# Can "Horse Chestnuts"Be Made Palatable? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-horse-chestnuts-be-made-palatable/673472 "2013-11-09T00:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-horse-chestnuts-be-made-palatable/673472/41 "2013-11-14T15:30:49Z")
> [@Ostrya](#): > > Some people have an interest in nature, and like to spell the names correctly, even if you don’t give a shit, Mr West. Considering I majored in Limnology and took several classes on Forestry, I think I qualify as having “an interest in nature” and I can say without fear of contradiction that if I am discussing trees in a scientific forum, I would refer to Russian Olive as _Elaeagnus angustifolia_ and Red Cedar as either _Juniperus virginiana_ or_Thuja plicata_. Insisting that they are typed as russianolive or redcedar on a general interest website because that’s how your college professor preferred it seems more like “trying to pick a fight” than anything I’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-horse-chestnuts-be-made-palatable/673472/42 "2013-11-14T16:59:02Z")
There’s a joke to be made about missing the forest for the trees here. Please drop the hijack about spelling. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-horse-chestnuts-be-made-palatable/673472/43 "2013-11-14T21:36:59Z")
I guess we can say “buckeyes” again… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-horse-chestnuts-be-made-palatable/673472/44 "2013-11-14T22:26:28Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I guess we can say “buckeyes” again… Rather it were otherwise, but there’s that… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-horse-chestnuts-be-made-palatable/673472.md?page=2)