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Aimless:
Guys, nettle soup is delicious. We were gifted with a lot of stinging nettles (little itty bitty baby ones of course) and through a relatively quick, simple and easy process the whole lot was turned into soup. Delicious soup that tasted of spring, even though I'd never before had nettle soup in spring. It also tasted of thinly sliced smoked ox-heart. Yes, smoked ox heart. No, I haven't been made a lord of the land--but the half-price gods have been very kind to me lately. I now pray for genetically engineered dual-heart oxen so that the price of smoked ox-heart may come down.
The half-price gods also saw fit to give me cumberland sauce, which was very easy to jazz up with some red wine and assorted goodies and goes great with roast lamb. Honestly though I wanted to just glug it down straight, it was so good. Those of you who've grown up with frequent exposure to Cumberland sauce: I envy you.
Can't believe I haven't tried these things until now. Envy and regrey notwithstanding, the past few days have been terrific wrt food. I always forget just how much yummier life becomes after spring kicks into gear.
doombilly:
You just brought me back to 1985. I've never eaten nettles, but my only exposure was walking through some high weeds, intoxicated and getting this sensation that was altogether unpleasant. My roommate and chief cohort at the State park we were living and working in that summer just said "oh yeah we've just gotten into some stinking nettles." Not having been in NC for much more than 2 years I was in a serious state of WTF. What do they taste like? Cumberland sauce? Must. Google. Now.
Carl-E:
Your friend misappropriated the term stinging nettles. They have an aroma, but it's not a stink.
doombilly:
Derp.derp Just pan-fried some flounder filets in panko,spices (really into korean red pepper powder these days), n- butter. It mostly fell apart which is ok. Served chunked over a simple salad. Also marinading some short ribs in korean bbq sauce for tomorrow. Those nettles stink! I tells ya.
Mister D Nomms:
Today I actually made a sandwich and took it with me to go somewhere instead of buying McDonald's. I'm very proud of myself.
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