tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post1987031563221356832..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Fleurs bleuesKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36180475931021516832017-07-25T09:24:47.551+02:002017-07-25T09:24:47.551+02:00Ken, you should have said : Another shopper, an ol...Ken, you should have said : Another shopper, an old man about my age...:—)chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91151792196135396032017-07-23T06:36:25.822+02:002017-07-23T06:36:25.822+02:00One day I was at Intermarché and picking up a coup...One day I was at Intermarché and picking up a couple of briques of the coffee I've been buying and enjoying for nearly 15 years now. Another shopper, a man about my age, asked me if I thought that brand of coffee was good. I told him yes. He immediately said that he needed to find some chicory to use with it, because he liked the blend of the two.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34677061419172549032017-07-22T06:40:12.814+02:002017-07-22T06:40:12.814+02:00Emm, the American Luziane coffee — since 1902 — is...Emm, the American Luziane coffee — since 1902 — is a blend of chicory and coffee.<br /><br />You're right about coffee substitute, but the ground root of chicory was used with coffee in France long before WWII. During the occupation, there was no coffee but chicory was available!<br /><br />I remember my grandmother in the late twenties and thirties making coffee with chicory and it had a very special taste. chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-71820321046506988202017-07-22T04:44:39.106+02:002017-07-22T04:44:39.106+02:00I've read that chicory was used as a coffee su...I've read that chicory was used as a coffee substitute in France during World War 2, grinding the roots perhaps? Anyone know for sure? <br />I imagine the taste would be rather bitter.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26041108428414220112017-07-21T22:36:30.900+02:002017-07-21T22:36:30.900+02:00flowers are greatflowers are greatGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32105086279660132802017-07-21T18:37:04.238+02:002017-07-21T18:37:04.238+02:00chm, hope you are enjoying your trip.
Ken, I miss...chm, hope you are enjoying your trip.<br /><br />Ken, I missed a few days and just saw your post with your lovely geraniums and hydrangeas. Beautiful!<br /><br />Your use of "blightly" above made me laugh.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59024007959873524062017-07-21T15:29:52.412+02:002017-07-21T15:29:52.412+02:00Yes, the shade of blue is beautiful! I'm sure ...Yes, the shade of blue is beautiful! I'm sure that my first encounter wit the word <i>cornflower</i>,was seeing it written on the side of one of my Crayola crayons. I'll bet we all learned lots of words that way.<br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33318804916615188362017-07-21T14:36:48.060+02:002017-07-21T14:36:48.060+02:00Whatever you call them, they are a beautiful shade...Whatever you call them, they are a beautiful shade of blue and how nice to see them blooming here and there ..Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68617321932756285262017-07-21T13:14:11.180+02:002017-07-21T13:14:11.180+02:00From two years ago, this post about white chicory ...From two years ago, this post about <a href="http://ckenb.blogspot.fr/2015/07/well-that-was-fun.html" rel="nofollow">white chicory flowers in the Renaudière vineyard here in the Saint-Aignan area. Albinos?</a>Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30108986952893433792017-07-21T12:42:46.582+02:002017-07-21T12:42:46.582+02:00As far as I can tell, the Cambridge dictionary com...As far as I can tell, the Cambridge dictionary comes from Cambridge U. in Blighty. And the OED gives the same definition as Wiktionary: 1. British: the chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats.<br /><br />We all need to broaden our understandings.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58647270095241249162017-07-21T11:17:38.419+02:002017-07-21T11:17:38.419+02:00Cambridge American? And I don't trust anything...Cambridge American? And I don't trust anything in Wiki, until I've read it elsewhere. I use the OED, and always have done.... where I grew up... London and East Anglia.... if you wanted barley, you couldn't use the word corn... only for wheat was corn... and, despite all the American airbases, maize was maize!<br />Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9637641369153102092017-07-21T10:52:20.267+02:002017-07-21T10:52:20.267+02:00Potty, the real Cornflower is now the Bluet.... wh...Potty, the real Cornflower is now the Bluet.... what I am referring to is a wonderful early sculpture done as a memorial to the fallen in the early 1920s.... that depicts this flower, the chicory.... much longer lasting and persistent, like the field poppy.... and both these flowers are much more likely to have survived and flowered on a trampled over battleground. The bluet requires tall grasses to support it, like the deep red Corncockle, Also, the Cornflower has a very short flowering season.... the chicory just goes on and on.... like the poppy.... in fact, for longer.Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72855502738842802512017-07-21T09:56:51.799+02:002017-07-21T09:56:51.799+02:00The poppy is the emblem of the Royal British Legio...The poppy is the emblem of the Royal British Legion in the UK synonymous with 11th of the 11th end of WW1. I think that your flower is the emblem of the French version and possibly known as a 'bleuet'.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57946026245642885792017-07-21T09:09:07.085+02:002017-07-21T09:09:07.085+02:00In the "desert" of Southern California, ...In the "desert" of Southern California, there were white blooming chicory. I wnoder if they were natives?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12326664406793929792017-07-21T08:00:47.571+02:002017-07-21T08:00:47.571+02:00And the Cambridge dictionary says: "UK (the s...And the Cambridge dictionary says: "UK (the seeds of) plants, such as wheat, maize, oats, and barley, that can be used to produce flour"Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-2789676788248767772017-07-21T07:57:59.021+02:002017-07-21T07:57:59.021+02:00Wiktionary says corn in the British Isles is: &qu...Wiktionary says corn in the British Isles is: "The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales."Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-70133793794786001642017-07-21T07:53:00.904+02:002017-07-21T07:53:00.904+02:00Gotta correct you there, Ken.... corn is wheat.......Gotta correct you there, Ken.... corn is wheat.... barleycorn is barley....and oats is, well... oats..... and collectively, they are grain.<br />Great chicory pix.... it is nice that these cooler mornings allow the flowers to remain a little longer.<br />In the heat, they were gone almost before the sun was fully awake... chicory is one of mt favourite blues... <br />though, here, we've had cultivated chicory escape the beds and now....round the potager anyhows.... <br />we have both varieties side by side... and the broad, round-leaved cultivated ones have a purple tinge to the centre...<br />and the tips.... of the petals. But only really noticeable where there is a wild one directly alongside.<br />I like them so much, I mow around them.... provided, in the main, they are in a convenient position.<br />But they are a survivor.... even where I've had to mow them, they flower.... right at ground level.<br />I am sure that this, like the British poppy, was what the troops kept seeing a hundred years ago.....<br />indeed, the original memorial had a chicory flower as the main part.... and not the cornflower that is now used.Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.com