Stophel
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You should have NO problem telling the difference between a chestnut and a buckeye/horse chestnut. But then, a great many people seem to have tremendous difficulty identifying plants of any kind... :shake: (Horse chestnut is European and planted here as an ornamental, the buckeye is a very similar native tree). Actually, I have never even seen a buckeye tree.
Several years ago, I did some work at an older lady's house and she had two or three chestnut trees in her front yard. I picked up some. The nutmeat inside was yellowish and kind of odd looking to me. I forget what it tasted like, but I remember I did not find it all that palatable. It may not have been really ripe, I don't know. They were on the ground with the spiny urchin-like husks open. Are they really considered edible raw, or are they normally roasted/cooked???
Several years ago, I did some work at an older lady's house and she had two or three chestnut trees in her front yard. I picked up some. The nutmeat inside was yellowish and kind of odd looking to me. I forget what it tasted like, but I remember I did not find it all that palatable. It may not have been really ripe, I don't know. They were on the ground with the spiny urchin-like husks open. Are they really considered edible raw, or are they normally roasted/cooked???
