Food: Earthnuts or Pignuts (Conopodium Majus)

Earthnuts or Pignuts (Conopodium Majus)

Written by Simon Mitchell

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The older name for Earthnuts is 'Earth Chestnuts' and this gives you a clue to their taste - a chestnut texture but with a more earthy taste. There's nothing like carefully digging one of these up during a walk in repparttar

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nature around you. A true 'pomme de terre'. Gerard's Herbal mentions that 'There is a Plaister made of repparttar 147226

seeds hereof, whereof to write in this place were impertinent to our historie'....Probably witches again!

Earthnuts also get a mention in Shakespeare's 'Tempest', from Caliban as he promises: "I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow; And with my long nails I will dig thee pignuts".

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Wine racks are great for all your bottle storage needs

Written by Curtis Miller

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