Here we are again at ABC Wednesday. Today's letter is "N".
N is for Nuts. Remember when I posted the mysterous "Koosh Ball " tree? I didn't know what kind of a tree it was and several of you thought it looked like a Chestnut Tree. I think you were right. Now all the "Koosh Balls" are popping open and I can see the nuts inside. As they dry they fall to the ground and the outside is very sharp and prickly. I don't know if this type is edible or not. The branches hang over the fence from our neighbors garden.
Be sure to enlarge this shot to see the nuts more clearly.
32 comments:
this is a wonderful photo !
I'm a nut freak ;-)
Glad you found out what the tree is. Great photo...wouldn't it be nice if they were edible :o) Happy ABC hunting
One word that comes to my mind when i look at the enlarged pic: Metamorphosis :)
I love ABC Wednesday....so diverse! Love the nuts, infact I am quite nuts about the pic! LOL!
if not a chestnut then second cousin to one.
Looks like a little animal resting in a nest or is my perspective strange, nice colours and sharp
What a pin sharp photo. Superb shot.
This is Very detailed with enlarged. My neighbor growing up had several of these trees....she would ask us kids to come over and get up what had fallen to the ground. Brings back memories. Nice shot!
I think it's a horse chestnut and the kids over here play conkers with the nuts :)
I am sure this is a chestnut (not the horse chestnuts the streets here in Vienna are lined with, they are not for human consumption).
I would steal any chestnut that falls into my garden and cook with them! Chocolate cake with chestnut filling, chestnuts and brussels sprouts .... hmmmmmmm! :-)
Those are Sweet Chestnuts and are defineatly edible. You can eat them raw, but are much sweeter when roasted, preferably on hot coals so the shell burns a bit. If you boil them then peel them they go well with roast meals, or pop them in stews. If you let them dry they will last for months, and when you need them just soak them overnight then boil them as usual. They are really yummy,(a bit like sweet potato) give them a go!
Cool!
love nuts, but they don't like
me :(
have a great day!
jel
oh and thank you!
wounderfull shot
With all those prickles, I would wait until they fall to the ground too! Nice shot!
That is a nice photo. I had no idea what it was until I read your story.
i love all these close-up shots you are doing....
my grandmother had a chestnut tree in her backyard, and we always had to watch where we were running lest we step on the prickly balls.
Great sharpness! You captured this superbly!
That's a fabulous shot. Did you use a flash?
~Oswegan
p.s. adding you to my list.
Oh dear, what a great photo! Perfect shot. :)
Oh my giddy aunt - what a nut!!! :)
This ABC is such a learning experience for me, I never knew such things existed. That's a superb shot of a very unusual 'N' - well done!
Wow wot a sharp pic there.great stuff.
that is one nutty looking nut! I like all the detail.
Very nice and bright photo!
Wow, i enlarged it, very cool shot.
If those are sweet chestnuts, then please please send me some! Yummy roasted on hot coals. But you burn your fingers trying to peel them.
I have 2 big buckets of horse chestnut off the tree in front of my house.... I save them and give them to the squirrels in the winter.
Never seen a nut tree like that one. Are you going to try to roast some? Now I'm hearing the song about chestnuts roasting on an open fire... jack frost nipping at your nose.
Don't they look like chestnuts? I think so but not sure....very good "N" post...love it.
The "Fill Flash" really worked here!
very very interesting!
i love yr sense of perspective..nice!
Wow. Once again you have an interseting photo!
Glad to hear the fires have not been where you are!
Nice picture.
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