We always go to the St Caprais Chestnut Fair, and invariably it's held in beautiful sunshine.
Yesterday there were some giant Pumpkins on show.
And plenty of Chestnuts being roasted.
Lots of different flavoured Goat cheeses.
My baker was there too with her wonderful bread.
And a nice girl selling plant flavoured syrups.
A pleasant afternoon in a nice village, and I came away with just a large Sourdough loaf; nothing else really tempted me. Next Saturday will be our own local Chestnut Fair, and I expect to buy much more.
These fairs really spell AUTUMN.
The bread, chestnuts and cheese sound good although I prefer my cheese to taste of cheese not some other flavouring. Just about to eat scrambled egg with fresh asparagus here.
ReplyDeleteI always buy the 'plain' Goat Cheese; it's so much better.
DeleteIt may have rained here tomorrow, but it is still very hot.
ReplyDelete27 C here today. A pleasant few days of sunshine before it starts to get cooler.
DeleteEnvious of those pumpkins, the size and the colour. I would like to have one of those in my garden!
ReplyDeleteMust have been an enjoyable wander looking at all those local goodies.
I have no Pumpkins or Squashes this year; usually we're overloaded. Too dry and too hot.
DeleteWas the apple juice man there with his giant press?
ReplyDeleteHe was, as well as all the usual suspects. The only thing I noticed that was different this year was a group of young hippy circus performers showing children how to balance on a ball etc.
DeleteSo good to see local fairs promoting local produce, sadly we don't have the equivalent here.
ReplyDeleteOur nearer fair next Saturday will be even better.
DeleteWish this was a smellie blog - I can almost smell those roast chestnuts - almost but not
ReplyDeletequite.
It was a delicious smell. I always boil mine so I never have that same experience.
DeleteThe bread looks divine.
ReplyDeleteI bought one of the big ones on the right at the back.
DeleteThe man roasting chestnuts looks a bit different to the ones on Oxford Street !!! Your bakers bread looks wonderful. XXXX
ReplyDeleteThey sell a huge amount of them too; both the Chestnuts and the Bread.
DeleteWeaver beat me too it, but I bet all the other smells were amazing too.
ReplyDelete"to it", sorry
DeleteThe only smell I didn't particularly like was from the sugared-almond man.... to me it's a sickly sweet smell.
DeleteCalling goats cheese Feta hasn't been banned yet.
ReplyDeleteI don't think she made Feta... I wonder why.
DeleteI love the French seasonal fairs.
ReplyDeleteAll very bucolic and relaxed, with lots of pretty girls around. Can't be bad!
DeleteBy the kilo?
DeleteBy the handful.
DeleteAm loving the industrial sized chestnut cookers
ReplyDeleteThey love their home-made gadgets.
DeleteAutumn is on the way! Stocked up on Hokaido. Mrs G's favourite chestnut vendor from Egypt hasn't arrived yet. He won't be long now.
ReplyDeleteDoes the Egyptian bring his own Chestnuts from Egypt? I believe the world's biggest grower (by far) is China; I wonder what they do with them all?
DeleteI never thought about that. I just assumed they'd be from Italy. Probably thought that from reading a novel. I'll ask him when he appears.
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