tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post5270500035130750891..comments2023-11-02T14:38:49.035+00:00Comments on Spring Fair - 2011 at the NEC.: foraging for foodJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-66941965062109689712007-05-17T23:54:00.000+00:002007-05-17T23:54:00.000+00:00Nettle soup, well done. There was a receipe for i...Nettle soup, well done. There was a receipe for it in one of the organic gardening magazines that the woodcutters sister lent me last month. Unfortunately she too the mag back before I tried the receipe out. All I remember was you were only to pick the tips of young nettles - love Julia x<BR/><BR/>P.s A cat ripped opend the front of the wire on the quail coup, and killed them all. We know it was a cat, as she left a section of her black and white fur on the wire. Let's just say the woodcutter is not a happy bunny at the moment.weirdbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955841382032017678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-64462091815707004862007-05-15T22:52:00.000+00:002007-05-15T22:52:00.000+00:00I read an interesting article in Country Living ab...I read an interesting article in Country Living about foraging for wild food recently. I've never tried nettle soup, but it does look tasty.<BR/><BR/>Yes, photographing everyday items does result in some strange comments at home! Still, your blog is lovely and always interesting to read.<BR/><BR/>MarieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-78074062605851942062007-05-15T02:52:00.000+00:002007-05-15T02:52:00.000+00:00I loved the photos - basket to bowl. I remember h...I loved the photos - basket to bowl. I remember having Nettle Soup in Germany and I though it was good. I can't quite imagine nettle salad, which my friends ate.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-36622776581700996502007-05-14T16:59:00.000+00:002007-05-14T16:59:00.000+00:00Mud - no it doesn't sting - well it does when you ...Mud - no it doesn't sting - well it does when you pick it, but as soon as it hits the heat all the stingy bits wilt.<BR/>Westerwitch - I haven't tasted nettle tea - in a soup it is a bit spinachy and I can't imagine spinach tea being very tasty either.<BR/>Alice- goodness they must have hardy children in Cornwall. I have tasted the cheese though and it was excellent.<BR/>Devon - I think that nettles sting more if they see you before you see them - a strong grip and they don't sting as much - must be the origin of the phrase "grasping the nettle". I wear surgical gloves to pick.<BR/>J<BR/>xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-70297939414798099512007-05-14T16:49:00.000+00:002007-05-14T16:49:00.000+00:00i love your blog Jane but will NOT be joining you ...i love your blog Jane but will NOT be joining you in Nettle soup - although we have acres of the blinking things growing like triffids in every corner of the farm. "Watch out for the nettles" is like a golfer's FORE when guests tramp around the fieldsDevonLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10771725641771199612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-40578137866066307262007-05-14T16:40:00.000+00:002007-05-14T16:40:00.000+00:00Pish to Euan! I think that the soup looks admirabl...Pish to Euan! I think that the soup looks admirably wholesome and tasty in that lovely bowl. I am sure that our courgette and brie soup in blue pottery would have looked very towny next to it. I aspire to nettle soup and other foraged food but for the moment will stick to elderflowers, sloes and brambles. My son thinks that cabbage is the work of the Devil so I am not sure that nettle soup and dandelion salad are the way forward.<BR/>Incidentally, Yarg cheese is wrapped in nettles collected by Cornish schoolchildren. Is there a commercial opportunity in nettles for you?<BR/>AliceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-13164514643226810742007-05-14T15:53:00.000+00:002007-05-14T15:53:00.000+00:00Nettles are supposed to be very good for the eyes ...Nettles are supposed to be very good for the eyes and skin . . . nettle tea is disgusting - well I thought so.Westerwitch/Headmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956764463959607416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-52884574780179697422007-05-14T15:48:00.000+00:002007-05-14T15:48:00.000+00:00Looks good! Never tried it myself! Does it sting!Looks good! Never tried it myself! Does it sting!Inthemudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551873512058789152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-27865190178167315382007-05-14T14:13:00.000+00:002007-05-14T14:13:00.000+00:00My elder daughter is a fussy eater - and soups are...My elder daughter is a fussy eater - and soups are usually a non-starter. However, she likes mint so our nettle soup is extra-minty, just for her.<BR/><BR/>Our youngest loves it as nettle soup featured in her history classes in P1 - Early People and so on.<BR/><BR/>J<BR/>xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-44673824644330032142007-05-14T13:57:00.000+00:002007-05-14T13:57:00.000+00:00Sounds and looks delicious, just catching up. Love...Sounds and looks delicious, just catching up. Loved the photos of the house. I am always looking for things the children will eat...would love to grow asparagus but have been put off by the complicated process of preparing a bed.Posiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844732200803572416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-23034884642898129472007-05-14T13:44:00.000+00:002007-05-14T13:44:00.000+00:00By co-incidence I was thinking about nettle soup o...By co-incidence I was thinking about nettle soup only the other day and wondering about it. My lot are far too fussy but I'd like to try it sometime.<BR/><BR/>Lovely blog yesterday BTW-good to see the youngsters.<BR/><BR/>warm wishes<BR/>xBluestocking Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502764742097142372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-44269011119921362132007-05-14T12:18:00.000+00:002007-05-14T12:18:00.000+00:00Soup looks lovely. Never eaten nettle soup but I ...Soup looks lovely. Never eaten nettle soup but I do like a good homemade soup. TriciaRaindropshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13469128293717710003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-21860352688202208452007-05-14T11:34:00.000+00:002007-05-14T11:34:00.000+00:00I can remember eating nettle soup during the war.....I can remember eating nettle soup during the war...and dandelion salaad also! It looks very good.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-48130140960709355062007-05-14T09:41:00.000+00:002007-05-14T09:41:00.000+00:00It can get out of hand, I will admit to that. So m...It can get out of hand, I will admit to that. So many times I have made a nice meal, think 'oh that will look great on the blog!' and then realise just how silly, why would anyone want to see my lunch! Mind you that nettle soup does look good, I have never had it befor and we do have a lot on the allotment!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com