Hey everybody, this is raised in the woods, your one-stop shop for everything in the great outdoors of the great states of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa.
My name is Joel Clayfish.
We're down in Big Cypress, Florida, hunting.
snakes.
Yeah, I'm not joking.
Yes, I will go that far to try to get a pair of Python boots in college.
I actually had a ball python, so I'm familiar with the little species.
But that ain't nothing compared to down here.
Captain Bill Ferris and JJ Captain JJ Gonzalez are taking us out.
Man, I am jacked.
What are we going to look at tonight?
Well, tonight we are going to be hunting invasive Burmese pythons that have taken over the Florida Everglades, wreaked havoc on the ecosystem.
Just don't know what we're going to run into, but a beautiful night in the Everglades.
So
you can see anything from the American alligator to different birds, birds of prey, ospreys at night.
You know, probably see some owls.
There's a lot of native snakes.
Captain JJ is amazing at spotting them.
He's got like a vision like you wouldn't believe.
So I grew up with reptiles around me all my life and frequently coming out to the Everglades.
When I was very young, my parents purchased a place out here in Everglades.
And we frequently came out here.
And eventually one day I actually ran into one of these pythons.
Being familiar with reptiles, I was really comfortable actually catching it.
I was super excited.
Took a couple of years till I found another one that was pretty big.
I was like 14.
And then from that point on, I was just hooked and started coming out all the time looking for these pythons.
Yeah.
I mean, hunting Burmese python, it's really about
Trying to take out invasive species whether it would be tilapia or iguanas or pythons for that matter You know it came to start it ten years ago with my airboat company airboat tour calm and You know we would hunt recreationally, but you know now You know we have people from all over the world who come to the Florida Everglades just to try and catch a Burmese python
I have to say, I don't think people understand the absolute majesty, the glory and the beauty of the Everglades.
Everybody says, oh, the Everglades swamp or the swamp, the amount of wildlife out here, the plants, the different types of birds we've seen, the alligators, this place is absolutely alive.
And I don't think the average person knows that.
Not a lot of people do you know the Everglades called the River of Grass is one of the widest slowest moving rivers on earth and this water gently flowing Southwest it has many different types of ecologies from a prairie lands to Cyprus Hammocks and forests all the way to saltwater mangrove swamps, so there's a tremendous
diversity in the Florida Everglades and it really is under threat from the Burmese python and so that's where you have a tremendous amount of people out putting time in the field doing what they can to try to remove these these harmful you know invasive creatures.
say to yourself, and at what point did you say to yourself?
I mean, you're into this, this truck.
If I can describe this, it's incredible.
It's got lights coming off both sides.
Everybody who rides on the back of it is equipped with a spotlight, and you know, I can see how careful you are driving, you know, with the safety of your passengers and your hunters.
How did you say to yourself, and at what point did you say, I am going to hunt
pythons and that is going to be not only something I do it's going to try to I'm going to make it an income source and I'm going to make it part of my career.
It's a good question you know I started the airboat company ten years ago to show my kids you know hey you can literally
The cliches it sounds literally do anything you want if you put your heart and soul into it.
The Python starting a couple years ago overwhelming demand from airboat customers and you know everybody starts off not knowing something you know and it's time in the field and just saying I'm not gonna quit and I'm gonna be out here and you're gonna have a lot of you know failures along the way on along your journey but if you stick with it you know God's gonna bless you.
you know, you got to put that effort in.
So it's many nights in the field, a lot of time, a lot of trial and error.
But eventually you start picking it up like you would anything.
So that's really what it comes down to is determination and just knowing that you're going to do it.
I want to talk to you a little bit about media and social media and the way it portrays hunting, you know, Duck Dynasty, the show Duck Dynasty.
And of course, you know,
folks who listen to the show know that I'm friends with the Robertson family and I've had experiences with them.
But that changed hunting forever because it took hunting and personalized it.
and what is happening now with the python hunting and hog hunting and gator hunting with shows like swamp people.
It's really changed the dynamic, but I want to ask you as someone who's out here doing this every day, has it changed the dynamic for good or has it changed it for bad?
Because when you watch those shows, those shows are meant to satisfy people and their short attention spans and the reality of it is hunting
takes a lot of effort, a lot of time, and a lot of patience, and I tell people all the time, you know what kills the most turkeys?
Not a gun.
Patience, patience, patience.
