nettle tea

[staceysue]

I cook up nettles and eat them in the spring. They're delicious.

I also get use Simplers Nettle-Radish compound for my allegery-induced sinus headaches and it has really worked wonders.

[badger]

hmm, I'll have to give it a try again. It could very well be that the leaves inside the tea bag was old. It was packaged only in a thin cardboard box and sat in my cupboard for a while.

It's interesting that I've never noticed nettle here, but I see it all the time in England. Even got "stung" once, and itched like a bajeezus!

[staceysue]

Wherever there's nettle, you'll usually find yellow dock growing next to it. If you chew up a yellow dock leaf and rub it on the place where you got stung, it will take the sting out. Just one of those interesting facts that are stuck in my head.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

That cooked nettle was so delicious that I'm now going to cordon off the area there so the nettles can continue to grow without danger of being mowed again.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

That cooked nettle was so delicious that I'm now going to cordon off the area there so the nettles can continue to grow without danger of being mowed again.

Update, one year later....
Now it's the following Spring. The nettles have been coming up nicely in that area that I cordoned off. They were growing all fresh and bushy and tender, about 7" tall.
I snipped off the top 3" of most of the shoots, and had enough for one big bowl of the nettle tops simmered in water for a couple minutes. I added a pinch of sea salt and a pat of butter. YUM!!!!!!!!!! I think they are even better than steamed fresh spinach. I know they are supposed to be incredibly nutritious.
Next week I'll probably have enough for another serving!

[chryss]

I snipped off the top 3" of most of the shoots, and had enough for one big bowl of the nettle tops simmered in water for a couple minutes. I added a pinch of sea salt and a pat of butter. YUM!!!!!!!!!! I think they are even better than steamed fresh spinach. I know they are supposed to be incredibly nutritious.

When I was a child we used to gather nettles and my grandmother used them mixed with spinach or in soups. Mhhhh!

[Kitsune06]

Here's a snippet from one of my favorite blogs. I wish I'd have known the things were edible when I was a kid. The fact would have enabled me to exact the perfect revenge on plants that stung me around my favorite fishing spots.

[Pax]

Update, one year later....
Now it's the following Spring. The nettles have been coming up nicely in that area that I cordoned off. They were growing all fresh and bushy and tender, about 7" tall.
I snipped off the top 3" of most of the shoots, and had enough for one big bowl of the nettle tops simmered in water for a couple minutes. I added a pinch of sea salt and a pat of butter. YUM!!!!!!!!!! I think they are even better than steamed fresh spinach. I know they are supposed to be incredibly nutritious.
Next week I'll probably have enough for another serving!

How cool to eat and enjoy something from your yard that supposed to be a "weed".

[Biciclista]

how the heck do you gather these things? I know they're good to eat but...OUCH