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We made vermicelles!

Fleur @Fleura (34943) • United Kingdom 23 Oct

I previously posted about the chestnuts I gathered, and @LadyDuck suggested vermicelles, a dessert also known as Mont Blanc. So yesterday, with a little bit of help from our Italian lodgers, we made some; this is the result. We...

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Sweet chestnut bonanza!

Fleur @Fleura (34943) • United Kingdom 6 Oct

It really is a bumper year for chestnuts! Not only are there lots but they are a decent size as well, some years they are so small they are hardly worth the trouble of getting them out of their shells. In the past we’ve picked...

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Last of the chestnut puree

Fleur @Fleura (34943) • United Kingdom 8 May 24

Last autumn I stopped at a shop I don’t usually visit (because it isn’t that convenient, only I happened to be passing that day) and found they had a whole stack of jars of chestnut puree, reduced from £1.50 to 36p each. And the...

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Chinese chestnut-- Castanea mollissima-- Surprising Fruit

Fei Shao @fei1125 (607) • Chengde, China 12 Jan 18

Have you eat Chinese chestnut before. My hometown is famous for it. I think most of you may eat it, but you don't have any idea about how it grow.

chinese chestnut

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Horse owners/lovers

firelight @firelight (1858) • Australia 3 Nov 06

We have three horses, all Appaloosas, are there many others here that also have horses? Here's a photo of one of the them, he's a solid chestnut appaloosa. He was curious what the camera was and took a closer look lol

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