So does that portrayal end up harming the reality of what you're trying to do out here, which is methodical, hard, committed work?
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean you were saying you know short attention span and you know a lot of people think you come out and you're going to find a massive python.
You can spend years and not see something that large.
It's also good because it does educate the general public about the problem in the Florida Everglades.
So people are seeing these shows.
They're coming down for tours.
They're asking questions.
And some people are coming to Florida just to get involved.
We meet a lot of Python hunters who are not from here.
And so you got to give anyone credit who's out here putting time in the field, you know, to be out here, to burn their own expenses and their own time because they want to make a difference.
They do
care about the ecology, they care about it, and it is very exciting when you do get up on a python, when you do engage one, and that sense of fulfillment and pride when you've taken out a very dangerous animal that's annihilating the natural resources of the Everglades.
So, you know, patience, if you don't have it, you've got no business python hunting.
You know, we talk on the show a lot about the things that make a good waterfall hunter, a good whitetail hunter, a good turkey hunter.
One scouting, scouting, scouting, scouting, location, location, location, right?
But if you're not willing to put in the time, you're never going to have the opportunities throughout.
It's not a coincidence they say 10% of the hunters get 90% of the game.
And when I'm down here, what I noticed from you, Bill and Captain JJ,
you and he talk about the health of the Everglades and we can talk about, you know, a little about the competitive nature of hunters and obviously you probably compete with other folks who are doing this professionally and you love your numbers and you love your sizes.
But at the end of the day, you are not, I've noticed you guys are not frustrated by the other folks out here doing it, that they're also doing it.
And at the end of the day, you have a true passion for the Everglades and the health of the Everglades
And what's crazy to me is that this population is expanding exponentially, but at the same time, it's so hard to see these things because they are so elusive.
Oh, absolutely.
And if you think about the broad spectrum, the large picture here, what are we trying to do?
We're trying to save this ecology.
We're trying to fix what we did wrong.
There's a lot of great, great Python owners, people who have put a tremendous amount of time, much more than I have, that deserve credit for really great catches.
I know a lot of state contractors, kids who are in their college kids that are out there catching snakes left and right.
There's a lot of people who are really die hard, really passionate, and they deserve a lot of respect.
At the end of the day, we are all out here trying to do the same thing, so the more people
People out here are the merrier, and that's what's important.
At the end of the day, it's not about how many snakes I catch or my clients catch or this or that.
If my clients leave a charter and they don't catch a snake, well, they've learned a tremendous amount about the ecology of the Everglades and education is really conservation.
Teaching people from all over the world about this place and then yeah, of course we jump on snakes at certain times of the year.
That's fantastic, you know, but It's all about the big picture.
That's what it's all about
There's a lot of studies going on right now by universities and federal entities where they are tracking snakes, they have GPS, you know, surgically implanted, there's telemetry programs where they are flying planes trying to understand their movements, their reproductive habits.
In my opinion, I don't think we really understand how hardy, versatile, elusive these snakes are.
And they were, God put them on this planet and they're eating machines.
They're very good at what they do being a predator.
You know, you're talking about a snake that can be 17 feet long and can take down a 10 foot gator and swallow it whole.
That's crazy.
Yeah, you're talking now you have replaced the top alpha predator
in the Florida Everglades because of the exotic pet trade or Hurricane Andrew 1992 damaging a breeding facility, but the culmination of these many snakes and how they reproduce, I mean, 120 eggs in one clutch, it's mind-boggling.
The territory out here is so thick and impenetrable, we can't walk through it all, but they're just picking off the native wildlife left and right, feeding like we call them the Pac-Man of the Everglades.
You know, they breed and they've got 120 eggs in their clutch and a clutch of eggs is that can be laid at one time.
And these things, when they're hatched, they come out at two feet long already.
They have an advantage in this area because they're already have size and girth to them and they're a predator the moment they're out of that shell, aren't they?
Yeah, 100%.
Now, the Everglades does fight back.
We have native wildlife such as raccoons, possums, ospreys, red-shouldered hawks, even water moccasins.
We've documented eating pythons, small baby pythons.
But mathematically, if you're breeding with such ferocity in numbers, it's going to be at a disadvantage.
I think, you know,
We're going to talk to Captain Bill and Captain JJ about how the clientele has changed, who's coming here to hunt these things, how many people have seen the Everglades now as an actual tourist destination because of python hunting in addition to the alligators and other species that are down here.
I can't wait to talk about that.
