Comments on: Eat your herbs: nettle salt. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:55:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Lisa Z http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40529 Lisa Z Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:22:42 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40529 Thanks for that information. I didn't know about nettle seed salt. This may seem like a dumb question, but do you dry the seeds first? I really really want to do this! Lisa in Minn. Thanks for that information. I didn’t know about nettle seed salt. This may seem like a dumb question, but do you dry the seeds first? I really really want to do this!

Lisa in Minn.

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40531 crabappleherbs Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:52:18 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40531 Hi Lisa. I put an update about harvesting and drying in the main post. Yes, you want to dry them before you grind them with the salt. Hi Lisa. I put an update about harvesting and drying in the main post. Yes, you want to dry them before you grind them with the salt.

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40551 Kiva Rose Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:01:18 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40551 ah yes, I love doing this... I also make a nettle seed gomasio with sesame, nettle seed and salt.... ah yes, I love doing this… I also make a nettle seed gomasio with sesame, nettle seed and salt….

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40627 crabappleherbs Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:02:17 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40627 Hi Kiva! Do you powder the nettle seed for the gomasio or just grind it coarsely like the sesame seeds? I'd worry about it being too gritty... Hi Kiva!

Do you powder the nettle seed for the gomasio or just grind it coarsely like the sesame seeds? I’d worry about it being too gritty…

]]> By: Lisa Z http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40651 Lisa Z Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:46:54 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40651 Thanks for your answer to my question. I'm going to go get some nettle seeds. Your blog, btw, is fabulous! I have it linked on both of my blogs. Thanks for all you've put into it. I'm really trying to find time to put more into my herbalist blog, but life is sometimes so overwhelming and it takes a lot of thought to put herb info. out there in a helpful manner. You've done it so well! Lisa Thanks for your answer to my question. I’m going to go get some nettle seeds. Your blog, btw, is fabulous! I have it linked on both of my blogs. Thanks for all you’ve put into it. I’m really trying to find time to put more into my herbalist blog, but life is sometimes so overwhelming and it takes a lot of thought to put herb info. out there in a helpful manner. You’ve done it so well!

Lisa

]]> By: Sarah Head http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40652 Sarah Head Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:48:25 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40652 Thanks for giving us another way of using nettle seed, Rebecca. So far I've always added the dry seeds to my porridge/oatmeal in the morning when I've needed it. I've made a fresh nettle seed tincture for the first time this year and am looking forward to trying it out. I have nettle seeds drying at the moment waiting for me to put them away for the winter when I return from holiday Thanks for giving us another way of using nettle seed, Rebecca. So far I’ve always added the dry seeds to my porridge/oatmeal in the morning when I’ve needed it. I’ve made a fresh nettle seed tincture for the first time this year and am looking forward to trying it out. I have nettle seeds drying at the moment waiting for me to put them away for the winter when I return from holiday

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40685 crabappleherbs Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:49:21 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40685 Lisa: Thank you! Sarah: How do they taste in the oatmeal? Are they gritty at all? That's the main complaint I get... Lisa: Thank you!

Sarah: How do they taste in the oatmeal? Are they gritty at all? That’s the main complaint I get…

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40835 Kiva Rose Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:48:31 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-40835 I powder it, Rebecca.... otherwise yeah, too much grit. Seems to work fine when ground up finely though. I powder it, Rebecca…. otherwise yeah, too much grit. Seems to work fine when ground up finely though.

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-41239 crabappleherbs Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:06:11 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-41239 Thanks, Kiva! Thanks, Kiva!

]]> By: Heidi http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-42125 Heidi Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:38:46 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-42125 Hello again. :) I just love reading your blog. Question: Does a fresh nettle seed tincture have the same type of affect as eating the dried seeds in the seed salt? (support for people with deep fatigue, etc..) If so, that sounds very intriguing. Do you tincture with alcohol? If so, what type? I love to eat my medicine whenever possible, but sometimes it is easier to put a couple of drops of tincture sub-lingually (spelling?) for quicker absorption. Thanks for the fresh ideas! I'm a fan. ;) Hello again. :)

I just love reading your blog.

Question: Does a fresh nettle seed tincture have the same type of affect as eating the dried seeds in the seed salt? (support for people with deep fatigue, etc..) If so, that sounds very intriguing. Do you tincture with alcohol? If so, what type?

I love to eat my medicine whenever possible, but sometimes it is easier to put a couple of drops of tincture sub-lingually (spelling?) for quicker absorption.

Thanks for the fresh ideas! I’m a fan. ;)

]]> By: Sarah Head http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-42566 Sarah Head Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:34:18 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-42566 Hi Rebecca - sorry it's taken me a while to answer your question. I wouldn't have applied the term "gritty" to nettle seed on porridge. You can taste them and they add texture to the porridge, but nothing to catch in your teeth and make you wince as a piece of grit that you have to remove might. I shall try grinding them beforehand next time I use them and report back. Hi Rebecca - sorry it’s taken me a while to answer your question. I wouldn’t have applied the term “gritty” to nettle seed on porridge. You can taste them and they add texture to the porridge, but nothing to catch in your teeth and make you wince as a piece of grit that you have to remove might. I shall try grinding them beforehand next time I use them and report back.

]]> By: Clara http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-44311 Clara Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:00:56 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-44311 Wow, yet another use for nettles. It's may have to rival comfrey as my favorite herb. Wow, yet another use for nettles. It’s may have to rival comfrey as my favorite herb.

]]> By: kristine http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-45798 kristine Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:52:20 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/15/eat-your-herbs-nettle-salt/#comment-45798 ahhhh, just what i need! i have low blood pressure & dryness...but darn it! i haven't been able to get my nettles re-established! hopefully next year will be my lucky year. ahhhh, just what i need! i have low blood pressure & dryness…but darn it! i haven’t been able to get my nettles re-established! hopefully next year will be my lucky year.

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