CHESTNUTS

Together with panallets and "vi ranci",

chestnuts are the most traditional
product for the time of year around

All Saints’ Day. Chestnuts grow in

numerous Catalan forests. In the

chestnut forest of Sant Segimon, at

the foot of the Matagalls mountains,

the trees are very old; their trunks

measure more than ten metres in

diameter and have large cavities.

The best way to eat chestnuts is to

go to a "castanyada". On 1st November

there are large "castanyades" in every

village.