Country Life in Japan: 田舎暮らし/二拠点生活

Country life in traditional Japanese house

収穫の秋 – 栗 / Autumn Harvest – Chestnuts

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収穫の秋、丹波栗を育てていらっしゃるご近所の方に栗を頂いたので、焼き栗をしてみました。魚焼きグリルで焼きましたが、ほっこりして美味しい!
栗林をお持ちの別のご近所さんが、誰も拾わないから好きに拾ってくださいと仰って下さったので、お言葉に甘えて9月は毎週末、山ほどの栗を拾いました。秘密兵器?のクリクリ坊主を手に入れ、おそらく1000個くらい栗の皮を剥きました。こんなに栗の皮を剥いたのは人生で初めて!ですが、渋皮煮や栗ご飯を作って食べました。秋の味覚、美味しかったです。
来年は栗を売れないかな…と思い、少し調べてみたところ、リアカーでの行商であれば許認可は要らないとのこと。リアカー買おうかな?!

In the harvesting autumn, we got chestnuts from a neighbor who grows Tanba chestnuts. We tried roasted chestnuts using fish roaster. It was delicious!
Another neighbor who owns a chestnut forest asked us to pick them up as we like because no one picks them up, so we did it and obtained a lot of chestnuts every weekend in September. I probably peeled about 1000 chestnuts, which was the first time in my life to do it that much. I cooked chestnut rice, marron glacé, etc. We enjoyed the taste of the autumn season very much.
I was wondering if we could sell chestnuts in the city next year. I researched a little and found that if it was a peddling, no permission was required. Should we buy a handcart?!

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