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05/15/12, 06:40 PM
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Nettle Tea
Anything I should know about nettle tea before I decide to make some? The things grow wild all over the place here and I've heard several people use it for tea. Do you use the leaves? Do you use em fresh or dried? If it's too strong will I go bling, poo myself, wet the bed, stub my toe...
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05/15/12, 06:55 PM
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I enjoy drinking nettle tea, tastes very nice imo.
Its been a while since I researched it but the warnings arn't too severe. Warnings
I pick my nettles carefully and let them dry naturally. Once dry, I strip the leaves and store for use.
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05/15/12, 07:04 PM
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Thank you much!
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05/15/12, 07:16 PM
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Original recipe!
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Wear some gloves.
Lay them in the shade to dry. Don't dry them in the sun.
Don't use as much as you think you need for tea. You would end up with nettle broth which is a bit...strong and thick.
I love to mix it with peppermint tea for summer sipping, but it goes great with any other tea. I prefer to drink it with cranberry juice. I can make the tea stronger if I am cutting it with cranberry.
And you can eat the stuff too. I like it in salads, on sandwiches and pizzas. You can use it as you would spinach or chard. Makes great quiche and great lasagna!! Wonderful, wonderful if added to a rich potato soup.
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05/15/12, 07:40 PM
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Nettle has a strong flavor compared to most of the more common wild tea leaves.
I prefer all my wild tea made from dried leaves, flowers, etc.....save for pine. Pine needle tea tastes best, to me, in the green.
Be careful drinking too much nettle tea at the start.
The stuff can make one prone to blurting out smart-*** comments on political chat forums.
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05/15/12, 10:32 PM
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Boy I tell ya, drink this stuff if you have sore and stiff joints. I have knee problems, and I drink this stuff a lot, I also juice the leaves and drink that also. You can also pick the leaves and wash, throw them in a frying pan with some garlic and olive oil, maybe some bacon bits and you got your self a good eatin bunch of greens. Just cook them till they are wilted , kinda like cooked spinich. I have never had any problems with drinking this stuff, except maybe what Forerunner said. And it will help right away, won`t take two days to help, maybe two hours, but this stuff works. > Thanks Marc
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05/15/12, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Forerunner
Nettle has a strong flavor compared to most of the more common wild tea leaves.
I prefer all my wild tea made from dried leaves, flowers, etc.....save for pine. Pine needle tea tastes best, to me, in the green.
Be careful drinking too much nettle tea at the start.
The stuff can make one prone to blurting out smart-*** comments on political chat forums.
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It was a medical condition! Wonder if I can use that as a defense...
I am fixing to make up my first small batch right now. My son and daughter helped me pick a ton of leaves and are itching to try the stuff so I wanted to do a safety check first.
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05/15/12, 10:39 PM
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Are they really itching to try the stuff...... or just really itching ? 
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Originally Posted by Forerunner
Are they really itching to try the stuff...... or just really itching ? |
Well, everyone had a bath this evening so I'm assuming it's the tea they want... LOL
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05/15/12, 10:40 PM
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You know ive been researching nettles!! Teas great, but it can also be used as a vegetarian rennet for cheese making!
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05/15/12, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by mamaof3peas
You know ive been researching nettles!! Teas great, but it can also be used as a vegetarian rennet for cheese making!
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Come again? You can make cheese with it? Do tell!
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05/15/12, 10:54 PM
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Cheese of Antiquity
Ok heres a link that ive been reading, i havent tried it yet, but if you google making rennet with stinging nettle there are multiple links  )are im always looking for a twofold weed!
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05/15/12, 11:00 PM
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Cheese of Antiquity
Ok heres a link that ive been reading, i havent tried it yet, but if you google making rennet with stinging nettle there are multiple links )are im always looking for a twofold weed!
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Very cool. You're my new hero!
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05/15/12, 11:38 PM
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Let me know how the tea turns out  i am itching to try it as well! Lol
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05/15/12, 11:43 PM
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We're drinking it now. Not too bad. I added a little orange peel because the kids really like it sweetened with raw honey. They will be going to bed in 20 minutes, hope nettle doesn't make them hyper!
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05/15/12, 11:46 PM
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Geesh, that would make it a morning tea lol! So you seem very knowledgeable about politics, how did you learn all that you know?? And did you har what happened at the OK delegate convention?!
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05/15/12, 11:47 PM
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Hear not har I so sorry for the hijack! Back to tea, did you dry and crush leaves first?
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05/15/12, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mamaof3peas
Geesh, that would make it a morning tea lol! So you seem very knowledgeable about politics, how did you learn all that you know?? And did you har what happened at the OK delegate convention?!
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I learned all I know from reading. I love to learn new things and am a big history fan. (Note I said fan not geek, I don't have key dates memorized or anything) So, reading what has happened and contrasting it to what is happening plus adding a little brain power is pretty much the secret.
I didn't not hear what happened in Ok. as I was pretty much in a shell today. There was drinking and screwing around but no work or serious news.
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05/16/12, 12:10 AM
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Omg, i need to go to bed, i hear coyotes going crazy and that gives me the heeby jeevies! Eek!! I hate that, anywhoo,
Well i love to read, there is just so much i need to learn, have you ever read propaganda?
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05/16/12, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mamaof3peas
Omg, i need to go to bed, i hear coyotes going crazy and that gives me the heeby jeevies! Eek!! I hate that, anywhoo,
Well i love to read, there is just so much i need to learn, have you ever read propaganda?
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I read propaganda everyday, sometimes right here on HT. Or is it a book or something you're talking about?
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