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I was trying to find out if I can juice nettles and drink the juices that I make. I found this
[url=http://www.thebestofrawfood.com/wild-edible-plants.html]Wild Edible Plants[/url]
and am amazed. Does anyone eat grass juice or daisy juice? I want to start using more wild plants but I need to know where to draw the line!
Yeah, I eat the things I recognize. Pansies, dandelions, roses, etc. :)
Steam the nettles first to neutralize the sting.
Nettles are extremely rich sources of Fe, so easy does it. I rather like edible flowers of all types, honeysuckles bring back fond warm childhood memories of sunny summers that lasted forever it seemed... Sorrels, cresses, lichens & outright shrooms if you dare.
It's plant iron. You can't absorb it. In one end, out the other.
[QUOTE=Knifegill;1034015]Yeah, I eat the things I recognize. Pansies, dandelions, roses, etc. :)
Steam the nettles first to neutralize the sting.[/QUOTE]
I was planning to wash the nettles and put them through my juicer, one like this
[url=http://www.ukjuicers.com/samson-juicers]Samson Juicers At UK Juicers Specialist Online Juicer Store[/url]
And I thought that would stop the sting??!!
Also love the idea of daisies and dandelion flowers in salads - are they good??
Ive run nettles through the blender with other stuff to make smoothies with no resulting stings...
I make no guarantees though....:p
In the summer, I pick all sorts of wild (& feral) plants for my salads
Daisys
Dandelion
Nasturtiums
Chickweed
Nettles
Roses
heather flowers
honeysuckle
jasmine
etc....
Julienned tulips petals taste like green beans to me. Like Betorq, honeysuckle brings me back to my childhood, too. My mom eats spring nettles every year, tho I haven't had the courage to try those just because of the prickles. My grandmother goes mushrooming (but she has lived in the same place all her life and was taught which local varieties were safe). I have plans to try my yard's own dandelion greens this coming spring. And a local naturalist just taught us that the tendrils from the local wild grape vine taste sour, like lemons, and are a great refresher - and it is true. Oh - and the wild blackberries and raspberries I have picked!!
I have taken mushrooming tours with naturalists from our local parks department - try to see if you can find events like this in England.
The sting from a nettle is buteric acid. Smashing up the stingers by blending or wilting the plant helps, but steaming IS the best way to fully neutralize it.
If you don't want to steam, know there's a chance you'll burn your mouth. If a kid will even SNIFF the resulting juice/meal: STEAM IT. Little mouths want no nasty surprises!
I love "weeds" and flowers. I cannot WAIT for dandelions to start popping up in a few mths.
Butter fried dandelions! Try them in a salad.