Dawgluver
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I minced some up and threw them into the taco meat last night. I grow organically, and hate to waste anything. Just wondering if anyone else had any ideas?
Dawg try making soup of them they are really good in salad I use the whole thing radish and leaves, for the soup I chop them then saute with sliced green onions,garlic and several potatoes that I bake then cut into dice mix all together with a small can of chicken stock and some milk and half/half yummers.I mix the leaves with orange or lemon zest, some evoo, arugula or curley endive or even watercress or all three, add fresh chopped parsley, tarragon, a few thyme leaves sweet onion or shallots, avocado, heirloom tomatoe chunks. Hope this helps.I minced some up and threw them into the taco meat last night. I grow organically, and hate to waste anything. Just wondering if anyone else had any ideas?
CWS4322 said:Just a note on radish greens--they are best when the radishes are most tender--as the radish gets woody, the greens get a bit prickly. The other thing I do with them is grind them (raw) for the dog veggies...
kadesma said:Dawg try making soup of them they are really good in salad I use the whole thing radish and leaves, for the soup I chop them then saute with sliced green onions,garlic and several potatoes that I bake then cut into dice mix all together with a small can of chicken stock and some milk and half/half yummers.I mix the leaves with orange or lemon zest, some evoo, arugula or curley endive or even watercress or all three, add fresh chopped parsley, tarragon, a few thyme leaves sweet onion or shallots, avocado, heirloom tomatoe chunks. Hope this helps.
kadesma
Let me know how it goes. I love all things green for salads and fixed like we do spinach.Thanks, Kadesma! I will also try this with the wild nettles in my wild flower garden!
Nettles--I have lots of those, and we thought we'd try them one spring...no thanks--must be an acquired taste. (I found that they taste like "manure" because that is what they smelled like to me when cooked). But I love milkweed buds...those are worth the time it takes to boil, drain, boil, drain, boil again.
CWS4322 said:I steamed them. I boiled them. And after two tries, I gave up. They typically grow where there is high nitrogen in the soil. Kind of makes sense re: the odor...
taxlady said:I was looking at Scandinavian recipes for nettles and they all say to use just the tops - the tender leaves and to wear gloves while picking them.
Then I remember picking them with other kids, while I was in Denmark. I must have had something with nettles, since we had been sent to the woods to pick it. It must have tasted okay, or I would remember it.