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Hi there, I thought I'd drop in and say hello. I've just joined the forum, I'm a keen (beginner) mushroom forager, and, after moving house at the start of the year, am currently waiting nervously to see what kind of harvest I get from my newly installed Veg Patch. I'm looking forward to seeing what ...

Here's Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall offering a few recipes for nettles http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... ttingstall

I also thought that you could try and make pasta verde - usually you would use spinach, but it might work with nettles.

I remember the "Two Greedy Italians" Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo visiting a place in Northern Italy in their last TV series. There they met a guy who made Chestnut Flour which one of the chefs used to make a chestnut gnocchi, which I'm sure was delicious. I know I'm a bit out of...

I found my first mushrooms of the year last week - my first ever chanterelles! So I'm hoping to make it out into the local woods a few times this week to see if I can find any more. Hopefully the rain over the weekend might help.