Hazelnuts - from the tree outside our buildingAutumn has arrived in the UK and one of the fascinating things for a Malaysian are the nuts that you find strewn on the ground here.
For us, nuts are things you find in packets or in your Cadbury's Fruit & Nut bar (tm), not laying on the pavement or in the grass.
Mr Kong went a bit nuts (puntastic isn't it? - Brits love their puns BTW) when he saw the amount and variety around Northampton and started a bit of a collection.
l-r: chestnut, hazelnut, walnut, acornBut he wasn't the only one as we've often passed an old Chinese lady under the walnut tree collecting the walnuts in a plastic bag.
A little hard to see but that's a Chinese auntie in red whacking the poor walnut tree in the background - the Chinese auntie in the foreground is Mrs Kong
Embarassingly, she not only picks them from the ground but she's whacking the branches to dislodge them, all in plain view of the passing motorists. Typically Asian/Chinese eh?
Luckily Mr Kong is more socially responsible (only just) and picks them from the ground... we look forward to having a walnut feast!
Bowl of nuts anyone?
A little hard to see but that's a Chinese auntie in red whacking the poor walnut tree in the background - the Chinese auntie in the foreground is Mrs KongEmbarassingly, she not only picks them from the ground but she's whacking the branches to dislodge them, all in plain view of the passing motorists. Typically Asian/Chinese eh?
Luckily Mr Kong is more socially responsible (only just) and picks them from the ground... we look forward to having a walnut feast!
Bowl of nuts anyone?
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