if celery flavored plants weren't your thing there was always nettle soup nettles are one of the first plants to show signs of growth after snow melts so cooking them became common practice throughout the gold rush native americans used the tough and fibrous stems of the plant to weave baskets and make fishing nets but the leaves made a pretty good soup tasting like spinach or cabbage when cooked nettle served as a good alternative to otherwise unavailable greens and the soup could be thickened with starch or mixed with spices to give it a bit of a kick but these original plant-based meals were only the tip of the culinary iceberg
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