2000-Year Old Recipe STINGING NETTLES Patina | Apicius -- Oldest Cookbook of the West

[@adrianneagoe3652]

In romania we eat a lot of nettles. Theyre prepared just like garlic sauteed spinich and are served with polenta. As its a vegetarian meal, we usually eat it before Easter when we fast. Delicious!☺️

[@mrs_plinkett]

polenta is super popular in brasil's south too! first time I ever see someone from another country mentioning it haha although eating nettles is definitely pretty rare here :p

[@munkeee87]

Sounds delicious!

[@samdooley5577]

That sounds good!

[@Harukox33]

Loopy Adrian My mom is Romanian, but I‘ve never had the pleasure to try this! :) I‘ll ask her to make it for me some day!

[@jules-tn4og]

When I make it, I only use the leaves (originally from Romania). And I also serve it with Polenta and maybe some chicken, if my sons are eating with. I also make it as the original garlic spinach recipe. But this video inspires me to have it with eggs too. People also make spinach buns.. I wonder if likewise, one could make nettle buns :D

[@mihawk508]

I don’t normally eat plants that can stab me but if Emmy says I can then I will

[@TheCinderfang]

If you like pineapples you might

[@yllwjckt]

@@TheCinderfang try eating pineapple with a palette expander... on second thought, don't.

[@ritvaljungqvist6666]

In Scanndinavia we dry nettles for the winter to use when baking bread. Nettles are superhealthy. Also the seeds can be dried and eaten.

[@destinylishea1475]

All trust in Emmy🙌🏼

[@darlingblue]

@@ritvaljungqvist6666 it also makes really delicious tea!

[@tracyrobinson9442]

I haven't even started yet and I'm freaking out! My grandparents and previous ancestors have used nettles for a healing tea. We use many different plant and roots and this is one of them. I'm First Nations from Vancouver BC Canada and I'm very excited and grateful for your time and all the wonderful things you bring us! Love you ❤️💖

[@david-bl8lx]

Nettle tea is really interesting.

[@shalombereshiyth]

Nettle tea is pretty good 😊

[@williamegler8771]

I am from Bavaria and nettles and dandelions are common vegetables. Both are used in several different ways. Nettle soup is wonderful.

[@missmud2053]

I agree I love nettle soup

[@ConstantChaos1]

Dont forage by the roads, they can have alot of toxins (like actual toxins (heavy metals, oil, engin fluids, and shit like that) not "toxins"

[@Eueueyw]

Foraging by rivers can be even worse depending on where you are

[@ConstantChaos1]

@@Eueueyw also very true

[@GreenBananaz]

Dogs piss all over them too 🤮

[@kammymarie13]

@@GreenBananaz You can wash the pee off

[@ConstantChaos1]

@@GreenBananaz one usually avoids foraging right by animal trails for that reason too

[@EpicKieran]

Love the string lights adds a homey feel!

[@phemyda94]

History brain: Huh, I wonder what the Romans used to handle stinging nettles without rubber gloves! Dark history brain: Slaves

[@TruthTroubadour-xi9cc]

Probably, but the slaves may have used some kind of tool.

[@nyuchu]

I think the common thing would be to handle it with another leaf from a different plant or simply with a rag

[@taritangeo4948]

Any kind of glove would be useful

[@joankennes3230]

Only the rich had slaves. This is commoner's food.

[@gregbolls7815]

Bet they used long sleeve with ends tied closed

[@beefaroni4733]

Nettles: evolve irritating hairs so they can't be eaten Humans: cooks nettle to make them edible Nettles: hol up

[@Azshmo]

"Am I a joke to you?"

[@sherryyyberryyy235]

Pesky humans 🙄

[@jasonstrickland9245]

the entire nightshade family are in the same boat

[@whitedragoness23]

Humans: we WILL eat you

[@veryberry39]

This gave me flashbacks of being 4 years old living with my grandparents, where canned spinach was served fairly often. I would sit there and hold it in my mouth for ages, before finally gagging it down.

