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Stinging nettles

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Pat B:
Eddie, I think once it cooked the sting is gone.

tattoo dave:
I was also wondering. I've read the stingers are gone after cooking, but are we talking about eating the leaves, the stem, or both?

Tattoo Dave

AndrewS:
You can cook a lot of stuff with nettles. If you have blanched,cooked oder stir the nettles they will don't make problems in your mouth. Don't try it raw as salad for example... 8)

- First like spinach.
- then make a pesto with hard cheese and hazelnuts (roasted) oder sunflowerseeds (roasted).
- mix blanched nettles with mashed potatoes and ad a little bit of Mountain cheese (like Emmentaler or better Gruyere) and mix again
- the roasted seeds have a slighly nutty aroma and they are a great topping for salads or something like a risotto
- the way outbackbob has described
-...

JW_Halverson:
Dice up a quarter cup of salt pork and start rendering slowly in a skillet.  Rinse the nettles really well in fresh water, and add about two quarts of them to the skillet.  Pour in a splash of water and cover with a lid so that the flash of steam helps wilt them down a little quicker.  Let that simmer on the stove a few minutes. Now abandon the lid and start stirring and turning the greens to mix well with the fat from the salt pork.  Before serving, add a tiny bit of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar to brighten them up. 

GlisGlis:
l like nettle omelette
oil, onion and garlic. put rinsed nettles in
when nettles start to look stewed i throw in 2 or 3 eggs
add cheese of your liking. fast and delicious

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