Mace and its aboriginal name Cumbungi.
The video is presented by Gordon Dedman, founder of Bushcraft Survival Australia (BSA). Gordon has travelled extensively and completed numerous Survival and Bushcraft Courses worldwide at schools run by Ray Mears, Dave Canterbury, Lofty Wiseman and Bob Cooper.
Gordon is a former member of the Australian Army 1st Commando Regiment and is presently attached to NORFORCE, an Australian Army Reserve Regional Force Surveillance unit (RFSU).
NORFORCE conducts patrols in the remote areas of Northern Australia, working closely with Aboriginal communities.
Please follow all safety procedures when lighting fires outdoors and always adhere to the laws and guidelines set down by your State or country of origin, governing fire lighting.
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- The information presented in these videos are given under the provisor that the person/s watching these instructions will practise with caution and care.
- BSA is not responsible for how and when you use this material.
- Please note that some activities related to bushcraft survival can be dangerous if performed without proper care and attention to detail.
- Please note that in many situations it is not permissible to light fires in National Parks.
- Please adhere to fire regulations and restrictions in your local area before lighting a fire.
More videos available on www.BushcraftSurvivalAustralia.com.au
G'day Gordon, I enjoyed watching that. So much Bulrush round me, I might just have to go try some.
Thanks for watching. Definitely give it a go. There are lots of uses from this plant.
Excellent video reminds me ,when I used to fish in my Asuncion Bay next to Paraguay 🇵🇾 river and once we have caught some fish ,cooked them on the any shore.
I've always wondered what those sausage thingys could be used for and now I know!
Me waters boiling and I can't wait to give the vege portions a try!!!
Love it. Thanks again 😀🥰👊🏝🇦🇺
I have used the dead stalk and flower on the bullrush to transport embers from one camp to another. They smoulder and burn for a few hours if you light one end and get an ember started, dump a few in bush pot or canteen and carry to your next camp if fire starting is difficult.
Same can be done with dead Banksia flowers.
Thanks for sharing this. Excellent. More on wild edibles would be fabulous.
Thank you, will keep them coming as much as time allows for.
Thanks for your video mate
Any time. Thanks for watching
That was one of the best examples of the bullrush and what to do with it. Thanks Gordon.....much appreciated... Cheers Kim.
Once again thanks Kim. You will have to come along and do one of our courses one day.
Great stuff love your channel
Really informative.
The Ngarrindjeri people (my people) would steam the roots, then chew on them to make string for nets.
G-Day Gordon, I have to let you know you have got me on Yorkshire Tea after watching you enjoy a cuppa on most of your vids. Thanks mate have a good day
It’s a great cuppa is Yorkshire tea 👍
That a nice plate of good looking tucker , mate ! Thanks for sharing !
My pleasure....it was a good feed and very easy to obtain. Thanks for watching.
Awesome video thanks heaps Gordon. Please make some more on the wild edibles. Also a video of a survival kit would be amazing. Thanks for your videos I really enjoy learning bush skills and practicing them. Keep up the great work! I'll give your channel a share.
Thanks for the positive feedback Todd. There is a video coming soon on some very important items you need to have as part of your out door.
Excellent vid! I love observing nature, discover and decompress...
Thanks, really appreciated.
if this guy doesn't upload soon. he's a dedman😀
Good stuff...
👍
Good job mate , I learned something with this one :) thanks !
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the feedback.
Awesome video mate, thanks for showing
Thanks for the feedback once again.
Excellent video Gordan! I never knew you could eat bulrush, next time I'm out camping I might cook some up myself. Keep it coming!
Thank you, bulrush really is the supermarket of the bush…all over the world.
looked like a good meal.
It certainly was…and easy to prepare.
do a video describing the camping laws in australia and if we're allowed to carry camp knives or cut down small tree branches to make fires
That would be an interesting topic. Will have to see what i can do when i have time. Maybe not a video but definitely at least an article.
Needs to be State to State laws.
Great vids. Thanks.
Thanks for watching and your support, it’s great to know they are appreciated.
Your making me hungry.
Cam phragmites be used in the same way? I'd be interested in trying it out. Thanks for the great videos.
more!!!
How do you identify the warrigal green correctly?
The best way is to get yourself a good book with a colour photograph of it as well as a good description….there a a few books out there. A good place to start is Tim Lowe's "Wild Food Plants of Australia". Match this with the habitat this plant likes to grow in, in this case…sandy coastal estuarine environment but not always the case". Always make sure you have 100% identification before you cook and consume. "If in doubt…leave out".
What about plant snap?
Cat tails are good cooked in a pit oven too.
They certainly are! I hope to do a video on cooking in a ground oven one of these days.
i thought only certain parts of this plant were edible at certain times of the year
boiling it won't effectively remove oxalic acid or oxalates their melting point well above 100c
Yes but it gets drawn out of the leaf into the water effectively removing “most” of it when you discard the water
Tastes like cucumber..
It does a little…more like potato when its cooked i find.
Yip that is true,cooking changes the flavor as with many foods.So much you can say about this plant you would need a hour long video to cover it all.
Gordon, Do run courses in NSW?
Yes we do, in Sydney and the Coffs Coast area. Please see our website for course details, dates and venues.
www.bushcraftsurvivalaustralia.com.au
Thanks for watching
Cumbungi, which language?, there are 300+ native Australian languages.
Tim Lowe's book "Wild Food Plants of Australia", The Royal Botanical Gardens of Sydney publication of "Bush Foods of NSW" both refer to this plant as Broad leaved Cumbunji. The later makes reference to the name being from the Eora and Baraba people around the Sydney area.
anx mate won't win any wards in the rest ront bloody classic good tucker
So, about those eels...
I actually caught an eel in there the night before and cooked him up in a slit trench covered in coals…..beautiful!
Sounds delicious. Too bad there are no eels in my area. Have to make do with bream and whiting.
It's actually so much better in the coals rather than the fire. Same with almost anything else you'd cook outdoors. Just ask the natives.
Yes, coals are the only way to cook in a fire, except when boiling. Thanks for watching.
This guy remind me of Russell lol
LOL
Do you play cs cos that’s how I saw ur channel
CS ?