tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post6953225092638421336..comments2024-03-29T05:26:30.522+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Light snack.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-64011736662590910632019-10-18T04:31:05.526+01:002019-10-18T04:31:05.526+01:00Boiled is the easy way, and there are no burnt bit...Boiled is the easy way, and there are no burnt bits. I would eat them any way.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84382137675978329592019-10-17T21:03:27.502+01:002019-10-17T21:03:27.502+01:00In Japan they roast them in small carts so fabulou...In Japan they roast them in small carts so fabulous. You also get a small finger pick to crack open the shell.<br />I miss that. Never had them boiled they look wonderful.<br />parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-41502553843736375002019-10-17T14:39:10.484+01:002019-10-17T14:39:10.484+01:00A Toffee Apple stall would be good too; in collabo...A Toffee Apple stall would be good too; in collaboration with a local dentist maybe.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65388507732289687932019-10-17T14:04:27.145+01:002019-10-17T14:04:27.145+01:00Did I tell you that I am thinking of starting a ho...Did I tell you that I am thinking of starting a hot chestnut stall like Johnny Morris? Didn't I? I thought I did. This being Bath I would never get a licence. Too many H&S and food hygiene regulations. I buy the French ones from supermarkets at Christmas too. Whole and puréed.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-89310350849991642162019-10-17T14:02:34.593+01:002019-10-17T14:02:34.593+01:00Not at all; we did exactly the same thing. Now we ...Not at all; we did exactly the same thing. Now we have a special frying pan with holes in the bottom, although I prefer to boil them. Also, we haven't lit a fire yet.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29680245189584353922019-10-17T13:45:17.606+01:002019-10-17T13:45:17.606+01:00They just always remind me of Christmas .... to be...They just always remind me of Christmas .... to be eaten in cold weather from the man on Oxford Street. ( and with Brussels sprouts) . As children, we used to roast them on the coal shovel, over the fire ( that sounded like something out of Dickens ! ) XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18179471137530157702019-10-17T13:44:48.392+01:002019-10-17T13:44:48.392+01:00How interesting. I wonder if they are 'Bouche ...How interesting. I wonder if they are 'Bouche de Bétizac'? Perhaps you could ask him.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60699926374253868112019-10-17T13:43:16.052+01:002019-10-17T13:43:16.052+01:00They tend to be very small and white... I hope thi...They tend to be very small and white... I hope this helps!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82261305288587033672019-10-17T13:43:15.423+01:002019-10-17T13:43:15.423+01:00Had a word with the guy in the market selling waln...Had a word with the guy in the market selling walnuts and hazelnuts this morning as to whether he would have any chestnuts? ‘Next Thursday!’ I then went on to offend him by asking if they were French! ‘No, from my farm and the variety is from the South of France!’ <br /><br />LX<br />Letticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251998081386015052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45550203063731262362019-10-17T12:39:58.034+01:002019-10-17T12:39:58.034+01:00Oh dear. We usually buy chestnuts to roast on the ...Oh dear. We usually buy chestnuts to roast on the sitting room fire around Christmas time. I never thought about worms! Haven't seen any previously but perhaps we have eaten them without noticing!JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52606223242073225742019-10-17T12:24:15.547+01:002019-10-17T12:24:15.547+01:00Italy is a big producer of Chestnuts. If you kept ...Italy is a big producer of Chestnuts. If you kept a few nuts from now until Christmas, you'd find that they'd become very dry, blackened, and probably wormy. There must be some method they use to preserve them.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33092640267404394302019-10-17T12:21:22.055+01:002019-10-17T12:21:22.055+01:00I know it sounds a bit odd, but I was thinking mor...I know it sounds a bit odd, but I was thinking more of a Walnut or Hazelnut type of flavour.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-79507185490719784032019-10-17T12:19:46.374+01:002019-10-17T12:19:46.374+01:00I did have dreadful indigestion quite recently at ...I did have dreadful indigestion quite recently at night.... I hadn't thought it could have been the Chestnuts.