Re:Talking about greens... how about Stinging Nettle?

[Guest guest]

Stinging nettles have fine spines on the stems. I do not recall if they

extend to the leaves themselves. The spines are made erect by water

pressure from within. Cooking them (boiling, and I presume steaming) makes

the spines collapse, rendering them harmless. This I learned from my wild

edible plants class some years ago, and ate some then. I do not believe

that the stems are problematic for eating, cooked this way, but one could

always just snip off the leaves and leave the stalks. Wear gloves, no?-or

for sure handle carefully, like cutting the stem at the base and placing

into a bag or basket washing them off being held by metal pincers, cutting

with scissors into workable bits, until they are boiled, steamed or fried.

Taste okay, not bitter. Mark