Comments on: Cooking with Nettles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles Cooking - Photography & More Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2927 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:28:30 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2927 Elsie, Head Chefs drive a hard bargain .... could be that a few pence is all we can expect unless we unearth something spectacular like gold for instance :) Cid Elsie,

Head Chefs drive a hard bargain …. could be that a few pence is all we can expect unless we unearth something spectacular like gold for instance :)

Cid

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2925 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:13:43 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2925 Cid, Now there is an idea! I am reminded of my childhood days (about 6 years old) when I would pick bunches of chives that grew near the river and sell them to a little corner shop for a few pence :). They tell me that as you get older you go back to your childhood :) Elsie Cid,
Now there is an idea! I am reminded of my childhood days (about 6 years old) when I would pick bunches of chives that grew near the river and sell them to a little corner shop for a few pence :) . They tell me that as you get older you go back to your childhood :)
Elsie

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2919 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:01:35 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2919 Elsie, Should we be putting ourselves forward as hedgerow gatherers to the restaurant trade? We could be paid in Spa vouchers (probably worth pointing out that we mean Champney's and not the corner shop :) ) I'll leave it in the hands of the Fair Trade Nettle Pickers Association to negotiate a decent wage... Cid Elsie,

Should we be putting ourselves forward as hedgerow gatherers to the restaurant trade? We could be paid in Spa vouchers (probably worth pointing out that we mean Champney’s and not the corner shop :) ) I’ll leave it in the hands of the Fair Trade Nettle Pickers Association to negotiate a decent wage…

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2886 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:05:28 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2886 Cid, I am quietly confident my staff are dreading me putting nettles back on the menu-I'm sure they would be interested in the long arm grappler-probably to grab me by the throat with! Miles Cid,
I am quietly confident my staff are dreading me putting nettles back on the menu-I’m sure they would be interested in the long arm grappler-probably to grab me by the throat with!

Miles

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2881 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:29:02 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2881 Cid, Great minds think alike. A good list. I wonder if the sting of the nettle beats the pain of arthritis and is therefore beneficial? I don't quite see myself lying on a bed of nettles somehow. I thing a sunbed in Tenerife might be more beneficial :). Elsie Cid,
Great minds think alike. A good list. I wonder if the sting of the nettle beats the pain of arthritis and is therefore beneficial? I don’t quite see myself lying on a bed of nettles somehow. I thing a sunbed in Tenerife might be more beneficial :) .
Elsie

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2880 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:25:27 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2880 Miles, Like Cid you made you look again at the said benefits of the nettle. Nature conservationists have asked us for a long time to set asside a small area in the garden for wild plants, including the nettle. I wonder how many people are actually prepared to have a wild patch? I suppose it will come down to the size available. I keep some out of sight behind a shed and birds always seem to fly into that area. I shall look out for some young shoots in the countryside and keep a pair of gloves at the ready. Elsie Miles,
Like Cid you made you look again at the said benefits of the nettle. Nature conservationists have asked us for a long time to set asside a small area in the garden for wild plants, including the nettle. I wonder how many people are actually prepared to have a wild patch? I suppose it will come down to the size available. I keep some out of sight behind a shed and birds always seem to fly into that area.
I shall look out for some young shoots in the countryside and keep a pair of gloves at the ready.
Elsie

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2878 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:21:26 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/cooking-with-nettles#comment-2878 Miles, I'm worried about where the sting goes.... is it all up in the atmosphere ready to descend? Global stinging, that's what we should be researching :) Here's what I found about nettles according to one site ... * The University of Plymouth has proved that the stinging nettle can have a beneficial effect on arthritis sufferers (osteoarthritis), confirming folk law dating back to Roman times, which suggested flogging with nettles (Urtication) as a cure for chronic rheumatism. * Nettle products include soup, tea, nettle pudding, porridge, beer, Yarg cheese (which is wrapped in nettles), paper, cloth dye (which is yellow, and comes from the root). * Nettles provide a source of food for caterpillars, some of which feed exclusively on the nettle. It is also a food source for a wide variety of insects, including ladybirds, and, according to hdra.org.uk, supports 107 species. Carol Chittock of the Diss Hedgehog Advisory Centre suggests you 'leave a small area natural so that the wild grass grows, stinging nettles as well, because butterflies like stinging nettles to lay their eggs on. The eggs then turn in to caterpillars, and hedgehogs love caterpillars.' * Nettles act as an accelerator for compost, and a rich source of nitrogen and minerals. Plus it's a source of vitamin A and C. * Nettles are alleged to be anti-inflammatory (and generally helpful with all skin conditions), antiparasitic, antiseptic, a digestive stimulant, and a menstrual promoter. It may cure rheumatism, arthritis muscle wastage problems, inflammation and, bizarrely, head lice. If it fails to remove the lice, it could still stimulate hair growth. The nettle has been used medicinally by the Greeks and later the Romans. In fact, it has been alleged to cure almost everything. * The nettle does not shed enough pollen to be a major cause of hay fever. Time to invent a long arm nettle grappler me thinks... Cid Miles,

I’m worried about where the sting goes…. is it all up in the atmosphere ready to descend? Global stinging, that’s what we should be researching :)

Here’s what I found about nettles according to one site …

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The University of Plymouth has proved that the stinging nettle can have a beneficial effect on arthritis sufferers (osteoarthritis), confirming folk law dating back to Roman times, which suggested flogging with nettles (Urtication) as a cure for chronic rheumatism.
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Nettle products include soup, tea, nettle pudding, porridge, beer, Yarg cheese (which is wrapped in nettles), paper, cloth dye (which is yellow, and comes from the root).
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Nettles provide a source of food for caterpillars, some of which feed exclusively on the nettle. It is also a food source for a wide variety of insects, including ladybirds, and, according to hdra.org.uk, supports 107 species.

Carol Chittock of the Diss Hedgehog Advisory Centre suggests you ‘leave a small area natural so that the wild grass grows, stinging nettles as well, because butterflies like stinging nettles to lay their eggs on. The eggs then turn in to caterpillars, and hedgehogs love caterpillars.’
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Nettles act as an accelerator for compost, and a rich source of nitrogen and minerals. Plus it’s a source of vitamin A and C.
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Nettles are alleged to be anti-inflammatory (and generally helpful with all skin conditions), antiparasitic, antiseptic, a digestive stimulant, and a menstrual promoter. It may cure rheumatism, arthritis muscle wastage problems, inflammation and, bizarrely, head lice. If it fails to remove the lice, it could still stimulate hair growth. The nettle has been used medicinally by the Greeks and later the Romans. In fact, it has been alleged to cure almost everything.
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The nettle does not shed enough pollen to be a major cause of hay fever.

Time to invent a long arm nettle grappler me thinks…

Cid

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