Wednesday, October 20, 2021

LINE 'EM UP, BUT DON'T EAT 'EM


Most of you will recognize these as horse chestnuts, the non-edible kind. Actually, they can cause serious gastrointestinal damage to  humans and can be fatal to dogs and other animals.

Says the Internet:" When you hear the song about chestnuts roasting on an open fire, don’t mistake these nuts for horse chestnuts. Horse chestnuts, also called conkers, are a very different nut. Are horse chestnuts edible? They are not. In general, toxic horse chestnuts should not be consumed by people, horses or other livestock."





DECIDING ON THE MENU

 Dining out all alone. I caught this fellow while taking a long evening walk through an area of New Belgrade