Nettle soup
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
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I love this video! When my husband and I were young, we lived in Minnesota, which is in the Northern US. We did a lot of camping and canoeing. We also foraged and my favorite find was always fiddleheads. It is so fun on a canoe trip to be able to have fresh vegetables. So thanks for sharing your fist experience of making "green velvet" soup and reminding me of those great adventures of my past.
Awww, thank you lovely....what special memories those are. 😊
Thanks Viv for bringing nettle soup back into fashion. It's one of my favourites , just weed and feed. Most would eliminate them, yet once, they were regarded as a valuable crop. Samuel Pepys loved nettle porridge. Mary Queen of Scots, found sheets of nettle linen superior to that of flax and Sir Walter Scott said nettles grown under glass were an excellent substitute for spring kale. I also use chickweed in sandwiches, dandelion in salads....eat the weeds.
Cheers lovely.......I thoroughly enjoy my 'free' food.....nettles, dandelions, Good King Henry etc.....if I had a bigger garden I would grow a whole patch of nettles! :-)
Yay! A new video from Vivi! The last three days have been solid school work and your and Sean's videos have been getting me through the drudgery! Granted, I would probably be done by now if I was concentrating more on the school work but, it wouldn't have been tolerable without some gardening inspiration to break it up!
That makes me smile (not the drudgery......the vids to get through!). More to come.........been difficult this week because of family obligations......and tricky during April because of work........but once I'm free I'll hopefully post about 3 times a week......... Enjoy half-term!
Thanks, Vivi! :D Looking forward to the new videos. :) This is my last semester of classes before graduation (wahoo!!) and then I'll be taking a month long break and heading to England! Can't wait! Have any tips on must-see or must-visit attractions? I'm planning on heading over with my cousin and traveling the countryside but I'm sure we'll spend a good chunk of time in London as well. I'll have to see if Penelope Keith or Patricia Routledge are doing any live theater this fall and plan my trip according. :)
FAR too many recommendations for this wee space. If in London go see a show at The National or The Old Vic.......ignore all the musical stuff (though fantastic). Go to Neal's Yard Dairy (and surrounding area) for the best cheese and next door is the pharmacy........bottles and bottles of herbs; Borough Market (on the south bank)......great food and drink market, finish with a pint at the George on Borough High Street (oldest galleried pub in the world)....and so on ad infinitum. I love this city called London!!!!!!!! For countryside/coast it has to be Dorset!
Wonderful!! Thanks so much! I've wanted to move to England for years now but, the first step is a long visit! I can't wait!!
I remember you making this as well. I'd forgotten that I began watching your channel from the very beginning. I think Sean James Cameron mentioned you started a channel, so of course I was quickly excited to join as I've always enjoyed your visit to his garden from time to time. I've although not been brave enough to give this soup a try, but if I did and 2020 might just be the year for it, I'd for sure add carrots, perhaps a kohlrabi shredded. I love how Kohlrabi brings on a multifaceted array of taste. Raw is one, cooked is another. Amazing vegetable
I think it's one of those great soups that makes a lovely base for all sorts of other additions.....yay, give it a go. :-)
I planted nettle in my garden last year. I am hoping it joyfully spreads all over so I can harvest some for tea and to add to soups. The soup you made sounds wonderful and I will be making it. I love the blouse you're wearing. Very pretty!
Ooooh, fingers crossed for a lovely nettle harvest this year! :-)
I remember as a child eating lots of wild greens. Our yards were weed free due to the harvesting of them in the spring. Wild berries also. I don't know if you eat them but beet root tops are fantastic also as a green. luv ya Vivi you;re so down to earth and just a lovely lady!
I use my beetroot tops in my breakfast smoothies. Yumlicious! :-)
You're adorable. Like a kid a Christmas who discovered another present hiding behind a branch. A new 🍜. I am so glad that you liked it. I know where some grows that should be ok to eat. I'll see if I can find them. We've never had them in the garden. We have picked miners lettuce, young malva( cheeseweed), and purslane. All quite nice. Purslane sautéed in olive oil with garlic and onion or shallot, with a squeeze of lemon is also super yummy. These are how our forefathers survived. It really is too bad we don't all forage more.excellent video. You are so engaging on camera. Can't wait to see what you do next.
