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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 |
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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. |
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http://www.herbsforlife.org.uk/Herba...htm#Collection
some useful information on this site, take a look. "Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Kate Morgan wrote in message ... 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. Dunno, but around this time of year you can cook 'em as a nice soup: Snip loadsa nettles two or three inches from the tip, so you get the least stringy bits. Fry an onion or two, bung in a potato, add your washed nettle tips in large quantities, chuck some chicken stock on (or water+ chicken oxo cube if no chicken stock). Liquidise. As you serve add a spiral of cream. -- Anton |
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from Kate Morgan contains these words: 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. Drying them in the microwave is favourite, I'd think: you keep the colour better. Don't forget to put a mug of water in to absorb most of the energy, or you'll cook them as well as dry them. -- Tony Replace solidi with dots to reply: tony/anson snailything zetnet/co/uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi |
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anton wrote: Kate Morgan wrote in message ... 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. Dunno, but around this time of year you can cook 'em as a nice soup: Snip loadsa nettles two or three inches from the tip, so you get the least stringy bits. Fry an onion or two, bung in a potato, add your washed nettle tips in large quantities, chuck some chicken stock on (or water+ chicken oxo cube if no chicken stock). Liquidise. As you serve add a spiral of cream. -- Anton A bit of bacon is lovely in it too. Anita |
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Kate Morgan wrote in message ... 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. Thanks to all for interest and comments kate |
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"bigboard" wrote in message
... 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 |
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"Martin Sykes" wrote in message ... "bigboard" wrote in message ... 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. I use a dehydrator for preserving food. If you don't have one you could dry them in a very low oven with the door slightly left open Ophelia Scotland |
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from "Ophelia" contains these words: I use a dehydrator for preserving food. If you don't have one you could dry them in a very low oven with the door slightly left open You can make one by putting calcium chloride crystals in an open (waterproof!) container, and putting that in a sealed receptacle with whatever is to be dehydrated. Lave in a warm place and the calcium chloride will absorb all the moisture. It's not very rapid, so chunky things like meat or nourishing cabbage stalks have to be sliced and laid out so they don't contact each-other in overlap mode. -- Tony Replace solidi with dots to reply: tony/anson snailything zetnet/co/uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi |
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In message , anton
writes Dunno, but around this time of year you can cook 'em as a nice soup: [snip] You can also make a very refreshing summer drink from them: Nettle Beer. Nettle Beer Recipe Ingredients 2lb young nettle tops 1 gallon of water 8oz of sugar 0.25oz of fresh yeast small piece of toast 0.25oz of ground ginger Method Boil the nettle tops in the water for half an hour. Strain and add sugar, stirring to dissolve. Also stir in the ginger. Pour mixture into a sterile container. Spread the yeast onto the toast and float on the surface of the nettle liquid. Cover and leave for 3 days. Strain again and put into clean, strong screw top beer bottles. This can be drunk after 48 hours. Taken from: http://www.greenchronicle.com/recipes/nettle_beer.htm This is similar to the recipe my mother used, back in the 50s and 60s, but there are variations. I don't recall the use of so much ginger, and have made it myself with much less. -- David D Stretch: Stoke-on-Trent, UK. For email remove spaces from the following line: d d stretch @ mugwort . demon . co . u k |
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"Martin Sykes" wrote in message ... "bigboard" wrote in message ... 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. I use a dehydrator for preserving food. If you don't have one you could dry them in a very low oven with the door slightly left open Ophelia Scotland |
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The message
from "Ophelia" contains these words: I use a dehydrator for preserving food. If you don't have one you could dry them in a very low oven with the door slightly left open You can make one by putting calcium chloride crystals in an open (waterproof!) container, and putting that in a sealed receptacle with whatever is to be dehydrated. Lave in a warm place and the calcium chloride will absorb all the moisture. It's not very rapid, so chunky things like meat or nourishing cabbage stalks have to be sliced and laid out so they don't contact each-other in overlap mode. -- Tony Replace solidi with dots to reply: tony/anson snailything zetnet/co/uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi |
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In message , anton
writes Dunno, but around this time of year you can cook 'em as a nice soup: [snip] You can also make a very refreshing summer drink from them: Nettle Beer. Nettle Beer Recipe Ingredients 2lb young nettle tops 1 gallon of water 8oz of sugar 0.25oz of fresh yeast small piece of toast 0.25oz of ground ginger Method Boil the nettle tops in the water for half an hour. Strain and add sugar, stirring to dissolve. Also stir in the ginger. Pour mixture into a sterile container. Spread the yeast onto the toast and float on the surface of the nettle liquid. Cover and leave for 3 days. Strain again and put into clean, strong screw top beer bottles. This can be drunk after 48 hours. Taken from: http://www.greenchronicle.com/recipes/nettle_beer.htm This is similar to the recipe my mother used, back in the 50s and 60s, but there are variations. I don't recall the use of so much ginger, and have made it myself with much less. -- David D Stretch: Stoke-on-Trent, UK. For email remove spaces from the following line: d d stretch @ mugwort . demon . co . u k |
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"Anthony E Anson" wrote in message ... The message from "Ophelia" contains these words: I use a dehydrator for preserving food. If you don't have one you could dry them in a very low oven with the door slightly left open You can make one by putting calcium chloride crystals in an open (waterproof!) container, and putting that in a sealed receptacle with whatever is to be dehydrated. Lave in a warm place and the calcium chloride will absorb all the moisture. It's not very rapid, so chunky things like meat or nourishing cabbage stalks have to be sliced and laid out so they don't contact each-other in overlap mode. This worries me a wee bit. If you are dehydrating meat very slowly in a warm enviroment you could end up poisioned. Ophelia |
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