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Article: Set some chestnuts roasting on your open fire; The sweet taste of fresh, hot roasted chestnuts is too good to miss this season. Here's what you need to know to make your own.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 14, 2005
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Byline: George Erdosh Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
One of my fondest memories as a child growing up in Hungary in the 1950s was hearing the street vendors' cry: "Fresh, hot marron chestnuts!" My sister and I would beg our parents to buy us each a bagful of the sweet-tasting treats. They came wrapped in a funnel cone of newspaper, tip pinched, and filled to the brim with chestnuts, fresh off the coals.
These days, chestnut street vendors are not as common. You might only see them in major cities, like New York, during the fall and early winter chestnut season.
But fresh chestnuts are too delicious to miss. Their season is short, ...