[@emmymade]

Oh, poor thing. 🤢

[@Eevee141]

That was me with canned peas. I used to swallow them with my milk like pills 😂😂

[@FlyingWonderGirl]

Cheap tinned meat for me as a child- chewing until it has no flavour because it was so tough.

[@philm5380]

No joke. It took me awhile to realize that fresh spinach was good.

[@strangulator42]

at my house it was canned asparagus... even after I moved out of my parents house it was YEARS before I would even try asparagus again lol

[@lavingshadow345]

I want to know who thought " wow this makes me all itchy and uncomfortable....let's eat it!"

[@jeffreyroot7346]

Not just that, it makes great rope and cordage and supposedly silky cloth.

[@PyroKai]

LMAO 🙋‍♀️

[@brad__s]

When you're starving, many things become appetizing :)

[@JessicaPradoHanson]

@@brad__s I concur when you are starving lots of things look appetizing that never looked good before

[@jonevans6446]

In the uk they have competitions to eat them raw and who eats most wins

[@NotALizardPerson81]

If you get stung by nettle, there is another plant growing nearby called dock or rumex that takes the sting away. You just crush it and rub it in. Also, you can taste nettle raw if you crush it.

[@fleurtylicious6209]

Prince Mononoke is this the same as what we Texans call “bull nettle”?

[@jamesfry8983]

The funny thing about that dock was a native to England long before the Romans introduced nettles

[@kinescope-zr8lh]

Michelle Taylor It’s not the same but very similar. I remember up in llano they were growing everywhere. I got stung a lot by them

[@limalicious]

Yep, it's called burdock where I live, and you always would chew it and tie it on a nettle sting with a handkerchief.

[@rhettlover1]

So, I will guess those little irritating hairs on the nettles are a defense mechanism against browsers such as deer and rabbits?

[@meganpare8998]

Near wear stinging nettles are growing if you look around you will find a yellow flower growing near by, pluck the stem of the flowers and rub the goo in the stem on where you touched the nettles it counteracts the effects and will immediately make the burning stop

[@K1ddkanuck]

Interestingly, the nettle's own roots have the same effect. A lot of antidotes in nature are found in the same plant the poison comes from, the nettle being no exception!

[@abagailrhea3932]

@@K1ddkanuck stinging nettles are an extremely nutritious plant, often used as a spring tonic in rural areas. It's one of the first wild spring greens to come up. After cooking, the hairs that cause the sting break down and are no longer an issue.

[@buddiereed8011]

Can you identify this yellow flower for me? It will help me to also know where I might come across the nettles. Thanks for the info!

[@Mldy96]

@cynthia g Because it's not necessarily "dangerous", per say, at least I wouldn't call a skin irritation that, personally. The reason why people promote it is because it has various uses, like in cuisine as showcased here, or I drink nettle tea when I have certain IBS symptoms

[@briannemorna4268]

Would this be Jewel weed. I know it's an antidote for poisin ivey.

[@PamelaJLamon]

I was taught to forage for wild edibles and greens as a child from my grandmother & now I've taught my children the same skill set!

[@Wheelloader__]

Stinging nettles where I come from we call them itch weed. When I was a kid I was riding my radio flyer down a big hill about half way down the radio flyer went out of control and rolled me in to a patch of stinging nettles. Yep that was a bad day.

[@AloneInTheGarden]

Wheel loader 55_10_15 Ah, to be a kid again. 😂

[@Dreadtheday]

Best true story award of the day, hands down.. You should consider story telling.... Because that was spot-on engaging... :)

[@dawsoncarpenter2244]

Literally yesterday I was riding my bike and fell on a cactus I still feel small needles in my arm

[@semecchi]

@@dawsoncarpenter2244 gosh! I hope you're alright!

[@linkingurl1680]

This happened to me but it was by a river stream! I couldn’t imagine eating something that gave be such pain! 😔

[@pandoravex4791]

Should you have used stinging nettle as a garnish? That seems like an accident waiting to happen. 🤣

[@Sts901]

Exactly what I thought 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[@michaelkapfhamer9447]

What i thought too.

