Gary Denniss writes:
‘Hello, I am a chef at a local pub in Lincolnshire. I am trying to find a tried and tested recipe for nettle [Urtica dioica] soup, and was wondering if you had any old personal recipe books donated by people with such a recipe in. I realise I can get a recipe of the internet, but much prefer to use old recipes that have been handed down. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.’
Although Plant-lore Archive contains records of the belief that eating nettles, often in a soup, three times each spring ensures good health during the coming year, it doesn’t have any recipes for such soups.