Comments on: Grasping The Nettle

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:17:01 +0000

Well Sapuche, I did have to run back to the house to get heavy gloves before I starting plucking – too many bad nettle experiences in my past to do otherwise :)

By: Sapuche

Sapuche — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:54:42 +0000

I’m often stopped in the middle of hiking with the same thoughts about surrounding vegetation, and like you I usually don’t have the knowledge I need to identify them. It’s great (and brave – ouch!) that you picked the nettles and tried cooking with them. They certainly look great in your photo, though it’s a shame they turned out to be a bit too old…

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:13:59 +0000

Caitlin: yikes – I can feel that loss of asparagus – thank goodness you’re though with that phase, lol!

zerrin: I had a feeling that you would be interested in this one :)

By: zerrin

zerrin — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:12:34 +0000

A great recipe of nettles! Yogurt and ginger is a wonderful idea. I’ll definitely try this soon. I myself wear gloves even if I wait them in vinegar and water. But it absolutely helps and prevents any possible pains.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:03:58 +0000

I never knew you could eat nettles…I always thought they were painful weeds growing up in the country…then again I MOWED fresh asparagus each spring as a child (the horror! the horror!)

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:08:37 +0000

veggiebelly: thanks and good luck with locating some nettles!

gastroanthropologist: indeed, cooking them up is like having the last laugh on the nettles and sweet revenge for those barefoot stings :)

By: gastroanthropologist

gastroanthropologist — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:19:07 +0000

Foraging is such a wonderful concept – but of course my fear is that I’ll identify something incorrectly. I find morphing nettle into something else quite satisfying – after being pricked multiple times walking around barefoot. Thanks for the young vs old tip – I didn’t realize nettles don’t age well.

By: veggiebelly

veggiebelly — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:38:19 +0000

wow! thanks for a great recipe and a gorgeous picture. I’d love to try this…I wonder where I can find nettles where i live..

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:56:39 +0000

Rufus: well if your Aunt does decide to make any more nettle wine, do send some my way (academic interest you understand…)

Angry Brit: I’m with you on the raw nettles thing – I’ve had too many encounters with them to want to try that!

Sophie: well, it’s something I would do with spinach, so I thought I’d give it a try – definitely want to try it with younger nettles next time though

OysterCulture: morels, now there’s something I’d like to try but not something I’m likely to find hereabouts unfortunately…

Marc: some great ideas there, I should try to get hold of some more for soup etc.

Jenn: I know exactly what you mean – even when I was cooking them, I was paranoid about whether the sting would be gone completely or not!

Mary Bakes: it’s not for everyone I guess and I definitely think that anybody whose been stung by nettles has a hard time forgetting it…

By: Mary Bakes

Mary Bakes — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:37:23 +0000

Recipe looks great but not sure if I’m ready to go out digging up nettles..memories of those stings last a long time! Also I’d probably end up picking some poisonous leaves with them!!