"bigboard" wrote in message
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Kate Morgan wrote:
can anyone tell if drying nettle leaves in the microwave makes them lose
any of their goodness as a herb, or are they better left hung up to wilt
and dry in their own time.
kate

Putting them in a microwave would have a similar effect to boiling them.
So yes, I would expect a lot of their goodness to be lost by microwaving.


I think the problem with boiling is that 'goodness' leeches out into the
water which you then throw away. Microwaving should be much better.

Martin