What's up, everybody?
This is Raised in the Woods.
Deep South Edition.
We're in the Everglades of Florida, like in the heart of the Everglades.
Ochope, Florida.
And we are in big Cyprus country with Captain Bill Farris, a Python hunter, you know.
Gators down here hogs down here.
I have never hunted pythons and this is just a fascinating experience riding in the cab with Bill Ferris Captain Bill and we're literally Literally on a python hunt as we speak and that's something that that I can't say how much I appreciate Captain Bill and I would highly recommend him
and captain JJ who's doing a phenomenal job.
This is an incredible experience.
And if you get to Florida and I know a lot of Wisconsinites, the reason this is important, a lot of Wisconsinites go to Florida on their vacations.
So I know there's a lot of you out there who want to get to Florida.
I'm going to tell you something in the tradition of raised in Wisco and stepping out of the box.
Take a hog hunt.
Go on a gator hunt.
and then we're going to talk about the folks that are actually coming to do that.
Yeah, if you're interested in a private airboat tour, we are just west of Fort Lauderdale, airboattour.com.
Our Python hunts, mostly in the summertime for best success rates, will be pythonhunting.com.
And you can always reach me directly, 954-260-1096.
Awesome.
You know, we have a lot of people who are coming from all over the world.
When the airboats, I've met people everywhere.
Python hunting has really increased.
Social media has...
brought a large attention to the problem also shows reality shows such as you know swamp people things like that so we have clientele from all over the United States a lot of guys who are into snake hunting back in their home states so we've made a lot of friends you know we have people come book a tour we end up staying in touch and made a lot of friends look
throughout the year, so we're blessed.
Are the pythons going to jump in the truck?
Is there anything to be worried about?
That
of the truck.
But no, the gators don't crawl on the boat.
You're not allowed on the boat unless you're booking online or call me directly.
These excursions, these adventures we have are safe.
for the family, things of that nature.
We want people to learn about the Everglades and enjoy a great experience of making memories because for a lot of people it's a bucket list item.
Yeah, do people eat the pythons?
I mean you could eat anything on this planet if you die hard again Yeah, we've got friends that do certain things like Python pizzas is shredded the meat and cheese and you know I guess you got to put a lot of cheese on it But for me, it's gonna be kind of a hard pass.
I mean, depending on how you prepare it, it could be like certain other types of snakes that have had it where it's a little oily, a little chewy at times.
I've done it in a stew.
I've done it in a sloppy joe.
I have tried the pizza.
It's not the end of the world.
But if you made something, I think I would like to try it.
the standard way we make our protein, fill it with water over the meat, and then add an oil to it, and then add some of the most delicious spices, but lemon juice, I think lemon juice is key until this is shredded, and falls apart, and then I'd make barbecue python sandwiches out of it.
Sounds pretty darn good, I think I'll give that a shot.
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
You know, people have a, think it's one way, then they walk away understanding how beautiful, how fragile, but how powerful the Everglades is and how vast it is.
And so it's a lot of interesting information to take in on a tour or a hunt.
Things that you never knew before.
And so that's the number one thing we want to do when people come with us is to educate.
And so they walk away with a totally different understanding of the Ford Everglades.
We're actually on a hunt for pythons right now with Captain Bill Ferris and Captain JJ.
And we're having an.
Absolutely amazing time.
If you have an idea that you think you want to do this, make sure that you contact Captain Bill.
I'm going to let him give his information one more time.
Yeah, airboattour.com or pythonhunting.com 954-260-1096.
Raised in the woods is going global this week, jumping right into an on-site interview in Spain.
We are with Salva Monforte in Mosquelela, Spain.
Try saying that three times real fast.
We are hunting highbacks tomorrow.
I'll tell you, I'm here.
I couldn't have done this trip.
It would not be the same if it were not for my friend John Then.
John, we have talked about hunting together, and we have hunted together for years.
I mean, you talk about hunting a lot.
You've got a collection of whitetail on your walls.
That's absolutely incredible.
We were at the Safari Club International Banquet a year and a half ago, and you said, man, that sounds exciting.
You've never been out of the United States and here you are with me in Spain.
I need to know what does that feel like?
It feels like, oh boy, it's quite the adventure.
Having a great time and a lot of new wines and cheeses and foods and I'm here for the experience and the scenery and see what happens tomorrow.
