Comments on: Stinging Nettle Recipe For the Brave of Mouth http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/ You Have To Eat, So Learn To Cook & Eat Well Thu, 17 May 2012 01:27:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: anotherKatrina http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/comment-page-1/#comment-305676 anotherKatrina Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:34:53 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/#comment-305676 Last week I found some stinging nettles in my back yard in southern California. A lovely, bright green plant I'd never seen before suddenly started growing in an unplanted pot full of rich compost and soil. I stopped to admire the pretty leaves, crushing one to see what it smelled like; of course, it gave me sharp stings and a not too terrible rash for a day. My next door neighbors, who are originally from France, positively identified them as well as my comparing them to your photo. The mom says it is all over the place where their family lives in France and it is easy to brush your legs against it. The daughter says the soup is YUMMY. She also offered that the stinging toxin can be neutralized with vinegar if your skin is irritated. The son is going to take a specimen for his high school plant collection; maybe it will be the crown jewel of the class. Thank you for the recipe. I don't know if we will have enough of the plant to cook with it; but it's growing quite fast! Last week I found some stinging nettles in my back yard in southern California. A lovely, bright green plant I’d never seen before suddenly started growing in an unplanted pot full of rich compost and soil. I stopped to admire the pretty leaves, crushing one to see what it smelled like; of course, it gave me sharp stings and a not too terrible rash for a day.
My next door neighbors, who are originally from France, positively identified them as well as my comparing them to your photo. The mom says it is all over the place where their family lives in France and it is easy to brush your legs against it. The daughter says the soup is YUMMY. She also offered that the stinging toxin can be neutralized with vinegar if your skin is irritated.
The son is going to take a specimen for his high school plant collection; maybe it will be the crown jewel of the class.
Thank you for the recipe. I don’t know if we will have enough of the plant to cook with it; but it’s growing quite fast!

]]> By: Kahi Dickinson http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/comment-page-1/#comment-272398 Kahi Dickinson Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:34:04 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/#comment-272398 Hi I have enjoyed nettle drink in the past for years. Now I am too lazy to go harvest in the paddock 11kilometers away. Pick tops of fresh young plants rise with water and put into a stainless steel pot or ceramic container pour boiling water over it to one thumb past the leaves. When cool put in fridge and wait 24 hrs. Whether or not it the water turns to a beautiful blue green color it is a wonderful refreshing drink and you can eat the leaves afterwards. Cheers PS I am seriously thinking of getting it again as my sciatica is back again. Hi I have enjoyed nettle drink in the past for years. Now I am too lazy to go harvest in the paddock 11kilometers away. Pick tops of fresh young plants rise with water and put into a stainless steel pot or ceramic container pour boiling water over it to one thumb past the leaves. When cool put in fridge and wait 24 hrs. Whether or not it the water turns to a beautiful blue green color it is a wonderful refreshing drink and you can eat the leaves afterwards.

Cheers
PS I am seriously thinking of getting it again as my sciatica is back again.

]]> By: Phil Ambler http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/comment-page-1/#comment-184123 Phil Ambler Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:33:14 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/#comment-184123 The dried,seived nettle leaf is so versatile in giving 'body' to gravies,soups,sauces,that we wouldn't be without it. This and kelp powder.. The dried,seived nettle leaf is so versatile in giving ‘body’ to gravies,soups,sauces,that we wouldn’t be without it.
This and kelp powder..

]]> By: pat http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/comment-page-1/#comment-167214 pat Sun, 08 May 2011 18:28:55 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/#comment-167214 i am making a bazzi ie fried garlic and onions,1 teaspoon of haldi powder then mix in the boiled chopped nettles add salt to taste a chilli or two eat with rice very nice. <em>Thanks Pat. Wasn't sure what you were saying but I looked up haldi and found out it is another name for turmeric. Are you saying bazzi is fried garlic and onions? - RG</em> i am making a bazzi ie fried garlic and onions,1 teaspoon of haldi powder then mix in the boiled chopped nettles add salt to taste a chilli or two eat with rice very nice.

Thanks Pat. Wasn’t sure what you were saying but I looked up haldi and found out it is another name for turmeric. Are you saying bazzi is fried garlic and onions? - RG

]]> By: Andrew Grygus http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/comment-page-1/#comment-150733 Andrew Grygus Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:29:45 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/pasta-recipes/stinging-nettle-recipe-for-the-brave-of-mouth/#comment-150733 Some growers here in Southern California are now selling nettles and local farmer's markets, but the only use they seem to know is for herb teas. In Ireland and Northern and Eastern Europe they are used for soup. I've put two very nice soup recipes on my (currently non-commercial) food web site at www.clovegarden.com/recipes/bov_nettle1.html (Irish) and www.clovegarden.com/recipes/vov_nettle1.html (Swedish) <em>Hi Andrew, thanks for sharing these recipes with me. I'm sure they taste better in your soup than eating them raw. - RG</em> Some growers here in Southern California are now selling nettles and local farmer’s markets, but the only use they seem to know is for herb teas. In Ireland and Northern and Eastern Europe they are used for soup. I’ve put two very nice soup recipes on my (currently non-commercial) food web site at http://www.clovegarden.com/recipes/bov_nettle1.html (Irish) and http://www.clovegarden.com/recipes/vov_nettle1.html (Swedish)

Hi Andrew, thanks for sharing these recipes with me. I’m sure they taste better in your soup than eating them raw. - RG

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