[SCA-Cooks] Viking cookbook//nettles

[johnna holloway]

Stinging nettles [Urtica dioica] are naturalized in the US.
See: http://www.naturepark.com/snettle.htm
and
http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/sep/papr/stngnet.html
and
http://www.sbherbals.com/121999HotM.html

I would be cautious about wild gathering in the US,
due to spraying. They are considered to be a weed.
Johnnae llyn Lewis Johnna Holloway


> morgancain at earthlink.net writes:>
> << >>> 4. Where/how does one get nettles?  What do they taste like?
>  Other than a wild plot of land?  They are a stem vegetable, like rhubarb.
> Druighad at aol.com wrote:
> If you can't get nettles you might try cardoons. They are a member of the
> same family. A good grocery store should have them, but they are still a
> pretty exotic food unless you live in Egypt.> Finnebhir