The smallest of six oak boats is excavated at the bronze age site near Peterborough. Photograph: Dave Webb/Cambridge Archaeological Unit for the Observer
Posted on 12/05/2011 9:04:42 AM PST by Renfield
The smallest of six oak boats is excavated at the bronze age site near Peterborough. Photograph: Dave Webb/Cambridge Archaeological Unit for the Observer
Bronze age Britain ping.
Bronze age Britain ping.
Ping.
I probably wouldn’t have finished my supper either, if she tried to serve me nettle stew.
What’s for dessert? Poison Ivy Ice Cream?
Nettles have some sort of medical benefit - I can’t remember what, but Ellendra would know.
I had a bowl of nettle soup one time in Sweden. Nothing to write home about (kind of like Campbell’s cream of broccoli), but edible.
British cuisine.....nothing’s changed in 3,000 years.
Hmmm...a fairly long history of bad cooking.
Nettles
Are they talking about sea nettles? Are those the black spiney things?
Very common where I live and historically eaten after steaming. Can be painful on more sensitive skin (inside of arms, neck, etc.). Some people say that brushing affected areas with equisetum (horsetail) will lessen the sting, but I find it best to just avoid contact...
I wonder about the first person to eat nettles? “Oh boy, this plant sure hurts when you touch it!! Let’s try eating it.”
You really know yur stuff. Are nettles found in the South? Do you just eat the leaves? How can one eat something that is so toxic to the skin?
You really know yur stuff. Are nettles found in the South? Do you just eat the leaves? How can one eat something that is so toxic to the skin?
You really know yur stuff. Are nettles found in the South? Do you just eat the leaves? How can one eat something that is so toxic to the skin?
Here’s the USDA page on Uritca dioica (stinging nettle). http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=URDI Looks like it’s found everywhere except Arkansas.
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Wow.
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