[@MarkSiosal]

I think it was just for photography purposes.

[@Jason-su9tg]

My We’re Gonna Be Ok shirt came today! I think my wife’s going to be stealing it by tomorrow.

[@emmymade]

Awesome! I'm glad it arrived. Sharing is caring. 🌈

[@meowrchl97]

I LOOOVVEEE NETTLES!!!!!!!!!!!! SOOOO AMAZING!!! Nettle tea is glorious.

[@beautyonabarnbudget]

FAX sis📠📠📠!!!!

[@Bloodhoundfostermom]

Really?

[@darlingblue]

I loooove nettle tea! It's so freaking delicious!

[@zielonylis5783]

Yeah, I really like neetle tea, the smell is quite pleasant and it's also wonderful with tad of honey! I heard that it really helps with keeping your hair and skin in great condition!

[@kiras6241]

My the most favorite vegetable ever. The texture and the flavor and the best part is the medicinal value.

[@neurochaotic]

I eat nettles and ground elder all the time :) Both grow in abundance on my yard. I braise the nettles and add them to whatever I’m cooking. They also add a nice color and extra nutrients to garlic rolls. With ground elder, I usually fry them very lightly in olive oil and add a bit of salt. Or I just use butter. Yummy!

[@critterjon4061]

I love nettles , they would grow in abundance in the woods behind my old house and I would pick them by the bucketload and fry them up in bacon grease and flour

[@joankennes3230]

It's very healthy. Nettle soup is traditional in Belgium, as a spring cleaner. Young nettles don't sting that much and not at all after cooking. Plus the stalks are not yet stringy, but soft. Love nettle tea as well. Older nettles make a great fertlizer as a water soak.

[@davinakoehn2049]

This is so weird! I told my kids I wanted to make dandelion jelly and two days later you made it. Then my friend just brought me stinging nettle and now you are using it too. This is quite interesting!! Ok my next thought is... let’s see if you get it. Haha 😆 lol just kidding

[@mamaAimEC]

I miss you cooking in your kitchen. It is so bright and light. It has a pleasant & peaceful look to it. This new set up needs more of that.

[@diy_cat9817]

*burp "Don't rub peaches on your cheek" WORDS 👏 TO 👏 LIVE 👏 BY 👏

[@ElveeKaye]

It should be on a t-shirt.

[@jonazbermudez7638]

Why can't you

[@julianneshultz3031]

@@jonazbermudez7638 think the "peach fuzz" is abrasive to sensitive skin

[@vanillakitten1210]

unless you're a poor family who tricks a rich family into hiring them all separately and needs to get rid of the housekeeper who just so happens to have a peach allergy that you can claim is tuberculosis...

[@jonazbermudez7638]

@@vanillakitten1210 I get it lol

[@tabathafeucht3513]

I loved this video! More recipes from that book please! 💜💜💜

[@sonyamcrae-mercer1422]

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[@misolgit6986]

A tip for you Emmy direct from Ray Mears in his TV series Wild Food he 'discovered' on camera that if you plucked a whole stem of nettles and passed it through the hot air overa camp fire (substitute the heat over your stovetop) it not only wilts the leaves but kills the stinging hairs after doing fhat he was plucking leaves off and eating them. I'm sure you'll be able to find that online somewhere

[@GarmanyRachel]

misolgit 69 Similar random info, to pick prickly pears you can bring a blowtorch and just burn the needles off:)

[@icansurviveuniversity.imra1405]

nettles also don't sting, when they are soaking wet 👍🏻so pick them in a heavy rain!

[@abingleyboy]

You can grab them from behind too so as not to get stung, also have calamine lotion if pre planned or Dock leaves to hand just incase. And of course don't pick them in high trafic areas especially at dog pee height. Or any other wild roaming animal or drunk fella's walk home. 😁

[@frogonmytoe2946]

Emmy eating toast in any scenario is sublime.

