We usually have a stinging nettle harvest once a year for a week or so to stock up rest of the year where I’m from. It’s great to hear that others have also found the joy of this great plant abroad. Stinging nettle, devil’s club and dandelion are three such overlooked plants here.
Oh my god! Stinging nettle is nature’s vitamin!!! This looks absolutely delicious. We, city people, are missing so much… there is no where to even buy fresh nettle, don’t even think about foraging. You are so lucky!!! Thank you for sharing another great video and deliciousness 😊
I hear a lot about stinging nettle and its properties ? It does grow here and I found that out the hard way pulling it out ! But so far not brave enough to attempt eating it . Your grandma is amazing ! I see her hands shake but she just keeps going , that’s so awesome ! Wish her many years and good health and hope she teaches you so that the old ways continue to 👍
Haha I know all about that! I sat in stinging nettle one summer on the farm and felt it for hours 😂😅🤣 Thank you so much for those kind words about baba! I passed them on to her and her face brightened from joy! She sends you “mnogo pozdravi” which means “greetings and warm wishes”! 😊
Yes, I realized I haven't been seeing your wonderful videos, so had to look you up! I love your videos with your gorgeous babas! Gotta try nettles if I can find them here in North Carolina.
I’m so happy you found me again! I realized people need to click the little bell icon if they want updates on new videos 😃. I passed on the beautiful compliments to my babas and they both felt so flattered ☺️. They send you “mnogo pozdravi” (greetings)! 😊😊😊
Oh wowwww 😮 You are the first person outside of Bulgaria who I have heard has eaten nettle. Your dad was a brilliant man! Nettle is one of nature’s biggest gifts. That’s why you grew up so strong and adventurous! 😃
Lovely to see, my compliments to your Baba. Nettle tea and soup is consumed a little in the UK. We avoid using the stalky stems too. There's a way to pick them to avoid stinging. Oh and for a publicity stunt there is a nettle eating competition.
Thank you for the kind words to baba 😊. She sends you “mnogo pozdravi” which is a Bulgarian way of saying “hello and best wishes”! I have to learn this secret to picking without stinging because my hands are always on fire .. even through gloves! NETTLE EATING COMPETITION!? Omg 😱 🔥
Hi yes nettle are used in the UK most of the time there is a plant nearby called a docleaf that takes the nettle sting away As for use of nettles cooked or in tea also used to dye cloth
It’s wonderful that you got to experience your nan’s cooking! I’m sure it was absolutely delicious and a memory for your whole life!Thank you so much for watching and commenting 😊 I am so happy you enjoyed!
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 yes well I hope you are taking in all her cooking tips she teaches you 😊 i have been to Bulgaria a few times to veliko Tarnovo. your country is really beautiful I will be sure to try nettles next time I visit
Ooooo I am taking detailed notes! 😊 Definitely try nettle when you come! I think you will pleasantly surprised. I actually am starting to do agricultural tours and plan to add taking people foraging. We will see if our visitors like nettle 😄 Where are you from?
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 I'm from the UK. I hope to buy a village house there in the future. I'd love to move there but with brexit and needing to earn an income its difficult but if I can have a holliday home I'd be very happy. Where abouts in Bulgaria are you?
It seems tasty. I did not know you could eat these. I will try if i can can these In Sofia. Got accustomed to eating wine leaves. So you learn every day . :)
Yes you can and it is SO HEALTHY! Go to “женския пазар” (jenski pazar) in Sofia. You will find a lady there towards the end of the pazar who sells very good kupriva. Best part is it only costs 1 lev for the package 😃
My Dad was born in 1924 here in England (he had me VERY late in his life). Anywho, the Great Depression was felt here too. Probably not as bad as the USA, but he said that during that time, they'd only eat meat maybe once a week (his Dad was a ganger on the docks and earned quite good money). They really had to improvise. His mother had to sell her minature Piano, the ONLY possession she really had, which broke her heart. He told me that during that time, they regularly ate nettles. "Nettles?" I asked him. "Aye, nettles. You can make a few things out of nettles, including soup!". I begged him when I was a kid to come nettle picking with me, cos I wanted to know if it would sting the crap out of my mouth and throat if I ate it, but he wouldn't let me try. They also foraged for other things - wild (crab) apples, gooseberries, brambles and elder berries. Stuff like that. And when I was growing up, my Dad had rhubarb plants and strawberries and brambles and raspberries etc all growing at the back of the garden, and we had crumbles every week. He was never one to waste stuff.
