I introduce you a very popular figure here in Catalonia, is the character of the chestnut seller. This is fall and getting cold, and it is traditional evening sweets October 31 and join the family. Specifically sweets are these: panellets , eaten with sweet potato cooked with sugar and cinnamon, Muscat and roasted chestnuts.

From that came the legend of the chestnut seller, who sells chestnuts with her cat Marrameu. . the song is something like this:

When it comes time to eat chestnuts
the chestnut, the chestnut,
Chestnut Mountain sold
in the city square

shirt comes small
makes the skirt bell
shoes make Cloc, Cloc
and dancing always turns well.




note: panellets are great! Let me know if you want to taste them and I'll give you the recipe! they're so easy to cook.

So that is what a chestnut looks like! Don't think I have ever eaten one. Love the puppet you created! That hair is really cool.

these are toasted chestnuts


it is very usual taste them with a very sweet vine, Moscatel.

these are chestnuts, do they exist in the states?

Yes I think you can get chestnuts in the US.  In fact there is a Christmas song "Chestnuts Roasting Over an Open Fire" that is popular. Not sure if they are grown here though. Might have to look in a specialty store for them.

They are usually cooked directly on the fire with a pan plenty of holes.

Ah it looks like at one time there where Chestnut trees in America but sadly they are now rare. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut#North_America

what a pity, cause they¡re great flavoured!!

I really like her. She has great character.  People sell chestnut here during Christmas at Dickens on the Strand, which is a dun event where yu can dress up in Dickens era cloths and shop the vendors and shops in a nearby town.

Julie

thanks Julie. I have to re glue glasses, this black tape is falling down so I'll give them a silver paint with spray.

I like the black. I think silver might blend in.  What are your plans for her cloths?

I would love the recipe.  I'll have to check where we can purchase the nuts.

Julie