Photos of Another Taste Of Fall, Chestnuts(Kuri) and Chestnut Rice

Chestnut (Kuri) is also a popular seasonal food in the fall. Probably one of the most common and popular Japanese home cooking for chestnuts would be “Chestnut Rice (Kuri-Gohan)”. It is a very simple dish. People just cook rice with a pinch of salt and lots of chestnuts which are peeled and  the astringent coat removed as in the right hand side photo, and enjoy the natural taste and flavor of chestnuts.

The English word “Chestnuts” is not commonly used in Japan although Japanese use many English words as daily words and English classes are compulsory in Japanese schools. However, misunderstanding the French word for chestnut “Marron”, as an English word. “Marron” is used widely in Japan.

Japan has been importing so many words from various foreign countries, and people use them without recognizing the origin. Sometimes people simply assume it must be an English word but in fact it isn’t.
This may be do to the fact that the French sweets “Marron Glaces” became too famous in Japan.