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The game of conkers is played with a horse-chestnut seed with a string threaded through it. Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded ...
The shell is a green, spiky capsule containing one (rarely two or three) nut-like seeds called conkers or horse-chestnuts. Each conker is 2–4 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in diameter, glossy nut-brown with a whitish scar at the base. [11] Inflorescence Floral diagram of A. hippocastanum. The light green structure denotes nectary.
Native Americans used to crush the seeds and the resulting mash was thrown into still or sluggish waterbodies to stun or kill fish. [11] [12] They then boiled and drained (leached) the fish at least three times to dilute the toxin's effects. [13] New shoots from the seeds also have been known to kill grazing cattle. [14]
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The tournament has been threatened with conker shortages over the years, in 1976 conkers used in the tournament had to be flown in from Jersey, [12] in 1980 freak spring weather was one of the factors that threatened the World Conker Championships causing a conker shortage, and in 1982 a late frost killed off the horse chestnut blossom ...
Salads that use grains like couscous or barley are best mixed with the dressing ahead of time. This way, the grains can absorb the dressing over an hour or so. Dress more delicate salads just ...
Yields 8-10 servings. Ingredients: 2 pounds potato (about 2 potatoes), peeled, medium dice. 2 pounds butternut squash (1 large), medium dice. 2 pounds cauliflower (1 large head), florets
Conker: Live & Reloaded is a 2005 platform game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox. It is a remake of the 2001 game Conker's Bad Fur Day for the Nintendo 64 , with a new multiplayer mode using Xbox Live that is different from the original.