This morning a visit to the hair dresser was follwed by collecting the bread and a walk in Petaldi market. I could not resist buying a few kilo of chestnuts @ 2 Euro per kilo what a bargain !
........and living in Greece I recall the history of the legend that the Greek army survived on their stores of chestnuts during their retreat from Asia Minor in 401-399 B.C. Chestnuts contain twice as much starch as potatoes. It is no wonder they are still an important food crop in China, Japan, and southern Europe where they are often ground into a meal for breadmaking, thus giving rise to the nickname of "bread tree."
If your wondering what to do with your chestnuts this year, check out the following:-
http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blv92.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment