Chestnuts

I cant believe what an abundance of chestnut there are this year!
It grieves me as no one is having them and they are all going to waste, I love them with a bit of salt, but they make my chest tight. Apart from chestnut stuffing is there anything else you could do with them?  

I love them just roasted, you can also pop them under the grill for a few minutes too. Some recipe ideas in the link below Inez:

http://uktv.co.uk/food/homepage/sid/5929

Cheers Kathy, I popped a couple on top of the woodburner the other night until they exploded up to the ceiling!  

I just like them roasted too, my Dad used to put them on top of the gas fire!  

Inezmaria70 wrote:Cheers Kathy, I popped a couple on top of the woodburner the other night until they exploded up to the ceiling!  

i once had a similar experiance with them in the oven...the noise! took me about 10 mins before I dare open the oven door to see the carnage. no one told me you have to * the damn things  

Yes, just slice a little nick in the top of them first or they will explode  

Ooh will try that tonight with a little nick in them!  

Kathy wrote:Yes, just slice a little nick in the top of them first or they will explode  

Bit late for Nathan! 

Chestnut soup! Or boiled and mixed in brussel sprouts to cheer them up a bit. Num num num

Yes Lynda I quite fancy them on my sprouts  

Caryll wrote:

Kathy wrote:Yes, just slice a little nick in the top of them first or they will explode  

Bit late for Nathan! 

Always the way mate...Im so slow/laid back ive been described as going backwards by some. Im one of those people that need to experience a mistake before they learn from it and exploding chestnuts and the resulting cleanup operation certainly taught me a lesson...

Mmm roasted chestnuts  

There's a huge chestnut tree in my mums garden, it's so huge and old it has a tree preservation order on it. It gives lots of chestnuts and dad used to love collecting them and grilling them.
He used to sit with them in a bowl and 'unwrap' them for my mum when they were too hot.  Fond memories!

Aww Rosie that's lovely, good memories are like gold xxx