RE: Slightly off topic - Mere vegetables
- Subject: RE: Slightly off topic - Mere vegetables
- From: C* J*
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 06:28:17 -0700
Okay, questions again: do we HAVE nettles in California? Native or
introduced? (I'm sure I've met something that qualified as a nettle when
pulling "weeds"...)
-----Original Message-----
From: ruth mc vey [r*@tin.it]
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 1:18 PM
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: Slightly off topic - Mere vegetables
Ortica (nettles) are used in Italian cooking, and risotto all'ortica is
heavenly. Wear gloves when you pick them; they will lose their sting in the
cooking.
Ruth McVey
(Siena)
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>From: Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
>To: Mediterannean Plants List <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
>Subject: Re: Slightly off topic - Mere vegetables
>Date: Sat, May 12, 2001, 1:24 AM
>
> Anthony Lyman-Dixon wrote:
>
>> I'll stick to a carnivorous diet
>
> After that experience one can hardly blame you!!
>
> I'd just like to endorse your praise of French sorrel. We are very fond
> of it too, especially as a "lift" in salads for the blander sorts of
> lettuce
>
> Moira
> --
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
>