Stinging nettles for lunch? I'll say this - Аз ще го пробвам. Not a guarantee that I'll finish it! 🤣And please don't say my girl Baba Nina does anything like a вещица 🤪Can't wait to teach her how to make gumbo! 😁
Hahaha ok ok , let me rephrase : baba is no вещица but magical in the kitchen 😁 I think you’ll be surprised when you try the nettle. If done right it tastes yummy with all that Bulgarian cheese 🫕 Gumbo!? I have always wanted to try it! I think I had it when I was little but I don’t remember what it tastes like… just the name makes me want to eat it 😄 Did your bread end up making it to your friend!? 😁
I’ve been to Bulgaria a few times and generally loved the food, especially made by a baba. The only thing that didn’t appeal to me was the tripe soup that was served for breakfast, the smell put me off. Everything else though was a win.
Ooh, tripe soup is an acquired taste. You hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it, until suddenly you love it and can’t get enough of it! Best hangover cure ever 😂
in WA, we have blackberries which grow like a weed and require gloves due to spines like rose bush, and apples which state is famous for. bing copilot AI: "In Bulgaria, the stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) holds a special place in traditional practices and beliefs. Let’s explore its significance: Springtime Tradition: During spring, Bulgarians traditionally consume dishes containing leafy greens like nettles, docks, and sorrels. Folk wisdom says that when you hear a cuckoo and spot nettle growing, it signifies the arrival of spring. On St. George’s Day, people eat nettle for the first time. This plant is intricately woven into almost all the ritual practices associated with the holiday. Symbolizing health, nettle is entwined in green wreaths. Ritual Practices: On the night before St. George’s Day, women milk the sheep that was the first to give birth in spring. The milk vessel is adorned with green leaves, including nettle. A wreath made of geranium, blackberry, nettle, and hawthorn, entangled with a red thread, is placed on the sheep’s head and the door of the sheepfold. Leafy greens, including nettle, are placed on fountains and wells. In some regions, the oldest woman in the family is allowed to gently sting children’s legs with nettle while they are still in bed. This act is believed to bring health. Stinging nettle leaves, combined with geranium and hawthorn, were placed on people’s doors as protection against various malignant influences and troubles. It is thought to drive away bad spirits. Nettle was also used for breaking spells. If a girl wanted to avenge her beloved for cheating, she would give him a stinging nettle bouquet-symbolizing a desire for his heart to be broken and burning as well. Practical Uses: In the past, people produced strong fibers from nettle, which were used for textiles. Dye extracted from nettle was used to color Easter eggs and textiles. Bulgarian households stored large quantities of dried nettle for food and treatment during cold winter months. Nettle is an ingredient in many traditional vegetarian and meat dishes. In folk medicine, all parts of the nettle plant are utilized. Leaves and stems are harvested in spring, while roots are collected in autumn after flowering. Nettle applications are effective for conditions such as paralyzed limbs and rheumatism. Green foods, including nettle, are believed to help combat depression. Nettle potions are used for heart conditions and have a general healing and strengthening effect. They are also beneficial against diabetes and overweight. Lastly, nettle is a great remedy against fatigue. So, next time you encounter stinging nettle in Bulgaria, remember its rich cultural and medicinal significance! 🌿🇧🇬"
Wow!!!! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this!!!! This is incredible! I have heard a few of these rituals and that getting stung by nettle is actually healthy (my grandparents would tell me this every time I came home stung) but I didn’t know how deep it’s cultural importance went! Amazing!!! 🍃
We usually have a stinging nettle harvest once a year for a week or so to stock up rest of the year where I’m from. It’s great to hear that others have also found the joy of this great plant abroad. Stinging nettle, devil’s club and dandelion are three such overlooked plants here.
