Ginkgo nut

The other day, Shizusan gathered these ginkgo nuts;gi-n-na-n' on her way from the clinic near my house.

The leaves of ginkgoes or maidenhair trees ;'i-cho-u' in Japanese are turning yellow now and they began dropping their nuts on the ground.
Though they smell very nasty, inside of the seed that we can eat is good.

She is drying these seeds now.

We usually eat them in the dish of 'a savory steamed egg custard with assorted ingredients';'cha-wa-n-mu-shi' in Japanese.