It doesn’t bother you to pick it barehanded?! Tell me your secrets!
@emmettler4 ай бұрын
pick from the tops of the leaves and avoid the undersides and stems! the hairs that cause the stinging reaction aren't as present. the best way i've found is to pinch the tops of the leaves near the base of the stem to either pick or clip the greens
@literallyslayingsohard4 ай бұрын
Some people like the stings. You can use the stinging as a treatment for joint pain.
@WillemPenn4 ай бұрын
@@Lynn-Lynn-LynnNope, speaking from way too much experience, my body has never built antibodies from being stung enough. 😂
@SakariWolf134 ай бұрын
You have to get a firm grip on it. If you gently touch a nettle it will sting you for your pains, Grasp it like a man of mettle, soft and silk it remains. Hope this helps. Additionally, if you do happen to get stung, use a Dock leaf.
@natejansen8924 ай бұрын
I just allow it to sting me! I love the feeling and even after a shower, the next day my hands will still be tingly
@asmamunirkhan72774 ай бұрын
My family laughs at me for saying stinging nettle is edible for humans too.... people in our area use it as a food for pregnant cattle and other animals... I'm gonna show them this video We call it kinji in our local language 😅
@terryt98334 ай бұрын
It makes a very nice tea too, like a slightly minty green tea
@MrPanos20004 ай бұрын
We drink it as tea or use it alongside other greens in pies
@jturtle53184 ай бұрын
Do they cook it before giving it to the cattle?
@sandraking96504 ай бұрын
No, the cows don't require it! Lol
@asmamunirkhan72774 ай бұрын
@jturtle5318 Yes, mainly after they deliver babies. Roots and leaves are boiled in water, milk is also added. It's like a stew☺️😀
@luxaeterna93834 ай бұрын
Scrambled eggs with nettles are super delicious! Another wonderful thing to make using nettles is tea; just pour some hot water over the nettles and let that sit. It tastes similar to green tea, but without the bitterness. Nettle tea is also the ONLY thing that helps me with menstrual cramps.
@Nana-km4gw4 ай бұрын
I never knew it could help with cramps, definitely trying this the next time I’m on my period, thank you!
@natejansen8924 ай бұрын
Yup scrambled eggs and pretty much any pasta with red or white sauce is good with stinging nettle too. I always dice them up really fine
@hibiscus10moon4 ай бұрын
nettles are high in iron, definitely help with blood loss!
@chanterelle4834 ай бұрын
@@FlapjackR Rose Tea works well for me, but my cramps aren't very bad to begin with.
@ian46834 ай бұрын
Btw, when you steep you green tea in 80°C water instead of boiling water, it won't be bitter.
@georgiakkaili58874 ай бұрын
Nettle tea is the best tea for women with period problems.
@hampter38193 ай бұрын
Oh really? Do you have any tips on how to do it or do I just boil it?
@Genesis-84 ай бұрын
One of my best memories as a child I have is harvesting nettle in the Forrest with my aunt and cousins. My aunt cooked it like spinach cream, with a fried egg on top and crispy bread, will never forget that meal!🙏🏼🫶
@lydiabarbry33104 ай бұрын
Y’all’s account makes me excited for the seasons to change, so I can see what yall do next
@RaccoonRecluse4 ай бұрын
Blending nettle and mixing it in with ground meat for the base of a cottage pie is amazing.
@justjennsearcious5073 ай бұрын
It's funny because as grocery prices rise I can't help but think we'll be fighting over stinging nettles in the fields😂
@LittleGameDev4 ай бұрын
I live in the city. I love watching your videos. I keep dreaming of living in a calm area like you guys growing my own food living off the land. A simple life. I live in Ontario, I wish I had the money and support to move and live like this. Unfortunately due to my many health problems I don’t think this dream will come true. It’s still amazing to watch and see all of the hard work you guys put in come to life.
