Thistles

[Luci_ferson]

I remember as a child my uncle used to take me for walks in the woods and show me things that were edible and things that were antiseptics etc.
sadly I was too young and forgotten most of it, and since hes been inaccessable since 1982 its highly unlikely il get access to that knowledge again.
one thing I do remember was being given the nuts from a thistles to eat and told they were highly nutritious.
I remember them as being quite pleasant (compared to other stuff he gave me).

I was wondering if anyone here has any experience of thistles , maybe ideas of ways to use them instead of just eating the nuts.

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thisltes grow allover here so they are pretty plentiful.
be a shame not to use them for more than a few nuts.