tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post3162527701544803422..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Season of Cobnuts. And mellow fruitfulness, of course.Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-17022167124929651412010-08-24T23:26:08.164+01:002010-08-24T23:26:08.164+01:00ah! you were talking all things autumnal a day bef...ah! you were talking all things autumnal a day before me. . .<br /><br />. . .I do <b>so</b> love cobnuts - used to go on long walks when I was little and we lived in Cheltenham and pick them myself, but now I have to rely on the sparse ten days or so when they are in season in the countryside and somebody kindly sends some to my local WaitroseI, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-66268447785049962222010-08-24T21:18:53.744+01:002010-08-24T21:18:53.744+01:00Oh Sandy, don't let them go to waste! Our slo...Oh Sandy, don't let them go to waste! Our sloes aren't ready yet, but there's an excellent crop.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-74818648088518937392010-08-24T21:10:46.261+01:002010-08-24T21:10:46.261+01:00Mellow fruitfullness - then it's nearly time t...Mellow fruitfullness - then it's nearly time to go and look at the sloes. Thanks for reminding me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-11892397394063724882010-08-24T16:31:04.034+01:002010-08-24T16:31:04.034+01:00Oh. so it's time for hazlenuts to fall off the...Oh. so it's time for hazlenuts to fall off the trees then is it? That's why the lawnmower made strange noises when I cut the grass this week.sablonneusehttp://sablonneuse.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-74346701994755039382010-08-24T09:35:43.101+01:002010-08-24T09:35:43.101+01:00No, that would be rather spectacular, wouldn't...No, that would be rather spectacular, wouldn't it? I expect you'd need some extra oil or some such, so that it wouldn't set hard. I also think that there's too much moisture in the fresh nuts and that they would be better used when dried out a bit and the flavour more concentrated.<br /><br />It wasn't that I didn't have the energy to look it up, Dave. I was just too lazy.<br /><br />Cobnuts and filberts are varieties of hazelnut, Chris. Kent Cob is a named variety.<br /><br />The leaves will turn early, I'm sure, but the cobs are well-grown, so they didn't suffer from drought - sometimes, they look fine but there's a very small nut or none at all. This is the right season for them, it's just it's a sign of the end of summer. Like the blackberries ripening.<br /><br />*searches for the last time I complained about the Sage leaving the window loose*<br /><br />It's a casement stay pin, Rog. Unless Dave has other sticky-up things he'd like to tell us about.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-55102858143401987452010-08-24T09:13:26.097+01:002010-08-24T09:13:26.097+01:00The avenue of chestnut trees between Thetford and ...The avenue of chestnut trees between Thetford and Mundford were already Autumnal last week - normally they don't put on their show till October.<br /><br />(I'm sure we'd all like to know the name of Dave's sticky-up thing when he can find the energy to tell us)Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780409453528524865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-5057180573330881772010-08-24T08:47:48.950+01:002010-08-24T08:47:48.950+01:00*whispers to conceal hopeless ignorance*
Are cobn...*whispers to conceal hopeless ignorance*<br /><br />Are cobnuts the same as hazelnuts?Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-19682549128217292722010-08-24T08:10:29.972+01:002010-08-24T08:10:29.972+01:00I find I don't have the energy to tell you the...I find I don't have the energy to tell you the technical name for the stay equipment again.<br /><br />I read the other day that autumn will appear to come early to our trees because of the summer drought (in our end of the country anyway - including Kent).Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-71525350075123241182010-08-24T01:23:42.142+01:002010-08-24T01:23:42.142+01:00Just wondering if you have ever tried to make a ho...Just wondering if you have ever tried to make a homemade version of Nutella with the cobnuts and chocolate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com