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
Loretta Marron dampness", "nourish the blood", harmonise the "middle jiao", or to stimulate "energy meridians to aid stress relief". Listing a product with the TGA simply entailed entering some details on the TGA's website and paying their fee. Even where there is testing, "sponsor 'evidence' could be a trial with two rats and a guinea pig - it does not have to be peer-reviewed". Marron told "The Australian" newspaper that "it's really easy to make money with the current rules – just find any garden weed that has a traditional use, put it in a box with flowers or a has-been athlete,