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Nettles, Ramps, & Other Woodland Wonders

Nettles, Ramps, & Other Woodland Wonders

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Nancy Harmon Jenkins
May 17, 2023
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“Nettles?!?” said my companion at dinner last night. “You’re cooking nettles? I’ve never heard of such a thing!”

Well, yes, I am cooking nettles, making a classic French soup, a potage velouté, warm, rich with butter and crème fraiche, delectable and healthy too with the nettles my foraging friend Petra gathered for me last week. I call it “classic” beca…

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