Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 18, 2012

Nettles

Stinging Nettles

Nettles are covered with tiny stinging hairs that produce an intense, stinging pain and as Nicholas Culpepper (a 17th century English physician) states:  Nettles are so well known, that they need no description; they may be found on the darkest night by feeling.  Nevertheless, they are superb cooked.

 

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