Following the bursting of the Romain Empire, the period of the Early middle ages was a turbid and difficult time. The exchanges and the trade were largely disorganized and the populations lived in autarky, while finding in particular, the practices of wild gatherings.

In this register, the nettle was certainly very consumed, because like the maceron, it is one of the first sheets of spring! Of course, it was always in the form of pulps or soups, that they were cooked, more or less in the spirit of the receipt that we propose you today: with simply some onions, squashs and grasses!

Plant partner, it always proliferated near the human dwellings and paradoxically, it was always a "grass" easy to collect and consume. Rich in nutrients and minerals, it regularly brought health and wellbeing to all the people who had known to recognize it and to appreciate it, to be in better health and to live longer. Indeed, dice this time, the peasants had probably noted that the nettle supported the growth of young ducks and the poultries, because these practices are truly ancestral.