@HomegrownHandgathered4 ай бұрын
We also live in the city (Pittsburgh) and don’t have very much money because of some chronic health problems. We grow our food in rented community gardens and forage on public land. Of course things are different for everyone, but I’m confident if you adjust your expectations of this lifestyle a little bit you can make it happen in some way wherever you are 🙂
@cicerhoe79834 ай бұрын
Nettle soup is an amazing Irish dish that not all families do but it’s so comforting ❤️
@jenfisher31974 ай бұрын
Beautiful!! One of my absolute favorites, love it.💕🍃
@yallve12104 ай бұрын
nettle soup always reminds me of paddigton because if the paddington cook book
@thalinororcbreaker28404 ай бұрын
I am allergic as shit to stinging nettles. If part of a leaf brushes me slightly, I'm going to get hives that start at quarter size, then pillow up and form blisters. I have no idea how anyone touches them.
@kinixzen4 ай бұрын
People can touch them because they aren’t allergic, obviously, and won’t have a huge reaction as someone allergic would.?
@thalinororcbreaker28404 ай бұрын
@kinixzen Yeah, it's just surprising. I have legitimately never met anyone who has zero reaction. I thought it was fairly universal to have some sort of reaction, even if not as extreme as mine.
@toyajackson5564 ай бұрын
Itches like hell, for days.
@ruut14484 ай бұрын
We have lots of snow still! Soup is looking good, greetings from finland
@lianagheorma924 ай бұрын
Try nettle stew (just nettles, spices, and a little onion or garlic) with polenta. That's how we usually eat it in Romania! I miss nettle stew now that I live in California!
@sandraking96504 ай бұрын
Good idea, thanks
@Isafrank164 ай бұрын
omg i have so many memories of this stuff hurting me like crazy!!! would love to try it
@BYakimets2 ай бұрын
ive always been curious about how someone would actually eat singing nettle, so thanks for sharing the recipe! i want to eventually have a place i can do this with, and there's lots of nettle and thistle up here!
@thumbalinamom2 ай бұрын
I love your description… Singing nettle as opposed to stinging nettle😁
@elizabethedmonds69774 ай бұрын
Looks amazing!
@ShilasSpellboundCreations3 ай бұрын
I grew up in a tiny, rural town in Washington. We had TONS of stinging nettle, especially around the river banks. The river ran through the town. One time, I was running from my brother, playing tag. I tripped and fell through this wild rose bush, right into a nettle patch. That was a miserable experience 😅
@anna-ij8rb4 ай бұрын
I wish I knew how to differentiate plants and herbs 😭
@nizara41684 ай бұрын
Then learn :)
@anna-ij8rb4 ай бұрын
@@nizara4168 I’m trying, my anxiety gets the best of me 👍
@BubOfficial4 ай бұрын
@@anna-ij8rb Anxiety is the worst man. I really do believe in you. Just picture the feeling when you can show your friends your new skills!!
@anna-ij8rb4 ай бұрын
@@BubOfficial comments like these is what keeps me going 😎😎 Also your kitty is the cutest.
@BubOfficial4 ай бұрын
@@anna-ij8rb Life is worth living. It'll always get better. I promise. Take it day by day hour by hour. And thank you 😂 🐈
@InSpades04 ай бұрын
Dude picked stinging nettle like he didnt just pick up a handful of bee stings. Wild
@georgegaming50943 ай бұрын
There are different kinds of stinging nettles, some barely sting others will lead to painfull blisters
@IvanValerioCortesi4 ай бұрын
Me and my hubby we eat this greens very often. Thank you for the nice video
@dreadpersephone3 ай бұрын
im a naturalist and i sound like a broken record during my tours warning people to STAY AWAY from this stuff everytime we bump into it (in soCal, thats often). thanks for giving me something more to talk about, looks delicious 🖤
@meyague4 ай бұрын
plus they're really good to keep in your veggie garden as they prevent diseases on the sprouts and keep some bugs away! I'd never known you could read them, so I'm definitely writing this recipe down ❤
@aubreasuncion62704 ай бұрын
Watching from the philippines🇵🇭❤️❤️❤️😊
@m.m.j.18084 ай бұрын
Thanks for the recipe, now I've finished cooking it and it's delicious.
