This Plant Stings, Then Feeds You
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Nettle can sting you when fresh, but once it is cooked or boiled, those tiny stinging hairs break down and the plant becomes a useful wild food.
Craig Caudill shows how to identify nettle, why gloves are recommended when collecting it, and two simple field preparations: cooking it in a skillet and boiling it for tea.
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24 Comments
There mouths was stained green from chewing nettle
Thank you.
Stinging nettles are good but you really need to know how to harvest and cook or you will suffer.
So I’ve known you can eat stinging nettle, but it still shocks me that someone was crazy enough to try to eat it at some point.
Nettle soup is delicious 😋
I've been searching for this plant for years. Haven't seen it since I was a kid and that was many decades ago
So what's it taste like? And don't tell me chicken.
But , why
Who was the first tard to try it? This stuff hurts when i touch it, id love that same feeling in the throat
sauteed stinging nettle is delish and a nutritional powerhouse!
Does it have to be heat? My friend did a cold bath for about 4 hours on the stinging nettle heat in the PNW and she had no issues drinking it
He definitely eats more than just plants 🌿. That belly explains it all 😁
Keep eatin’
Dried for tea!☕️
If you happen to get "stung" the best remedy I have found is cool running water. I get into it kayaking the river now and then and the current across the affected area is a huge relief.
P.S. Don't rub or scratch it.
If you ever get itchy with this plant Mexican sunflower plant will take it away. You just rub it on where it itches. Mexican sunflower plant is awesome with mosquito bites and poison ivy.
In case anyone needs to sharpen those hunter-gatherer skills.
Taste like spinach
My great grandma used to call it fire nettle
We used to make a soup from nettle for 100s of years. Just cut it and boil it, then add sautéed in talo onions and small cut potatoes. Healthy and delicious soup!
I don't wear gloves either. I freeze dry it and then I have it year round.
Do you also like rusty spoons?
They do not feel like they are stinging you, they are stinging you with little hypodermic needles. I raise collards to eat for greens, I'm not eating stinging nettle.
Where is the video on why it doesn't sting you