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Postscript: Walpurgis Eve

One more thing I learned about Walpurgis Eve (April 30). A traditional food for this holiday is nettle soup. Yes, stinging nettles, those plants with hollow "hairs" that inject histamine and other agents into your skin if you brush against them, causing pain and itching.

Seems that fresh nettle shoots, which are abundant in early spring in Sweden, make an excellent soup. After a long snowy winter, anything green must look good.



source: thelocal.se/20140430/ten-most-delicious-swedish-foods

posted by Stahlkes @ 11:55 AM