[@ybe7011]

"Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food" -Hippocrates

[@UrbanHomesteadMomma]

Who exactly got stung by these things and thought “oh hey I’d love to eat these”?????

[@heyhey8722]

Eaten for revenge

[@bodyofhope]

People who were starving

[@javasparkles7330]

Right? "Ow that hurt like fire. Better put it in my mouth."

[@dhesyca4471]

Same guy who saw milk come out of a cow and thought, "I want some of that!"

[@annaepps559]

I'm still trying to figure out how eggs made it to our plates. Who said let's open those orbs coming out of chicken butts and eat them?

[@laurastarbrook1308]

Thank you, I love seeing old receipts you normally wouldn't see with the unexpected. Like when people cook with roses and lavender. Love you Emmy❤️

[@elizaeliza5937]

I just got my "We're Gonna Be OK" T-shirt in the mail. It absolutely made my day. Thank you Emmy! Best wishes to you and your family. :)

[@annie_xo]

Here in Sweden we make stinging nettle soup. It’s cooked like spinach soup with vegetable stock, shallot onion and heavy cream, served with hard boiled egg halves. It’s really good!

[@lillyvalley415]

6:45 how cute!!!😩♥️

[@Grams0ren]

When I was a kid i went to a camp and we made nettle omelette and dandelion salad. I was the only one who wanted to try it. I remember that omelette as so good. Memories!

[@Saknika]

It still amazes me that someone would be like "yeah, this hurts when I touch it, but what if I eat it instead?" People back in the days were either really brave or just didn't know any better.

[@FAQIvan91]

Or they were so hungry they tried anything, from roots to dirt, from tree cortex to itchy plants

[@bjrnsrensen8456]

People back then had a much more intimate relationship with food. They would forage, hunt, pick, plant and harvest and keep their own animals. They knew exactly what was good for them and what wasn't, they ate local and seasonal foods, and that knowledge was passed down by communities and families. We can't even pronounce half of the stuff in our food. It's really us who don't know any better tbh.

[@susancarr9955]

Hunger makes the best flavor enhancer.

[@oimenamesrick]

oi hunger pains hurt so bad I used to get them all the time and want to cry Now I think that I should eat some food before they come back

[@balagtas1020]

Desperate

[@malakaragua702]

Stinging nettles grow at the bottom of my garden wild. The Romans introduced them to my country for food. The best time to pick them is in March. You kind of treat them like spinach and they're great in soups with soured cream. Theyre also very healthy, but use they do sting before being cooked if you don't wear cloves

[@PyroKai]

Emmy, you’re amazing! I’ve been watching your videos for years and learned so much from them! You always put me in a good head space. Thank you! You inspired me to start my own food channel! All the love to you and your subscribers❤️❤️❤️

[@farihajaan8060]

Pyro Kai All the luck to your channel!

[@kelswinning]

I feel the same way! I love her MRE videos. They lifted me up😁

[@PyroKai]

farihajaan thank you, dear!

[@PyroKai]

Kelly Sia CLASSIC!!!

[@memnwn]

Stinging nettle omelettes and pitas are extremely common in Greece, if you search for Tsouknidopita you will be amazed by the taste of it. As always, lovely video, Em!!!

[@preparingformountainlife]

We have stinging nettles in our yard, looking forward to making tea from it and using it like spinach too. I may try this recipe. Thanks!

[@holliii4237]

i really hope you reach 2M subscribers soon. you really deserve it! i’ve been watching you for years and years and you’re still one of my favourite youtube channels 💕

[@julieirene9236]

"Don't rub peaches on your face" Well, now I want to know what it feels like 😂

[@zielonylis5783]

Hahhaha, right? I'm definitely gonna try it as soon as I buy some! I never felt any inch or anything and I do remember licking the skin, since it was so fuzzy and I get curious. But nothing really happened, it was more like this fur kinda sticked to my tongue and it wasn't very pleasant, but it wasn't painful or uncomfortable too. Or maybe there are different kinds of peaches. Like I never had that kind of heart or butt-shaped ones, like in this emoji. Are these real? Here peaches are round and look like nectarines, but fuzzy.

