Thanks Spaw, you've saved me from ever being tempted to try roasted chestnuts. Now prime rib....I'm with you on that.

We get mandarins here in Oz in the winter months. I prefer the little ones, but for some reason most of them this year were big with tougher skins.

Meanwhile, because we are upside down here, our mandarin season is over, and we are getting some of the yummy tropical fruit, although at the beginning of the season the quality is not as good and the prices are high. We're just starting to get better ones now - mangoes, peaches, nectarines - love 'em all. I bought some white flesh peaches yesterday and the first two mangoes of the season today. I can't wait!