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Post by troll on Oct 16, 2011 21:02:57 GMT 1
Loads of good chestnuts, so my fav chestnut soup; saute a couple of hunions,a stick or 2 of celery, 2 carrots and 2 tatties, tip iinto a saucepan with about 500g chestnuts ( and you really don't need to fiddle taking the inner skin off-just shell them) Simmer in about 2 pints of stock til tender. Blitz. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with chopped parsley , a swirl of creme fraiche, and (optional)a splash of rivesaltes. I often have savoury muffins with soup, as a change from bread.
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Post by <-Rinky-Dink-> on Oct 16, 2011 21:21:21 GMT 1
Mmmmm chesnuts are one of my favourites (no one else in the family like them)... but will definately have a go at making your soup!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2011 22:36:58 GMT 1
Adore chestnuts specially roasted but the last 2 years of collected from the roadside ones have all given birth to a little maggotty bug before we had a chance to eat them,probably just as well it was before although if it had been after we wouldn´t have known anything about it. : :
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Post by Ali on Oct 17, 2011 8:31:27 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2011 8:43:18 GMT 1
I'm a fan of simple Leak and Potato soup with a little Chilli powder added, tis my lunchtime fav.
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Post by troll on Oct 17, 2011 11:57:22 GMT 1
Boil them up for the chooks, maggots and all, Good for them!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2011 12:50:11 GMT 1
Got no chooks,how about doing the same and feeding them to OH, ; ;
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Post by Ali on Oct 18, 2011 9:28:23 GMT 1
Love leek n tattie soup too. This year our leeks look a bit like blades of grass........ think/know I sowed them too late Pumpkin soup is rather good - anyone want some?
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Oct 19, 2011 7:01:37 GMT 1
I have big leeks. Na na na nah na. Haven't gone out chestnut collecting yet but for every one I peel I have to chuck one due to maggots and they are soooooo time consuming to try to get the inner skin off. I'm thinking of buying some large (raw) marrons from the supermarket instead! I saw a marron tree in the car park of the Italian resto near Furniture Road and they were ginormous and ripe and falling in early September - yet the trees were surprisingly small - I really need to research marron trees as opposed to the wild chataigne trees. (Or is it the other way round?
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Post by Pasha on Nov 22, 2011 19:19:10 GMT 1
Funny stuff lol---
Was thinking of soups and winter and remembered Trollee's winter soups thread --and so thought I would help her stir it up a tad---
--- OOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPsss-------
I was eating soup at a restaurant the other night when I dropped my spoon. A waiter walking past at that moment immediately produced one from his pocket and placed it before me. "Do you always carry a soup spoon in your pocket?" I asked. "Well sir," he said, "We had an efficiency expert give a lecture here last week and he told us that 30 percent of all diners who order soup drop their spoons. So rather than make such frequent trips back to the silverware station he advised us to all carry soup spoons to save time." I had to agree it made sense in an odd sort of way. During dessert I noticed the same waiter walk by, and there was a string dangling from his fly. I motioned him over and discreetly pointed it out. "Thank you sir." he said. "This is part of the efficiency program as well. You see, the other end of the string is attached to my, um, privates. When we male waiters need to pee, we just unzip our fly, use the loose end of the string to pull ourselves out, and pee without ever touching anything. Therefore we don't have to wash our hands and it saves about a minute each time." I thought about this for a moment then asked him, "But how do you get yourself back in your pants?" "I don't know what the other waiters do sir, but I use the soup spoon."
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