I ultimately commence to encounter some non - civilise velvet noodle in the wild – and they are definitely unpleasant . It ’s one thing to get a line – it ’s another to experience .
And you know me , I care to experience all variety of unpleasant things .
Now I really feel sorry forKeith ’s wife and her brush with murderousMucuna !
Here ’s my hunt from the other day :
“Down the road by the burned car”
I put off on my hike to hunt for untamed velvet beans with the idea of ask a neighbour if he bang where any might be growing . It did n’t take long , as I come across a local granger a mo after depart my private road . He asked where we were walk .
I told him we were hunting for the wild sting beans and his eyes widen . “ Why ? ? ? ”
I aver they were estimable medicine and he tell me , skeptical , that they were down the road by the sting car . And he also warned me to be careful … and handed us a few ripe Achras zapota for the road . My neighbour are capital .
I found the beans without trouble , and I thought I was thrifty handling them . I had mitt and jeans on , plus a plastic bag for the noggin .
I was n’t heedful enough .
The itching creeps up on you . It ’s a minute of a tickling , then a sting , then an insistent cutting itch that will drive you mad .
Though I did n’t touch any of the bean , the fine hair vagabond off the seedcase when they are agitate … and where those hair will bring , no one knows .
Granted , I did n’t get it too badly . My arms were drive me crazy for a while and have bad when I wash them . I cautiously peeled out of my outer clothes and scrub my arms with goop and water . Eventually the itching subsided .
Eventually .
The beans we found in the wild were humble and uglier than the ones Keith grew , and they in spades were n’t as large as the stingless types . They almost looked a bit mangy .
Originally I planned on planting these somewhere and using them like I used the stingless velvet noggin I used to grow back in Florida .
Now ? No . Too unpleasant a plant for the homestead , as much as enjoin that makes me finger like a loser .
If I ever get an “ itchiness ” to establish them , I ’ll go back and watch this video again .
