Chestnuts

Chestnuts

　　   Chestnuts are a sweet and delicious fruit. Historical records indicate that chestnut trees were widely cultivated in China as early as the BC era and have long been consumed by the people. The production area of Tianjin chestnuts is concentrated in towns such as Xiaogang and Xiaoying in Jixian County. In fact, the mountainous regions of Beijing, Tangshan, and Chengde also have large numbers of chestnut trees, and the chestnuts produced there are of especially high quality. Because chestnuts from these areas were historically exported through the Tianjin port, they came to be known as Tianjin chestnuts (called "Tianjin chestnuts" in Japan), and are mainly exported to Japan, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong and Macau.

　　　     Chestnuts are highly nutritious, containing abundant starch, sugar, protein, fat, and vitamin B. There are many ways to eat chestnuts, but the most popular is candied roasted chestnuts. Chestnuts can also be processed into various delicious foods such as sugar-coated chestnuts and chestnut yokan. (Tianjin)