Autumn Passage

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face,”

Sweet chestnut

Unlike the nuts of the horse chestnut, those of the sweet chestnut are edible to humans and can be roasted and used in a variety of recipes, including stuffing for poultry, cake fillings, nut roasts and much more. The Romans ground sweet chestnuts into a flour or coarse meal.