Mmmmm......your list makes me want to get out foraging right now! :-)
Vivi, wow, nettle soup. It looks a lot like split pea soup. So many variations could be made with this soup. I'm a soup person. I could eat soup every day. It's a complete meal in the bowl. And it most times tastes better the next day. I love those left over soup days.
I really like your videos. Keep them coming.
Nebraska Dave
Cheers - and happy soup slurping.:-)
I am just now making a veggie soup which includes nettle. I
I love them too! I'm glad I have a secret little patch away from foxes! :-)
The past couple of years I've heard lots of people say that the protein combining/complete protein problem is a myth. Our bodies cleverly combine the proteins for us, even if they're not eaten in the same meal. Will be worth looking into more for up to date research. I wonder if there's something on nutritionfacts... I don't bother combining proteins, never have. Been vegan 2 years, and vegetarian before that for 25 years. Really enjoyed the recipe vid, been wanting to make nettle soup for years! The problem of finding clean nettles is real!
Yes, getting them clean is the main problem - I'm lucky to have access to a pristine patch! The protein combining issue will be interesting to follow up....... :-)
Vivi, welcome to nettle family. Every year we do salads with nettles, also do soups, baked potatoes with nettles. And what we can not be missing is fresh nettle tea. There are so many recipies.
I drink nettle tea everyday.......why did I never think of growing my own????!!!!!! :-)
nettle salad?! would you mind sharing how you then get rid of the sting? Many thanks!
just put those nettles into quite a salty water for at least two hours. Take out and use in a salad.
Or put them into a boiling water for one minute.
Then also we stuff our chicken with nettles before baking, but Vivi doesn't eat meat, so I did not talk about that.
well new pennies saved!!!!
For the whole year one 5 litre mason jar (or bottle) should be enough.
I think foraging for freebies is gonna be a great idea for you over this next year. When I first arrived here (in France) I was intrigued by the number of people walking across the fields picking somthing - apparently, they were collecting dandelions (called pis-en-lit ha ha!) for salad/spinach substitues. Then dont forget berries and mushrooms later in the year, and of course Elderflower - champagne, and Elderberry cordial (anti-viral properties for the winter) delish.
I pick dandelion leaves for tea. :-)
wow you are brave i have never tried this before and now i can get my own back on the plant. thanks. i have subscribed also Pauline
Hahahahah - give it a go.......it was surprisingly yummy! :-)
I was nervous for you, knowing me the sting would still be there haha
Hahahaha - I was rather trepidatious!
V, That's when you invite Sean over for lunch...lol.
LOL!
That was fun, Vivi! How great that you loved it in the end (I had no doubt). Your face before trying reminds me of when I first cooked with radish, purslane and mallow leaves. And those are all delicious (though the mallow is a 'green' taste). Do you have room in your freezer to blanch and freeze some nettles for future soups? Thank you for sharing this experiment and happy scoffing!
The freezer is fairly full from emptying the winter beds........but I might just squeeze some in. ;-)
I make your carrot and celery soup all the time Vivi. We live next to a nature reserve so have a never ending supply of nettles. I will give this a go soon. 💋
Oooooh - lucky you. I need to find some more 'clean' patches......
The would have been just the job for St Patrick's Day....Green Velvet Soup! ☘
I'll have to save some of this years St Patrick's day spuds for this next year. :-)
Hi vivster, gonna give that a go , same recipe but gonna do it on my outdoor stove at the allotment, should make for a good vid and keep the kids fed.........lol
I think the kids will love it and get a kick out of harvesting in gloves!
Lol, at 8,5 and three I reckon it'd be carnage..I'll let you know, have you checked out my latest vid, it was my Christmas present, I reckon you'd love it, but you can't eat it unfortunately..... lol
Vivi, I love your courage. It is difficult to not try new things after watching you. :)
Oh yay!!!!! Go for it! :-)
Yay for new recipes that work! Your reaction is adorable. Do you grow sweet potatoes in your garden? I started a few years ago here in zone 5 {Upstate NY} even though all the books say they grow best down south. They grow great! And what I love is that because they are only distantly related to regular potatoes, sweet potato leaves are edible and delicious. Love your cooking videos- keep up the great work! XOKK
Thank you Ms Peppy PC! Sweet pots have been tried by many on my site but they just don't want to grow here......too cold for most of the year I guess (soil to heavy?).........drat!