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43419145427136759942019-10-17T12:18:15.322+01:002019-10-17T12:18:15.322+01:00I loved the roasted chestnuts sold from a brazier ...I loved the roasted chestnuts sold from a brazier on the street in London in winter! One of my favourite recollection from when I lived there, except for the blackened fingers when you were about to step into Harvey Nichols, haha! I hadn't realise they were out of season and may have been imported. It seemed so English - although I think I remember eating them on the street in Rome as well.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-15460385687827326562019-10-17T12:18:01.792+01:002019-10-17T12:18:01.792+01:00They need to be pukka grafted trees.They need to be pukka grafted trees.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-9929266497872155912019-10-17T09:46:34.992+01:002019-10-17T09:46:34.992+01:00Funny that nuts have a nutty flavour but I am sure...Funny that nuts have a nutty flavour but I am sure it is a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-68990489191949048792019-10-17T09:39:02.308+01:002019-10-17T09:39:02.308+01:00I would be up all night with indigestion if I ate ...I would be up all night with indigestion if I ate those before bed time. lol<br />Briony<br />xcrafty cat cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251582085392890533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86582264682444471442019-10-17T09:23:14.562+01:002019-10-17T09:23:14.562+01:00I guess the chestnuts we have here are imported. ...I guess the chestnuts we have here are imported. The trees on the farm used to produce them but they were never properly finished, i.e. flat and empty not round and big. We looked for them this weekend and it was still the same as 60 years ago. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84171017008087844812019-10-17T08:41:18.930+01:002019-10-17T08:41:18.930+01:00Our Hazel nuts have been hopeless this year!
It&...Our Hazel nuts have been hopeless this year! <br /><br />It's strange that there seems to be no large scale commercial production of Chestnuts in the UK. I'd have thought that the climate was perfect; wild ones grow well enough. Maybe you should buy a two acre field, and plant some.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-79909419758411732032019-10-17T08:14:14.385+01:002019-10-17T08:14:14.385+01:00They look a lot plumper than the ones available he...They look a lot plumper than the ones available here? How do you prevent the inner brown skin from getting under your fingernails? <br /><br />I’m off up to Ludlow market to get some: cobnuts have been very much in evidence, haven’t seen any chestnuts yet!<br /><br />LXLetticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251998081386015052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30329575208841514892019-10-17T08:10:54.377+01:002019-10-17T08:10:54.377+01:00Only at Christmas. Living in a Chestnut growing ar...Only at Christmas. Living in a Chestnut growing area, we always imagine that France is a big producer, but the world's biggest is China, who produce about 1.7 Million tonnes. France produces just 8,000 tonnes. What on earth do they do with them all? Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55661974927818381102019-10-17T08:00:20.642+01:002019-10-17T08:00:20.642+01:00Chestnuts are not such a big thing over here, as y...Chestnuts are not such a big thing over here, as you will know. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19206215155634586982019-10-17T07:50:25.856+01:002019-10-17T07:50:25.856+01:00I'm very suspicious of Christmas Chestnuts. Th...I'm very suspicious of Christmas Chestnuts. This is their season, and if kept for any length of time, they go off very quickly. Even after a few days they can start to turn black inside, or have grubs in them. Maybe they are kept in some controlled environment (like Apples), and are brought out as 'fresh'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36226946021658391932019-10-17T07:09:22.526+01:002019-10-17T07:09:22.526+01:00Our chestnut eating is more of a midwinter thing. ...Our chestnut eating is more of a midwinter thing. The come from northern Greece. We usually cook them on top of the wood stove but I may just boil some and eat them your way this yearlocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8658578089035045022019-10-17T06:48:58.052+01:002019-10-17T06:48:58.052+01:00Indeed. Indeed. Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255717931620460104noreply@blogger.com