Wow, you know so much! and you are a beautiful person, saving the Caterpillar xx
Ooooo how cute was that caterpillar!? 🐛😍 How could I not save him? 😍 😃
Oh my god! Stinging nettle is nature’s vitamin!!! This looks absolutely delicious. We, city people, are missing so much… there is no where to even buy fresh nettle, don’t even think about foraging. You are so lucky!!! Thank you for sharing another great video and deliciousness 😊
It is natures vitamin! It’s what Americans would call a “super food”. Come to Bulgaria and I will take you foraging! 😋😃❤️
I hear a lot about stinging nettle and its properties ? It does grow here and I found that out the hard way pulling it out ! But so far not brave enough to attempt eating it . Your grandma is amazing ! I see her hands shake but she just keeps going , that’s so awesome ! Wish her many years and good health and hope she teaches you so that the old ways continue to 👍
Haha I know all about that! I sat in stinging nettle one summer on the farm and felt it for hours 😂😅🤣
Thank you so much for those kind words about baba! I passed them on to her and her face brightened from joy! She sends you “mnogo pozdravi” which means “greetings and warm wishes”! 😊
Wow! This is the first video I've seen from your channel. Thank you for sharing a great recipe and your grandma.😊
Thank you so much for watching! I am thrilled you enjoyed! I hope you will try this recipe one day 😃
Warmest regards from my grandma and I 🌹
Yes, I realized I haven't been seeing your wonderful videos, so had to look you up! I love your videos with your gorgeous babas! Gotta try nettles if I can find them here in North Carolina.
I’m so happy you found me again! I realized people need to click the little bell icon if they want updates on new videos 😃. I passed on the beautiful compliments to my babas and they both felt so flattered ☺️. They send you “mnogo pozdravi” (greetings)! 😊😊😊
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 Mnogo pozdravi to them from the USA! They have fans all over the world.
How nice, you just managed to bring me back in time for about 50 years, wen we had to eat my fathers home picked nettles,… 😂
Oh wowwww 😮 You are the first person outside of Bulgaria who I have heard has eaten nettle. Your dad was a brilliant man! Nettle is one of nature’s biggest gifts. That’s why you grew up so strong and adventurous! 😃
Another yum yum cooking video….thank you
I’m glad you found it yum yum and not weird/scary! Thank you so much for watching as always and I hope you try nettle! It really is delicious! 😋
As a kid on a farm, my Mom cooked nettles and pig weed. Pig weed was a weed that grew in the spring in and around corrals. Far tastier than spinach
Lovely to see, my compliments to your Baba. Nettle tea and soup is consumed a little in the UK. We avoid using the stalky stems too. There's a way to pick them to avoid stinging. Oh and for a publicity stunt there is a nettle eating competition.
Thank you for the kind words to baba 😊. She sends you “mnogo pozdravi” which is a Bulgarian way of saying “hello and best wishes”!
I have to learn this secret to picking without stinging because my hands are always on fire .. even through gloves!
NETTLE EATING COMPETITION!? Omg 😱 🔥
Hi yes nettle are used in the UK most of the time there is a plant nearby called a docleaf that takes the nettle sting away
As for use of nettles cooked or in tea also used to dye cloth
I miss my nan cooking.. older people cook the best 😊 great video
It’s wonderful that you got to experience your nan’s cooking! I’m sure it was absolutely delicious and a memory for your whole life!Thank you so much for watching and commenting 😊 I am so happy you enjoyed!
