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CASTAGNE
Chestnut
Since the Middle Ages until almost the present day the chestnut has been the staple food for mountain people, as is shown by many legislative acts relating to chestnut woods promulgated during the centuries.
Before being milled, chestnuts must be dried.
In Tuscany the drying took place in the metato, a rural building set up in the harvest place.
In some places, in the Apennines north of Pistoia and in the Garfagnana area for instance, this building was an integral part of the dwelling house: it substituted the kitchen and it was a meeting place where people stayed up late.
