Foraging for food with Jonny69: Can you eat chestnuts?

Jonny69 · 23-09-2007, 13:55

I know you can't eat conkers because they are poisonous but down my road there are two more types of chestnut tree and both are laden with fruit. I'm sure one of these must be edible. On one tree the spiky fruits grow in bundles of two or three and the nut inside is about the size of a hazelnut, on the other they grow singly a lot higher up the tree and appear to be a bit bigger, I haven't managed to break one open yet.

Are either edible?

23-09-2007, 13:55	#1
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Foraging for food with Jonny69: Can you eat chestnuts? I know you can't eat conkers because they are poisonous but down my road there are two more types of chestnut tree and both are laden with fruit. I'm sure one of these must be edible. On one tree the spiky fruits grow in bundles of two or three and the nut inside is about the size of a hazelnut, on the other they grow singly a lot higher up the tree and appear to be a bit bigger, I haven't managed to break one open yet. Are either edible? __________________

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