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Posted: 29 May 2014

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bluebells by a cottage window

bluebells by a cottage window
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 Howard Somerville
Howard Somerville club
Good framing
10 years ago.
 Isisbridge
Isisbridge club
true English bluebell
English bluebell
4 years ago.
 Howard Somerville
Howard Somerville club
In India I learned how to cook potatoes. Wish I'd known before. First they have to be boiled in their skins and then cut into small pieces and fried in oil until they're slightly crisp on the outside. Much nicer than mashed or oven-baked potato.
23 months ago. Edited 23 months ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Howard Somerville club
The English call them chips.
23 months ago.
Howard Somerville club has replied to Isisbridge club
Chips are made by frying raw, peeled potato. I boil the potatoes before cutting them into small pieces and then frying them, with the peel. That produces something very different from chips.
23 months ago. Edited 23 months ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Howard Somerville club
Still chips. Do you eat them with battered bluebell?
If not, why did you choose this photo to comment under?
23 months ago.
Howard Somerville club has replied to Isisbridge club
Broken into small pieces and cooked with the peel on, they aren't. "Chips" denote the cardboard-dry, tasteless things sold nowadays (in the South at least) and my Indian-style fried potato is neither.

In the high winds of yesterday, the bluebells will have been battered, and although I haven't tried them, fried bluebell bulbs are probably quite onion-like and nice.
23 months ago. Edited 23 months ago.
 Isisbridge
Isisbridge club
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/04/are-bluebells-poisonous-and-more-bluebell-facts
If any part of the plant is eaten, it can cause serious stomach upset, and if consumed in large quantities, may be fatal. The bulbs are easily mistaken for spring onions or garlic. Bluebell sap is believed to cause dermatitis and skin irritation. All varieties of bluebells contain glycosides, and therefore all varieties are poisonous.
23 months ago.
Howard Somerville club has replied to Isisbridge club
Thanks for the information; I'll lay off the bluebells then. They're about to bloom in my front garden, but the crocuses that I planted there 16 months ago were a dead loss - only a handful of very weedy flowers materialised last Spring, and this year none at all.
23 months ago.

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