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the nutmeat.&nbsp; I noted --980202461-471205406-1379775052=:24386 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Pat=0AThe only way I ever ate them was raw straight from the tree.=0ATas= ted good but most everything tastes good to me.=0AThey were traditionally c= ooked as porridge but were considered=0Aa last resort I've heard. Better th= an starving!=0AIn the early days they had pigs do the harvesting and ate th= e bacon.=0AThe beechnuts gave a superior taste to the bacon much admired.= =0AThis from my Grandfather as well as Queens County folk lore.=0AKeji's=A0= Hog Island was so named because the local farmers put =0Atheir pigs there i= n the fall to fatten up before they were turned into bacon.=0AWe were in Ke= ji yesterday on a non related affair and we visit 2 places=0Awith good grov= es of beech trees but I didn't see any beechnuts on any =0Aof the trees- ne= vertheless it might be a good place to look for =0AThe Early Hairstreak but= terflies next May.=0AWhile there I saw a aster plant with 4 - 6 bumble bees= feeding on it.=0AAll were Tricolors - must be a colony at the place.=0AWe = saw 2 nice trout also jumping for dragon flies. Looked inviting!=0AThanks f= or the article Pat and have a nice fall=0APaul=0A=A0=0A=0A=A0 =0A=0A_______= _________________________=0A From: P.L. Chalmers <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.c= a>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:37:= 10 PM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Beechnuts=0A =0A=0A=0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0 Paul MacDonald mentioned seeing an exceptional crop of=0Abeechnuts l= ately.=A0 I haven't had the leisure to --980202461-471205406-1379775052=:24386 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ar= ial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div id=3D"yiv1648381434"><div><= div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif= ; font-size: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id=3D"yiv164= 8381434"><div id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_42_1379766217728_74"><div class= =3D"yiv1648381434ms__id1621" id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_42_1379766217728_= 75" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif= ; font-size: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id=3D"yiv164= 8381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_49"><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57= _1379773839882_55">Hi Pat</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7= _2_57_1379773839882_60">The only way I ever ate them was raw straight from = the tree.</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839= 882_62">Tasted good but most everything tastes good to me.</span></div><div= ><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_66">They were traditionally = cooked as porridge but were considered</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv1648= 381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_68">a last resort I've heard.=0A Better th= an starving!</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773= 839882_70">In the early days they had pigs do the harvesting and ate the ba= con.</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_7= 2">The beechnuts gave a superior taste to the bacon much admired.</span></d= iv><div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_74">This from m= y Grandfather as well as Queens County folk lore.</span></div><div><span>Ke= ji's Hog </span><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_76= ">Island was so named because the local farmers put </span></div><div><span= >their pigs there in </span><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_137977383= 9882_78">the fall to fatten up before they were turned into bacon.</span></= div><div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_80">We were in= Keji yesterday on a non related affair and we visit 2 places</span></div><= div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_82">with good groves of beech trees but I didn't see=0A any beechnuts on any </span></di= v><div id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_86"><span id=3D"yiv164= 8381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_84">of the trees- nevertheless it might b= e a good place to look for </span></div><div id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_4= 2_1379766217728_57"><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_42_1379766217728_54"= >The Early Hairstreak butterflies next May.</span></div><div><span id=3D"yi= v1648381434yui_3_7_2_42_1379766217728_59">While there I saw a aster plant w= ith 4 - 6 bumble bees feeding on it.</span></div><div id=3D"yiv1648381434yu= i_3_7_2_42_1379766217728_65"><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_42_13797662= 17728_61">All were Tricolors - must be a colony at the place.</span></div><= div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_42_1379766217728_66">We saw 2 nice t= rout also jumping for dragon flies. Looked inviting!</span></div><div id=3D= "yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_42_1379766217728_71"><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3= _7_2_42_1379766217728_68">Thanks for the article Pat and have a nice fall</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_4= 2_1379766217728_72">Paul</span></div><div><span id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_= 2_42_1379766217728_70"></span> </div><div id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2= _42_1379766217728_63"><br id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_50"= > </div> <div class=3D"yiv1648381434ms__id1517 yiv1648381434ms__id162= 2" id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7_2_57_1379773839882_52" style=3D"font-family: = arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div class=3D"yiv164838143= 4ms__id1519 yiv1648381434ms__id1623" style=3D"font-family: times new roman,= new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id=3D"yiv1648381434yui_3_7= _2_42_1379766217728_77" dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"yiv1648381434hr yiv16483= 81434yui-non yiv1648381434yui-skip" style=3D"margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;= border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-si= ze: 0px;"></div> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> <b><span style=3D"font-w= eight: bold;">From:</span></b> P.L. Chalmers <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca><b= r> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.n= s.ca <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, Se= ptember 20, 2013 11:37:10 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subj= ect:</span></b> Re: [NatureNS] Beechnuts<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y= iv1648381434y_msg_container"><br><div id=3D"yiv1648381434">=0A<div id=3D"yi= v1648381434yui_3_7_2_42_1379766217728_76">=0A<font face=3D"Courier New, Cou= rier" size=3D"2"> =0A </font= > =0A<font size=3D"3">Paul MacDonald mentioned seeing an exceptional crop o= f=0Abeechnuts lately. I haven't had the leisure to </font></div></div= ></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></h= tml> --980202461-471205406-1379775052=:24386--
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