Tis the season and I aint dreaming of a white christmas, just some damn chestnuts.
Anyone knows where I can buy some anywhere in this town?
Chestnuts roasting over an open fire!
Try maybe Native Sun Natural food market place, or Whole Food market off San Jose.
Go to the produce section of any Publix.
What do they taste like? Tell us how to roast them if we don't have an open fire? :)
Quote from: sandyshoes on December 03, 2009, 10:34:15 AM
What do they taste like? Tell us how to roast them if we don't have an open fire? :)
I once had a recipe from an old fella named Nathaniel Cole but I think any fireplace or even a grill would do the trick. I remember the times walking around Rockefeller Center with Jackfrost nipping at my nose.
Thanks for the tips, guys. Time to go chestnut hunting. See y'all.
If you roast them make sure you cut an X into the shell or they will explode.
A nice idea for RAM, although they're wrapping up for the season in the next couple of weeks.
I spent some time in Hong Kong during the holiday season a few years back... these guys were roasting them on the street everywhere...
(http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/HongKong3/RoastingChestnuts.jpg)
Quote from: samiam on December 03, 2009, 03:10:51 PM
If you roast them make sure you cut an X into the shell or they will explode.
Id love to see that
You can google several recipes for roasting chestnuts and advice on how to buy good ones... If anybody tries it, would love to hear how they turned out.
Where do the chestnuts come from? The American chestnut tree is basically extinct.
Quote from: civil42806 on December 04, 2009, 08:38:43 AM
Where do the chestnuts come from? The American chestnut tree is basically extinct.
Somewhere other than America?
I am trying to find out and will let you know when I get an answer. (Seriously, I had nothing better to do with an ice pack on my back right now, so I phoned the Dept. of Agriculture to find out). Stay tuned.
Here's an article from today's Wall Steet Journal about chestnuts. Talk about good timing!
http://magazine.wsj.com/gatherer/the-specialist/marron-made-in-heaven/ (http://magazine.wsj.com/gatherer/the-specialist/marron-made-in-heaven/)
Good on you, Dog Walker - thanks for the most informative article, and now I also have to try at least one of those accompanying wines that were listed, too!
I'm actually kind of surprised this thread hasn't degraded into something less civil. I feel like it's teetering right on the edge.
Why, Cap?? Are we annoying people by being polite, or by the length of a post about chestnuts? (I love to learn new info, myself, the more trivial the better). Never know when I might try to cook up a mess o' chestnuts and amaze my friends (not to mention myself).
Sandy, he's being sarcastic or expressing pleased amazement since many of the threads on MJ get quite heated at times. Here, the only thing we want to heat is chestnuts! LOL!
Quote from: Reaper man on December 04, 2009, 10:06:54 AM
Quote from: civil42806 on December 04, 2009, 08:38:43 AM
Where do the chestnuts come from? The American chestnut tree is basically extinct.
Somewhere other than America?
Well Duh ;)
Back in the early 90's...after Thanksgiving, EPCOT Center used to position cast iron smoker grills all around the World Lagoon...with Chestnut Chef and roast chestnuts for sale in front of the "Guests".
They would put them into paper cones and had plain and cinnamon spiced also...I wonder if they still do this. Anyone?
There are few topics more trivial than chestnuts ... well, maybe boiled peanuts ... but there's no harm in taking a breather from all the MJ torments like shootings and sprawl and boomtown pipedreams and Jaguar frustrations.
Plus, it's Christmas, folks!
Hey now! Good food is NEVER a trivial topic! ;D
Quote from: Sportmotor on December 03, 2009, 09:03:54 AM
Chestnuts roasting over an open fire!
Try maybe Native Sun Natural food market place, or Whole Food market off San Jose.
I always thought that was supposed to be "Chipmunks roasting over an open fire...?"
OCKLAWAHA
Every time I see this thread, I'm tempted to post something about chinnuts.
I'm not gonna do it.
:D oh boy....Hey Captain, the dogs are out!
I was at Fresh Market yesterday and they had bags of them there. When it gets a littled colder I'll probably buy a bag and try to roast them over the firepit.
Quote from: Ocklawaha on December 05, 2009, 08:00:20 PM
I always thought that was supposed to be "Chipmunks roasting over an open fire...?"
I now want to know what chipmunk taste like, especially the Alvin variety, as their recent movies have revoked their right to live. They're dinner now.
My ex-laws had chestnut trees in South Carolina. The spines on the husk of the nut were prickley and gloves were suggested. They didn't come out of the shell/hull very easily either. Like coconuts and wallnuts they have a husk over the real nut.
Of course they were much easier than the Black Walnut they had growing on the property. I think you could use black wallnuts as cannon balls.
I got some chestnuts.... XD
Captain Zissou this one's for you:
I'va gat your chestnutsss right hera . . . it has to be read with a soprano's acient with a vision of Silvio Dante in your head.
sorry to bring the good spirit of the season to a halt.