tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post4830148638175355490..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Nature's Cycle.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1420236089033705752015-09-15T13:26:33.305+01:002015-09-15T13:26:33.305+01:00I tend to boil ours, but we also have a chestnut r...I tend to boil ours, but we also have a chestnut roasting pan. It's just like a cheap steel frying pan with holes drilled in the bottom. It works well.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21249793510421724932015-09-15T13:24:29.548+01:002015-09-15T13:24:29.548+01:00Ain't that the truth.Ain't that the truth.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63197165047178195772015-09-15T13:22:15.967+01:002015-09-15T13:22:15.967+01:00I have an old book which states that a Dodo easily...I have an old book which states that a Dodo easily feeds 40 men.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65276009806971841382015-09-15T12:25:41.645+01:002015-09-15T12:25:41.645+01:00OMG... I hope no-one has ever eaten roast Kiwi.......OMG... I hope no-one has ever eaten roast Kiwi.... or admitted to it. Recently a real furore erupted as someone admitted to "taking" Kereru for food (Native Pigeon - totally a protected species) and this was made worse as this person ... from memory was an MP or somesuch person.<br /><br />Jo in Auckland, NZJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654932887735045108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-48582086067107587172015-09-15T12:21:08.169+01:002015-09-15T12:21:08.169+01:00Oh Cro... how I envy you. I adore chestnuts... an...Oh Cro... how I envy you. I adore chestnuts... and can't get enough of them. But here in New Zealand it doesn't seem the same. I remember as a teenager visiting London and doing the "touristy" things and eating chestnuts that had been roasted over an open brazier in the street. Heavenly... I have since tried to recreate that and it has been a totally dismal failure... in fact I cannot get the darn things to roast, boil or steam enough to get them out of the shells and the furry bitter fuzz off. Alas I now have resorted to prepackaged "Asian jobbies" sigh.. I have a very good French product in my pantry in a tin waiting for a moment... but alas again I am still waiting.<br /><br />I love the "plantations"... Oh to have a wander around those.<br /><br />Jo in Auckland, NZJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654932887735045108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44987951542564308922015-09-15T09:12:15.131+01:002015-09-15T09:12:15.131+01:00I love chestnuts. One of my favourite ways of cons...I love chestnuts. One of my favourite ways of consuming them is chestnut soup. Excellent!<br /><br />And your statement "The older I get, the more I notice how quickly everything comes around again." is, unfortunately, a universal truth.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-24018410184902165292015-09-15T04:39:18.973+01:002015-09-15T04:39:18.973+01:00We have a disease here that is attributed to the U...We have a disease here that is attributed to the USA. People are quite worried.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52191574752253580632015-09-14T21:31:26.127+01:002015-09-14T21:31:26.127+01:00Mmmm, chestnuts. They've been nearly wiped out...Mmmm, chestnuts. They've been nearly wiped out here in the US although breeders are crossing them with a Chinese variety to make them more hardy against the blight that took most of them down.<br /><br />While I saw lots of hummingbirds here this summer, they seem to have pulled up stakes to start heading south, so we may be in for an early winter.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43040567838065872662015-09-14T21:21:17.051+01:002015-09-14T21:21:17.051+01:00Those chestnuts look a bit like musicians from the...Those chestnuts look a bit like musicians from the Muppets to.me. Might just be appalling eyesight!lovelygreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864666054403517265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-77679634070085145692015-09-14T20:36:09.346+01:002015-09-14T20:36:09.346+01:00We have to thank Cro ;)We have to thank Cro ;)Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90277020989827853142015-09-14T20:26:41.020+01:002015-09-14T20:26:41.020+01:00Thanks for your kindness and caring Yael. Thanks for your kindness and caring Yael. Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-15633966972843790062015-09-14T20:24:13.314+01:002015-09-14T20:24:13.314+01:00Whoa ! Thanks for the warning ! Can't tell whi...Whoa ! Thanks for the warning ! Can't tell which sort they are so will leave them alone and take your word for it that they are nice !!!.... The proper ones I mean!Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-87059334708725891502015-09-14T19:59:07.213+01:002015-09-14T19:59:07.213+01:00I emailed her to be sure...I hpoe she reads emails...I emailed her to be sure...I hpoe she reads emails...Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-38139978282141667922015-09-14T19:51:02.220+01:002015-09-14T19:51:02.220+01:00I hope Helsie has the habbit to come and read agai...I hope Helsie has the habbit to come and read again the comments. for her own sake. Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-28483574688911283742015-09-14T17:49:19.212+01:002015-09-14T17:49:19.212+01:00Beautiful St Remy? Are you sure these aren't H...Beautiful St Remy? Are you sure these aren't Horse Chestnuts? Don't eat those; you'll die! Do ask someone!<br />Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82927093517780371452015-09-14T17:44:34.787+01:002015-09-14T17:44:34.787+01:00Ha ha, I see what you mean. Chimpea Castanii.Ha ha, I see what you mean. Chimpea Castanii.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-16099192299017860992015-09-14T17:42:33.589+01:002015-09-14T17:42:33.589+01:00Right outside the front door of my little apartmen...Right outside the front door of my little apartment in St Remy is a tiny square containing many lovely trees which I now know are Chestnut trees. In the week that we have been here the leaves have begun to colour and fall and the ground is littered with chestnuts. now all we have to do is work out how to roast them ! Do you just put them in the oven? How do you know they are cooked, do the burst open ? .....and when they are cooked are they sweet or do you sprinkle them with salt?Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80879306105072919262015-09-14T16:17:42.234+01:002015-09-14T16:17:42.234+01:00That top picture looks like monkey faces. How I w...That top picture looks like monkey faces. How I wish we had edible chestnuts in our area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65788008050603041162015-09-14T15:31:11.434+01:002015-09-14T15:31:11.434+01:00Yes, but you've probably never eaten roast kiw...Yes, but you've probably never eaten roast kiwi.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45805128607492039772015-09-14T15:30:22.312+01:002015-09-14T15:30:22.312+01:00I'm going to attempt making apple leather with...I'm going to attempt making apple leather with my bramleys. I'll let you know.... we have mountains.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39668681986634431952015-09-14T15:29:11.098+01:002015-09-14T15:29:11.098+01:00They do sell chestnut flour here, although I'v...They do sell chestnut flour here, although I've never bought it.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-67253536167706272002015-09-14T15:28:33.614+01:002015-09-14T15:28:33.614+01:00The squirrels here (red) are gathering all my haze...The squirrels here (red) are gathering all my hazel nuts at the moment.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-85971060516071619542015-09-14T15:27:52.899+01:002015-09-14T15:27:52.899+01:00I might put up a picture of the noisy machine when...I might put up a picture of the noisy machine when it starts.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21067744389480310622015-09-14T15:27:19.141+01:002015-09-14T15:27:19.141+01:00Roast chicken tonight here, with aubergine, delica...Roast chicken tonight here, with aubergine, delicata squash, pots, and green peppers; all roasted.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42285753328482056212015-09-14T15:20:16.338+01:002015-09-14T15:20:16.338+01:00I just had lunch of beef and boiled potatoes and...I just had lunch of beef and boiled potatoes and red wine and no bloody vegetables. I think I'll come and live here. (Boiled potatoes don't count).Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com