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**car.insur** · 04-08-2011, 08:39 PM

Christina, Roman Catholic nuns in England traditionally make a nettle soup once a year on a certain day.

As Daniel says, you need to wear gloves to pick the leaves (or get your husband to do it!!!).

Your enthusiasm for nettle got me curious, so I looked up the health benefits. Did you know that it's a natural anti-histamine? I just ordered 2 bottles of nettle pills from Amazon to try on my seasonal hayfever. If it works, I'm sure it's healthier (and cheaper) than the synthetic anti-histamines I use. The reviews at Amazon are all 5-star, with people saying it works great for hayfever.

Also I found a place where I could order 1 pound of dry organic leaves for $20 (I didn't order any yet). What would someone do with the dry leaves? Can you add them to rice and other simple dishes like that? What does it taste like?

I don't have a husband, otherwise I would definitely send him to pull my nettle!

I would never try to grow it purposefully because I'd be afraid of it spreading. When I'm picking weeds in my garden there'll always be a nettle hiding somewhere, and I always get stung. Sometimes I wear gloves (if I see there's a lot of visible nettle), but usually I don't.

Have you ever heard of "Blita"? I would guess it's spelled like βλήτα in Greek. I started growing some last year, and it's pretty good, but I have been trying to find out for a long time what the English word is for that plant so that I can research it. I try to ask the Greeks at Church what the English word for "blita" is, and they're always like: "Blita? Blita is blita! There's no English word." But I don't believe them because their English is horrible!

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car.insur Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	Christina, Roman Catholic nuns in England traditionally make a nettle soup once a year on a certain day. As Daniel says, you need to wear gloves to pick the leaves (or get your husband to do it!!!). Your enthusiasm for nettle got me curious, so I looked up the health benefits. Did you know that it's a natural anti-histamine? I just ordered 2 bottles of nettle pills from Amazon to try on my seasonal hayfever. If it works, I'm sure it's healthier (and cheaper) than the synthetic anti-histamines I use. The reviews at Amazon are all 5-star, with people saying it works great for hayfever. Also I found a place where I could order 1 pound of dry organic leaves for $20 (I didn't order any yet). What would someone do with the dry leaves? Can you add them to rice and other simple dishes like that? What does it taste like? I don't have a husband, otherwise I would definitely send him to pull my nettle! I would never try to grow it purposefully because I'd be afraid of it spreading. When I'm picking weeds in my garden there'll always be a nettle hiding somewhere, and I always get stung. Sometimes I wear gloves (if I see there's a lot of visible nettle), but usually I don't. Have you ever heard of "Blita"? I would guess it's spelled like βλήτα in Greek. I started growing some last year, and it's pretty good, but I have been trying to find out for a long time what the English word is for that plant so that I can research it. I try to ask the Greeks at Church what the English word for "blita" is, and they're always like: "Blita? Blita is blita! There's no English word." But I don't believe them because their English is horrible!
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