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Nov 5, 2002 | 05:43 AM

inliner

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roasting chestnuts

OK, what's the easiest way to roast chestnuts? Someone gave me a bag of them, I tried this in the oven once, made the X's to let out steam and some of them still blew up in the oven and made a real mess.

Nov 5, 2002 | 06:21 AM

Lil_Red

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thats all I do, i check them every couple minutes. when the part where you cut the x starts to curl you can eat them. They dont take real long to make.:-)

Nov 5, 2002 | 06:21 AM

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Blew up in the oven!

I thought you were supposed to use an open fire

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Nov 5, 2002 | 04:41 PM

Dayton

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Uhhh.........just poke holes in them and put them in a small paper bag and put them in the microwave til you hear one pop, then take them out....

Nov 5, 2002 | 05:29 PM

Graffe

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>Blew up in the oven!

I thought you were supposed to
>use an open fire

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No Wiz.. that's "Chet's Nuts".

Graffe

Nov 5, 2002 | 06:11 PM

jim henderson

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I saw guys on the street in the UK roasting them on the top of a steel drum. Looked like they just had a small to medium fire and put the chestnuts on top of the drum and stirred them around. I think they did use some oil. If I recall right they had a papery skin on them that you peeled off before eating. They weren't very good, kind of scorched.

I suppose you could try this in a fry pan on the range with some butter or oil.

Good Luck,

Jim Henderson

Nov 5, 2002 | 10:10 PM

dinosaurfan

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What kind of chestnuts are you roasting ? The better tasting kind, american chestnut ( Castanea Dentata ) is almost extinct. They are very hard to find. The chinese chestnuts ( Castenea Mollisima ) are everywhere, but supposedly don't taste as good. DF

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Nov 6, 2002 | 02:32 PM

PaulC

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Uh, if you want to see a REAL explosion, place just one unopened chestnut in the microwave and turn the power on! For decades, my family has roasted chestnuts on the stove. The only way to go.

Nov 6, 2002 | 04:36 PM

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Dayton

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I dont know, I just poke them, put them in a bag, then put them in the microwave and push like 1 min then leave it on for awhile, it does a good job of raosting them