Comments on: Sweet Roasted Chestnuts

By: sfrrr

sfrrr

Mmmm. Yum. My two favorite street foods in Nanjing were roasted sweet potatoes and sand-roasted chestnuts. Oh, and there was one woman who made a colorful cake of honey and dried fruits that tasted like a supreme version of Pan Forte. I couldn't get enough of it. My then-son-in-law, a nanjing ren, said he'd never seen anything like it. Fortunately for us in the San Francisco Bay Area, one finds roasted chestnuts easily on the streets and in the center of malls.

By: songyian

songyian

It's funny after having traveled through Asia the food I still crave the most is street food. I know this is a bit off topic, but I was wondering have you considered doing a lesson on milk tea? Thanks so much for helping me keep up my chinese, even while I can't be in China!

By: texastochina

texastochina

Excellent. Easy to follow but full of content. I really enjoy hearing Jenny and John together.

By: texastochina

texastochina

"Liang Xiang" chestnuts are well known. "Liang Xiang" refers to part of the mountain area of "Fangshan" district of Beijing. Mix chestnuts with sand, sprinkle plain sugar syrup, fry it till the sand becomes pitch-black. The chestnuts will then look shining and bright as if a layer of oil has been applied to the shells. People used to use shovel to fry, now the process is electrically operated. The standard sugar roasted chestnuts require the shell to be supple and crisp. The outer shell, the internal membrane, and the nut should be separated effortlessly when you open it.

By: sfrrr

sfrrr

texastochina--thanks for the info. black sand, shovel, so that's how it was done! A whole lot different from the almost-equally delicious roasted chestnuts we get here.

By: timmyjshishei

timmyjshishei

Hey guys, loved the lesson and I wet my pants laughing at the way the guy in this podcast says "Hao3" ! He has the prolonged, stuttered hao going on and I just love that! Keep up the good work !

By: djsneaky

djsneaky

I miss shao2 kao3 (not completely sure about the tones here) the most of all the street food in sichuan. Maybe a lesson combining this amazing chinese bbq with a word or two about wei2 jing1 (msg) thrown in for good measure.

By: sanptest111

sanptest111

By: henning

henning

For me there is another interesting language point hidden in this Dialogue + the Expansions: 给你便宜一块钱 (Dialogue) 你才便宜了两块钱，还是太贵了(Expansion) 便宜 can obviously be used as a verb with the meaning "make it cheaper by"

By: bolilongxia

bolilongxia

Unfortunately, roasted chestnuts only exists as a song for most people in the States; how deprived they are. If one were to cover all of the food of China, you'd need another separate level aside from intermediate and the rest. The food is so amazing, that you could form another Chinese Pod based solely upon it. Although I would love a lesson about the sweets of China, this is absolute torture! I'm so hungry! Glass

By: Amesburygeorge

Amesburygeorge

you can find one such lesson here; http://chinesepod.com/lessons/pearl-tea/vocabulary

By: Amesburygeorge

Amesburygeorge

It is because of this lesson that I developed an addiction for roasted Chinese chestnuts!