Jonathan Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 no, its not too late for nettles; just make sure you pick them or handle them with gloves on, and blanch them until tender before using them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giant shrimp Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Who sells nettles? I'm not one to miss out on unusual greens, but I can't say I've ever seen them in their new role as a commodity. i don't know the name, but it's nina planck's family's farm, for a week or two. they set up diagnonally across from heinz, the stand that sells heirloom tomatoes on tables at the back. palena uses the nettles to fill ravioli. i don't recall what i did with mine, but it started with immersing them in a boiling pot of water. they turn into a spinach, staining the water rusty, and are wildly delicious and nutritious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legant Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 The folks at 18th and Columbia -- is it a farmer's market? -- had packaged nettles today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenticket Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I *knew* there had to be nettles thread around here somewhere! I picked some up on Saturday at the Del Ray Market - it was nice to see Wheatland Farm there, even it may only be for a few weeks. Any suggestions on what to do with them? I bought them because the stinging nettle velouté at Restaurant Eve is one of my favorites. I may go with Julia Child's base for watercress soup, but if anyone has used them in an interesting way I'd love to hear about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Please, when someone asks a question and someone else answers it, it's useful to have the answer after the question. At least it would be helpful for moderators to direct readers to the new cooking thread once posts have been moved elsewhere. One of the principal goals of farmers markets is to get people to cook more at home, so I am not sure why basic cooking advice can't be offered in this forum when seasonal items (locally-raised chicken, nettles...) purchased at farmers markets are featured in topics of their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Please, when someone asks a question and someone else answers it, it's useful to have the answer after the question. At least it would be helpful for moderators to direct readers to the new cooking thread once posts have been moved elsewhere. One of the principal goals of farmers markets is to get people to cook more at home, so I am not sure why basic cooking advice can't be offered in this forum when seasonal items (locally-raised chicken, nettles...) purchased at farmers markets are featured in topics of their own. I'm sorry -- actually, the question itself was supposed to move to the new thread as well, with a post by me quoting it and linking to the recipes thread. I'm looking now at my browser and seeing I never hit "submit" on that entry, so it didn't work. Basic cooking advice usually does stay here, but when a thread starts to involve many and varied recipes, it gets to become a recipe thread in the Shopping and Cooking forum, where people in the future are likely to go looking when they need recipes. Otherwise, we end up with duplication of information and/or information split between locations with no comprehensive information in one source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I found this on Graig's List. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I found this on Graig's List. Had it. Tasted like cardboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marketfan Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 there will be nettles at Mountain View on Saturday at 14&U FM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Bump. There should be nettles at Silver Spring tomorrow morning: Evensong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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