I understand, light soil is important for sweet potatoes, I haven't grown them, but you are warm enough vivi.
Preppy Pink... Me too! Where you at?
I'm in Upstate NY {Capital Region} eveny119. Are you in this area too?
Finger Lakes, Ithaca
Thanks so much for making this video Vivi. I dont have a garden but im growing a tub of nettles to make exactly this 😊.. plus the pollinators love nettles! I noticed you had a box of nettle tea (thats the same brand i buy its lovely if you havent tried it yet) will you be having a go at making your own nettle tea? save you a couple pounds hopefully ☺ take care really enjoying your videos!
I drink nettle tea every morning.......so yes, I ought to try making my own!
I have never had nettles, but my mom had them and many other greens as she grew up. One i have had is dandelion and I love it.
We should listen to our mums! Go for it. :-)
We should.
My definition of Unami - 'I don't know what the flavor is, but I LIKE It! '
Hahahaha - perfect! :-)
i hear a lot about nettle soup so thank you for actually making it.👍
.......and being the guinea pig to actually eat it on film eh?! ;-)
"Umami" is the word you were looking for. The earthy, savory taste.
I don't have nettles growing anywhere around me (Western Pennsylvania US), I buy nettle tea and I infuse it in oil for nettle milk soap as well as one of the herbs I use in my all purpose balm. A great plant with many uses.
Tami
Thank you.......that word always escapes me! Nettle milk soap sounds intriguing...... :-)
Nettles go well with perl barley I like to use leeks and mushrums with it but you schould use a lot more nettles as they cook down like spinage and what gives it a real good flavore is 5 or 6 dandilion leaves there is so much free food at the moment if you know what your looking for I like the stems of burdock but will have to wait a little till they start to shoot up
I'm looking forward to trying it with some pearl barley. The dandelion leaves get saved for tea. ;-)
Velvet? How about green stingy soup and maybe some spices with it and call it stingy spice soup that's a tongue tied phrase. Sounds wonderfully good and tasty. Wish we had nettles here in south Florida I'd try it for sure.
Tongue twister soup! Love that! :-)
Our nettles in the pasture are just peeking out so i thought i would have a bit of them for lunch today. Using your recipe.
Yay! I love nettle soup now.......and 'tea'. :-)
What Vivi did next it was delicious and i did not whizz it up just had it with everything nice and chunky. I got enough for 2 bowls. I plan on doing this again a few times when i have lots more nettles they were just peaking out
Brilliant! :-)
Nettles soup remains me every spring to my grandma, because she cooked it once a week . I like very much, but my family don`t eat it. You can also cook delicius meals or pesto from Giersch - i don`t know the english word - it`s a horrible weed but soo gesund and delicius. Primula veris and Vogelmiere and dandelion leaves are great too. Liebe Grüße aus Schleswig- Holstein!
I've just picked dandelion leaves today! To dry for my cups of tea. :-)
You've made me want to go out and collect some nettles now! :)
Yes! Do!! :-)
I love Nettle soup. I doubt too many animals would lift their leg on stinging nettle so it should be pretty safe..it's only nitrogen anyway...Lol! You can trim it back four or five times a year like comfrey and get that much more from the plant. Bon Appetit!
Hahahahaha - I have seen the leg lifting that goes on in my local park! Including my own dogs! A small, cultiveted patch may be in order! ;-)
You have dogs? May we meet them please??
I was speaking historically......alas they're chasing rabbits in the sky now.
What Vivi did next ---Oh alas and alack: yes may they ever frolic about🐶
:-)
Loved the carrot/lentil soup from you, but, just not sure about gathering nettles/thistles? PS, love that shirt!
Hahaha - give the nettles a go......you may be pleasantly surprised! ;-)
ha ha .. you're brave! but since you are still alive and say it tastes nice .. I might brave the nettle patch at the bottom of the garden 😉
Lol!
I have never in my life seen a nettle. I am jealous of your green velvet soup, but I am going to imitate this with spinach and kale for kicks. Vivi, do you make butternut squash soup? Oh it is so sinfully luxurious.