[@theghostinthemirror8158]

Zielony Lis with sensitive skin it can be quite abrasive. I always got ruddy, itchy cheeks after rubbing them lol.

[@onidamb1247]

Thank you for all of your nature spring videos recently, I love them. Also so totally waiting for your bee vlogs

[@thomasdavis4771]

I am so doing this eating history + so many times I've cussed those stings seems poetic tyvm new one for the bucket list.

[@leomaruli]

Thank you, Emmy, I’ve been waiting for this video. Please do more from the book, the weirder the better! 😁

[@FlyingWonderGirl]

Watching this very late at night/early in the morning making streusel. It’s in the oven and I’m on the floor drinking herbal tea. I think I messed it up a bit but it should still be good with some homemade custard! Thanks for keeping me entertained!

[@OriginalOWL]

I love when you do the old recipes. So fun.

[@AnilKumar-hl1oy]

As I was writing a comment complementing the lights in the background I heard fish sauce and grape juice (1:58). I don't know wether it's my ear or she actually said fish sauce and grape juice.

[@jeffreyroot7346]

Yes to both!

[@jamesfry8983]

The Romans used fish sauce in custard too

[@Entiox]

@@jamesfry8983 I would try that. But I also fully admit that I have an unnatural love of fish sauce.

[@TheSylda]

The Romans were like those people that put hot sauce on absolutely everything except that it was fish sauce rather than hot sauce

[@FAQIvan91]

As a descendant of those Romans (I'm Italian since... A lot of generations, at the very least), I find that fish sauce fetish kinda appalling.

[@CatBarefield]

This is so cute and fun! I love funky weird niche flavors and combinations. I’m sure i would love this recipe!

[@PRDreams]

"Funky" isn't a smell or taste I find pleasant. That word makes me think of a smelly foot 😂

[@ScrewedTimeLord]

Yaria Samavan Carlan funky like a nice Parmesan cheese or mushrooms or sauerkraut! I love it

[@rhettlover1]

Lol, don't try funky wine!

[@rhettlover1]

@@ScrewedTimeLord Sort of umami nose? Like some wines?

[@Incognito1986]

Not a cheese man I take it.

[@drflash36]

Thinking: toe 'cheese'!

[@nicawaters-fleming4172]

I have so much stinging nettle growing in the fields behind my yard. To me they were just painful weeds until my husband's aunt told me I have a gold mine of edible plants. Still haven't had the nerve to pick and cook with them so I'm really glad you found this recipe!

[@Shroomyclown444]

The only time I've ever heard of nettles is from salad fingers.

[@xxkillerklownxx3462]

Alycia Moore Same. You’re gorgeous btw 🥺🖤

[@Taydrum]

makes the milk drop out from my teat

[@lisagross3364]

Every Spring, I make a nettle and lemon cake~! It's delightful !! I'm going to put this cookbook on my wish list~!

[@CricketsBay]

Tfs this recipe, Emmy. Just a tip: Do not eat stinging nettles after the point they start to flower. Don't eat them if they are woody, even if they are not getting flowers yet. Stinging nettles develop a high concentration of formic acid as they grow and it can kill humans. Also, stinging nettles are poisonous to cats and dogs.

[@JavierFernandez01]

Oof.

[@taryn9850]

It actually seems to be pretty popular in certain countries, if you take a look at the comment section!