Man, one of the things that a lot of people don't realize when they travel out of the United States is that when you go to a foreign country, particularly in Europe, we were talking about this, everything is small, like the bathrooms are small.
everywhere you go is small.
And we had a record, you know, we, I did the show last week show talking about literally getting stuck in the bathroom because everything's tiny.
There's kind of this appreciation here.
You know, we
I want to talk though for a moment because this got literally scary for us.
We were here when they had, Valencia, Spain had rainfall that they haven't had for decades.
And in Valencia, Spain, 150 people died in the floodwaters.
They were caught off guard, banks overflowed and people died.
And I just want to make sure that we understand the sanctity of the potential danger
in situations like that and give a moment to appreciate the rescue workers and to mourn for the dead who were there.
It was an incredibly
horrifying sad experience and we were only about 50 kilometers, which is about 35 miles away from Valencia and we had torrential rains.
There was a point that John and I were ordered by the federal government to remain in the home that we were renting the Airbnb and to stay on the second and third floor because they did not know if the banks
on the river in Vanarros where we were staying, we're literally going to give way.
and Vanaros would have flooded and they were trying desperately to avoid a situation similar to Valencia.
John and I went out, we bought water, we bought dried food, we bought Iberco pork, some dried meats that could last for a while.
And I have to tell you, it was downright scary.
I think probably I was a little more worried about it than John, but what were you thinking at that point?
I mean, there was a point at which the government was ordering
us to stay in the rooms and the people all got off the streets, everything closed because they did not know if the banks were going to hold the water coming down from the mountains.
And it would have been another scene like Valencia.
I don't know.
There was definitely a full prepping moment there for a minute.
And I think we spent all of our last year was on food, water, cheese, meat, whatever we could eat in case we got locked up in the hotel.
But it was definitely the real deal.
didn't know what to expect.
We made it out of there luckily and now we're up in the mountains at about 5,000 feet so I feel much safer up here.
Tomorrow's a big day.
We're gonna head out hunting and put those floods behind us.
and see what happens.
Yes, when we were kind of trapped there, and even our outfitter, Natalia, who's been working with us for Selvamont Forte Haunts in Mosquerel, Spain, she's been fantastic, and we were worried for just a minute if we could even get somebody to come pick us up, and we had to think for a little while, would there be a difficulty even getting to the airport, if we had to, when we have to get out at the end of the trip.
Fortunately, God willing, the dam did not break and the edges of the river held.
So we were able to make our way into the mountains.
And now we are in the mountains of Spain.
And we're about to hunt ibex tomorrow.
And I'm really lucky here.
The person who speaks English the best at Salva Montforte is Salva's son, Salva Junior, Salva Junior.
You are working now full-time with your dad here.
And you may not think so, but your English is fantastic, probably, compared to my Spanish.
How do you enjoy doing this for a living?
Hi, everyone.
I'm Salva Jr.
And, well, I love to hunt, to stay with my dad.
He's telling me how to know how to run a business like that, a hunting business.
We've been hunting my daddy's been hunting like 30 years From now I just start helping him.
I just finished my studies and now I'm with him Full-time helping enjoying hunting and enjoying stay with all the clients that they came
Yes now that young man right there was worried about doing the interview because he didn't know if his English was good enough and that just should show you
How awesome this kid is.
Not only does he speak English, he speaks Spanish, and he is becoming a world expert on hunting the besetty ibex.
The region we're in has got essentially besetty ibex, roe deer, and there are also some wild boars around.
But what a dream to work with your dad, one of the most experienced hunters in all of Spain.
and to be able to learn from him and to take his cues, is there really anything better than when you are out on the side of the mountain hunting ibex?
Well, I mean, for me, I think it's one of the best things that you can do.
I mean, go to the mountains, enjoying there, seeing the ibex, glassing, going to them.
I mean, it's like a... it's like a...
How do how do I say?
Beautiful
Yeah, I mean and for us it's like a Lifestyle, right?
Watching your father become one of the preeminent forces in hunting in all of Spain, you have such a fantastic example.
And I want to tell you that when you go on a hunt like this, it is so very much about many things more than the kill.
The kill of the animal is definitely part of the hunt.
Obviously, that is the culmination of all the work, and the scouting, and making sure the rifles are on, and making sure you take that safe ethical shot.
But when you get to visit an area as glorious as Mosque Ruela, Spain, you get to see a part of history that was put in place by the Arabic people hundreds of years ago.
There are buildings here that date back to the 12th century.
