I have to say, it’s so nice to be able to dump the whole large colander of nettles into a pot of boiling water rather than adding handfuls with gloves on to something and hoping I don’t get stung. But I have really sensitive skin, and that makes a difference.

Good timing — I literally just hit the publish button on a post about nettle pesto, but I’ve been under the impression that you have to cook them first. I’ll edit my post to mention your comment.

I will say, though, that cooking them actually made a really rich flavored pesto, and I think I’d do it again even if food-processing means the raw version wouldn’t by yield the Sadistic Nettle Pesto of Horror. But a side-by-side taste test could also be interesting.