tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post6440817584823788423..comments2023-06-28T11:10:35.636+01:00Comments on The Nelson House Diaries: Of rhubarb & trifleSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883413335429438040noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-32627968748602668772013-06-16T20:06:24.373+01:002013-06-16T20:06:24.373+01:00So you'll be able to hav an overnight stop. An...So you'll be able to hav an overnight stop. And if it's a return trip you may be able to smuggle a kilo of rhubarb back.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883413335429438040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-69409923766481450662013-06-16T19:58:34.595+01:002013-06-16T19:58:34.595+01:00We always drive through the Quercy on our trips ho...We always drive through the Quercy on our trips home to the UK, and love it, though in our case as a holiday rather than permanent destination. No rhubarb there, I'm sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-72838859104590578022013-06-09T08:00:48.726+01:002013-06-09T08:00:48.726+01:00But I don't want to live in the Loire Kalba! F...But I don't want to live in the Loire Kalba! First choice is Quercy but at this rate I'll be in second choice Bourgogne.More research needed.Sharonhttp://www.thenelsonhousediaries.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-71133417438323851522013-06-09T07:55:10.424+01:002013-06-09T07:55:10.424+01:00Well, we bought a couple of rhubarb plants 5 years...Well, we bought a couple of rhubarb plants 5 years ago and enjoyed the four stalks a year that they gave us :) ... until last year, when they died.<br /><br />So I suspect we're the wrong side of the rhubarb line! Maybe it's the Loire? Kalba Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610174646901812856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-78514989445640475372013-06-08T18:49:26.104+01:002013-06-08T18:49:26.104+01:00OK you've now thrown a spanner in our plans! W...OK you've now thrown a spanner in our plans! Where's the rhubarb line drawn in France? How far south can we go!Sharonhttp://www.thenelsonhousediaries.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-37779529982313487152013-06-08T17:47:32.535+01:002013-06-08T17:47:32.535+01:00I'm so excited that here in southern France I&...I'm so excited that here in southern France I've been able to buy a big batch of rhubarb. This is rather unusual so far south. I'm still deciding how to use it. But trifle? No, it's not something I miss, but I do understand those nostalgia-trips back to childhood. Me? Soft boiled eggs and Marmite soldiers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com