And in everywhere in this area, there are literally millions of rocks that are placed by hand to create walls and barriers for decades and centuries ago, the animals to stay in a certain area and to build and to be able to plant and change the course of runoff from the mountains.
And seeing this, we had Tommy with us today, was a fantastic driver up the mountain, rescued us from the floodwaters.
And he showed us a part of Spain that you're just not going to see anywhere else.
This is covered in these beautiful cliffs set up by the Arabic culture.
Now, that's pre-Roman.
That's pre-Spanish culture.
That's before the Habsburgs took over and the reign of the Christian kings.
When you see this and you experience, if it doesn't fill your soul, something is wrong.
And I'm going to tell you.
when you go on these hunts, whether it's in Wisconsin or Europe or Africa, enjoying and soaking in the culture, it becomes part of your soul much, much more than the actual kill.
We're getting ready to have dinner with Salva and Natalia and Salva Junior and Tomi tonight and my friend John.
And we're going to experience true cuisine from Spain, which you, you know, you, you don't, you can get Spanish food somewhere else, but it's Spanish food in Spain.
And in a setting with the trophies of these beautiful Ibex adorning the walls and Selva Junior.
I have to tell you, I'm so excited that we're along with you here today.
Your family has been so gracious inviting us into your home and so kind and Tommy is funny even if he doesn't know he's funny, right?
And so tomorrow I think I couldn't be more excited about getting out there and finding these ibex.
What will we do to try to find them and how high are we on the mountains?
okay so tomorrow we will go to the mountains we will start glassing a bit we will go up in the mountains first of all and then we are going to drive a bit through the mountains glassing glassing glassing until we get to the top point and we will for sure there's going to be an ivex there that we have seen that is your ivex
so you're excited to tomorrow or not
oh my gosh am i excited tomorrow or not that is the question of the century but i think you know it's already answered everything about this experience excites me uh as much as the kill the hunt the culture the people the food i can't express to you enough you hear this energy that i've got and it's because there's really nothing more fulfilling in life than people
People are really what a hunting adventure is about the people you meet the experiences you have the food you get to take to take part in and Folks I tell it to you all the time get out of the box press the yes button look up Selvam on Forte check out his Instagram and YouTube videos and see what a beautiful
area and existence they have.
Folks, so excited to have brought you that segment from Spain.
I'm Joel Clayfish.
This is Raised in the Woods.
Coming up next, Raised in the Woods is taking it closer to home with a segment on javelina hunting deep in Texas.
I want to
Get to the ranch and we take a little drive, you know, on the side by side to get to the hunting area.
We were set up.
It was too hot to sit in the blind.
I mean, on the drive here alone, the mercury in the car hit 104 degrees.
And folks, I'm not
talking about any dry heat either.
There's humidity, it's 104 degrees, and this is not meant for human consumption, but these Texans, they get their blood so thin, I'm telling you, a thick-blooded guy like me, I had to do a couple shots of vinegar to thin out my blood before I went and sat out there.
I brought a bag of ice along, something that really gets to my soul.
is having the experience of people and culture and history, not just a hunt.
Remember, the folks you encounter and the culture and the people in Wisconsin and across these United States that you get to come in contact with, the foods of that culture that you get to come in contact with is as important, if not more important than killing an animal.
the thousands and millions of years old geographical structures that are here, the fossils in the ground from the animals that have been here millions of years ago and the movement of the plates of the earth, the tectonic plates of the earth is just something that is incredible.
I have to say, I mean, this is a bastion of natural history here.
It blows my mind.
You don't almost want to take a step without looking at what's beneath your feet.
And I'm not talking about scorpion season, because I almost barefoot stepped on one of those last night.
I'm talking about the geology that is here and the history that is here.
This is amazing to me.
We're in the seat of pre-America history.
Don't touch that dial.
Raised in the woods will continue this southern journey in our final segment coming up next.
Aye.
have made a trip to beloved Texas.
When you step out of the box and get a chance to travel these United States, you really get to find some fascinating things.
You know, Texas has got so many different species of animals because through the years, through the decades, through the centuries, so many folks from around the world have brought animals here for food sources or other reasons, and they proliferate throughout Texas because
Texas has got all the different climates here, different topography, different food sources.
It's such a bountiful state.
And I want to talk about one of the most interesting species to me.
It's called the javelina or collard peccary.
And they're called collard because they've got this white streak at the back of their neck that goes around their neck and they're real unique looking.