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

@Redheaded Stranger Actually thats fire ant stings not bee stings

[@Tser]

The formic acid levels will not kill humans. You shouldn't eat old leaves, but this is not why. Formic acid is indeed present in stinging nettles, but it doesn't increase with age, and it's not enough to harm humans. Formic acid has a low toxicity, and is an approved food additive. Nettles do not contain enough formic acid to produce toxic effects in humans. Formic acid is used as a food preservative, and also found naturally in foods like honey and fruit. In addition, formic acid decomposes at cooking temperatures, meaning the end product doesn't contain formic acid. In fact, formic acid is denatured by drying and maceration as well. That means, unless you are eating the still-stinging fresh nettles (mouth of steel) then you actually aren't consuming the formic acid. Even so, the amount in fresh leaves isn't toxic. Fresh squeezed nettle juice and leaves eaten fresh have been implicated in allergic reactions, though, as in addition to formic acid, the plant contains histamines. Nettles also contain oxalic acid (like so many vegetables!) which is reduced by cooking. You can do a warm pre-rinse of the nettles before cooking to lower levels of oxalic and formic acid even further. So for those reasons, it's best to dry or cook nettles. However! Old leaves develop cystoliths, which are gritty particles that are a urinary tract irritant if you eat a lot. They're also tough and less tasty. It's not going to kill you. But eat young leaves, anyway.

[@jwrightgardening]

Debate on harmfulness aside, once they get flowers, they don't taste good. Bitter and nasty. They are 100x better when they are young. Then they taste sweet and tart, a little like citrus. Speaking from personal experience.

[@shananalexander9789]

Where I grew up there was a lot of stinging nettles and I was always getting stung. You are my favorite foodie to watch. Thank you for sharing this with us. God Bless and stay safe.

[@kathleendexter5999]

Hi, Emmy. ❤️ This was so interesting. 👟 My husband and I just returned from our afternoon walk here in the Pacific Northwest. 🏔We had picked a few handfuls as my husband told me they are delicious and loose their “sting” as soon as they are cooked or “hitting boiling water”. On our walk, we saw two types of stinging nettles. I plan to rinse mine then add them to my cast iron wok to sear and wilt. I’ll drain them before adding them to a 🧄 garlic and Parmesan 🥛 Keto béchamel sauce (just heavy cream reduced by half over medium heat). I’ll place the creamed nettles in an oven-safe dish before sprinkling with shredded mozzarella 🧀 and broiling the cheese until it’s golden brown for a lovely Nettle Gratin. Thanks for your serendipitous video! 🌿

[@emmymade]

Mmm...that sounds tasty.

[@hannayoung9657]

I grew up with grandmother who knew how to use nettles, first it was soup, bread or in a cream sauce and later in the season she used to gather the stalks for fibers to make fabric. She helped some one else who like to make nettle fabric, since she had the knowledge she wanted to pass it on.

[@defaultuser1447]

I'm always happy when the CC is auto. Itadakimasu => "to knock him off".

[@one_smol_duck]

Aw, mine just said `(Speaks in a foreign language)` today. I was so disappointed lol

[@sammie12349]

Mine always says “eat my ducky balls” or it’ll say speaks in foreign language 🤣

[@defaultuser1447]

@@one_smol_duck They probably got real CC up.

[@sarahjohnson3523]

Lol my cc actually spelled itadakimasu lol first time usually says eat the ducky moss lol

[@Ayoosi]

This spring I found a nettle soup recipe. Wild harvested a batch of fresh nettles. The soup was amazing! Nettles have a delicate yet earth taste that is best described as tasting the color green. They're good to cook or fry with spinach, or add to a split pea soup

[@bsrelates4419]

No one: Absolutely Nobody Emmy: *Fake Fig*

[@paulmastre8202]

Does it need garlic?

[@KateCarew]

I love how she just randomly labels stuff and I deeply appreciate her honesty that it’s fake 😂

[@frankatchison2519]

B.S relate's to phallic objects( dildo breath)😑

[@davidodonovan1699]

I didn't know that kettles grow in the USA. New York born, Irish raised, comedian Des Bishop, has a comedy sketch about first encountering nettles, for the first time, as an American growing up in Ireland. So I just thought that they weren't growing over there in the USA, if he hadn't known about them before coming to Ireland. Wow. You learn something new everyday! 💚👍☺💚💚💚💚

[@Niijeri]

HEYYY EMMY, THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER VIDEO

[@fidgetsmom_3]

I love watching old Bert and Ernie skits. My favorite is the one where Ernie is calling the 🐟.

