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Friday, November 6, 2009

A Delicacy



Listen to the podcast.

What is the delicacy that the speaker is talking about?

walnuts
chestnuts
peanuts

True or False

False The tree in her front yard is a maple.
False The tree was almost completely bare by Sunday morning.
True Squirrels bury nuts for the winter.
False Acorns, walnuts and chestnuts are scarce where she lives.
True Most of the chestnuts in Ontario are horse-chestnuts.
False Horses eat chestnuts in the winter.
True Chestnuts are round and a dark reddish brown colour.
False Children used to play a game called Clickers with chestnuts.
True Chestnut shells are green and spiky.
True Street vendors used to sell hot roasted chestnuts in Toronto.
False They were a favourite of her grandmother's.
True They had a sweet, smokey flavour.
True The chestnuts came from China.
False You can't buy the chestnuts in grocery stores.
True There is a man in Toronto who is selling roasted chestnuts from his delivery van.
False Chestnuts are high in fat.




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