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Roasted Chestnuts in Sa Pa, Vietnam

Castagne a Sa Pa

Roasted chestnuts in Sa Pa, Vietnam.
The season of this magical fruit has begun and it is also found in great abundance in Vietnam.
I love this fruit very much and I did not believe (due to my ignorance) to find it in Vietnam. To tell the truth, I have only seen them in this region of the far North, it is certainly not a plant for a tropical climate.
Like here, they are then roasted and sold by the kilo while still hot.
I could not resist… and they were very soft and sweet.

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Castagne a Sa Pa

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 22.

The exact origins of the chestnut tree are unknown. Fossil findings attest that the tree should derive from a trunk that originated in the Tertiary, about 10 million years ago and that in a warm climate period had spread to Asia, Europe and the Americas.
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Roasted Chestnuts in Sapa, Vietnam – Châtaignes grillées à Sapa, Vietnam – Castañas asadas en Sapa, Vietnam – Castanhas assadas em Sapa, Vietname – Geröstete Kastanien in Sapa, Vietnam – Hạt dẻ rang ở Sapa, Việt Nam
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The green husks of the chestnut tree

Ricci verdi di castagno

The green burrs of the chestnut tree.
The mushroom season is starting, but also the chestnut season.
A few days ago, taking a stroll towards San Bernardo, I photographed these beautiful burrs, still green, from which beautiful and tasty chestnuts will emerge.

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Ricci verdi di castagno

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

At first it is green in colour; after maturation (when it opens into 2-4 valves) it becomes yellow-brownish. Internally it is cream in colour, covered with fine hairs. The dome is sub-spherical in shape with a diameter varying from 6–7 cm in wild plants to 10–15 cm in cultivated ones.
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The green hedgehogs of the chestnut tree – Les hérissons marrons – Los erizos castaños – Os ouriços de castanha – Die Kastanienigel – Hạt dẻ nhím – 栗子刺猬 – 栗のハリネズミ
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Crauti rossi e castagne

Crauti rossi e castagne

Crauti rossi e castagne.
Un piatto (un contorno più esattamente) di origine teutonica (Red Cabbage Sauerkraut) non molto diffuso in Italia.
I crauti fatti con il cavolo rosso sono un ottimo side dish per salsicce e würstel.
Questi erano stufati assieme alle castagne.

Crauti rossi e castagne

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Canon EF 40.

Il cavolo rosso è simile al cavolo cappuccio, ma a differenza di questo presenta colorazione rossa dovuta alla notevole presenza di sostanze idrosolubili chiamate antocianine del gruppo dei flavonoidi.
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