tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post8143050113683171050..comments2023-09-22T10:50:41.465-07:00Comments on Finny Knits: GiovediFinnyKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-55919867117592521952007-11-03T10:40:00.000-07:002007-11-03T10:40:00.000-07:00Boh! Indeed. I'm glad you didn't poison yourself o...<I>Boh!</I> Indeed. I'm glad you didn't poison yourself on what we used to call conkers. I just got back from Rome on Giovedi and I can tell you with some minor authority that Giovedi is Gnocchi day. The days for castagne (at least the roasted kind) seem to be random and associated with temperatures under 60F or a tourist to Roman ratio of 5 to 1. Rome is sorta up to it's ass in chestnuts right now and the smell from the vendors drove me nuts. I shoveled them into my face in a manner that made small children cry and adults draw back in horror. I also considered surgery so I could put an entire leg of prosciutto into my mouth like a pork lollipop with just the hoof sticking out as a handle. I don't know if you eat the treyf, but when you go back in December I highly recommend the all pork fat diet I went on.Stunned Donorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760806404865427760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-32463483489226893072007-10-25T05:26:00.000-07:002007-10-25T05:26:00.000-07:00Oh, man! That was a close one!!I'm actually pretty...Oh, man! That was a close one!!<BR/><BR/>I'm actually pretty glad that there tree isn't a chestnut tree, 'cuz it's pretty creepy-looking.<BR/><BR/>Too bad those aren't edible though... you might have invented a new recipe!Shelley - At Home in Romehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07852984952753737225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-17939817863950390412007-10-25T03:15:00.000-07:002007-10-25T03:15:00.000-07:00Oh my god. you just made me laugh sooooo hard. Hi...Oh my god. you just made me laugh sooooo hard. Hilarious. Whatever you get into next, pray it not be foraging for mushrooms.....emeliehealyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217523423040180890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-61448379927281158462007-10-23T18:51:00.000-07:002007-10-23T18:51:00.000-07:00My grandmother had some chestnut trees when we wer...My grandmother had some chestnut trees when we were children (she cut them down because they were a serious pain in the neck). I remember sticky burrs on the outside. When I saw the photo your your "chestnuts," I thought my memory was wrong.<BR/><BR/>I'm so happy that you were not poisoned. Although, it is kind of funny. (I said "kind of.")lerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915229045413130688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-36500811399596688132007-10-23T15:51:00.000-07:002007-10-23T15:51:00.000-07:00Oh I'm so glad that you're ok and are still here t...Oh I'm so glad that you're ok and are still here to make these hilarious posts! When I started reading, I was thinking hmm, this sounds kind of like those poisonous mushroom stories... but finny is super gardener! Definitely adventurous!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628443856304986228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-39853907151318291282007-10-23T11:41:00.000-07:002007-10-23T11:41:00.000-07:00I love this post. A. I am so glad you are okay and...I love this post. <BR/>A. I am so glad you are okay and didn't eat the soup to prove a point, which is what I would do -- I'm afraid. They'd find my stubborn ass dead the next day.<BR/>B. I've seen trees like these and never known what they were!<BR/>C. I said to myself more than once when reading this, "God I hope she is checking some field manual and those are what she thinks they are."<BR/>I just read Into the Wild. It is a crazy read and needless to say, he didn't read the field manual well.African Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741350447523434665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-43632838992056396022007-10-23T09:56:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:56:00.000-07:00HahahahahahhahaaaOMG. LOL!!Hahahahahahhahaaa<BR/><BR/>OMG. LOL!!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486631742681894893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-27541541024893760882007-10-23T06:41:00.000-07:002007-10-23T06:41:00.000-07:00When you talked about dying at the dining room tab...When you talked about dying at the dining room table, I pictured the forensic team standing over you at the table, face down in your soup, saying something like Wow, another case of buckeye poisoning.<BR/><BR/>Glad you made it.<BR/><BR/>(And I totally would have done the same thing.)Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882235346307802213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-59066068267857356432007-10-23T05:06:00.000-07:002007-10-23T05:06:00.000-07:00Oh I feel bad! I was going to comment last night ...Oh I feel bad! I was going to comment last night how weird it was that that tree and those nuts looked nothing like the chestnut tree from my childhood. I decided to wait and do some research (i.e. ask my mom if "our" tree was REALLY a chestnut) before I made a fool of myself in comments. Turns out I could have almost saved your life if I had commented! :)Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13996771542056313779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-11681918029133890822007-10-22T21:17:00.000-07:002007-10-22T21:17:00.000-07:00Complimenti for the Italian sentence reconstructio...Complimenti for the Italian sentence reconstruction! :)Sara, Ms Adventures in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895074987792773887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-33898885169091494872007-10-22T17:30:00.000-07:002007-10-22T17:30:00.000-07:00Nigella Lawson has a FANTASTIC chestnut soup that ...Nigella Lawson has a FANTASTIC chestnut soup that I would never have eaten, had my worldlier friend not suggested it to me. Will scan overflowing recipe box for said recipe and (hopefully) send along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-86936884966906550882007-10-22T17:02:00.000-07:002007-10-22T17:02:00.000-07:00I thought you just roasted them on an open fire. ...I thought you just roasted them on an open fire. Soup? Scary.Deccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515274049604839002noreply@blogger.com