On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:04:56 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 11/10/2016 9:58 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:43:44 -0500, Nancy Young
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/10/2016 4:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >>> On 11/10/2016 1:17 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >>>> A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the sweet potatoes that remind me
> >>>> a lot of chestnuts in flavor. I know you were thinking of the usual
> >>>> orange type so I get why you didn't see the similarity.
> >>>>
> >>>> Guess what they talk about in the latest TJs Fearless Flyer. They
> >>>> back up my observation:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/3243
> >>
> >>> Thanks for the link. True, I couldn't really relate. The only time I
> >>> buy sweet potatoes are at the farm stand, and natch they're the orange
> >>> type so common down here. I can't looking for sweet potatoes at a
> >>> grocery store in recent years. I might have to look for some of those
> >>> purple things.
> >>
> >> I think of them as red, myself. If you do find them, I hope you
> >> like it, but you never know. Some woman at Delicious Orchards asked
> >> me about them. I said I love them, they remind me a lot of chestnuts.
> >> She said I hate chestnuts and we had a laugh. No red sweet potatoes
> >> for her.
> >>
> > Maybe that's why it's not at the top of my sweet potato list... I
> > don't like chestnuts either.
> >
> I *want* to like chestnuts, if that makes any sense. The one time my
> mom bought some (1970's) and we roasted them in the fireplace they were
> just so-so. That was in Tennessee, though; who knows how old they might
> have been before she bought them.
>
I'm the same way. I buy fresh chestnuts, and go through all the
trouble of roasting them (which is quite a chore) and I'm always
disappointed. Nope still don't like them. Chestnut dressing just
isn't something that would ring any bells for me.


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