Stinging nettles

**Pannonian** · 11-01-2010, 04:56

Does anyone else treat them as anything other than a weed?

**Ethelred Unread** · 11-01-2010, 16:59

You can eat them. Or have them as tea.

**I of the Storm** · 11-01-2010, 21:29

I've never actually eaten them, but the tea is healthy and tastes quite good.

**Moros** · 11-01-2010, 22:44

err...It's good for your blood cirulation I've heard...

And when you're a kid, its always fun punting them in an other kid's pants.

**Pannonian** · 11-02-2010, 01:52

My dad's suffering from arthritis/rheumatism somewhat, so I've been making tea from the leaves. Picking them isn't so bad, it's cleaning the aphids and other tiny buglets on the underside that takes time. To my amusement, he's finding that they're also a powerful diuretic.

**Beefy187** · 11-02-2010, 02:01

Originally Posted by Moros

err...It's good for your blood cirulation I've heard...

And when you're a kid, its always fun punting them in an other kid's pants.

That is just cruel

**TosaInu** · 11-02-2010, 21:12

I drink the tea, The dried leaves are available in shops here.

**Peasant Phill** · 11-04-2010, 21:42

Originally Posted by Moros

err...It's good for your blood cirulation I've heard...

And when you're a kid, its always fun punting them in an other kid's pants.

Apparently that's something Belgian. We used to try to push each other into nettles on the side of the road when we road bikes together.

**Prince Cobra** · 11-04-2010, 23:43

In Bulgaria we make a soup of this weed (but this happens in early spring when the weed is young). We put some rice, tomato juice and perhaps a few other ingredients I can't remember right now. It's quite tasty, really.