On a daily basis, my social media is filled with photos of autumn which are very normal considering this time of the year and also photos of one of the fruits of the season: conkers. Only last week I learned this word (never knew how was it called in English) and I was thrilled with happiness for finally know how to say it. With a little research I found odd not be able to find any recipes with them I though maybe cooking them is more of a Portuguese tradition instead of a worldwide one. It was annoying me soo bad how a simple recipe wasn’t online so people could enjoy eating conkers instead of just leave them around the house. When I realised conker was a toxic species and you’re not supposed to eat them I just wanted to bang my head against a wall. How could I be so stupid?! How could I not think there were more than one species?? After all the banging, I learned another word: chestnut. They’re called chestnuts. Conkers are chestnuts but it specifies a species also know as Horse Chestnut because they were toxic to the horses so ended up having this name and conker was the name of a children’s game with the nuts of the horse chestnut tree which gave another name to the tree. Chestnut being such a meaningful name is better to specify what I usually eat this season are sweet chestnuts a species mostly growing in southern Europe including Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Turkey. Once I changed the name “conkers” with “chestnuts” my searched made a lot more sense. I was pleased to see a simple roasted chestnuts recipes all over Pinterest. I am an unconditional lover of this bad boys and I dream of the day my mother come home with a bag full of them. Every time my mom decides to roast some chestnuts for a late afternoon snack, the smell in the kitchen brings up so many memories of my childhood and an amazing autumnal feeling. Just by thinking about it, my mouth starts to watering. Also, is really common to find them around the city – especially in busy places – being roasted which give an autumnal and cosy smell to the city. I’m starving right now I need to buy more ASAP. Ingredients: – Chestnuts – Sea salt Instructions: 1....