Oh and yes! Older people are magical when it comes to cooking (and so many other things)!
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 yes well I hope you are taking in all her cooking tips she teaches you 😊 i have been to Bulgaria a few times to veliko Tarnovo. your country is really beautiful I will be sure to try nettles next time I visit
Ooooo I am taking detailed notes! 😊
Definitely try nettle when you come! I think you will pleasantly surprised. I actually am starting to do agricultural tours and plan to add taking people foraging. We will see if our visitors like nettle 😄
Where are you from?
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 I'm from the UK. I hope to buy a village house there in the future. I'd love to move there but with brexit and needing to earn an income its difficult but if I can have a holliday home I'd be very happy. Where abouts in Bulgaria are you?
It seems tasty. I did not know you could eat these. I will try if i can can these In Sofia. Got accustomed to eating wine leaves. So you learn every day . :)
Yes you can and it is SO HEALTHY! Go to “женския пазар” (jenski pazar) in Sofia. You will find a lady there towards the end of the pazar who sells very good kupriva. Best part is it only costs 1 lev for the package 😃
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 Thank you. I will try.
Very interesting.
Thank you! I’m so happy you enjoyed 😊
🌝. Looks yummy!
I’m so glad you think so! 😋
Bikin gulai apa tu? Di Indonesia gulai cancang, khas wedt sumatra 🇲🇨
My Dad was born in 1924 here in England (he had me VERY late in his life). Anywho, the Great Depression was felt here too. Probably not as bad as the USA, but he said that during that time, they'd only eat meat maybe once a week (his Dad was a ganger on the docks and earned quite good money). They really had to improvise. His mother had to sell her minature Piano, the ONLY possession she really had, which broke her heart.
He told me that during that time, they regularly ate nettles. "Nettles?" I asked him. "Aye, nettles. You can make a few things out of nettles, including soup!". I begged him when I was a kid to come nettle picking with me, cos I wanted to know if it would sting the crap out of my mouth and throat if I ate it, but he wouldn't let me try.
They also foraged for other things - wild (crab) apples, gooseberries, brambles and elder berries. Stuff like that. And when I was growing up, my Dad had rhubarb plants and strawberries and brambles and raspberries etc all growing at the back of the garden, and we had crumbles every week. He was never one to waste stuff.
Коприва-in Ukrainian we have a word «кропива» (like кропъва). Quite similar😊
Oh wow! That is so similar!
Much love from Bulgaria to my brothers and sisters in Ukraine 🇺🇦!
Forgot to ask. Does anybody know if you could do this with dry nettle? I think I can find this in the health food store.
Hmmmm great question! I actually don’t know but I will ask Baba!
If anyone knows let us know! 😃
И панирани връхчета са много вкусни :)
Oooo панирани не съм ги пробвала! Ще ги пробвам! Звучи многоооо вкусно 😋😋😋
You’re lucky that you’re young enough and prescient enough to gain this education from your grandmother.
Ooooo these words couldn’t be any truer and I am grateful every single day 👵🏻❤️
Stinging nettles for lunch? I'll say this - Аз ще го пробвам. Not a guarantee that I'll finish it! 🤣And please don't say my girl Baba Nina does anything like a вещица 🤪Can't wait to teach her how to make gumbo! 😁
Hahaha ok ok , let me rephrase : baba is no вещица but magical in the kitchen 😁
I think you’ll be surprised when you try the nettle. If done right it tastes yummy with all that Bulgarian cheese 🫕
Gumbo!? I have always wanted to try it! I think I had it when I was little but I don’t remember what it tastes like… just the name makes me want to eat it 😄
Did your bread end up making it to your friend!? 😁
@@sistersofbulgaria9396bread delivered! 😁 Knowing her, she's dipping it in some Botswanan concoction 😂
You start using the 'Com.....ty' tab ( i have not mentioned the full word because YT is deleting the comment 😅 ) - hope you got it 😊
I’ve been trying to figure out what you mean for days with no luck 😕. I need another hint 😃
Hello mam so beautiful country and so beautiful you mam❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awww thank you so much! That’s very nice of you to say 😊
I’ve been to Bulgaria a few times and generally loved the food, especially made by a baba. The only thing that didn’t appeal to me was the tripe soup that was served for breakfast, the smell put me off. Everything else though was a win.
