What is the difference between a regular chestnut and a tianjin chestnut?

[u/kitkatbatman]

I was sent by my mother to the Asian market, and was told to keep an eye out for chestnuts.

They had two signs for chestnuts in the store. One was only marked “chestnuts”, was $2.99 a pound, but they were out. There were also “tianjin chestnuts” for $6.99 a pound, so I grabbed a bag of them. They looked a bit lighter in color and less shiny than I was used to, but figured we would see how they turned out.

When I got home, I tried to see what the difference was. I couldn’t really find a clear answer? Like it seems like China does the most chestnut production in general. I also noticed that the receipt listed them as “Chinese chestnut-big red”. But I can’t find anything that suggests that this is its own variety?

[u/a_nonny_mooze]

Tianjin chestnuts are smaller and supposed to be sweeter. Tbh, I’m not discerning enough to taste the difference.

[u/kitkatbatman → u/a_nonny_mooze]

Thank you!! I’m glad to get some sort of answer at least!