What is the difference between chestnuts and chinquapins, which is better, and how much is it per jin?

Both in the Fagaceae family, chestnuts and chinquapins, do you know what difference there is between them? Which is better? How much is it usually per jin on the market? It is reported that the nutritional value of chinquapins and chestnuts is about the same, and chestnuts are a bit cheaper, but that does not mean one is better than the other.

So what is the difference between chinquapins and chestnuts?

1. Different names: the chestnut is also called li or Chinese chestnut, while the chinquapin is called hazelnut in some places, but it is a different species from the northern hazelnut. The northern hazelnut, also called mountain chestnut, pointed chestnut and so on, belongs taxonomically to the birch family, genus Corylus.

2. Different appearance: anyone who has bought both chestnuts and chinquapins will know that chestnuts are a little larger, with one side flat and the other side curved and raised; while the chinquapin looks cone-shaped or teardrop-shaped from the side. So they are very easy to tell apart by appearance.

3. Different growing regions: the chestnut originated in China and is now widely distributed around the world, and is grown in Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Japan, Europe and the Americas and elsewhere, while the chinquapin is widely distributed in China south of the southern slope of the Qinling Mountains and north of the Five Ridges, but is not produced in Taiwan, China or Hainan. The chinquapin tastes sweet and is neutral in nature.

4. The flesh of the chinquapin is relatively tender and sweet, and it is more suitable for eating raw than the chestnut, and can also be used for sugar-roasting, stewing soup and so on. Chinquapins and chestnuts actually have many things in common: they are both nutritious and both strengthen the stomach and tonify the spleen.

How much is a jin of chestnuts?

Chestnut    13    Beijing Tongzhou Baliqiao Agricultural Products Center Wholesale Market         

Chestnut    10    Hebei Handan (Weixian) Tianxian Fruit and Agricultural Trade Wholesale Market  

Chestnut    10    Jiangsu Lingjiatang Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market                  

Chestnut    12.1    Zhejiang Jiaxing Vegetable Wholesale Trading Market                    

Chestnut    6.8    Anhui Hefei Zhougudui Agricultural Products Wholesale Market