keyword: nettles...
6 posts in this collection
- Nettle Beer
Strictly, not a beer but a 'made-wine', described as early as 1836 in 'The Monthly Review', nettle beer is assumed to have been a less potent brew than the hop-...
- Nettle Cheese
Cheese matured while wrapped in nettle leaves. (Digby 1669, Wooley 1672, etc)
- Nettle Haggis
A porridge of nettles boiled with bacon fat and oatmeal, served with bacon.
- Nettle Soup
Nettle soup is presumably very ancient, but is known by name only since the early 19th century. Like lots of everyday lower-class dishes, receipts showing how t...
- Nettles and Egg
Boiled nettles with seasoning and butter, poached eggs (Soyer 1845)
- Yarg
A pasteurised cow's milk cheese formed into wheels wrapped in nettle leaves, or, more recently, wild garlic leaves. Off-white, slightly green-grey, creamy under...