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Talk to me about NETTLE!
Posted by:
Numenor
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Date: March 27, 2014 06:04PM How many here use stinging nettle or root in their food? Can I eat the root raw or must it be cooked? How do I make a nettle tea/soup?
Im planning a trip into the bush and want to live off the land. Nettle will be a big staple of my diet so am looking for some tips  Re: Talk to me about NETTLE!
Posted by:
SueZ
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Date: March 27, 2014 06:41PM I use 1/4 cup dried nettle leaves per quart of water for concentrated sun tea. I then dilute it by x2 to drink the next day if I'm not going to refrigerate. If you are going to be grinding fresh leaves for tea use 3x the dry amount, by volume, and then strain. If your tea doesn't get hot enough you might still get stung so be careful.
If you leave the roots and 2/3's of each plant you will leave enough for the plants to survive and also something for the next people who come along to have. There are plenty of plants to forage from. You won't need to kill them to get enough to eat. You would be wise to bring a pair of cotton gloves along for picking nettle leaves. Re: Talk to me about NETTLE!
Posted by:
coconutcream
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Date: March 27, 2014 06:48PM I do, its in my backyard.
I juice it. I get stung so much, I don't want to try anything else. Its very S&M if you want to whip your naked lover who is tied up and blindfolded...it freaking stings! Can you see my photo of me juicing with apples? THEY SAY ITS THE PLANT WITH THE MOST CHLOROPHYLL   Re: Talk to me about NETTLE!
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: March 27, 2014 07:03PM SueZ Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I use 1/4 cup dried nettle leaves per quart of > water for concentrated sun tea. I then dilute it > by x2 to drink the next day if I'm not going to > refrigerate. If you are going to be grinding fresh > leaves for tea use 3x the dry amount, by volume, > and then strain. If your tea doesn't get hot > enough you might still get stung so be careful. > > If you leave the roots and 2/3's of each plant > you will leave enough for the plants to survive > and also something for the next people who come > along to have. There are plenty of plants to > forage from. You won't need to kill them to get > enough to eat. > > You would be wise to bring a pair of cotton > gloves along for picking nettle leaves. Do you know Coco? She knew all about nettle... Re: Talk to me about NETTLE!
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: March 27, 2014 11:44PM there was a guy here a while back
his name was piotrek ( hey pio... are you still here?) anyhoo i recall he said something about inverting the leaf so that the stinging part is on the inside and the non stinging part is on the outside and u can eat it like that... though... very carefully he also put it in a blender and drank it yeah coco knew a lot of things Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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