Nettle Soup

an Art of Dying fragment

One cup or so of rinsed stinging nettles, one cup of chicken (or vegetable) broth, half a cup of fresh cream, a handful of chives, two hard-boiled eggs, salt and pepper to taste: These are the ingredients grandma Olga used to conjure up a miracle called nettle soup.

When I think of her and food, then I think of nettle soup. She obviously cooked and served me a lot of other stuff, but it’s…