Dee Randall wrote:
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> "Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
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> >
> > "Arri London" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>
> >>
> >> Shaun aRe wrote:
> >> >
> >> > "Pandora" > wrote in message
> >> > ...
> >> > > Yesterday I made a trip with my boyfriend in the nothern of Piemonte.
> > I
> >> > went
> >> > > to Formazza (Verbania), a little country near Switzerland about at
> > 1300 at
> >> > > sea level.
> >> > > Here we have ate *chestnut dumplings* (gnocchi di castagne), seasoned
> > with
> >> > > butter and sage.
> >> > > And then some local cheese and salami.
> >> > > I hadn't made the photo of chestnut dumplings, but I would like to
> > make
> >> > > them because they were very very good.
> >> > > I ask myself if in Us you have the chestnut flour indispensable for
> > this
> >> > > dish.
> >> > > Here his some photo of the country I visited and I hope you enjoy
> >> > > them
> >> > like
> >> > > I do:
> >> > > http://tinypic.com/9hs6mv.jpg
> >> > > http://tinypic.com/9hs6xs.jpg
> >> > > http://tinypic.com/9hs70x.jpg
> >> > > http://tinypic.com/9hs77n.jpg
> >> > > http://tinypic.com/9hs8p1.jpg
> >> > >
>
> >>
> >> Many whole food shops carry chestnut flour, as do Italian delis in
> >> London.
> >
> > Ahh, thanks - will look in the w/f places. No It. delis here many many
> > many
> > miles from The London, unfortunately (but I'd not move to London for all
> > the
> > delis in the damned world!).
> >
> > Cheers,>
> > Shaun aRe
>
> I've only been to London once and that was 30+ years ago and then it was too
> crowded; I wonder what it is today. I feel the same about NY, although it
> is an exciting thought to think about all the delis there.
> Dee Dee


London has been crowded since the first people settled by the River LOL.
No change in several thousand years I think. But it's often exceedingly
easy to avoid the crowds just by turning a corner.