@Lettusfarm4 ай бұрын
Love from steubenville. I love the way you guys live and strive to do so as well. I live on .65a of land and have slowly been transforming it into a comfy homestead with my wife and pups. Cheers from down the river
@diosdehuecomundo4 ай бұрын
Oh so this year you're picking them bare handed as well? Have you become a glutton for pain by now too? 😂 Thanks for the reminder to go foraging again ❤
@smolbluegoblin4 ай бұрын
I looooove nettle soup ! My grandma used to make it for me all the time ❤ It's a well-known dish here in rural France, at least where I come from. I'll try the recipe you guys showed next time I spot some ! it looks amazing :D
@ttontsaa4 ай бұрын
Also the seedpods of nettles are great in stir frys😋
@chanterelle4834 ай бұрын
The dried seeds allegedly also taste nice, like nuts (never tried it but it's from decent source).
@RavenBlaze4 ай бұрын
A comment for the algorithm.
@rebeccafoster-faith66474 ай бұрын
Commenting for the algorithm
@jameshoney56894 ай бұрын
I love stinging nettle... I also like the tingles after picking 🤠
@81tar4 ай бұрын
in my country they make nettle food with onions, garlic and a little flour, it is served with poached eggs, I don't like it, I happily eat stevia food which is wonderful! Another spring food, red orach soup, in which you can add salad, stevia, spinach, sour with borscht, and with livage, is wonderful
@JurassicJolts4 ай бұрын
Do you worry about people using weed killer or anything on or next to it?
@divenursok4 ай бұрын
Should be okay if you find in like a wooded/forest area, or let your yard go - stop with the pesticide/herbicide, and you’re good to go. We stopped chemicals, yrs ago, on 7 acres. Looking forward to foraging on our property this year!
@Meme-qt8hv4 ай бұрын
I wish I could forage. It illegal in my state. I always enjoy the videos you post. I'm learning more about being self-sufficient. Thank you
@AnnaSimpson-hi3kh3 ай бұрын
What! What state? That’s so crazy!
@AnnaSimpson-hi3kh3 ай бұрын
Can you got outside of your state?
@jeaneisengard57244 ай бұрын
I love that!!! My husband & I always buy the leaves dry and just drink it as tea or make a tincture but the soup is another level. Delicious. I tried liking this video 3xs while watching it already forgetting that I had tapped the like button but it just kept getting better & better lol
@TMish738294 ай бұрын
Yummm! Love y’alls page!
@tripudium174 ай бұрын
I bought some from local seed company and excited to grow it this year. I don't have the skill to forage yet😅
@zz-gc6sbАй бұрын
I love this. I love you guys
@thumbalinamom2 ай бұрын
This is a great video. My question is, how can I grow this in a raised bed? How can I propagate it and where do I start. I don’t think I’ve ever seen stinging nettle seeds.😁 I’m interested in it for the tea pictures and I will even try that yummy looking soup you prepared.
@Kottbu3 ай бұрын
As a swede i have eaten this, it tastes like spinach
@andrewgraham43804 ай бұрын
Clearly, you don't live in Oregon. Our stinging nettles are like a box jellyfish. You won't forget you got it for three excruciating days.
@WillemPenn4 ай бұрын
SoCal here and same. It is not like IceeHot at all. It is excruciating and goes through fabric. I had a visceral reaction then picking all that bare handed! I’ve done it before when the plants are older and you can grab them close to the roots, but the young plants are the worst.
@themushroominside65404 ай бұрын
@@WillemPenn i can attest to the pain, though i have a rather bizarre reaction to stinging nettles in that i only feel the stinging pain and not get any blisters or hivs, the stinging hairs are sharp enough to pierce through certain kinds of gloves too. SInc ei was just a inexperience highschooler who gardens for a hobby, i used the stinging nettles in a fermented garden tea (weed tea) rather than eating them.
@vulixirus4 ай бұрын
There's like, a six subspecies of stinging nettle. One is the United States and there are a few Eurasian ones that have been introduced. Actually, very recently it's been discovered that Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (the American subspecies of nettle) is actually pretty genetically distinct from the other subspecies, so I'm not sure if it's considered it's own species now, or what the consensus is. They look very similar but ssp. gracilis (north American native) is monoecious while most european ssp. are dioecious, and the American subspecies has way fewer needles on it, making it a lot less irritating. But there are actually needless European subspecies too, they're just not the commonly found in the states. So you were probably picking a different subspecies from the ones in the video. But it's hard to tell which ssp. they are until they flower.
