25 November 2008

The Chestnut Fête - the Roast


The fires are ready and the chestnuts are roasting. In the main photograph, chestnuts are put in the drum and every so often you hear a most satisfying noise when the drum is turned. Clatter, clatter, clatter...

In the smaller photograph, you see chestnuts roasted in a more conventional way.

What appear to be old gas or oil containers - chopped in half - contain the fire.

This festival started in 1985 with 50 kilos of chestnuts. This year, with 2000 visitors, 350 kilos of chestnuts were roasted during the day.

10 comments:

  1. 350 kilos de châtaignes, c'est impressionnant. j'en prendrais bien un peu.

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  2. I see you use the same chestnut roasters up there that are often used here!!

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  3. That is a lot of chestnuts, to say the least!

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  4. Reading yesterday's post along with today's...I'm thinking about crowded streets, warm alcohol (starting at 10:00 in the morning), chestnuts...boy howdy, this sounds like a hell of a festival! I'm planning my winter vacation in Menton!

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  5. I love roasted chestnuts.. I have a small bit of them ready for my oven. It's such a treat at this time of year.

    I wonder, will there be roasted chestnuts available in Paris at Christmas?

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  6. The chestnuts look great; I esp. like the smaller photo. But, where's the wine that was in yesterday's post??

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  7. Ashamed I tell you in Paris they had chestnut vendors and I was too chicken to stop and try. Now your contraption looks like a version of a Birmingham Bar b q smoker! Throw some Boston butts and ribs on there and we could go to town!
    V

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  8. Oh, I want to hear the tumbler turn!

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  9. This is wonderful, Jilly! Would love it. Thanks!

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