Nettle seed oil,,,

[Stanleythecat]

I have recently bought '101 uses for Stinging Nettles', I was slightly disappointed by what turned out to be little more than a bit of a glorified list.

Interestingly I read that the egyptians used nettle oil pressed from stinging nettle seeds to fuel their torches. Does anyone know anymore?

I was thinking how to cold press the seed and see what yield I get. Or it could be bruised and heated allowing the oil to separate out and it could then be harvested... I really don't know!!

Thoughts please!

Leo

 

[Toddy]

Go for it lad I haven't tried that, but the seeds are nutritious, they fatten hens nicely I'm told, but by heavens you'd need to collect an awful lot of them for oil methinks

It'll be interesting to see if anyone here has tried

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Stanleythecat]

I need some slaves!!!! worked for the egyptians anyway! I run a group of conservation volunteers so I'm hoping I might have my labour force there!

 

[Toddy]

Just had a thought; somewhere in my stash of dyestuffs is a bag of nettle leaves and seedy tops.
If those seeds are as oil rich as it sounds, they ought to burn no bother...........and I need to dig out the dyestuffs anyway for the Dark Ages Meet up next weekend........ I might just have a wee play

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Stanleythecat]

Cool, if you make any discoveries let me know!

 

[The Cumbrian]

I can confirm that smoking them has no pychoactive effect either. I experimented with lots a native plants in my dope smoking days, and my conclusion was that I wished that I was born in Mexico.

These days however, I'm glad that I was born nextdoor to Scotland.

Cheers, Michael.

 

[w00dsmoke]

I can confirm that smoking them has no pychoactive effect either. I experimented with lots a native plants in my dope smoking days, and my conclusion was that I wished that I was born in Mexico.

These days however, I'm glad that I was born nextdoor to Scotland.

Cheers, Michael.

What discoveries did you make here then?
Your not a mycologist now are you pmsl...

As for nettles..wowo I love nettle and road kill rabbit soup! mmmm

 

[The Cumbrian]

What discoveries did you make here then?
Your not a mycologist now are you pmsl...

As for nettles..wowo I love nettle and road kill rabbit soup! mmmm

You don't need to be a mycologist to find the funnest species in these Isles, all you need is a friendly hippy who'll teach you to flick 'n' pick

 

[HillBill]

I can confirm that smoking them has no pychoactive effect either. I experimented with lots a native plants in my dope smoking days, and my conclusion was that I wished that I was born in Mexico.

These days however, I'm glad that I was born nextdoor to Scotland.

Cheers, Michael.