On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 17:27:21 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:
> On 11/11/2016 5:09 PM, sf wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> Something about cutting an X in the bottom...
Those shells are tough. My knives are very sharp, but it's still
hard/tedious work. Takes way too much time & effort with no bang for
the buck.
>
> The only dressing I'm having this year is cornbread. Perhaps some
> chopped pecans.
>
> Jill
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