Nettles

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Finally took my revenge on some and for the first time, cooked some with my dinner.

Anyone else ever eaten them?

Blanched, then sautéed.

Bit like kale and spinach, in that there wasn't much flavour, indeed a touch less bitter. Bit more substance to them too.

 

[Cheese]

Very good source of iron apparently. Have considered making nettle soup a few times, but can't be arsed because of the dog piss factor. I'm not wading through a field of nettles to find some that 'probably' weren't pissed on by a dog that's survived on a diet of Wotsits and its own shit.

Edited April 30, 2025 by Cheese

[Zico]

2 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Very good source of iron apparently. Have considered making nettle soup a few times, but can't be arsed because of the dog piss factor. I'm not wading through a field of nettles to find some that 'probably' weren't pissed on.

If you put cat piss on them they cancel each other out 

[DazBob]

Funny this post has arisen.

I stung myself for the first time in about 30 years at the weekend. Stuck my hand into some undergrowth to grab a ball and obvs didn't see the neckles.

By fuck it hurt. And for ages too.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Regularly get stung.

Over the years I gathered an almost instinctive feeling that the stings could somehow benefit arthritis. 

Then buggerfucktwat, just the other week I read that there is evidence of precisely this!

Anyway, it's piss easy to gather the buggers- plenty in the garden, but easily foraged too. Just pick the tops off the highest ones. Some gloves a recommended, and maybe a suitable twatting stick if you want to wade in a bit, to be sure that no dogs have pissed on them.

Very nutritious- the plants gather up lots of minerals, and a reason why they make a good, natural plant food too.

Fancy a go at wild garlic and nettle soup next. The former is also out now, and is fantastic. 

[burnden]

One of my mates was on about making nettle beer this afternoon.

[gonzo]

One of my customers other year was telling he previously had chronic arthritis in his hands. Showed me pics with all bumps and shit on his knuckles.

Some Chinese healing lass said sting his hands with nettles regularly and the anti bodies that rush to the stings will clear his problem up.

Year on and his hands were fine. 

Works as table tennis coach.

[MancWanderer]

Had some nettle soup a while back. Very uninspiring. Not sure I’d bother again. Wild garlic though. That’s another level. I’ll forage that stuff all day

[Tonge moor green jacket]

It doesn't taste of much, so I reckon it's imperative to add other veg/herbs and spices/stock. Utilise it for it's vitamins, minerals and fibre.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

15 minutes ago, gonzo said:

One of my customers other year was telling he previously had chronic arthritis in his hands. Showed me pics with all bumps and shit on his knuckles.

Some Chinese healing lass said sting his hands with nettles regularly and the anti bodies that rush to the stings will clear his problem up.

Year on and his hands were fine. 

Works as table tennis coach.

Coyle's "right hand man"

[frank_spencer]

25 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Coyle's "right hand man"

Thought Coyle's right hand man was that fat bloke he hired as kit man.

[gonzo]

[Spider]

36 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Mine looked like that after I’d snapped it

[London Wanderer]

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Finally took my revenge on some and for the first time, cooked some with my dinner.

Anyone else ever eaten them?

Blanched, then sautéed.

Bit like kale and spinach, in that there wasn't much flavour, indeed a touch less bitter. Bit more substance to them too.

 

Favourite weed for me, love em.

Even more nutritious than kale & spinach. Been making nettle campfire bread with the kids at work this week. Always a laugh watching the faces of the cocky ones who are convinced they’re too ‘sigma’ to wear gloves whilst picking. 

Had a phase of making the soup throughout the spring but not done it in a few years. 

 You can harvest the seeds in September as well, great on porridge.

Bolty’s going to be even more convinced I’m a mungbean eating Green Party member after this post… That’s if he makes it past Gonzo’s post unscathed 😄

[bolty58]

Good in Bergerac.

[little whitt]

I wonderd who thought i have just been Stung 

i Know i will get my own back 

And Eat them 

[gonzo]

3 hours ago, little whitt said:

I wonderd who thought i have just been Stung 

i Know i will get my own back 

And Eat them 

Reminded me of this scene 

[bolty58]

46 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Reminded me of this scene 

Unknown to me but go on. Which one fucks which?

[deeane Koontz]

On 30/04/2025 at 20:33, DazBob said:

Funny this post has arisen.

I stung myself for the first time in about 30 years at the weekend. Stuck my hand into some undergrowth to grab a ball and obvs didn't see the neckles.

By fuck it hurt. And for ages too.

 

I've  just been stung while on a walk . I'm  blaming this thread 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

41 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

 

I've  just been stung while on a walk . I'm  blaming this thread 

Not the beer you've consumed during the lovely sunny afternoon?

[deeane Koontz]

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Not the beer you've consumed during the lovely sunny afternoon?

No, but I'm thinking I may have accidently consumed some magic mushrooms at some point because when i walked past a farm i saw a rabbit, a pheasant and duck stood in a circle looking like they were having a deep conversation 

[only1swanny]

fell into some yesterday when taking the dog for a walk, all up my leg!

Some geese along the canal and they usually don't even move when we walk past, yesterday they shot up hissing with head bobbing etc and the dog reacted (normally doesn't care), kept hold of the lead but lost my balance and landed in nettles with shorts on. 

Still not the most irritating thing from yesterday!