Marron glacé that a "marron glacé" is a confit marron that is covered in caramel. The 1767 book "L'agronome, ou dictionnaire portatif du cultivateur" claimed that the best marrons came from the Dauphiné region in southeastern France, and contained instructions for preparing marron glacés. Chestnuts are covered with a membrane, known as a pellicle or episperm, which closely adheres to the fruit's flesh and must be removed because of its astringency. Marron nuts have a pellicle which is "superficially attached to the nut", making it easily removable from the fruit. Some chestnuts have two cotyledons usually separated with deep grooves penetrating nearly
Marron Curtis Fort Marron Curtis Fort Marron Curtis Fort (* October 24, 1938 in Boston) is a notable American-born German linguist and professor who specializes in the study of Saterland Frisian language and Low German (plattdeutsch) spoken in northern Germany. Fort is a German citizen and lives in Leer. Fort's work in print and appearances in radio and television have contributed greatly to the preservation and furthering of the Saterland Frisian language and Low German language and culture in general. After attending boarding school in New Hampshire, Marron C. Fort began his studies in Princeton University in 1957, including German studies, English, Dutch