@vulixirus4 ай бұрын
*one is native to the united states. Why won't yt just let me edit it lmaoo
@aggylyf3 ай бұрын
AND! The stems can be made into yarn! What an amazing plant
@barbryll85964 ай бұрын
Nettles are the best spring greens! So tasty steamed. The sting is taken away with cooking
@matthewgoetzka88554 ай бұрын
I cant wait for my first bowl of nettle soup of the year. Still been using up last years dried leaves in tea with dandelion and honey.
@relaxingsleepstudyaudio73784 ай бұрын
I have a nettle forest In my garden, lots of soup and warm dishes before we dig them all up for summer
@bandyboi30324 ай бұрын
Growing up we called these “sticker bushes” and they were the bane of my existence while weeding in my parents garden.
@noellemiles81934 ай бұрын
I would love to try this.
@kevinh23454 ай бұрын
The first couple times you get hit by it, I can see it feeling "tingly". But by the tenth time it's more akin to itching fire. Maybe I just happened upon an especially mature and potent patch, but that stuff is crazy.
@tereclemmer79234 ай бұрын
Yum!
@lynnodonnell47642 ай бұрын
Nettle tea is Oh So Delicious to add to chicken soup and tomatoe soup. Oh yum, yum, yum 😋
@Hjaelteomslag4 ай бұрын
It makes for a great soup. It's my absolute favorite.
@user-xe4yu8sl7h4 ай бұрын
Picking it barehand? Thats hardcore 🤣
@shallomn47464 ай бұрын
Grows wild in Nigeria too. Literal grass everywhere
@elihere4 ай бұрын
From an uninformed biology/ecology standpoint, it makes sense that they sting as defense since theyre so worth eating 🤔 Thanks for the video!
@Thespaceforme4 ай бұрын
Why
@MimiVonVignol4 ай бұрын
In Italy with use stinging nettle to dye fresh egg pasta or gnocchi ❤
@zarkthemuffin2 ай бұрын
Stinging nettle hurts what😭 yall are hardcore for being able to do that barehanded
@mum2jka4 ай бұрын
Do stinging nettles in the USA grow next to dock leaves (that’s what we called them in the uk 🤷♀️). I have yet to see any nettles since moving to New England area…
@Shetooktothewoods4 ай бұрын
We have them in Maine! Trying to think whether I’ve seen them with dock (I’m assuming yellow dock)… probably? They’re not out now because we are currently up to our arses in snow. Again. Sigh.
@amandawhite9824 ай бұрын
I love stinging nettle soup!
@mime5144 ай бұрын
Do you guys have deadnettle in America? It’s a relative of the stinging nettle but it has a white stripe on the leaves and it doesn’t sting when you pick it up. Here in Europe we pick it when we go foraging for wild garlic and you can make a crazy good soup with it.
@TheMafefka4 ай бұрын
Dziś też miałam zupe z pokrzywa. A zbieram je tylko gołymi rękami i lubię ich piekący dotyk 😃
@lesliemeier42254 ай бұрын
When we go to Asian market the nettles we get there we use for Korean bbq. Love em
@edisoncummings70784 ай бұрын
You guys rule
@bethanysmith58564 ай бұрын
The stinging nettles in my yard will keep stinging for up to 3 days if you brush up against them. Thank God for the hoary plantain that also grows in the yard, thats a great while herb for treating stings.
@brisrandomvids2 ай бұрын
Don't forget to use the blanched water for broths or tea!
@jenniferr20574 ай бұрын
Nettle soup is fantastic!
@kickfroggy4 ай бұрын
My Russian kale looks fantastic after the winter with no bugs. The covered one did only slightly better than the not covered one. So it has me wondering if I should go look for stinging nettle or just harvest my kale again... Off to Google the nutritional differences, unless that's something you'd want to do a follow-up on.
