Chestnuts, MiCROWAVE BOMBLETS

I bought a pint of Italian chestnuts today. Cost: $3.96. I just finished baking them and eating a dozen or so. As you may be aware, Texas is not chestnut territory. I don't know of anybody else that eats them. I don't think they taste really great, but I can't stop once I start on them.

wrap em in a bit o bacon...

That, and ketchup might do the trick, rock.

I like them sauteed with brussels sprouts. I think roasted/nuked chestnuts MAKE bird stuffing.

Nevertheless, I ingested the lot of them.

hestnuts in the stuffing were that added flavor that makes the dish work.

We always buy lots of them for eating just cooked. I think that boiling em in salt water is still the best.

Ooh, chestnut eaters, just what I need-- do any of you know how to pick good ones at the store? I bought a bunch at Safeway the other day and over half of them turned out to be all moldy and nasty inside. I don't have the faintest idea what you'd look for to tell if they're fresh.

you have to feel them and sort of weigh them in your hands. A bad chestnut will usually be light and the skin will be bendy. Whereas the ripe and full ones will have their shells shiny , plump, and weighty.

Even then we sometimes get one or two in a big bag, but I know the "bad chestnut" surprise.
If they arent tasty to et, they arent any good for stuffing .

Thank you! i hope the ones I got yesterday will be better...

have you ever seen worms in a chestnut? The first time I tried chestnuts as a kid, the whole batch was riddled with worms--and the chestnuts didn't have that nice golden color they should, they were all grey and slimy, plus they look like little brains anyway...it was so disgusting I couldn't look at chestnuts again for years

nothing like chestnuts roasted over charcoals !
you wouldn't nuke your steak or hamburgers , would you ?
just fire up the charcoal barbeque - the taste of the roasted chestnuts will reward you for the work - and it's a lot less expensive than flying to rome ; though the chestnut man will be happy to serve you !
hbg

There are several chestnut roaster Street vendors in Philly . They are especially popular this time of year . I wonder if they have hot chocolate vendors on the streets also?

farmer wrote :



first it's chestnuts and now you are even inquiring about hot chocolate - you'll be lucky to get even one - and only if you promise to be a good boy !

a/t german custom , "knecht (farmboy ) ruprecht " will punish little boys that misbehave and ask too many questions - st. nicholas won't have any presents for them on december 6 - when traditionally st. nicholas leaves a small present for the children .



st. nicholas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .knecht ruprecht

We have the "Weinachtsmann" customs in PA German society also. Knecht Ruprecht is "Da Belsnickel mit eine Rute" with which he whacks kids whove been bad. (Probably today he carries a 9mm).

I wish the original American Chestnut were still around. I hear that they were far superior to anything we have today.

I find it very sad that a food source which formed a major industry in the early 1900's has vanished so utterly that most people alive today aren't even aware that it ever existed.

For more info see : http://www.acf.org

Make it REALLY exciting with a handful of titanium filings from your local precision machine shop. (Actually don't do that. BAD idea.)

yeh Ti powder , in the presence of CL AND A HIGH ENUFF TEMP, WILL BLOW UP REAL GOOD. METAL FILINGS like iron will just flash ( I dont think a microwave will start a Ti explosion)

Lets call the MYTHBUSTERS, theyll try to blow up anything.