[Magdalen] Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

[Jay Weigel]

And we in our house are appalled by sweet potatoes gussied up with sugar,
nuts, marshmallows, or any other such sweet yuckiness. The only way in
which we will accept them sweetened is in sweet potato pie, which we place
in the same category as pumpkin. Otherwise it's savory all the way. Last
night our burgers were accompanied by sweet potato fries with Tony
Chachere's seasoning. Yum!

Chacon a son gout.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 15:45 Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 15:43 James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A lot of people may not remember that in his early days, Bobby Fisher was
> very much loved, and the life of the party. After a particularly grand
> tournament finish, a bunch of folks planned a huge party at an outdoor
> campfire, during which they arranged for Mr. Fisher to be the butt of the
> jokes of several speakers.
>
> Fisher was in his element. "There's nothing I like better than winning at
> chess, and an evening of chess nuts roasting at an open fire," he quipped,
> to the delight of fawning admirers.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > And I LOVE roasted chestnuts!  Different strokes and all that...
> >
> > > On Nov 29, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On a trip to New York City in the mid-1950's I stopped at what was
> > > then ubiquitous along the streets of Midtown Manhattan:  Vendors
> selling
> > > roasted chestnuts.  I don't recall seeing these vendors in recent
> years.
> > >
> > > I couldn't stand the roasted chestnuts (presumably imported from
> Europe
> > > since all American Chestnuts were dead of Chestnut Blight by then).
> > > The taste was like I would imagine ground oak acorns to be.
> > >
> > > My spouse bought some roasted chestnuts recently, and my memories
> > > were confirmed.  IMHO they are awful.
> > >
> > > Somebody must have thought chestnuts were tasty, hence the Christmas
> > > song,  I'm all for the restoration of the American Chestnut, but I
> > suspect
> > > the taste of those nuts is pretty much the same.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David S.
> >
>
>