[@davidnathansnook]

I love watching these ancient recipes being made. You might like the Historical Italian Cooking channel on KZbin.

[@emmymade]

I'll check it out! Thanks for the suggestion.

[@FAQIvan91]

WHOA how didn't I know about that channel, being me an Italian?

[@RebeccaWaltonRTW]

I promise I can watch her cook and taste food all day... I think it’s her voice 🤣🤣🤣🤣 so sooothing... and her personality is cute and charming #LoveHer ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰

[@cosmicscarecrowgirl]

Emmy: *cooks nettles* *salad fingers wants to know your location*

[@ItsAdamFleming]

I like the ancient cookbook, I want to see more!

[@Jason-lw2nw]

When I was little and we would play in the mountains behind my grandmother's house we would often accidentally brush some kind of leaves that would immediately give us a stinging feeling. Almost like a bee sting. Would that be a stinging nettle? It was immediate pain and we would sometimes even cry lol. I'd forgotten all about those.

[@johnnyc.1878]

Yes :)

[@woodstream6137]

Thankfully it doesn't last long and isn't too painful. As an adult, I tend to suffer through stuff just to see what happens. Felt a yellow jacket sting me near my ankle so I watched him until he flew off then dealt with the sting. Crazy little buggers, saw one land on a piece of KFC and nibble off a little piece for takeaway.

[@CatsPajamas23]

Nice to see you covering this. These grow as commonly as grass down here but because it is the end of autumn, most of them are quite bitter. It's been warm during the day, so unless we have another hard frost there may be some new growth to try. I like young dandelion and false dandelion greens tossed into a pan of roasting or pan roasted chicken or soup. 👍

[@kaytarracorrea25]

So this made me think of salad fingers from like well over 10 years ago. Just me? Ok 😂😂

[@sandragoodman2227]

Years ago I stayed with my sister for a week in San Francisco. As a thank you, I took her and her now wife to Chez Panisse, where, among many yummy dishes, we had pizza with stinging nettles. That is the dish I remember from that meal. So tasty!

[@whitpoob92]

Ahh, I adore you, you happy soul.

[@emmymade]

Aww...shucks. ❤️

[@terridean4784]

More ancient recipes please. I just picked my first stinging nettle this afternoon. I watched this video tonight and I think I’m having stinging nettle omelet tomorrow. (Can’t handle fish sauce-but love omelets.).

[@desireanichole7985]

The studio feels more like home every video.

[@woolpuppy]

I love the way they feel on the hand. Tingly! But yeah, don't be afraid, they're like spinach with more fiber.

[@twocvbloke]

One of my earliest memories is of being strapped in a pushchair and jiggling about, only for the pushchair to topple over and I landed in a huge patch of stinging nettles, don't know what happened after that, guess the pain of it was blocked out from being remembered... :S

[@KateCarew]

So excited to see Cooking with the Apicius again! My grandmother used to forage for stinging nettles and I seriously forgot they were edible until now 😬 I think I just swept the memory into dandelion greens and fiddlehead fern pile! I didn’t eat nettles nearly as often as the ferns or greens, it’s still so strange how a memory will just reappear! Thank you for triggering some nostalgia and this is such a fascinating piece of history I’d love to see every recipe made 🙏🏻

[@gregmuon]

Garnished with fresh stinging nettle? That's brave... :) I've found that stinging nettle soup has a slight numbing quality.

[@julienvilder695]

Emmy, your videos are always so interesting. Thank you for bringing brightness to these days of self isolation.

[@emmymade]

Thank you. ❤️

[@bubblelypinkgirlse]

I wounder who the first person to eat these was. "These irratate my skin real bad but maybe I should eat them"

[@melissadunton3534]

Same person who decided to eat puffer fish, eels (their blood is a toxin), lobsters AFTER boiling and clams that opened on their own. People are weird...we have eaten things that evolved to specifically keep them from being eaten for a millennia. 😂

[@naomix7738]

Dear Emmy, please, please make more recipes from this cookbook. It's my favourite kind of videos, really. Especially in your making.

