UK hosts nettle eating contest

Published: 18 June 2009 y., Thursday

Summer means one thing in this English country village - in Marshwood it's time for the nettle eating championships.

The nettles are covered in thousands of microscopic needles and boric acid. Contestants can either eat them raw or dip into a pint of beer.

Šaltinis: Reuters
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