@arielbjerk8304 ай бұрын
Some people just aren't effected by the stings as others, I work at a flower farm and my boss grows this. She is uneffected by it, but if I just barely touch the leaves, I feel like I've been stung by a wasp! The pain does go away pretty quickly, like 10 minutes. But it leaves an itchy rash in its place. But again, my boss has zero reaction 😅
@SentoB4 ай бұрын
RuneScape classic
@ceceblooms86664 ай бұрын
Common in Africa to we dry n ground n sprinkle on legume stew dishes or cool it as veggies with ghee n cream❤
@dbknights20054 ай бұрын
That looks delicious
@amvbusspotting8454 ай бұрын
They make ravioli with them in italy. Actually very good I've had them beford
@silvadoci4443Ай бұрын
We make savory pies with it, mix with other leafy greens and sometimes add some cheese or leftover ricotta. It is also good mixed in a cornflour bread 😊
@toyajackson5564 ай бұрын
It also has a strong diuretic action so watch out, especially if dehydrated.
@afl37334 ай бұрын
I learned to make it i to a sauce and put a couple fried eggs with bacon😋 over top. Also the best tea for you ever just takes getting used to
@repentandturnfromsin4 ай бұрын
I have death nettle and dandelions but our neighbor insists on spraying his yard to keep it lush and green. Funny thing is our dandelions keep replanting in his yard. But anyone who has some time, pray for him and his wife as they just lost their second and only child left to a sudden diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Their daughter was 43 and sister was in her 70s.
@Shetooktothewoods4 ай бұрын
I stepped out of an outhouse and got slapped with a tall nettle once. The rest of the day, my face felt like it was sliding off. 😂 They are lovely cooked, though
@bonnie9855Ай бұрын
Its really funny that nettles are used to create the very medicine that stops their stings
@dorinadumbrava31744 ай бұрын
I love a salad made with nettles, hard boiled eggs, green onions, salt and olive oil. Ot is delicious with some crusty bread
@beda36234 ай бұрын
I used to hate them when I was young 😅 I know they are packed with vitamines My feelings didn't change 😂
@shrutimahato11824 ай бұрын
You can try Indian dish with stinging nettle...those are very tasty
@anastasiafalcon46372 ай бұрын
Its extract is also awesome for hair.
@ameerasalalawi76094 ай бұрын
I made “spinach” pies with Nettle.. they were really good..
@gummysaccount55934 ай бұрын
Hi guys! I was thinking if you have tried making humitas? Its a corn chilean dish, i was looking for a recipe and thought about you!
@CookingPhilosophy4 ай бұрын
Looks delicious
@Francis774924 ай бұрын
Yummy you guys need to mail me some of those goodie’s delicious food.send me some of that nettle for my inflammation and circulation!
@gorefieldluvr69214 ай бұрын
Nettle water is also very good as a fertalizer
@sydneyburroughs58944 ай бұрын
I see that stuff all the time! How did you learn about how to identify and spirit?
@ilzitek24194 ай бұрын
I have never tasted it. I have to find it now.
@athulyamohanan57734 ай бұрын
At Kerala, India we call them Koduthoova(കൊടുത്തൂവ) or Choriyanam (ചൊറിയണം)
@michellemcentee22914 ай бұрын
OMG I’m eating stinging nettles right now! I made green rice with them - they are by far my favorite wild green!
@sanorarae54784 ай бұрын
More nettle recipes please!!!
@ElviraSongalla4 ай бұрын
The best wet foods ever with nettle leaves
@jturtle53184 ай бұрын
Dehydrating doesn't always remove the sting, best to steam it first.
@philipplouden58924 ай бұрын
I’ve made the mistake of grabbing a stinging nettle while weeding and it’s terrible. It’s equivalent to handling a bunch of jalapeños barehanded in terms of sensation.
@jul.escobar4 ай бұрын
Hope youre doing ok after your surgery!!!
@flufflepuffle4 ай бұрын
In russia it's eaten in soups. We have it in the summer.
@mael20392 ай бұрын
My absolute favourite recipe with stinging nettle is pesto with nuts, olive oil and parmesan cheese and then eat it with pasta