SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #262

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

>Okay,
>
>Do you have the specs on nettles.  I have eaten them and find them tasty
>(not just in survival).  I'd like to have the info in hand to give to
>the nay-sayers when/if I serve it.
>
>
>niccolo
>


We used to collect wild nettles with some regularity (a much hated chore) 
when I was a farm girl to give to the lactating goats. Great source of 
vitamins and iron, I was told. Still, a real pain (literally) to collect.

Once dried, they didn't sting any more, by the way.

- --Anne-Marie with more oh-so-useful trivia :)

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