The first time I saw baked chestnut in Europe it was like running into an old friend in a foreign land. Then later I realised it is a popular winter snack in a lot of countries. Here’s how baked chestnut is made here — with a big “wok” and some kind of heated small dark pebbles and sugar. A tasty snack but it will soon go out of season. I vaguely remember it is called Maroni(?) in Italian, just wonder what it’s called in other European languages…
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Hmm! It must be good !
May 30th, 2006, at 5:10 pm #It is “marron” in french for chesnut, “marron chaud” for baked chesnut, which means hot chesnut litterally.
May 30th, 2006, at 5:25 pm #I hate those, and the awfull smell that it make….
in italian we call it “maroni” or “castagne”. Usually you can find a little kiosk that sell it during the winter. In Milan you can find a kiosks near the Dome.
May 30th, 2006, at 5:51 pm #Hi lisi,
May 30th, 2006, at 6:39 pm #Nice shot - they’re cooked here in the autumn/winter. Today you’ve caught me without any appetite at all:)
I love those!! I did not find them here in Argentina, but I remember they’re really popular in France in winter time, and the Japanese neighbor in San Francisco is huge fan of them too
May 30th, 2006, at 6:57 pm #Looks more like somthing for autumn and winter…. nice photo though
May 30th, 2006, at 7:00 pm #Hi lisi,
May 30th, 2006, at 7:16 pm #we call it “castanhas” and they are double on size, you can see a typical salesman here
Yum! I love roasted chestnuts, too hot here though. I wonder what the addition of sugar would be like. Cool photo.
May 31st, 2006, at 9:28 am #i checked the dictionery, the hungarian name is too complicated, lol! the pic definitely reminds of home..yummmy!
May 31st, 2006, at 3:14 pm #Oh I love baked chestnut! I only get to eat it in the christmas season! We call it Castanas in the Philippines! Yummy!
May 31st, 2006, at 4:01 pm #thanks everybody for the footprints…
May 31st, 2006, at 10:08 pm #I love them around Christmas time. You can put them all in your pocket and eat one by one and the ones you haven’t eaten will warm up your fingers :).
June 1st, 2006, at 4:37 am #in argentina we call them “marrón glacés” I love them, they are sooo tasty!
June 2nd, 2006, at 12:00 am #