Yes.......lots of winter squash soup. Love it.......keeps me going every winter. :-) I think the nettle would work perfectly with spinach instead. :-)
Vivi I guess the nettles don't grow around here. I had to google them and what a interesting plant they are. Do you ever grow turnips or turnip greens?
Don't have space for turnips......but I do eat the green tops from other veg like beetroot.......great in the breakfast smoothie! :-)
What Vivi did next Yum! I glad you responded that means your soup was good and you're still here. Keep the good recipes coming.
Hahahahaha - I didn't poison myself!
I find it makes our soups creamy when i add it, I use it to make creamy tasting soup as well as normal nettle because we cows dairy allergy. Do you find it sort of creamy or is it just me?
Yes.....very creamy......hence my description of velvet. :-) I don't use cream.....don't need to.....once blended it's super smooth and lush. :-)
can make nettle pesto with it too ;)
I was nibbling on some m&ms when you said "a rainbow of colour everyday"!, bet that's not what you meant!!!😋
LOL!!!!!!!! ;-)
I love nettle soup. Great source of iron.
Absolutely.......just make sure you harvest from a patch not 'frequented' by dogs and foxes! 😉
Nettles can be dried for tea, not sure if they will be any good for soup after drying though.
I drink nettle tea every morning so I'm thinking of cultivating a small patch.......will try the dried in soup and report back. ;-)
But wouldn't they still sting?
Not when they are cut and dried they don't. I use them for tea but also feed them to my guinea pigs as dried food.
I'm so glad it turned out great! I wonder if it is freezer friendly?
I've popped a portion in the freezer to test. ;-)
I love it when I can cook a meal and then divide it into smaller portions and freeze. I am not good at eating the same thing for a whole week. I have a shelf in the freezer with small containers of meals for me to eat.
Perfect. :-)
That's how I felt when I first added dandelion to my soup and salads. "The unknown"! You should have tasted and spiced things before nettles went in. Salt on top of cooking greens to cook faster.
I don't like or use salt. :-)
Last time I ate it I had it with a boiled egg, yummy.
:-)
Will have to raid my weed patch and try this!
Oh do! :-)
- DARE YOU. Who was the person that looked at stinging nettles and thought, "ouch da..m that hurts, think I'll eat that". If you were a fan of Good Neighbors...remember the stinging nettles episode? All their woolen clothes were green (they didn't like the taste much of the soup ).
- Vivi, Grow some quick growing green onions, or chives or steal your extra onion greens. Did you say you couldn't trade/barter veggies on your plot?
- As far as 'weeds', I enjoy purslane, milk weed buds and sorrel. Id like to try ferns, cattails and ramps.
Q: Curious what your views are about soy beans/vs too much estrogen? A lot of people have stopped eating soy sauce, miso and TVP...because of the soy.
I, like so many others in the UK, just LOVE the Good Life......and the nettle jumper episode! No, can't trade/barter. Never-mind I'll be eating it all. No more soya for me....breast cancer and joints don't like! |I don't have breast cancer but every other woman in my family has/does..
eveny119 mmmm! purslane 😎
inspired, right I'm off nettle picking
Yay! Do!!!! Well worth it.......just remember to take some gloves with you .....long gloves!! ;-)
1 to 2 ounces of nettle to water or broth and is really high in calcium too. Good luck this next year
Thank you! :-)
Not big on sweet corn!!! Sacrilege ( here in the midwest U.S. ) ; )
I know. ;-)
Well, that answers a question I thought about asking, would you try growing corn....lol Are you thinking about put out your recipes in a book or online? Would love them somewhere I can get them to try.
I just want to share the recipes here really......but I keep being nagged to do a book......not sure a publisher would be interested in such very simple home fare...... :-)
What Vivi did next look into making an ebook!!
do a ebook or a print-on-demand. No publisher and more money goes in your pocket instead of a corporations!
oh my just posted before reading its 1 to 2 ounces of nettle per cup of broth
;-)
I have a copy of this one (but still building up courage to eat the soup, LOL!) - I met the author; he's most genuine and has done his homework: www.wildeye.co.uk/101-uses-for-stinging-nettles
Give it a go.........DARE YOU!!!!!! ;-)
AAAAHHHHH!!!! How about in May (not saying which year, LOL) No, you're right, got to put my big girl pants on! :-)
Dare you
I did dare - thank you! How yummy!. :-)