FOOD CULTURE FORWARD- Cooking with Chestnuts - Dig More Japan

Japanese chestnuts are large and subtly sweet. Obuse in Nagano is known for them. Let's see how they're used for cooking in this town where they grow in almost every yard. They use a special tool to peel them. It's hard. If you peel them all at once. That's a little too much. Did you make this recipe yourself? My grandmother made it for me when I was little. My mother taught me how to make it. Peeled, they're soaked in salt water so they turn yellow when cooked. Boiled chestnuts and sticky rice, steamed. They're fluffy and delicious. My children live outside of the prefecture. They come to eat chestnuts during this season. I look forward to seeing them.