Pick the young green leaves (wear gloves!!) and then drop them into boiling water. You don't need to leave them in there very long at all - 30 seconds is usually more than enough, but experiment to see what works best for your own taste. I don't like greens boiled to death so I don't have them...
Yes, you really can eat them, and they really are delicious. I have eaten them myself, so I am not just guessing, here. On a farm where I used to live, they grew near a spring. After I tried them, I wanted them to grow in my garden, they were so good! But I could not get them to grow there, the...
Did you know that you can eat stinging nettles? Pick the new fresh growth (use gloves!!!) and then drop them into a pot of boiling water, pull them out almost right away. It only takes a couple of seconds to cook them. Use like spinach. Delicious!
All this to say, I don't think the stinging...