Ooh, tripe soup is an acquired taste. You hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it, until suddenly you love it and can’t get enough of it! Best hangover cure ever 😂
Perfectly said!
These nettles are everywhere...
Everywhereeee! Especially after it rains
+ Like for Baba ❤
You made Baba’s day ❤️👵🏻
👍👍
😎☺️
hi
Hey! 😊
Babas cat is black?😅
She is Siamese 😃
My sister saved a black cat who ended up being pregnant with 6 kittens. All survived and we now have a cat farm haha
Какво правиш в София
При баба 👵🏻
@@sistersofbulgaria9396 Аз рекох че си се преместила там....
Не, но идвам при баба често. В Пазарджик ходя често също при другата ми баба.
in WA, we have blackberries which grow like a weed and require gloves due to spines like rose bush, and apples which state is famous for.
bing copilot AI:
"In Bulgaria, the stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) holds a special place in traditional practices and beliefs. Let’s explore its significance:
Springtime Tradition:
During spring, Bulgarians traditionally consume dishes containing leafy greens like nettles, docks, and sorrels.
Folk wisdom says that when you hear a cuckoo and spot nettle growing, it signifies the arrival of spring.
On St. George’s Day, people eat nettle for the first time. This plant is intricately woven into almost all the ritual practices associated with the holiday.
Symbolizing health, nettle is entwined in green wreaths.
Ritual Practices:
On the night before St. George’s Day, women milk the sheep that was the first to give birth in spring. The milk vessel is adorned with green leaves, including nettle.
A wreath made of geranium, blackberry, nettle, and hawthorn, entangled with a red thread, is placed on the sheep’s head and the door of the sheepfold.
Leafy greens, including nettle, are placed on fountains and wells.
In some regions, the oldest woman in the family is allowed to gently sting children’s legs with nettle while they are still in bed. This act is believed to bring health.
Stinging nettle leaves, combined with geranium and hawthorn, were placed on people’s doors as protection against various malignant influences and troubles. It is thought to drive away bad spirits.
Nettle was also used for breaking spells. If a girl wanted to avenge her beloved for cheating, she would give him a stinging nettle bouquet-symbolizing a desire for his heart to be broken and burning as well.
Practical Uses:
In the past, people produced strong fibers from nettle, which were used for textiles.
Dye extracted from nettle was used to color Easter eggs and textiles.
Bulgarian households stored large quantities of dried nettle for food and treatment during cold winter months.
Nettle is an ingredient in many traditional vegetarian and meat dishes.
In folk medicine, all parts of the nettle plant are utilized. Leaves and stems are harvested in spring, while roots are collected in autumn after flowering.
Nettle applications are effective for conditions such as paralyzed limbs and rheumatism.
Green foods, including nettle, are believed to help combat depression.
Nettle potions are used for heart conditions and have a general healing and strengthening effect. They are also beneficial against diabetes and overweight.
Lastly, nettle is a great remedy against fatigue.
So, next time you encounter stinging nettle in Bulgaria, remember its rich cultural and medicinal significance! 🌿🇧🇬"
Wow!!!! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this!!!! This is incredible! I have heard a few of these rituals and that getting stung by nettle is actually healthy (my grandparents would tell me this every time I came home stung) but I didn’t know how deep it’s cultural importance went! Amazing!!! 🍃
Ah, yes, коприва or as we call it south of the border τσουκνιδόσουπα
Ooooo hi neighbor! We often cross borders to beautiful Greece for delicious seafood and a great time! 😊