Ooh yum, two posts worth of chestnuts! Nothing better than roasted chestnuts as autumn's chill starts to descend. I seem to recall that the Hungarians do a very nice chestnut dessert though for the moment the name escapes me.
Amazing clarity. Reminding me that there is a definite "art" to roasting these things. Because one Christmas, my family butchered a goodly amount of perfectly good and innocent chestnuts.... they were all mushy. We overdid it. Proper chestnutting is an art! Your photos only confirm the fact!
Our chestnuts outer shells look different from these - ours are really hairy and spiky. I'm a big chestnut fan - raw, boiled, roasted, microwaved - love 'em and I only came to them later in life. We didn't even know what they were in tropical Queensland where I grew up - although we were very familiar with Macadamias !!!!
But these are horse chestnuts, are they not? And not the same as the sweet chestnuts mentioned, which do come in spikier, softer cases. It is a delightful image though, edible or not!
Drunken Chestnuts
I love these chestnut pictures! They are the perfect symbol of fall...the color and texture. Cute title! :)
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ReplyDeleteOoh yum, two posts worth of chestnuts! Nothing better than roasted chestnuts as autumn's chill starts to descend. I seem to recall that the Hungarians do a very nice chestnut dessert though for the moment the name escapes me.
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeleteFall with a BANG!!!
Love thsi chestnut shot :)
What a beautiful Blake poem which I hadn't read before.
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These really are beautiful fall images--the sheen on those chestnuts is just exquisite! Love the textures.
ReplyDeleteAmazing clarity.
ReplyDeleteReminding me that there is a definite "art" to roasting these things. Because one Christmas, my family butchered a goodly amount of perfectly good and innocent chestnuts.... they were all mushy.
We overdid it.
Proper chestnutting is an art!
Your photos only confirm the fact!
Our chestnuts outer shells look different from these - ours are really hairy and spiky.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big chestnut fan - raw, boiled, roasted, microwaved - love 'em and I only came to them later in life. We didn't even know what they were in tropical Queensland where I grew up - although we were very familiar with Macadamias !!!!
But these are horse chestnuts, are they not? And not the same as the sweet chestnuts mentioned, which do come in spikier, softer cases. It is a delightful image though, edible or not!
ReplyDeleteGreat close-up - truly autumn photo!
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