Chestnut is a typical autumn food. Generally speaking, chestnut blooms from April to June, and the fruit matures in August-10. Early-maturing chestnuts can be purchased in August, and late-maturing chestnuts will not mature until 10. In terms of taste and quality, autumn chestnut is the best.

When the chestnuts are ripe, some fall naturally, while others need to stand under the chestnut tree and beat the branches with bamboo poles, so the chestnuts will fall, and some will fall together with their prickly shells. Although chestnut is a seasonal food in autumn, it has developed modern technology and mature preservation technology. Chestnut can be stored in a special cold chain for a long time after harvest.

Matters needing attention in eating chestnut

1, cooked chestnut can regulate stomach, strengthen spleen and relieve spleen deficiency. Chestnut kernels are steamed and ground into cakes, which are suitable for children with less diet and thin constitution to increase their appetite and regulate their stomachs. Cooking porridge with chestnuts and japonica rice is beneficial to the early recovery of patients with chronic diarrhea caused by deficiency of spleen and stomach.

2. If you buy sugar-fried chestnuts, you can eat 7- 10 a day, preferably as a snack between meals. Otherwise, eating too much raw food is difficult to digest, and eating too much cooked food is easy to block the stomach. Do not exceed 10 a day.

3, chestnuts should be complete in shell, natural in color, not particularly shiny. Don't eat moldy chestnuts, which may cause food poisoning. Because of the high sugar content, diabetics had better "stay away from chestnuts". People with severe internal heat, fever, food stagnation and abdominal distension should not eat more.

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