Comments | t0rque: Happiness is.....stinging nettles?

t0rque

Happiness is.....stinging nettles?

Feb 26, 2005 20:14

I just made stinging nettle and spicy italian sausage risotto ( Read more... )

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suspect_terrain February 26 2005, 21:05:56 UTC

Actually, that sounds really good. When we were going through a wild foods phase, we collected and cooked nettles. They were a heck of a lot better than too-old dandelion greens.

mschlock February 26 2005, 23:15:48 UTC

I made asparagus and mushroom risotto yesterday. It was pretty good, but not evil good. Clearly what it needed was some additions from the great outdoors.

Now I'm coveting the spaghetti & meatballs in the new Fine Cooking. Looks a lot like the CI version except for the step of finishing the spaghetti in the sauce over high heat. Hmm...

kimuchi February 26 2005, 23:54:58 UTC

I had no idea stinging nettles are food!

cheesetruck February 27 2005, 05:51:46 UTC

apparently, they rock as a tea.

Yes! t0rque February 27 2005, 09:33:38 UTC

You just have to heat them up so their stingers (which are apparently full of formic acid) melt and can no longer stab you. And wear rubber gloves while working with them before that.