Today was fun. I got together with friends for lunch at the Elgin St. Diner. Afterwards, we wandered through the Rideau Centre, which is the main mall downtown. It wasn't all that busy, considering that it's the weekend before Christmas. I suspect that the bus strike is the cause.
However, that's not the only new thing I did today.
Yesterday I was short of ideas so I was reading through Sydney's archives. As a result, I realized that people actually roast chesnuts over a fire. (It's not just the song.) The grocery was selling chesnuts today, so I roasted chesnuts over an open fire. I was expecting them to split or something. Instead, they basically burnt - they looked like coals. The shells then got very soft, so that you could actually peel them. The nut itself was soft and chewy.
I actually bought chestnuts today to roast in the next few days. It won't be over an open fire, though; I'll probably do it in the oven.
ReplyDeleteHow cool!
ReplyDeleteWow - looks like you took fire making lessons from me :-)
ReplyDeleteJen