And
I have had the honor, the privilege, and the opportunity to hunt javelinas in Las Lomas Ranch near Pearsall, Texas.
That's South Texas.
And I, through good fortune, I do not believe in coincidences.
You hear me on the radio.
You know, I don't think there's anything coincidental.
And I think that's one of the...
reasons.
I met a man named Alberto Santos.
Just through connections I have, you know, my kids go to Baylor University in Waco.
I met a man named Alberto who's got a ranch, Las Lomas Ranch near Pierce Hall, Texas, and he's got Havalina.
We enjoyed having you and we really appreciate clients like you that
recognize the uniqueness of some of these animals.
You know, Ismael Salinas, the guide with me yesterday, super nice guy.
They call him Smiley, and I thought it's because he smiled all day long, but I guess it's short for Ismael.
Smiley, talk to me about javelina, collared peccary.
Some people think that they're like wild hogs, but they're really quite nothing like a wild hog.
No, sir, these collared peckeries, they're, it's a very unique animal.
Like I said, originally they come from South America.
These collared peckeries, they are aggressive at times.
They can be very aggressive.
I'll tell you one thing, they are a lot quicker than a hog because these do not have a tail.
They can turn on a dime and they've got some choppers that they could put a hurting on you.
These collared peccaries, also known as javelinas, they travel in squadrons.
It's a family.
So they stick together.
And I mean, it's very unique when you sit in a blind and watch them, how the big ones protect the little ones or there's any danger coming around.
They'll protect that family or those little ones.
So these animals are very, what can I say?
like a family family unit yes and they look out after each other and i don't know of yesterday i mean i know you were
I was kind of worried about you passing out there with all that heat.
You're pretty nice on your head.
And I was like, oh, man, am I going to have to
We sat behind a tree.
And all I could think was, man, I hope these things come in because I'd love to watch them.
I'd love to harvest one.
And one of the main differences I noticed between hogs and these javelina is that hogs have no love loss between each other.
None.
They will fight each other.
It doesn't matter which one in which group they'll turn and try to fight the other one for food or dominance.
But these javelina, they acted like a protective family out there.
You can watch them watch each other, see where the little ones are going.
Kind of, I noticed the little ones stay in the back a little bit.
And when they start coming in, it is
What amazes me is, when you say I'm a hunter or I love to hunt, you really very rarely hear someone say, I'm a javelina hunter.
That's just not a species that's in demand, but I think it's also underappreciated, Alberto.
It is, and partly I think it's because they're scarce.
They're not found throughout Texas.
They're more concentrated in certain areas.
It has to do with the terrain.
I don't know if you noticed, but they're always around prickly pear.
And I don't know if they eat it or they just like to hang around that area.
But if you go to a woodland area, there's no javelina.
Or if you go to an area that's got a lot of grass and fields, they don't have javelinas.
So terrain has a lot to do with restricting where you find them and how many.
Not at all, not at all.
You don't, I personally think that if you get bitten by one of these or attacked by one of these, it's gonna be worse than a hog.
They're not as big as a hog, but I think they're bite and they're cutters.
are gonna do a lot more damage to you, I believe, personally.
Those teeth are razor sharp in their mouths, and they do come out.
And one of the cool things here about Esmael and Alberto is they practice what they preach.
And for dinner, we had wild boar.
And I'm gonna tell you, if you think that, look, nobody loves to cook and eat like I do.
There's no doubt about it.
But this wild boar that Alberto prepared last night was unbelievable.
He's got a very simple recipe.
I'm hoping he'll share with us.
But then we had, I'm going to call a couple of local favorites.
We had bacon, pequen, pequen pepper.
Pequen.
Yeah.
Pequen, pequen pepper,
jelly.
Chili, pequen, jelly.
It's sweet.
slightly spicy jelly that's good on biscuits, fish, almost anything.
Verde colored sauce of some sort but not like salsa Verde like you know it.
It was unbelievable roasted jalapeno sauce.
That was fantastic.
And I had such a wonderful time.
I really can't thank you guys enough.
What a fantastic amazing time.
How knowledgeable you are.
How enjoyable it was.
I am thrilled to death.
I did not get heat stroke and die while I was out there, which is definitely a possibility.
for this northerner, but again, step out of the box and experience what these amazing United States have to offer.
My name is Joel Clayfish.
We'll see you next time on Raised in the Woods.