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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • A couple more things about American Chestnuts:

    -Chestnut forests used to cover a shitton of the northeast before being reduced to basically nothing

    -“Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire” is about the tradition of eating American Chestnuts in the winter…

    -… Because for some, it was a treat. And for others, it was practically a staple food! They were an extremely abundant resource

    -Seriously, look at the size of the original American Chestnut forest: