chestnuts????

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chatogal
chatogal Posts: 436 Member
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Anyone actually roast chestnuts over an open fire??..cuz we are trying to do this with our gathered chestnuts in woodburner....not sure if there is a specefic technique we should be aware of???....very grateful for any tips...ty

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
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    Are they edible chestnuts? Not all are.
  • lynnerack
    lynnerack Posts: 158 Member
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    Hi Chat, Yes we roast sweet chestnuts on our woodburner - you need to split them first with a nutcracker otherwise they will explode. We bought a natty iron chestnut roaster on amazon, which works well.
  • chatogal
    chatogal Posts: 436 Member
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    lol...ya...ldiscovered the exploding chestnut phenomen last night...ended up using a cake/pie tin

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