[@piesusan17]

I take freeze dried stinging nettle capsules for my allergies.

[@katqt32]

WHAT! get out! Does it work well? My allergies are so frustrating and I’m tired of taking regular medicine for it :(

[@mikedrk]

@@katqt32 I took a tincture of it. It definitely worked for me quite well.

[@maceymooo]

this is so small but i’m so glad you have things to label when you walk away from the counter !! i missed that little detail

[@tylerbrantley982]

I know the feeling of rubbing fruit on my cheeks. When I was young I saw a MANGO and got so excited and rubbed it on my cheek and my face blew up and I was a chipmunk for a week. Turns out I’m allergic to mangos.

[@tlc59749]

Mango is related to poison ivy. The skin can cause the same rash. I learned that the hard way

[@standerl0316]

I love all your foraging cooking videos! I just got into foraging in the last two years or so so these are great.

[@savannahpowell2995]

One time when I was little I crashed my bike into the woods, and when I started walking my bike home I suddenly felt all these itchy stings. I crashed into a bunch of nettles. It’s one of the most uncomfortable things especially all over your body!

[@maven7550]

I make spanakopita with equal parts nettles and spinach, very yummy 😋

[@TanyaMaraj]

who remembers salad fingers' obsession with nettles?

[@ItsAMbutyoutubechangedmyname]

we used to pick them with our hands as kids since if you pick them right they don't sting/burn. springtime is the best time when they taste the best yuuum

[@haleyd7448]

great, now i want to see what a peach feels like on my cheek

[@emmymade]

Don't do it. 🙅🏻‍♀️

[@CharLotte-el2lb]

You’ve clearly not watched Parasite lmao

[@haleyd7448]

@@CharLotte-el2lb not yet! is that actually in the movie? 😂

[@Livlocalmartian]

Don’t do it. The hairs hurt on the areas of your body where it’s typically sensitive skin. Very unpleasant. And if had the fine hairs imbed themselves in my skin. It itches, and burns. Much like the hairs of certain cacti

[@CharLotte-el2lb]

Haley Day yessss! Hahahahaha the first thing I thought when Emmy said that 😂 I was like “noooo guuuurrllll”

[@heiditurnquist2709]

Ah! I work for FarmFreshRI and helped pack your box! I love your channel, thank you so much for supporting us and local farmers!

[@adde9506]

I want a types of whales shirt where the whales are pictured next to vehicles of the same approximate size.

[@bodyofhope]

Great idea!

[@giacomooreglia3567]

In northern Italy we eat lots of nettles, and we normally eat it in omelettes, soups, and risotto! Brings back so many memories! Thank you for sharing Emmy!💕

[@thecook8964]

Stinging.nettle pesto w/morel mushrooms

[@movingandshaking3849]

So wait, peaches sting? How am I 48 and never experienced that when I eat them, skin and all?

[@MJ-gm7km]

I was shocked by that, too!

[@Imthebrownunicorn]

That peach story had my skin crawling. Just thinking about the fuzziness of a peach gives me the same feeling as nails on a chalkboard

[@ZetZatar]

Whenever I say “Does this smell funky to you?” it’s not in a good way. 😅

[@theresadunbar4093]

Emmy you are informative and fun. I have tried the recipes that you have shown. Thank you for all that you do.

[@wadooshful]

Wait why cant I rub a peach on my face?

[@tonyapedraza2176]

I have been stung by those nettles, nice to see a bonafide recipe for me to bite them back!!!!😋💕

[@JavierFernandez01]

Hahahah. Yea. :)

[@gaill7908]

People, please don’t go outside and just start cooking up weeds and eating them. 🙈

[@allanscherman8851]

I had my fair share of nettle soup as a child, it's pretty common where I live and I vividly remember it being absolutely delicious.